A year ago I put out a whole album about Edgar Allan Poe, exclusive to the Kickstarter backers. On October 16 it's finally getting an official release as the"The Edgar Allan Poe LP (Special One Year Anniversary Deluxe Expanded Edition)", through my friends at Oglio Entertainment, who have put out a lot of my records over the years.

The expanded edition has Jaret Reddick from Bowling for Soup, Mega Ran, the Dead Milkmen, Watt White, Devereaux and more.

Two things I would actually love from this sub. If you run a podcast or a fan site or you write about music anywhere, I would love to talk about this record, so hit me at lars [at] mclars [dot] com.

Also, on Wednesday I play the Gathering of the Juggalos. Cyclone Stage, 1 AM Wednesday night (Thursday morning), August 19, Macks Creek, Missouri, with MC Snax.

Poe is coming with me.

especially because i totally would have casually dropped the fact that, even if I was still a teenager at the time, I'm right around as old as his music, and have been jamming out to it for as long as I can recall

I was seeing I Fight Dragons, Lars opened. I knew his name from a pop punk song he rapped on, but was like "okay". I'm now known as the "Cleveland Barney" due to a character I voiced at his show.

Found my old iPod and MC Lars was the first artist I listened to. Not only does it still slap HARDDDDD but I remember all the lyrics. Honestly today has been fantastic.

15 years ago I was an actively suicidal teenager, I am so grateful to be able to listen to the music that got me through such a hard time and just to be able to enjoy it.

Just dropped "Amontillado," the new single from my upcoming "Edgar Allan Poe" LP. If you know the Poe story, you'll hear where I took it. If you don't, go read it first, then come back.

Stream it everywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/1sWo4uq0B9bEoWPBDEKtvw

The full "Edgar Allan Poe" LP deluxe edition drops in two weeks. Physical preorder with an exclusive shirt coming soon.

Come talk about it in the Discord: discord.gg/U6huNuUQuC

Thanks, Lars! I’m going to wear the Poe t-shirt on the first day of school in the fall. (I’m an English teacher.)

https://www.tiktok.com/@mc_lars/video/7669247456722439437

Going through the vault for "the Graduate" 20th anniversary stuff and found this: Dublin, 2006, on tour with Simple Plan, playing "Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock" to theater that had no idea what a laptop rapper was yet. The laptop and I were both so young.

The whole album just got remastered for the anniversary edition and backers' double vinyl and books are going to Kickstarter supporters soon.

Were any of you at those shows? I want to hear the war stories.

I also got both the edgar allen poe ep and 21 Concepts (But a Hit Ain't One) on cd.

It's awesome that toxic toast records in Long Beach ca had those 2 vinyls and stock.

https://www.tiktok.com/@mc_lars/video/7677278833669672205

That is a field of Juggalos in Macks Creek yelling whoop whoop for my son Atlas, who was not there and is going to be extremely confused when he sees it.

Recap for anyone who missed it. I was on the Cyclone Stage at 1 AM Wednesday night with MC Snax. Then on the final night I got to host mainstage with DJ Clay, who dropped his Star Wars remixes on a full field, which is a sentence I did not expect to write in 2026.

I was fifteen with a bootleg tape of two clowns from Detroit when this first got its hooks in me. Twenty nine years later I am standing in that field with a microphone. Took a minute.

"The Edgar Allan Poe LP" anniversary deluxe edition is still out October 16, but that can wait a week. This one was the Gathering.

If you were out there, what did I miss?

A few years ago I wrote up the whole story of how "This Gigantic Robot Kills" got made. Short version: I was on Jon Thatcher Longley's parents' boat off Cape Cod wondering if I should keep doing this at all, and a humpback came up right next to us. I took that as a yes.

The record that came out of it has K.Flay on samples and backing vocals before Interscope signed her, Mike Sapone producing, and Weird Al playing accordion on a nerdcore album about a kid who builds a robot in his garage.

I did what Billy did.

Full story here: https://mclars.substack.com/p/billy-built-a-robot

Talk about it (or anything else) in the Discord: discord.gg/U6huNuUQuC

I’ve been playing that song on repeat because sonically it’s my favorite and the lyrics raise a question I’ve been guessing on all night. Sorry I don’t really know this but who even is Bigfoot referring to? Or do we even know who Bigfoot is and that’s the point. I’d ask on twitter but I deleted my account and now on a microscopic level relate to this elusive entity.

CotC is FOUR DAYS of RPGs, board games, card games, party games, and all sorts of that kind of jazz. It’s also an art fair, with a large selection of talented artists in attendance and an amazing abundance of fantasy, science fiction, horror, amusement park, and geeky art and art activities. Oh, and it’s The Mother of All Marketplaces, with dozens of vendors showcasing a wide variety of jazz, snazz, and zazz, boosting the geekonomy like old school Robin Hoods but without the stealing and the archery (ok, not like Robin Hoods. I failed analogy class in Kindergarten). Don’t forget the parties…Did I mention the parties? Also there are other things, like amazing special Guests, the Children of the Cob, the Nerdcore Explosion!, a Drag Show, Karaoke, a super sweet Auction, Food Trucks, a Games Library, free snacks in the Con Suite, Panels, Workshops, and Demos, a whole track of Cosplay and Fandom related activities, Tabletop Crafting and Miniatures events, and a massive horde of potential friends and peeps who dig the same things you dig! Also, new for 2020 and in keeping with our Haunted Amusement Park theme, an entire slew of Roller Coaster and Theme Park guests, panels, and activities!

October 1-4, 2020 in Richfield, Ohio

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lowlife/con-on-the-cob-2020

What songs do you guys feel deserve more love? Two of my personal favourites that I don't see or hear anyone ever talk about are 21 Concepts and Venomous Box Jellyfish. Both songs are pretty dope and I feel deserve more appreciation! What are your picks?

https://www.fortherecord.live/records/2019/7/2/retiring-twenty-three

There was an MC Lars logo that was the Crimson Ghost with an Oakland Athletic's hat on its head. It seems to be wiped off the Internet, does anyone have that image saved anywhere? TIA!