DragonCon

Away Team: Jim Nettles!

September 12, 2018 by giddygeeker

Author Essentials, Author Essentials Workshop, DragonCon, Historic Rural Hill, Jim McDonald, Jim Nettles, Quidditch

NOTE: The Quidditch Event discussed in this podcast has been postponed due to Hurricane Florence – however, it should be rescheduled soon!

Starneslord and the Giddygeeker were able to grab a few minutes with Jim Nettles aka Jim McDonald. He’s a busy guy! We also talk about some of the cool events happening at Historic Rural Hill all year round! Check it out and enjoy!

Find Jim on the Interwebz

Originally recorded 08/29/2018

Guardians of the Geekery: Away Team – Jim Nettles

Episode 236: MUSIC WEEK – Foot Pound Force and Aurelio Voltaire

August 30, 2018 by giddygeeker

Podcast

21st Century Demo Part 1, Aurelio Voltaire, Bandcamp, DragonCon, Foot Pound Force, Heart-Shaped Wound, Music Week, One Take Wonders

Episode 236!

For this music week, we reviewed One Take Wonders, 21st Century Demo Part 1 by Foot Pound Force and Heart-Shaped Wound by Aurelio Voltaire. You can click the album name above to listen to each album on Bandcamp – or click the player below to listen to it right here!

Both groups will be performing at this year’s DragonCon so you can check them out live if you are attending!

Do you agree with our reviews? Comment below! #supportlocal

About Foot Pound Force

(stolen from Bandcamp)

Foot Pound Force is a Nerd Rock band based in Huntsville Alabama.We’re an alloy of Weezer and MC Front-a-lot, with 80% Geek, 15% Rock, and the remainder a mix of musical styles.We’ve been heat treated to a hardness of F’n Metal Rockwell

One Take Wonders, 21st Century Demo Part 1 by Foot Pound Force

<a href="http://footpoundforce.bandcamp.com/album/one-take-wonders-21st-century-demo-part-1">One Take Wonders, 21st Century Demo Part 1 by Foot Pound Force</a>

About Aurelio Voltaire

(stolen from Bandcamp)

Dark cabaret artist Aurelio Voltaire leaves the vampires, zombies and murder ballads behind for a heart-wrenching collection of songs about love gained and love lost. His eleventh studio album (and first Projekt release in a decade) sees Voltaire crafting his most mature and passionate release to date.

Throughout his 20-year career Voltaire has danced on the dark side with a sardonic smile, penning such tunes as “Zombie Prostitute” “Cannibal Buffet” and “Vampire Club.” He’s best known for “When You’re Evil” (from 1999’s debut The Devil’s Bris), a jaunty celebration of naughtiness befitting a Disney villain (as evidenced by the scores of Disney villain fan videos on youTube set to the song.) Also a classic track, “Brains!” (from 2002’s Boo Hoo) recounts an evil meteor hungry for human brains and was featured on the Cartoon Network show The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

With a reputation for macabre, tongue-in-cheek skewering of everything from religion to the Goth scene to Star Trek and Star Wars, Voltaire has his serious side, too. Every once in a while someone comes along and breaks his heart, and the result is an album of gut-wrenching songs. His 2002 outing, Boo Hoo, was described by Projekt as “a breakup record for lonely hearts with an ax to grind.” Well, it’s happened again! Heart~Shaped Wound goes past an 8.9 on the heartbreak scale. The result of a short but tumultuous three-month relationship – the first after his divorce in 2013 – Voltaire found himself writing new songs that were earnest, brimming with anguish, regret and yearning.

Known for releasing an album a year, Aurelio Voltaire spent three years crafting Heart~Shaped Wound in between his hectic touring schedule. Defying classification, the album drifts seamlessly from Goth rock to folk, from saxophone-fueled torch songs to guitar driven indie-rock. There’s even an intense heavy metal ballad, “Leaves in the Stream,” a duet sung with Arch Enemy frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz.

