Darin Kennedy – Guardians of the Geekery

Episode 257: Author Darin Kennedy

Episode 257: The Guardians are joined by our good friend, Darin Kennedy, doctor by day, novelist by night.

Darin is an author of contemporary and dark fantasy, his debut novel, a paranormal mystery titled The Mussorgsky Riddle, was first published Jan 2015 and was quickly followed by the second and third books in his Fugue & Fable series, The Stravinsky Intrigue and The Tchaikovsky Finale, all available from the fine folks at Falstaff Books. His contemporary fantasy, Pawn’s Gambit, was released Oct 2016, also from Falstaff Books, with the second complete and headed your way soon and the third well underway. That, along with a slew of short stories about hot necromancers, immortal monster hunters and various things that go bump in the night, as well as an unpublished young adult fantasy novel, round out this writer’s somewhat eclectic taste in story subject matter.

Find Darin on the Interwebz:

Website: Darin Kennedy

Facebook: Darin Kennedy, Author

Twitter: Darin Kennedy

Goodreads: Darin Kennedy

Originally recorded 4/10/2019

Episode 257: Darin Kennedy, Author

GOTG: Episode 257

Episode 100: Part 1 of Our Celebration!

Episode 100 (Part 1)! Somehow – somehow – we made it to 100 episodes! Crazy! We were fortunate to have 28 of our past guests join us at the Kickstand Burger Bar in Charlotte, NC for our 100th Episode Extravaganza. We’ve broken the recording in to 2 podcasts to maximize your listening enjoyment!

In This Segment:

Beer Powered Time Machine Drunk Dial
Podcast Intro with guest announcer Chris Jones
Giddygeeker’s Bad Poem
Reading by Author Darin Kennedy
Reading by Author Jay Requard
Song by Musical Guest Corey Camori
13th Floor EFX
“Pat and Me” Radio Play with Robot Johnson
Song by Adam Nelson and the Something Clever Band

And for your bemusement – here is a copy of Giddygeeker’s bad, bad poem (with links to all her inside references):

We welcome you to our 100^th Geekery from Guardians,

And look back for a moment at our past Shenardians.

From Robots with Johnsons to Horrors most Rocky

Thirsty Nomads on Tangents who like to Diss Jockeys

With Mad Kestrels, Bubbas and Snakes smoking Reefer,

Riddles and Daughters and Zombies who Be There,

From Gallifrey’s Coast to Sanctuary Bay

We’re Delighted ToBeHere, we’re Lucky 13 to say.

We know what we drank, we did it with Big Glee

We know Something’s Clever, just ask Chucky Cart-E

We podcasted Atomacon, ConCarolinas and Storm-Con,

We Altered IDs, Wolfed Valentines and Miked Masons,

We found out that Charlotte is sometimes quite Sketchy,

With Mage Warriors, and Bullfrogs, and Cher’s cosplay so fetching,

We’ve hosted Manticorians, Kilted Chefs and a Liar,

Dudes who Revued and Geek Girls who Inspire.

Got academic at Mythgard, and Comic with Kerri,

We meditated with Jessica and Allianced with Harry

Spoke houses quite tiny and derbies most rolly,

Murdered some Fools, and practiced some yogi,

We memoired some Mocha with podcasting’s Rich

And spoke Abubika with almost nary a hitch,

Darryl took us to Pineville, Manscout was hardly a stranger

We Cyphercasted Just 1 Call if we were in danger.

We went Rogue Getting Dead, then we went to Abari,

Told tales with Camori and hosted kids on Safari,

Gamebreax gave us some rhythm, Heroes gave us The Drum,

We were Pursued by a Bear, which made us all run.

With Iron and Blood, we met That Jim Ryan,

And now I am done – so please stop your crying.

Originally recorded 08/20/2016
Guardians of the Geekery Episode 100 – Part 1

Episode 12: Big Glee for Al Bigley!

