Nerdy Show

Someone set us up the bomb, ’cause this ish is about to explode!  Nerdapalooza 2010 is this weekend and we’re MCing it!  In order to power up for this momentous occasion we’re pre-gaming stating NOW on energy drinks and chili dogs in-between running obstacle courses for gold rings… basically gaining a starman infinity buzz that’s gonna last all weekend.  If we seem distant it’s ’cause we’re on another realm fumbling around or Chaos Emeralds… What am I even talking about anymore?  Hey!  What the God damn is a “palooza” anyway?  We’d better find out!

As part of our preparation we’ve been joined by the high-class nerd musician George Hrab, a prime figure in the skeptic music scene.  He talks about some of the cool stuff he’s got in store for us at the festival, what being a “skeptic” is all about, and the importance of killer album art.  RPG fans, get ready for an intense Dragon Quest IX review that will carpet bomb you with harsh truths as our man, Brandon picks apart this globally-anticipated game.  Wash all that down with some wearable bacteria, lesbian mice, and video game industry drama.. and don’t blame us if you’ve got a raging hangover.  SEE YA AT THE SHOW!

 

 Episode 23 :: Powering Up to Palooza [143:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Tracks:

1. The Hounds :: The Protomen
2. Shrine of the Silver Monkey (ft. Steffo of My Parents Favorite Music):: MC COOL WHIP
3. A Lot Like Me :: Schaffer the Darklord
4. Geekquilibrium (FASTER Remix) :: Dr. Awkward
5. Think For Yourself :: George Hrab
6. Still More Fighting (Live at Nerdapalooza 2008) :: Random Encounter
7. 2600 :: Positive Attitude
8. Sea Monsters :: Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew
9. Undefeatable (ft. Emergency Pizza Party) :: ZeaLouS1
10. Gowron Said Knock You Out – 2010 Edition :: the great Luke Ski
11. On and On :: Kirby Krackle
12. Nerdcore Rising (Live at Nerdapalooza 2009 ft. Beefy and MC Lars) :: MC Frontalot

The Contests:

• Major League Gaming Team Pass GIVEAWAY
• WIN Passes to Nerdapalooza 2010

The Links:

• Nerdapalooza 2010 schedule
• Hex and Cap guest star on Overclocked After Dark – “Nerdy Show is Haunting Your Butt”
• See George Hrab crate the cover art for Trebuchet in time lapse
• George Hrab’s one man rendition of Yes’ “Owner of a Lonely Heart”
• Buy Hrab on CD Baby
• David Byrne’s article on album art
• Get Amber Lamps Shirts and Caps before they sell out at Nerdapalooza
• Kirby Krackle’s video for “On and On”
• Clothing made from bacteria
• Rob Spence, the director with a camera in his eye
• Tell FL Senator Bill Nelson to say NO to large lift rockets
• Tell your Senator to stick to the Obama NASA plan!

Zombies are on their way out, vampires are all the rage again, but there’s a new up-and-comer in the pop culture paranormal circuit… werewolves.  Sure, werewolves have been around a long time but they’ve never seen a surge in popularity like this before.  It seems like there’s an outbreak of lycanthropy in the western world and it’s hitting hard – with would-be teen wolves running amok in North American schools and shopping malls, even Nerdy Show has lost one of its number to the lupine side.

In this episode we rail on the nonsense of the Twilight series, look into real life teen wolves and explore their tragic wolven anguish on the internet and their hatred for the “hunters”.  Our werewolf discussion heats up when we place a call to Lunario Von Darkwolfe III, who claims to have been a werewolf for over seventy years and then get him on the phone with our duck huntin’ pal, Dean Wallace who may have bagged him a wolf-man or two in the past.

There’s plenty of comics, video games, and science mixed in with all this wolfy nonsense – but that’s not all.  What’s the craze that never waxes and wanes but is as immortal as the sea and sky?  NINJAS of course!  Masurao and Shinobi of Krondor Krew join us in the studio for some hardcore ninja-talk, armed to the teeth and sporting some sacred silver blades just in case they should be attacked by a were-creature.

