1. CAPCOM releases STREET FIGHTER x MEGAMAN game
That’s right, it’s true, go here to download it now:

*they’ve been having some download problems, so if you need to, get it here: but PLEEEASE come back to Capcom’s site later in the week and download it again. more on that later.

Currently it’s only on Windows, but maybe it’ll come to other systems… fingers crossed.

2. Top Mega Man Fan Tunes
Here’s a list of the top 5 (+1) Megaman fan renditions. You should recognize some, even the #1 Pick!

http://www.popcults.com/top-five-mega-man-remixes/

3. Mega Ran’s words on Mega Man’s 25th: (TMMN)
The Mega Man Network chatted with me about my thoughts on Mega’s past and future, so here we go!

http://www.themmnetwork.com/2012/12/17/looking-back-on-25-years-of-mega-man-mega-ran/

4. ALL MEGA RAN MUSIC IS PAY WHAT YOU WANT TODAY ONLY:
That’s right, get Mega Ran 1, 9, 10, or 5th Anniversary digital downloads for WHATEVER you WANT TO PAY! a quarter? a dollar? a hundred? you’re too kind. Go here and Go Shop.

http://random.bandcamp.com/music

Here’s to 25 more. Mega Man forever.

MEGA RAN in LANGUAGE ARTS, VOLUME 3.

features vocals by Wax, The Writers Guild, mc chris and more.
features production by DN3, EOM, Richie Branson, Bear McCreary and more.
if you like reading, please check out “The Making of Language Arts” here.

http://www.teacherrapperhero.com/

3 Ways to Get Your Copy:

PHYSICAL (CDs, Posters and T-Shirt Offers)
http://random.bandcamp.com/album/mega-ran-in-language-arts-volume-3

DIGITAL (iTunes/Amazon)

http://www.amazon.com/Mega-Ran-Language-Arts-Vol/dp/B00A3CSVLK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353388568&sr=8-1&keywords=mega+ran+language+arts

STREAM IT (Spotify)

Thank you all for your support of such a large project!

Celebrating Random (a.k.a Mega Ran)’s 5th anniversary of his monumental release “Mega Ran,” Bitmap’d is proud to present this commemerative tee.
Inspiration: Mega Ran

• 100% pre-shrunk cotton [size info]
• Soft ink screen print
• Lightweight t-shirt
• Printed neck label

With each purchase you get a signed info card! Order now while supplies last.

http://www.bitmapd.com/products/megaran-tee

I’ll be bringing the homies Mouse Powell,

and Mr. Miranda!

more surprises to come!
***IMPORTANT*** if you’re in any other these cities please email us at random.megaran@gmail.com with the subject “Street team” so you can help. Thank you!!

More music!

The Scene feat. Cee Knowledge (Of Digable Planets), Open Mike Eagle, Burke the Jurke, by Dumhi

Yup, i’m on a song with 1/3 of Digable Planets… Woo!

Bucket list CHECK.

This week’s Mirandom Mondays is a classic EPMD joint… DA JOINT.

I don’t think music is as fun when you’re not being honest, so everything in this song is super real, and happened within my 5+ years of teaching middle school. Never a dull moment. Don’t get me wrong, I loved it… but I’m loving it more from a distance, ha.

The Story:
Philly bred ex-teacher Random aka Mega Ran enlisted another educator turned rhyme-slinger, recent Stones Throw Records signee Homeboy Sandman, in this example of what goes down on a typical afternoon in the faculty lounge. Mega Ran and Boy Sand set it on the American educational system’s flaws over an ill funk chop by DN3, with precise cuts and scratches by Phoenix’s DJ LES 735. Trust, the real faculty lounge conversations are even worse.

like it? it’s on iTunes, get it!

The song will appear on Random’s new conceptual EP, Language Arts Volume 2, also featuring Mela Machinko, Chaundon and more, releasing August 22. Volume 1 and the VIDEO GAME based on the album, is available now.

Play version 1.1, updated with new sounds and epic boss battles NOW! http://language-arts-game.com

Until then, catch @MegaRan on tour with @Mike_Eagle and DJ DN3 on the Summer Sessions tour.

