Mon, 29 October 2007  This week our guest is Rick Dakan, who is the author of one of my mostest favoritest books in the whole world, Geek Mafia This led to a brief discussion about the possibility of modern-day shadowruns. Also, apart from my fear of Rick because of the massive hacker army that is aligned with him, he’s a great guy and worth giving a listen. I enjoyed talking to him a lot, and if you haven’t checked out his book yet, now is a great time to do so. Dr. Sexy thinks I’m just a miserable bitch incapable of enjoying anything, but I HATED this awards show. He can say whatever he likes, but it is the DUMBEST thing ever. Granted, he is right about me being a miserable bitch, but there you go… The pumpkin stumped me at first, but it IS rotting - just in real-time, so don’t be like me and go on there expecting to see it melt over the course of a few minutes. Dr. Sexy brought us the terrible news that they are making yet another Underworld. So damn sad - I liked the first one. Although far from great, it had some really awesome things about it (the werewolf leader chasing the car - GREAT scene). Plus, Kevin Grevioux is PIMP as a werewolf, so there. I’m not up on the DC lore, so I had no idea who Jerry Robinson is. But it’s nice to see DC giving him props - I just hope this isn’t another Stan Lee disaster in the making. Never mind that Alex Ross is going to be a guest of honor at the New York Comic Con; more important than that is that we’re throwing our first ever KN3EFest there! Clear your calendars, start saving your money, and get on the liver donor list now, because it’s going to be an AWESOME time. I don’t really know how anyone can be unclear about the Rules of the Road, but I’m pretty sure if the most ignorant understands that at no time should stabbing someone really be considered polite behavior. In fact, stabbing someone simply for asking for oral is downright rude. Gas prices being what they are, I think a blowjob is in order for a ride… Mad props to the guys at Living Corpse. We first read their book in Baltimore, but it was pretty good stuff. Their first issue is coming out, and I’m glad to see them being picked up as a movie - hopefully it’ll be treated well. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised Millar got dissed by DC, but it still seems rather silly. If you didn’t like all the Marvel titles after his name every time he was mentioned, get him writing some of your books! Is that really so hard? So was I the only one that thought someone else was doing the WoW comic? I have the preview lying around someplace. If I can dig it out, I’ll bitch more about that. A very entertaining conversation about favorite horror movies takes place after our interview with Rick Dakan, so you’ll definitely want to give this show a listen.Comments[0] |
Sun, 21 October 2007 Titles we might spoil this week: FABLES #66, CAPTAIN AMERICA #31, TERROR INC #3, BOYS #11, GEEK MONTHLY #8, MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #1, MIGHTY AVENGERS, DEATH OF THE NEW GODS #1, JUSTICE LEAGUE, UMBRELLA ACADEMY #2. Topic of this show is indy comics, general comics BS’ing, and upcoming comic cons - we have to start making our plans, so enjoy our livers while they still function! Guest this show: Completely unplanned, Jason Becker also calls in, but he’s there mostly to insult us. He might be the Q!PaW’s Talent To Watch, but around here, he’s the N3RDCast Rotten Bastich! Put THAT in your trophy case, mister! At least now we know what Pulsar has been up to while he’s away from us: Making white music. Good on him, it’s nice to see someone carry on the mantle previously held by such luminaries as Snow and Vanilla Ice. William Moulton Marston, creator of Wonder Woman, was goddamned PIMP. I’m not saying let’s build statues to the guy, but… Maybe a swingers club named in his honor? Speaking of Wonder Woman, everyone needs to listen to the CBQ’s latest episode. They go into Wonder Woman in great depth (insert your own joke here), and anyway they’re just an incredibly entertaining listen anyway, so there. It’s great that The Mediocre Show joined the Cringe Humor Radio family. Just what we needed, ANOTHER show that’s about ten MILLION times more entertaining than us. Thanks a lot, guys. Nobody else seems excited about ghostbusting as I am, but that’s