March 4, 2015 by giddygeeker

Podcast

Action, Agent Carter, Agents of Shield, Al Bigley, Andre the Giant, Angelica Jones, Arrow, As You Wish, Atlas Shrugged, Barry Williams, Batman vs. Superman, Big Bang Theory, Big Glee Archives, Black Canary, Bladerunner, Bob Costas, Boba Fett, Bobby Drake, Brandon Rougth, Branson, Bucky Barnes, Camera, Cantina 1515, Captain Cold, Cary Elwes, Catcher in the Rye, Centipede, Charlotte Comicon, Clinton Howard, Comics Buyers Guide, Cowboy Curtis, Darin Kennedy, Darth Vader, Diego Jourdan Pereira, Doctor Who, Dolly Parton, Dollywood, Dr. Arnim Zola, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Film Incentives, Firestar, Firestorm, Fox, Fringe, Geek Adjacent, Geminar, George Lucas, Greg Brady, Harrison Ford, Head, Henry Cavill, HeroesCon, Ice Man, Image, In Search Of, John Hartness, Laurence Fishburne, Leather Jacket Guy, Leonard Nimoy, Lucifer, Marvel, Matthew Saunders, Michael Nesmith, Mr. Spock, Mysticon, Neill Blomkamp, Netflix, Park Road Books, Pee-wee Herman, Perry White, Peter Tork, Phil Hartman, Pigeon Forge, pisces aquarius capricorn & jones ltd, Princess Leia, Project Almanac, ra's al ghul, Rick Fortenberry, Ridley Scott, sacha baron cohen, Saw, Shoney's, Sigourney Weaver, Sir Ed's, Smaug, Space Ghost, Spiderman, Standby: Lights, Star Trek, Tao-Boy, Tempus Fugit, Tempus Fugitive, Terry Collins, The Atom, The Brady Bunch, The Butterfly Effect, The Electric Company, The Flash, The Green Rabbit, The Kids in the Hall, The Mandolorians, The Master, The Monkees, The Moth, The New Monkees, The Partridge Family, The Princess Bride, The Silver Surfer, The Watchmen, The Winter Soldier, Time Rider, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, William Goldman, William Shatner

We were so honored to have award-winning illustrator Al Bigley join us this episode. Al has been working as an in-demand commercial artist since 1990, providing artwork to such clients as: Golden Books, DC Comics, CTW, Disney, Marvel Comics, Saban, Film Roman, Scholastic, McDonald’s, Kenner Toys, and many more. Al’s work has been used in conjunction with toys, concept art, design, packaging, books , magazines and comics, posters, storyboards, apparel, style guides, and much more! To find out more about Al Bigley, visit www.albigley.com. Also, make sure to check out his YouTube channel by clicking HERE. For classes, check out www.albigleycartooning.com.

This episode, we attempt to discuss the following:

The Alien movies return with Neill Blomkamp as director and Sigourney Weaver
Harrison Ford confirmed for Bladerunner sequel
‘Pee-wee’s Big Holiday’ To Premiere On Netflix!
Robert Downey, Jr’s Big Announcement
Age of Ultron Trailer #3 (see below)
Arrow/Flash Spinoff featuring Captain Cold, The Atom, Black Canary, and Firestorm
Agent Carter Finale Cameo
The Walking Dead episode
Fox making a DC/Vertigo Lucifer TV Pilot
Book Review: As You Wish by Cary Elwes
Marvel’s Star Wars comics new for Star Wars to include Darth Vader and Princess Leia series
Memorial: Leonard Nimoy passes away – our thoughts (see links of LOTS of other online tributes and clips below)

Guardians of the Geekery Episode 12

Things to Note:

Peter Tork was heartbroken to find out that Al Bigley liked him least. He’s currently in the corner in a fetal position.
Al Bigley and Tiffany have not yet reached a financial agreement on the Tiffany-Henry Cavill fetish comic. If this changes, we will update you forwith!
It’s true, Starneslord has authored comics – you can buy it HERE. (Or you can buy it from him directly at one of the local comic conventions!)
Sorry about the coughing, we don’t edit. If we did, half of what giddygeeker said would never get on air!
Tiffany asked if Branson was a prison, in case you missed that. Missourians, do you think that is accurate?
Good news! According to the NC Film website, we evidently might have some new film incentives. Maybe Henry Cavill will film here and run in to Tiffany at Harris Teeter!
We are sorry we posted the book club info late – but they meet every month – to find out the current book, look for it at www.meetup.com/The-Charlotte-Geeks
Al Bigley shared this blog post with us about Leonard Nimoy. You can also read an article by Charlotte Geeks’ own Jim Craig HERE.