Tour Dates:

7.10 Club Red, Tempe, AZ
7.11 Burt’s Tiki Lounge, ALB, NM*
7.12 The Underground, Santa Fe, NM*
7.13 Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins, CO*
7.14 Crash 45, Denver, CO*
7.16 Berbati’s Pan, Portland, OR*
7.17 Nectar, Seattle, WA*
7.18 The Glow, Bellingham, WA*
7.20 Velvet Lounge, Washington, DC*
7.24 Dobbs Upstairs, Philadelphia, PA*
7.25 Cameo Lounge, NYC*
7.26 Empire, Portland, ME*
7.27 Con-Bravo, Burlington, Ont, Canada*
7.28 Pixel, Ithaca, NY*
7.29 Precinct, Boston, MA*
8.1 White Rabbit, San Antonio, TX^
8.2 Mohawk, Austin, TX^
8.3-5 Nerdapalooza @The Social/Beacham, Orlando, FL
8.6 The Haven, Winter Park, FL
8.7 Granada Theater,Lawrence, KS^
8.8 The Waiting Room, Omaha, NE^
8.9 Varsity Theater, MPLS, MN^
8.10 Gabe’s Oasis, Iowa City, IA^
8.11 Subterranean, Chicago, IL^
8.12 Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI^
8.14 Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI^
8.15 Mickey Finns, Toledo, OH^
8.16 The Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH^
8.17 The Basement, Columbus, OH^
8.18.12 Mr Smalls, Pittsburgh, PA

special thanks to Hex for the artwork, Boy Sand for the scorching verses, DN3 for the banging track, and DJ LES for the cuts, and YOU for listening and sharing. Blast off!

Shot, Directed, and Edited by @tomlarkin

Artist: Random aka Mega Ran @MegaRan
Song Produced by Richie Branson @RichieBranson
From the album “Mega Ran in Language Arts Volume 1″ available now:

iTunes: http://www.tinyurl.com/MegaRanLAiTunes
Amazon: http://www.tinyurl.com/LanguageArtsAmazon
Bandcamp (CDs, Posters and more): http://megaranmusic.com/album/language-arts-volume-one

Cast:
Sean Laguna
Brandon Dorssom
Sonya Krueger
Declan Ritchie
Devlin Sydow
Kevin Quezada
Ryan Laguna
Alicia Laguna
Steve Dorssom
Patrick Ritchie
Noah Lanouette

Play the Language Arts video game at

http://language-arts-game.com

Read the Mega Ran Comic at

http://j1studios.com

so..

Volume 1 of the Comic, Game and Music Experience is coming May 22!

download the first single “Wake Up” w/MC Frontalot here:

http://random.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up-featuring-mc-frontalot

more to come…

2Thirteen Films Presents the official music video for “Epoch” By Random aka Mega Ran & K-Murdock. Originally shot at PAX East 2011 in Boston, MA.

Forever Famicom Available Now at http://megarankmurdock.bandcamp.com

Filmed & Directed By: DJ 2Thirteen
http://www.facebook.com/dj2thirteenofficial

Additional Work (Sprite animation/Title Screen Animation) By Kid Taylor

Follow the fellas on Twitter:

@MegaRan
@Neosonix
@dj2thirteen
@kidxtaylor

click to order and get your FREE poster while supplies last!

BONUS: click here and download “Me and The Mouse,” co-starring MC Lars, for FREE!
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PHOENIX, AZ – Random, aka Mega Ran is ready to claim the title of hardest working man in hip-hop after releasing his new mixtape “TeacherRapperHero Vol 2: The 2 Week Notice”.

Ran was known as everyone’s favorite teacher-slash-rapper, but he quit the teaching profession this month, citing a need to “spread his wings.”

Career suicide? Maybe. But Ran is determined to go down swinging.

Fresh off the runaway success, “Black Materia,” which was based on the hit video game Final Fantasy VII, Ran returns to his roots on this one, speaking on the flaws of the education and justice systems, but maintains the fun and the video game references that have made him one of the standout underground hip-hop artists of this decade.

Guests include Philly legends Reef the Lost Cauze and Icon the Mic King, the AZ supergroup Writer’s Guild (Roknowledge, RoQy TyRaiD, Mr. Miranda and Pennywise–rapping over Metroid nonetheless),int80 of Dual Core, and even award winning composer Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica and more) and is mixed by DN3, who also produces and rhymes on the project.

The touching first single “Limitless,” and it’s video are here.

Also, catch Random’s adventures as an educator turned musician in the weekly web series “Life After Lesson Plans.”

Episode 7:

Listen to the album here:

In this one, I return to Philly and finally tell my mom the deal, and get some surprising answers… part 1 of 2..

Thanks for watching!

and don’t forget to subscribe!