Aurelio Voltaire returns to Projekt, bringing with him 20 years of genre-defying musical storytelling; often sarcastic, sometimes serious, always uniquely… Voltaire.

Heart-Shaped Wound by Aurelio Voltaire

<a href="http://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heart-shaped-wound">Heart-Shaped Wound by Aurelio Voltaire</a>

Originally recorded 8/22/18

Guardians of the Geekery Episode 236

Episode 228: MUSIC WEEK – The Murder of Jane Crow and The Doubleclicks

August 2, 2018 by giddygeeker

Podcast

Bandcamp, DragonCon, Jonathan Coulton, Love Problems, Music Review, Music Week, Paralyzed, Prince, Sinead O'Connor, The Doubleclicks, The Murder of Jane Crow

Episode 228!

For this music week, we reviewed Paralyzed by The Murder of Jane Crow and Love Problems by The Doubleclicks. You can click the album name above to listen to each album on Bandcamp – or click the player below to listen to it right here!

Both groups will be performing at this year’s DragonCon so you can check them out live if you are attending!

Do you agree with our reviews? Comment below! #supportlocal

About The Murder of Jane Crow

(stolen from Bandcamp)

The Murder is ruffling feathers around the world with their unique fusion of goth, cabaret, classical music and gypsy storytelling. Violinist Haleigh Black and vocalist Jane Grace support pianist and composer Jane Crow as they soar into the emotional highs of true love and happiness, only to swoop down again into despair. A truly original act!

Paralyzed by The Murder of Jane Crow

<a href="http://murderofjanecrow.bandcamp.com/album/paralyzed">Paralyzed by The Murder of Jane Crow</a>

About The Doubleclicks

(stolen from Bandcamp)

The Doubleclicks are a pair of Portland-based sisters who sing about Dungeons and Dragons, Mr. Darcy, and Dinosaurs.
The Doubleclicks’ clever brand of nerdy folk music has been called “relentlessly likable” and “face-meltingly wry.”
Their fans tend to be software developers, writers and their loved ones, as well as anyone who loves Star Trek, grammar, dinosaurs or video games.

Love Problems by The Doubleclicks

<a href="http://thedoubleclicks.bandcamp.com/album/love-problems">Love Problems by The Doubleclicks</a>

Originally recorded 7/25/18

Guardians of the Geekery Episode 228

Away Team: Frenchy and the Punk

June 29, 2018 by giddygeeker

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Bonjour Batfrog, ConCarolinas, DragonCon, Frenchy and the Punk, Guitarmy of One, Hurray Beret, Kickstarter, Samantha Stephenson, Scott Holland, The Men that Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing

Away Team! The Guardians of the Geekery got to sit down with Frenchy and Punk on the last day of ConCarolinas 2018. We had a delightful time talking to them about how they met and got started, their kickstarter, solo projects, and tour schedule.

To hear us review their latest album, click here.

Find Frenchy and the Punk on the interwebz!

Website – Frenchy and the Punk

Facebook – Frenchy and the Punk

Originally recorded 6/3/18

Guardians of the Geekery Away Team: Frenchy and the Punk

DragonCon: Days 3 & 4 and Out the Door!

September 7, 2017 by giddygeeker

Podcast

(Karen Gillan, Alex Kingston, Alton Brown, Billie Piper, DragonCon, John Barrowman, Matt Smith, Mikey Mason, William Shatner

Carol the Cat, Starneslord and The Giddygeeker talk about the last 2 days of DragonCon – including Alton Brown, Matt Smith, Alex Kingston, Karen Gillan, Mikey Mason, John Barrowman, Billie Piper, William Shatner, and more.

Recorded Monday, 9/4/2017

Guardians of the Geekery: DragonCon – 3 & 4 and Out the door!

DragonCon: Day 2 – Saturdays are for Others

September 7, 2017 by giddygeeker

Podcast

Bill Corbett, DragonCon, Saturday

Carol the Cat, Starneslord and The Giddygeeker talk about Saturdays at DragonCon, including Starneslord trying to channel his inner Hulk.

