Rescued from the sands of time — Dr. Ted Nelson appears to possess the only functional copy — is our first album, Live Beyond Mars. The tracks on this album are from the live recording of our show at MarsCon 2001 — for better or for worse. Released at CONvergence 2001, the album was produced in a limited quantity of 30 units and was thought lost.

Now you can possess this most rare of The Nick Atoms recordings. Witness Dr. Ted Nelson’s impatience at Wyngarde’s improvisation! Hear Coburn mispronouncing his robotic brother’s name as “Winegarde”! Thrill to early versions of songs that would get a proper recording later! You can also hear a bonus version of “Jet Jaguar”.

All of this can be found on our music page. Want to download the complete album? Get it on the album downloads page. In either case, prepare to be transported… BEYOND MARS!

Here’s what he have for this year:

The MarsCon 2010 Dementia Track Fund Raiser: 3-CD set – $30.00 (An optional MP3 download of all tracks is included with purchase. Price includes shipping)
http://marscondementia.com/products-page/2010-cds/marscon-2010-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set/

The MarsCon 2010 Dementia Track Fund Raiser: MP3 Download Only – $20.00 (Contains all the tracks from the CD version. Length: just under 4 hours)
http://marscondementia.com/products-page/2010-cds/marscon-2010-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set-download-only/

The set is comprised of tracks recorded live at MarsCon 2009, and includes music by Rob Balder, Possible Oscar, Positive Attitude, The Nick Atoms, Devo Spice, Worm Quartet, Power Salad, the great Luke Ski, MC Lars, The Feng Shui Ninjas, Wally Pleasant, participants in the Dementia Fan Showcase, DJ Particle, Carrie Dahlby, Marc Gunn, W. Randy Hoffman, Beth Kinderman, Soggy Potato Chips, and Insane Ian.

If you’re interested in hearing a PREVIEW of the 2010 Fund Raiser set, I’ve created a special 30 minute PodCast that you can listen to and/or download for free here:

http://badrapport.com/podpress_trac/web/30/0/LCBR_Ep004point5.mp3

We also still have CD & MP3 sets available from 2009, 2008, & 2007’s Fund Raisers at MarsCon Dementia.com.

Thanks for ordering and supporting the MarsCon Dementia Track.

~ Luke Ski, MarsCon Dementia Track co-chair
http://marscondementia.com

TRACK LISTING for the MarsCon 2010 Dementia Track Fund Raiser 3-CD set:

DISC A:
1. When We Go To MarsCon – The Dementia Fun Bus Crew
2. Sonata beatbox ottoman Yakety Sax intro
3. Fark Trifecta
4. Keep Your Paws To Yourself – Rob Balder
5. Re: Your Brains (Alternate Ending)
6. O RLY?
7. Never Say Never – Rob Balder
8. Possible Oscar intros without cowbell
9. Never Gonna Beat This Boss – Possible Oscar, featuring Carrie Dahlby
10. Raking The Lawn – Possible Oscar, featuring Worm Quartet
11. Killin’ My Boner – Positive Attitude
12. Space Jam – Positive Attitude
13. The Return Of The Nick Atoms
14. Dr. Ted Nelson wants some gratitude
15. G.I. Joe – The Nick Atoms
16. Spooky coincidences outro
17. Twitter intro
18. Written On Twitter – Devo Spice
19. Give It To Everybody – Devo Spice, featuring Carrie Dahlby
20. The Geeks Come Out At Night – Devo Spice, featuring the great Luke Ski
21. ShoEboX-luppagus intro
22. Worm Quartet 2009 intro
23. The Laundromat Of Sin – Worm Quartet, featuring Soggy Potato Chips
24. Chanting with ShoEboX
25. Short Bus Suite – Worm Quartet
26. Commander Kafka: Space Roach – BaldBox
27. Mommy’s Broken – Worm Quartet, featuring Possible Oscar
28. Power Salad freestyle intro
29. The Table Near The Band – Power Salad

DISC B:
1. The Fire At The Old Diploma Mill – Power Salad
2. Dementia Radio Jingle – Power Salad
3. Battlestar Rhapsody – the great Luke Ski, featuring Carrie Dahlby,
Power Salad, and Worm Quartet
4. Too Much Stuff – the great Luke Ski
5. Dementia Revolution – the great Luke Ski & MC Lars
6. MC Lars & Damondrick Jack talk about MarsCon
7. MC Lars got ShoE-rolled
8. (Lord It’s Hard To Be Happy When You’re Not) Using The Metric
System – MC Lars & Worm Quartet
9. Demented phone sex line & progressive radio
10. Re: Your Brains (Sound Check) – Feng Shui Ninjas
11. Writing A Book – Feng Shui Ninjas
12. Fruity Oaty Bars – Feng Shui Ninjas
13. Greensleeves – Feng Shui Ninjas
14. Marvel! – Wally Pleasant
15. She’s In Love With A Geek – Wally Pleasant
16. Monster’s Last Ball – Wally Pleasant
17. Hi My Name Is Luke Ski – Soggy Potato Chips
18. Crazy Duck In Space – Breakman Z
19. Hero’s Quest (Whoops! Quest For Glory) – Blasted Bill Putt
20. The Scotsman – Gifted Gear
21. Hi My Name Is Blasted Bill – Soggy Potato Chips
22. Flash Drive – DJ Particle
23. Hi My Name Is Alchav – Soggy Potato Chips
24. Smash The Frickin’ Fairies – Karl Brown
25. PC ‘08 – DJ Particle