just because they don’t have the proper motivation (ie, Jamesons). I think in order to PROPERLY investigate these ghosties, we’ll need to be good and drunk. I mean, let’s face it: if there’s a state of mind that thins the veil between this world and the next, I can’t think of a concoction better suited. We might not be seeing ghosts, per se, but we’ll certainly be seeing SOMETHING. Probably HappyJack projectile vomiting across the bathroom, but there you go. We’re gearing up for the Halloween party at Darve & Darth Debs. I’m not saying Kwipette and I have the greatest costume EVER… But we pretty much have the greatest costume EVER. I’ll be sure to post pics, don’t worry (I know the thought of missing those photos keeps you up at night!). This week we’ll also be at the National MS Society’s conference. I’m actually doing a (very!) brief presentation about blogging, so don’t be surprised if Kaigon, HappyJack and/or Dr. Sexy deface the site just in time for me to show it off on the big screen in front of all the attendees at the conference. So if you see the entire site covered in, let’s just say, penii, you’ll know why. They’re funny guys like that. Honestly people, is it THAT hard to sort through all the links I post and figure out THIS IS THE LINK YOU WANT TO CLICK TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW? As always, feel free to send us hatemail telling us how boring we are: Email: N3RDCast@gmail.com |
Sun, 14 October 2007 Titles we spoil this show: BPRD KILLING GROUND #3, DEADLANDER #1, BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #10, BLACK ADAM THE DARK AGE #3, BOOSTER GOLD #3, COUNTDOWN 29, GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #1, GREEN LANTERN #24, SIMON DARK #1, SUICIDE SQUAD RAISE THE FLAG #2 (OF Cool, SUPERMAN #668, WONDER WOMAN #13, FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #24 OMD, MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #4, NEW AVENGERS #35, NEW WARRIORS #5 CWI, PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #12 WWH, RUNAWAYS #28, X-FACTOR #24, X-MEN DIE BY THE SWORD #1, CLOCKWORK GIRL #1. Topic for this show is the upcoming 4th Edition of D&D since HappyJack’s out of town again and we've got free reign to geek out. Guests in-studio are Arona & Eli, because they actually play D&D and while they might not have any particular insight into the upcoming changes, they at least get angry about things and start yelling with the rest of us for no reason, so it's a good fit. Matthew Vaughn probably isn’t making any friends with how frank he’s speaking, but I got a kick out of this interview. Granted, I haven’t seen Stardust, so I don't know if the guy has any right to talk about being a good director, but I love the hell out of Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. So there. Dr. Sexy might have heard different news than me, but I’m keeping my torch lit for Serenity 2, screw what other news might be out there. Dr. Sexy likes ruining things for me. After watching this horrific video, I can no longer enjoy my russian porn. Sheesh. Seriously, though - how the FUCK do you have a space program AND sex slavery going on in your country? I can't confess to being a huge Thundercats fan, so I wasn't moved one way or another when I heard it's going to be a movie. I am curious to see what it looks like, but I won't be holding any candlelight vigils for it’s opening. Alex, what the shit are you doing to us? Honestly, what they already did to Cap was bad enough. Did you REALLY have to rub salt in the wound? I can' think of ANYTHING I can do for 24 hours, but my hat is off to the guys doing the 24 hour comic challenge. If I was this guy, I'd alert the local police to keep an eye out for people matching Dr. Sexy's profile. That’s all I'm saying. Sexy might not be willing to pay a quarter-million for that comic, but I wouldn’t put a mugging past him. More musicians need to start walking away from those asshole recording companies. I might not be rushing out to buy Radiohead or NiN's album, but I'll download it. AND I’ll pay a fair price! You might think I've been doing this long enough now to remember to start recording the show when we start, but you'd be WRONG. I actually miss the first couple minutes of the show. A shame, really, because the show goes completely downhill after that… You can download it here and see if I'm right. Comments[0] |
