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[hiphopheadspodcast]

MegaRan Launches Kickstarter for Children's Album!

MegaRan Launches Kickstarter for Children’s Album!

MegaRan is a new father which I learned a couple months back when he visited Boston. In his new journey of becoming a father like many of us get exposed to children’s music. Some of it quite good (Okee Dokee Brothers) some of it hurrendous (my opinion not MegaRan’s). This has inspired MegaRan to produce a children’s hiphop album. I’m very excited for it as I’ve already shown my son MegaRan and…

[baejax-the-great]

In the version of Ajax's story that would have been around during Homer's time, Ajax didn't lose the contest for Achilles' arms because he is dimwitted or because Odysseus is clever. Neither of these things had anything to do with it (and I would argue the former isn't true).

Ajax wanted to prove himself. We'll never know exactly what he'd accomplished in his life pre-Iliad because two of the sections where these things would have been laid out, the catalog of ships and Helen's introduction of all the Greek generals to Priam, were in all likelihood tampered with and erased (probably by 5th century BCE Athenians). You ever wonder to yourself why Ajax's section in the catalog of the ships is so short and also contradicts other parts of the Iliad regarding where Ajax's camp/ships are? So have historians. And the Megarans (who took Ajax as a hero of their city), who wrote their own satirical version of his section mocking the one that got canonized in the version of the Iliad we have today. The exact why and how of that erasure is an unknown, but it's a fairly accepted theory (and more supported than my original thought on reading it--wow, did Homer hate Ajax or something?).

Regardless, Homer does mention repeatedly that Ajax is the second best of all the Greeks in the Iliad. He is also, notably, the one main hero who doesn't receive direct help from any of the gods. The closest he gets is Poseidon giving him a burst of energy, but that's about it. Compare to Diomedes who has Athena driving a chariot for him, or Paris who is spirited away in combat before Menelaus can kill him, or Achilles who has Athena tricking Hector and retrieving Achilles' spear for him--Poseidon handing Ajax the equivalent of a Red Bull is pretty paltry. But it's enough, because Ajax can get shit done.

By that same token, Ajax doesn't ask the gods for much. Notably he never prays to Athena, and she never interacts with him at all. Because she hates him.

As the older story goes, Ajax believed that the way to prove himself the best of the warriors was to eschew the help of the gods and show that he could accomplish his great feats alone. In a less sympathetic version of this, his invulnerability makes him cocky enough to believe he doesn't need the gods to prove himself (I actually think both these sentences mean the same thing, but the framing is a bit different--is he saying that the gods' help is beneath him? Or is he desperate to prove himself without getting a leg up from powerful beings?). Athena likes her little toy soldiers, and dislikes being ignored by great warriors who by all accounts should be begging for her favor, so this didn't sit well with her.

In eschewing the gods' help, Ajax does prove himself more capable than the other Greeks. His accomplishments are his alone. Nobody is going to compliment Paris for surviving his duel with Menelaus because they all know a goddess helped him. At various points throughout the Iliad, warriors accuse each other of having the gods helping them (such as when Little Ajax eats shit while racing Odysseus and blames Athena for favoring him), thus cheapening their victories.

Nobody can say this about Ajax. Everything he did, he did himself.

And for his pride, Athena hates him. And because of this, she will deny him the one thing he wanted--recognition of his abilities. When the time comes for the Greeks to give their respect to Ajax as their greatest warrior, something they all know he is, she rigs it so that they don't. Ajax is snubbed. His abilities will go unrecognized.

He goes mad--and we already know he's not the kind of guy who can ask for help--and so he is killed by the only warrior strong enough to defeat him--himself.

[blog-retrogradewear]

RT @MegaRan: Today I learned the last slave was freed in America in 1973. Not 1873. 1973. Like as in 4 years before Star Wars came out. https://t.co/oxhWqGwM8B

RT @MegaRan: Today I learned the last slave was freed in America in 1973. Not 1873. 1973. Like as in 4 years before Star Wars came out. https://t.co/oxhWqGwM8B

— Retrograde Wear Gaming (@RetroGradeWear) Jun 20, 2023

from Twitter https://twitter.com/RetroGradeWear

[okaydrian]

I was playing Security for Steam Next Fest and genuinely couldn't unhear this once I put the two together in my head.