Videos/Pictures To Prove Its Real!

Age of Ultron Trailer #3

Leonard Nimoy sings the Legend of Bilbo Baggins

2009 live version of Leonard Nimoy singing the Legend of Bilbo Baggins

NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me clip of Leonard Nimoy

Standby: Lights, Camera, Action clip with George Lucas on Return of the Jedi set

Leonard Nimoy’s Cameo on Big Bang Theory

Leonard Nimoy’s In Search Of UFOs episode

Episode 4: Riddle Me This

January 7, 2015 by giddygeeker

Podcast

2015 Geekmas Poem, Agent Carter, Alan Cumming, Annie, Ant-Man, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bitch Slap, Bridge of Birds, Broadway, Bubba the Monster Hunter, Cantina 1511, Captain America, Cards Against Humanity, Cars, Channing Tatum, Clint Eastwood, Craig Ferguson, Dan Fogelman, Danny the Dubious Dude Seavers, Darin Kennedy, David Tennant, Dowtown Abbey, Emily Blunt, Emma Thompson, featured, Galavant, Gambit, Gary Hughart, Ghost in the Shell, Grady Hendrix, Hank Pym, Happy Fun Tea Time, Horrorstor, Indiana Jones, Into the Woods, James Corden, Jenna Coleman, John Hartness, John Stamos, John Travolta, Johnny Depp, Kanye West, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Kristen Stewart, Literate Liquors, Mack the Knife, Mark Hartman, Marvel Comic Universe, Matt Smith, MCU, Michael Douglas, Monty Python, Nicholas Sparks, Nick Frost, Not My Father's Son, Paint Your Wagon, Park Road Books, Paul McCartney, Paul Rudd, Peter Capaldi, Pimm's Cup, Pulp Fiction, Ricky Gervais, Saturday Night Fever, Scarlett Johannsen, Spiderman, Stormageddon, Tangled, The Mussorgsky Riddle, The Wasp, Ultron, Weird Al Yankovic, White Christmas, Wimbledon

Guardians of the Geekery is joined this week by Darin Kennedy, Doctor by Day and Novelist by Night! Darin discusses the release of his first novel, The Mussorgsky Riddle, and joins us as we discuss movies, TV shows, books and more on this week’s podcast. To find out more about Darin, visit his website at www.darinkennedy.com

This episode, we discuss the following:

The Mussorgsky Riddle and Darin’s book signing on January 10th (2PM – 4 PM ) at Park Road Books
The Doctor Who Christmas Special
Galavant
Agent Carter
Agents of SHIELD
Ant-Man (teaser trailer below!)
Casting News: Gambit (Channing Tatum) and Ghost in the Shell (Scarlett Johannsen)
BlackHat with Chris Helmsworth (make sure to check the Charlotte Geeks’ Facebook page for advanced screening passes!)
Downtown Abbey Ladies playing Cards Against Humanity (see below for the video!)
Into the Woods (the movie vs. the play)
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming
2015 Geekmas poem winner announced!
Benedict Cumberbatch’s baby name options

Guardians of the Geekery Episode 4

Things to Note:

I think we actually did a family-friendly episode – someone must have put out a swear jar.
Carol the Cat loves doing air quotes but she doesn’t actually scream at deaf people.
Gambit (aka Remy LeBeau ) was played by Taylor Kitsch in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Henry (Hank) Pym was the original Ant-Man, Pimm’s Cup is the official drink of Wimbledon. Based on the difference in spelling, we are pretty sure Hank did not create the drink.
Clint Eastwood really was in a musical! The video is below if you dare.
The language Giddygeeker was speaking was not Elvish, but Sims 3 – because she was playing a lot of it over the holidays.
If you don’t know who Bobby Darin is – we posted a video of him below – check it out!

Videos to Prove It’s Real!

The Ant-Man Teaser Trailer

Downtown Abbey Ladies Playing Cards Against Humanity

Clint Eastwood Singing!

Bobby Darin and Mack the Knife

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Episode 257: Author Darin Kennedy

Episode 100: Part 1 of Our Celebration!

Episode 12: Big Glee for Al Bigley!

Episode 4: Riddle Me This