DISC C:
1. Sunday intro
2. Dear Britney (Oops, I Did It Again)- Carrie Dahlby
3. Stupid As Charged – Carrie Dahlby, featuring Devo Spice
4. A Drop Of Vulcan Blood – Marc Gunn
5. The Mining Ship The Red Dwarf – Marc Gunn
6. Cookin’ By The Book (Li’l Jon Remix) – Carrie Dahlby, featuring the
great Luke Ski, Worm Quartet, Power Salad, and Earl Luckes
7. Goddammit Marc Gunn, Shut Up About Your Cat – Worm Quartet
8. Space Game – MC Lars
9. Domino Death – Devo Spice
10. Robots – Possible Oscar
11. Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Feng Shui Ninjas, featuring Nate Boi
12. Desperation – W. Randy Hoffman
13. Drinking Song – Beth Kinderman
14. Guitar Hero – Insane Ian
15. Caturday – Soggy Potato Chips
16. There’s Something About A Zombie – Insane Ian, featuring the
MarsCon 2009 Dementia Track performers
17. MarsCon 2009 Dementia Track outro
18. SPECIAL THANKS & MARSCON 2010 PREVIEW

This historic decision, from Dementia co-chair the great Luke Ski, was made after The Nick Atoms — Dr Ted Nelson and his two robots, Coburn and Wyngarde — returned from an adventure that had them labeled missing and presumed dead for the last five years. Dr. Ted returned from an alternate universe and rescued his amazing creations from the evil hands of Euro-synth-artist-musician-poet-astroprojectionist-painter-writer-nutritionist known as “Hot Snack Time“.

The trio has decided to put an end to the music but will be giving ONE LAST CONCERT of truly extra-ordinary proportions. You can see their reunion concert to say farewell at MarsCon where, if you have been reading and paying attention, they will be the MUSICAL GUEST OF HONOR at the 2010 MARSCON.

For many, this will be a first time to see the robotic rockers, and for others, a trip down memory lane. The Nick Atoms are excited by this development!

Many other bands and musicians will be at MarsCons 2010 — including Throwing Toasters and Nuclear Bubble Wrap — to celebrate the return of The Nick Atoms.

Rolling Stone magazine stated, “Not since John Lennon was shot has the world been so saddened as when The Nick Atoms vanished. It is so cool that people will get to see a The Nick Atoms concert. DO NOT MISS THIS! We will be getting our

badges for MarsCon 2010 early. This is the music event of 2010, people!”

This is the first award given to the Sci-Fi super group. Hot Snack Time remains missing and at large.

Please visit and register at: http://marscon.org/2010/
Learn more about The Nick Atoms at: http://www.thenickatoms.org/

The site launches with a metric ton of media content. Here are some examples of what we have in store:

Music: We are offering up all of the music from our four CD releases in an interactive streaming playlist. But that’s not all! Every track is available for download, free of charge. We plan to add more musical content in the coming months, including rarities, bootlegs, live recordings, and other previously unreleased tracks. Our goal is to give you as much of our music as we can find.

Video: Several YouTube videos are aggregated on the video page. There is much more to come. Coburn has been scouring the video archives for choice nuggets of archival footage to share with our fans. There are also discussions about producing new video content.

Photos: All of the photo sets from the original TNA website are available again! These will be supplemented with new photo sets from our past appearances, and the existing sets will be expanded with photos never before seen outside of Dr. Ted Nelson’s study.

New content will be added regularly to the site. We have plans for an art gallery which will include original artwork and show posters. An expanded history — both fictional and actual — could be in the offing.

We hope that you will stop by often to see what we are up to.

It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Coburn, who is off to greener pastures. While the departure is sudden and unexpected, we understand and wish him well.

As for Dr. Ted Nelson and Wyngarde, they will be resting for an undecided amount of time.

We thank all the people who have written to us, come to our shows, talked with us, sent us stuff, and so on. To friends and family who helped us reach for the heights we did: you were an inspiration to us all.

We also thank the people who helped out with the many behind-the-scenes emergencies. You saved us many times.

We thank the 70s for coming up with the best damn theme songs to play with, and we thank lawyers for not suing the crap out of us. Also thanks to William Shatner for inspiring us with his unique way of seeing things.

We also thank all the people we have worked with over the years, from the small cameo to the big Dementia Smackdown. To all the other music makers and adventure seekers, the Mid-Nite Movie hosts, the people trying to do their own thing, and all the conventions and comic book stores that had us over for a spell: you filled us with creativity and we have been honored to work with you.

The Nick Atoms did have a very full career. We were on the radio. We had shows from bars to conventions. We even played a wedding. We were on TV and were voted second place by music professionals and first place by you, our loyal fans. We had a short lived comic. We served breakfast and educational films. We scored short films and even had a cameo in one while making our own little bits. We did convention panels. We even met Dr. Demento and worked with many celebrities…sort of.

Raid the website while you can, it may not be up for much longer.

While The Nick Atoms may not be bringing music to your ears, you may not have heard the last of The Nick Atoms. It may return in one form or another. For now, we are sorry to say there are no plans and there is nothing in the works — not even an idea, just quiet sleep.

We hope The Nick Atoms have helped you to hear things in a new way, to see things differently and most importantly, to have a good laugh at the world, others, and yourselves. We hoped we have made your lives better in some way.

We will miss you all and thank you for an amazing five years.

So long and thanks for all the fish…
The Nick Atoms