Now you've gotta hear it, too. Also, shoutouts to MegaRan

[444names]

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[nerdclips]

The Marvel Villains Cypher | #NerdOut ft Knox Hill, Halocene, Megaran & More!

https://nerdclips.com/the-marvel-villains-cypher-nerdout-ft-knox-hill-halocene-megaran-more/

The Marvel Villains Cypher | #NerdOut ft Knox Hill, Halocene, Megaran & More!

[fuckyeahchiptune]

🇺🇸 Bit Gen Gamer Fest XVI Aug 5, Ottobar #Baltimore ft @MegaRan @nmlstyl @armcannon plus loads more! ... #chiptune #chiptunes #chiptuneshows https://instagr.am/p/Ctwh-Uxt8Js/

[chazraps]

For #TBT and the 30th anniversary of #MortalMonday here's @MegaRan and I discussing the making of "Rise," his theme for @MortalKombat 11! (2019)

[everyshowjoe]

What a night it was a week ago with Playboy Manbaby celebrating ten years of being a band! The assembled cast of a lineup, Mega Ran, Okilly Dokilly, and Together Pangea, to celebrate with them only bolstered the excitement through the night of music.

[stephpockets]

We will be back on stage together when everyone is safe! # #Repost @cartoonviolenceband • • • • • • Narita Airport - Tokyo 2019 seems so long ago. Here we are in the Tokyo airport at the end of our first Japan tour, with Mega Ran, Productive Citizen, Steph Pockets and crew #mycrewdeep — looking forward to doing it all again when it’s safe! #Switzerland #Japan #USA #CartoonViolenceBand #MegaRan #ProductiveCitizen #StephPockets #HipHop #Music #PerformingArtist #StaySafe #MaskOn #Tomodachi (at Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLUiREih-A-/?igshid=1sohk32d5n17b

[talk-time-live]

SELECT/START: MARVEL AVENGERS REVIEW

This week we review MARVEL AVENGERS on the PS4 and decide whether this game is truly prepared to Assemble. 

 I give my thoughts on the positives and negatives of the game. 

 We also talk about the exciting news regarding Nintendo’s celebration of Super Mario Bros 35th Anniversary. 

 All this and more as A.C.M.G. Presents TALK TIME LIVE EXTRA: SELECT/START

[hiphopheadspodcast]

The HipHopHeads Podcast: Episode 41 (MegaRan Show Review)

The HipHopHeads Podcast: Episode 41 (MegaRan Show Review)

http://www.thecryptonline.com Presents The HipHopHeads Podcast Episode 41 MegaRan Show Review! In this episode we discuss the falling out of Kanye West. We get into some local music that just released. We also discuss and review a MegaRan live performance, our thoughts on MC Frontalot, and a whole lot more. SHARE – SUBSCRIBE – COMMENT

[nerdclips]

The Marvel Villains Cypher | #NerdOut ft Knox Hill, Halocene, Megaran & More!

https://nerdclips.com/the-marvel-villains-cypher-nerdout-ft-knox-hill-halocene-megaran-more/

The Marvel Villains Cypher | #NerdOut ft Knox Hill, Halocene, Megaran & More!

[woftd]

This Thursday 10/13 I’ll be at @thegardenalx to rock with @mega_ran & @mc_frontalot for the Octoberpus Tour along with @substantialmusic & @twilldistilled This is such a rare lineup, the type of thing that only happens when it’s supposed to! Hit my bio for tix or just go where the flyer says…I know you can read. #HipHop #MegaRan #mcfrontalot #Octoberpus #StrangeFamous @strangefamousrecords #nerdcore #Alexandria #GardenALX #RVA #NoW #WOFTD (at The Garden ALX) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjjBMlyPiOn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[alphamagnus]

Made it to the #foureyedhorsemen show at @mahalls20lanes . So excited to finally be back at a show! #nerdcore #nerdcorehiphop #mclars #mcfrontalot #megaran #schafferthedarklord (at Mahall's) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVl3rIrphti/?utm_medium=tumblr

[chazraps]

Myq Kaplan & Mega Ran on Conventions vs Clubs, the Reality of Hecklers & Evolving as Writers (2019)

Reposting a very fun interview with Myq Kaplan & Mega Ran for #ThrowbackThursday! Really fun having their dynamic here as the worlds of stand-up comedy and video game hip-hop unite!

Originally from Soundset weekend 2019, relive the summer warmth!