Sun, 7 October 2007 Titles we might spoil this week: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #7, LOBSTER JOHNSON THE IRON PROMETHEUS #2, DETECTIVE COMICS #837 , JACK OF FABLES #15, JLA HITMAN #2, GREEN LANTERN CORPS #16, METAL MEN #1, 2, 3, ESSENTIAL MOON KNIGHT VOL 2, ACTION COMICS #856, COUNTDOWN 29, 30, PAUL JENKINS SUPER SUMMER SIDEKICK SPECTACULAR #2, HOWARD THE DUCK #1, SUPER VILLAIN TEAM UP MODOKS 11 #4, MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #32, UNCANNY X-MEN #491, PARADE WITH FIREWORKS #2, IRON MAN: ENTER THE MANDARIN #2, JOHAH HEX #24, and METAMORPHO #1. Without HappyJack to rein us in, our nerddom surges to the forefront and we go a little crazy. We have Bruce and Eli along, but Bruce sits in a horrified stupor as we geek out, and Eli is only there to encourage us, so that’s no help. This show, also known as, “The show that Jim’s going to kick himself for not being in town to join in on,� focuses on Larp-ing. From RPS to foam swords to LIGHTNING BOLT!, we’ll cover our own experiences and those of our friends. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Larping but were afraid to admit in public! Guests this show: We start out the show with discussions regarding my danger to bikers attempting to pass me on the sidewalk when I’m listening to the Queers. Honestly, the fault is entirely theirs - were I not so caught up in their discussion of their top five trades, I’m SURE my spider sense would’ve warned me of impending danger… We then psychoanalyze an obviously homo-erotic dream Dr. Sexy had about the Hero Envy guys. I felt dirty after hearing it, frankly. Speaking of, Keith from Hero Envy calls in (and Mike’s in the chatroom), and while we heap praise upon them for the brilliance of Requiem for an Autobot, the talk rapidly devolves to our combined team for the Darkon sojourn. I feel safe with both HappyJack AND JD on my team, but I’d feel a LOT safer if I knew they weren’t going to decide it’d be more fun to beat MY ass… Another phone message from Jason Becker - I’m not sure what he’s thinking. Of COURSE we’re going to play every message he leaves us - nobody else ever calls us, why wouldn’t we play his? Besides, he can usually be counted on to be funnier than us anyway, so we HAVE to play them. This is probably one of the zaniest shows to date. Our sides hurt from laughing after we were finished! Which is a sure indicator that absolutely NOBODY ELSE ON THE PLANET will find this show even SLIGHTLY amusing. Therefore, if you laugh at this, you’re an alien. Comments[0] |
Sun, 30 September 2007 We only briefly touch on our books this week because we have too many guests, but we cover: ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #3, IMMORTAL IRON FIST #9, IMMORTAL IRON FIST ANNUAL #1, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #13, CAPTAIN AMERICA CHOSEN #2, FRANKLIN RICHARDS MONSTER MASH, AVENGERS INITIATIVE #6. Guests this show: We also discuss the idea of the N3RDBusters - while watching Ghost Hunters Speaking of haunted, HappyJack is cursed, I tell you. It’s unfortunate that the people that actually invoke the curse aren’t the ones struck by it, but that just ensures I’m going to be the FIRST to say nice things about his future books. We talk some movie junk, too, since Dr. Sexy just saw Fantastic Four 2 and didn’t hate it, and that leads to a discussion covering many of the recent animated comic movies. April next year is going to be insane. First up for us will be the MS Walk, then the NY Comic Con, and THEN the Pittsburgh Comic Con! My liver’s already begun whining… Sexy and HappyJack watch some strange TV. But I have to confess that Kid Nation show sounds interesting (insert mandatory Lord of the Flies joke). I was very interested to read this article about Platinum Studios going public at CBR; not just because I want to buy stock in them, but also because it’s an interesting article overall. I had to fit in some of Big B’s “White Trash Life� in this show. Love that guy. The show download is here. That PuPuPlayer’s been shitting out lately, so I’m not bothering with a link this time. So there. FIGURE IT OUT! As always, contact us like so: Email: N3RDCast@gmail.com |
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