Recorded Saturday, 9/2/2017

Guardians of the Geekery: DragonCon – Saturdays are for Others

DragonCon: Motoring through Day Zero

August 31, 2017 by giddygeeker

Podcast

Atlanta, Con Etiquette, DragonCon, Metro Diner, Mobility Scooter, Westin

Carol the Cat, Starneslord and The Giddygeeker talk about sleeping by the window, getting our badges, and some of the lessons and tips learned about using a mobility scooter at a con. Then housekeeping showed up and we just kinda petered out. Sorry! Enjoy!

Recorded Thursday, 8/31/2017

Guardians of the Geekery: DragonCon – We’re In You!

Away Team: DragonCon – We’re in you!

August 30, 2017 by giddygeeker

Podcast

#TickSaveMyCity, DragonCon, Game of Thrones, Nightwing, ourBRIDGE, The Tick, Twin Peaks

Carol the Cat, Starneslord, The Giddygeeker, and fellow Charlotte Geek Danny Seavers arrived for DragonCon – but didn’t want a whole week to go by without talking about the Game of Thrones finale, Twin Peaks, the new Nightwing series, and The Tick and how it saved our city! So we sat down right before heading out back in to the biggest convention of our year – to talk to you about it. Here you go!

Recorded Wednesday, 8/30/2017

Guardians of the Geekery: DragonCon – We’re In You!

Episode 171: Westeros, Whedon’s Wife and Clowns

Episode 171! Donna and Wes Scott have a nice stay with Field, and then hang out to talk about Westeros, Whedon’s wife, and Clowns.

Today’s Topics Include:

News

RIP: Sonny Landham (Predator), Dick Gregory, Jerry Lewis
‘Stranger Things’ creators are planning for its end
Joss Whedon’s ex-wife and her blog of infamy
New American Horror Story: Cult Trailer
Mark Wahlberg named 2017’s highest paid male actor ($68M), edged out Dwayne Johnson; Emma Stone highest female ($26M), with Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lawrence close behind
Katee Sackhoff to play Flash Villian
Community Calendar Reminder (Ballantyne Chorale Auditions)

Guardables

Carol: BizarreTV, Annabelle: Creation
Matt: Painting My Life by Pasquale Marco Veltris
Joey : Charlotte ComiCon, Geek Gala, Muggles Market, DragonCon
Tiffany: SkillPop, Audible
Group Skate: Defenders, Game of Thrones

About Eat the Runt

Processed with MOLDIV

donna scott productions, the Harvey B. Gantt Center and Charlotte Art League come together for Eat The Runt, a comedy by Avery Crozier. Providing a completely novel and participatory theatre experience for Charlotte audiences, Eat the Runt requires that all eight actors in the cast learn every role and audition for the audience before each performance. The audience will cast the show using their smartphones and watch as the actors they cast deftly play out one of the over 40,000 possible casting combinations.

The plot of Eat the Runt follows Merritt, a grants manager candidate, through a series of increasingly bizarre interviews for a position at an esteemed art museum. Eat the Runt focuses a sharply comedic eye on the themes of political correctness, office politics, sexual harassment, religious persuasions, and societal and cultural norms related to gender and race. The result is a unique, hilarious and sometimes surprising performance that will never be the same show twice.

***Performance suggested for 18+ due to language and adult comedy.

Performance Info

Show Dates: Sept 7 – 23, 2017
Show Time: 8:00 PM
Tickets & Locations:
- Sept 7 – Harvey B. Gantt Center
- Sept 8-23 – Charlotte Art League
Directed By: Tonya Bludsworth
Cast: Kevin Aoussou, Tracie Frank, Jennifer Grabenstetter, Andrea King, Erica Ross, Stephen Seay, Kevin Shimko, and Stephen West-Rogers.

About donna scott productions

donna scott productions is a theatre and arts production company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 2005 by Donna Scott. Their mission is to provide Charlotte audiences, artists and collaborating partners with unique and diverse opportunities for creative experience and expression.