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<\/a><\/p>\nFor those of you who don’t know this is, it’s Keiji Inafune, the guy who mostly made Mega Man happen. We met him at PAX a couple of weeks ago when he was there to announce his fancy new project, Mighty No. 9<\/a>. If you don’t know what Mighty No. 9<\/a>\u00a0is, go check it out, support the cause<\/a>, and then tell them we sent you.<\/p>\n That’s not the only exciting thing that happened at PAX\u2026 We unveiled a new jam at our show called “Built To Last.” And before you try to decipher the lyrics and start thinking that Act III is about how Tommy Light just bought a himself a ’67 Camaro SS and just picked up Mega Man at the edge of the city and they ride off into the sunset together on a quest to pick up chicks… that’s not what this is about.\u00a0We wrote this jam to go on the MM25: Mega Man Rocks<\/em><\/a> 25th\u00a0anniversary album\u00a0that was just announced on Wednesday by Capcom<\/a>. However, it is just as much part of our world as “Beards Going Nowhere<\/a>“… and that’s a whole other amazing jam. Big thanks to Brett Elston at Capcom-Unity.com<\/a> for working his ass of to make this happen. And for all you artist types out there who want to take a shot at creating the album’s cover art…\u00a0go here<\/a>. No specific date has been announced, but you can expect it in “The Fall”… you see what I did there? I made a joke. If you want to hear a super chopped-up ADHD :45 second clip of the studio version of “Built To Last,” check out this fresh WIRED article\/interview<\/a> that dropped yesterday. Let them know you read the article… go the classy route and get into an internet comment argument, or something.<\/p>\n OCTOBER TOUR<\/strong> OCTOBER<\/strong> NOVEMBER<\/strong> We see an inordinate amount of people whining on the internet that they didn’t know about a show that happened in their town the night before, or that they almost missed the show because they heard about it that day. So naturally, I usually berate them for an hour or so about not being on the mailing list, or not following our Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> accounts, but there’s a “new way.” Here’s the deal. Everyone that likes bands and also has a smartphone should take a look at\/download BandsInTown<\/a>. Take a guess at what it does… give up? It gives you updates for when your favorite bands are in town! It also sends reminders the day before the show happens. Aside from that whole “camera on your phone staring back at you at all times, and tracking your every movement” thing… technology is wonderful!<\/p>\n
\nThis will be our last tour of 2013. Make sure you don’t skip out on any shows, because if all goes according to plan, we’ll be staying off the road as much as possible next year so we can start kicking some ass in the studio. This years\u00a0Nerdapalooza<\/a> is going to be especially crazy. They Might Be Giants<\/a> will be there, along with\u00a0Peelander-Z<\/a>,\u00a0Nerf Herder<\/a>,\u00a0Green Jelly<\/a>, MC Frontalot<\/a>, MC Lars<\/a>, Powerglove<\/a>, and our favorite assholes from Texas, Urizen<\/a>! Help spread the word, and get tickets below:<\/p>\n
\n10th – Springfield, VA – Empire<\/a>
\n11th – Richmond, VA –\u00a0Kingdom<\/a>
\n14th – Durham, NC –\u00a0Motorco<\/a>
\n15th – Columbia, SC –\u00a0New Brookland Tavern<\/a>
\n18th – Gainesville, FL –\u00a0High Dive<\/a>
\n19th – Orlando, FL – Nerdapalooza<\/a>
\n21st – Atlanta, GA –\u00a0Vinyl<\/a><\/p>\n
\n01st – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge (Terminator: The Second release show)<\/p>\n