 

 Episode 22 :: Were the Wild Things Are [145:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Tracks:

1. Big Bad Wolf :: Bunny and the Wolf Sisters
2. Shooting the Moon :: OK Go
3. This Toss :: MagiTek
4. Bad Moon Werewolves (Warren Zevon vs. CCR) Cheekyboy
5. Sneaking :: Krondor Krew
6. Adventure! :: Krondor Krew
7. Sick Skills (ft. Schaffer the Darklord) MC COOL WHIP
8. Resurrection of Breakbeat :: djpretzel
9. NES Me An Angel :: Inverse Phase
10. Chemixtrixx :: PrototypeRaptor
11. Lorem Chipsum :: Virt
12. They Moved the Moon :: Warren Zevon

Werewolf Links:

• News Report on Teen Werewolves
• News Report on Wolfie Blackheart
• Rigsby Justice
• “Destroy All Werewolf Hunters” on 43Things
• Epic werewolf hunter thread on 43Things
• “Become a Werewolf” on 43Things
• Fozzie’s remixes of the Teen Wolf soundtrack

Links:

• Mario Galaxy 2: The Grandmaster Galaxy
• Donkey Schlong Condoms
• Back to the Future II self-lacing sneakers
• Doktor Sleepless
• Nerdapalooza on Festival Outloook
  

As you’ve no doubt gathered from our recent episodes, we’re in love with the X-Box game, Alan Wake and its live action prequel, Bright Falls. But alongside our excitement for this new game is our love for one of Wake‘s primary influences: David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the monumental television series and Nerdy Show has put together a spectacular show in its honor.  So lock the doors on your cabin in the woods, scarf down some donuts and pie, and enjoy a damn good cup of coffee (or a nice fist full of Garmonbozia as the case may be) – this episode will possess you with its awesomeness.  The Nerdy Show gang is joined by evil man and nerd rapper extraordinaire, Schäffer the Darklord – a Peaks fan so old school he’s got the original broadcasts on VHS, and Matt Haley, the comic book artist who nearly got Twin Peaks continued as a graphic novel.

In this episode Haley gives the plot lines of what would have been the Season 3 Graphic Novel and drops some major truth bombs about what you think you know about Twin Peaks.  We also share our favorite parts of the series, our own paranormal experiences, and go in-depth with what links Alan Wake and Twin Peaks as well as what makes each surreal suspense-thriller so unique and amazing.  Unfortunately, Phillip Van, the co-writer and director of Bright Falls was unable to join us for this episode, but we’ll be having a Q & A with him in some form in the near future, so look forward to that and be sure to check out his short films below.

If you haven’t watched Twin Peaks before, then you’re definitely going to want to after this episode.  Get your Netflix ready, check them out on iTunes in HD (better than the DVD quality), or see below for where you can watch the series online.  Boy, are you in for a treat.

Note: If you downloaded this before 12pm Thursday June 3rd, and have never seen Twin Peaks, re-download it. There’s a MAJOR spoiler that was supposed to be edited out.  It has now been fixed.

 

 Episode 019 :: Peaks Freaks [157:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Tracks:

1. Falling (Twin Peaks Theme) - Angelo Badalamenti
2. Excerpt from “Diane…” The Twin Peaks Tapes of Dale Cooper - Kyle MacLachlan
3. Twin Peaks – mc chris
4. Song of Storms - Random Encounter
5. Go - Moby
6. Sprinkle Council - Yip-Yip
7. Excerpt from “Diane…” The Twin Peaks Tapes of Dale Cooper - Kyle MacLachlan
8. Goodbye World (of Warcraft) - Super 8-Bit Bros.
9. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me – Fantômas
10. Nerd Lust (Live at Nerdapalooza 2008) – Schäffer the Darklord CD site
11. BrainsBodyBoth – George Hrab
12. Just A Game (Live at Nerdapalooza 2009) – My Parents Favorite Music CD site
13. Geekquilibrium (Live at Nerdapalooza 2009) – Dr. Awkward CD site
14. Excerpt from “Diane…” The Twin Peaks Tapes of Dale Cooper - Kyle MacLachlan
15. A Writer’s Dream - Petri Alanko
16. The Poet and the Muse - Old Gods of Asgard (aka Poets of the Fall)
17. Excerpt from “Diane…” The Twin Peaks Tapes of Dale Cooper - Kyle MacLachlan
18. Freshly Squeezed – Angelo Badalamenti

Twin Peaks Links:

• Both seasons available in HD from iTunes.
• Watch the feature-length series premiere
• Watch seasons 1 & 2
• Twin Peaks Fest
• Matt Haley’s Twin Peaks Season 3 art and original interview
• Follow Agent Cooper on Twitter
• The Twin Peaks Archive
• David Lynch interviews Moby
• Fan video for mc chris’ “Twin Peaks”
• Read The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
• Read The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper

Alan Wake Links:

• Watch Bright Falls
• Watch Bright Falls enhanced with Silverlight
• The Deerfest video
• Interview with actor, Chris Forsyth – The Examiner
• Interview with Phillip Van -  G4
• Cap cracks open the Alan Wake Collector’s Edition

Links:

• Matt Haley’s Website
• Phillip Van’s short film “Come Wander With Me” (2008)
• Phillip Van’s short film “High Maintenance” (2007)
• Phillip Van’s short film “Dunny” (2006)
• West Coast Wigout 2 6/15 in L.A.
• The Media Potluck/ Movie Brain Rot Cobra Podcast – COBRA MONTH

The battle against the undead Black Lanterns has finally ended and the Brightest Day has dawned! The War of Light has left the universe in shambles, but all will be well, your champions of the Blackest Night Song Fight have been announced!

In this episode not only do we reveal the winners of our first Epic Fan Music Challenge, but take on all things comic book and space-related. Joining us is one of Nerdcore’s greats, and one of the only major nerd musicians who keeps up with current comics – Wordburglar. He shares with us his favorite moment of Blackest Night as well as all the cool projects that he’s involved with. We also interview R.E.B.E.L.S. writer and soon-to-be Green Lantern Corps. writer, Tony Bedard who gives us the low-down on what’s in store for DC’s space books in the Brightest Day. Finally, we launch into our long-awaited sci-tech discussion on the future of the U.S. space program- or at least we try to… sci-fi digressions abound!

Also in this episode we revisit the lesser-known warrior in the War of Light, Epic Beard Man of Da Amber Lamp Corps, whom we met in Episode 5 of this season. You too can join Da Amber Lamp Corps, check out the official merch at NERDY STORE.

 

 Episode 15 :: Blackaest Night Song Fight [125:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Tracks

1. Twilight Invasion :: Jay Tholen
2. Night of the Living Christ :: Schaffer the Darklord
3. Ring Capacity :: Kirby Krackle
4. Everybody Move (Gold N’ Fly Remix) :: TechN9ne vs Goldeneye by Alex Kresovich
5. The Blackest Night (Rise) :: Fight to Live
6. Rise :: Twitch Kx
7. Wordburglar :: Wordburglar
8. Keep It Movin (ft. D-Ray and More or Les) :: Wordburglar
9. Up Skirt :: Seth Jabour
10. The Blackest Night :: Smixx
11. Tron Scherzo (Sark’s Revenge Mix) :: 8-Bit Weapon
12. Brain Eating Space Men :: Playing with Guns

Links

• Mimobots Star Wars USB Drives
• Wordburg’s comic, Snakor’s Pizza
• Grandpa Funnybook 1, 2, 3
• Mega Man: The Fan Film Trailer
• Live action Alan Wake mini-series, Bright Falls
• Halo Reach: “Birth of a Spartan” short film
• Play Super Mario Crossover
• Cap’s article on the Faile BAST Deluxx Fluxx Arcade
• See the arcade games (tell them that Nerdy Show sent you first)

Da Amber Lamps Links

• Epic Beard Man Facts
• Cam’Ron samples EBM’s AC Transit Bus Fight
• Epic Beard Man documentary – “I Am a Motherfucker” Part 1 & Part 2
• Episode 005 :: Bring Da Amber Lamp Corps!
• Join Da Amber Lamp Corps, buy some merch!

Also… Ask Triforce Mike anything!

Ladies and Gentlemen, we present to you the Final Boss of 2009!  In this episode we unleash our list of the Top Twenty Nerdy THINGS of 2009, in a VERY specific order. Movies, video games, people, music, concepts- if it’s nerdy then we judged its worth.  Listen in to find out what we thought were the best of the best. This episode is also the finale of Nerdy Show Season 2. We’ll be back sometime in January, so keep those RSS feeds warm and an eye on our twitter and facebook as we fine-tune and improve the Nerdy Show battle wagon. Thank you for listening and making this season out-freakin’-standing.

 

 Episode 18 :: 2009 Final Boss [143:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Tracks:

1. Chicken Pox & Star Wars Guys :: Marc with a C
2. The Very Best :: Taylor Wade
3. Island in the Sun (Belmont’s Revisal) :: videogame orchestra
4. Voyager :: Zombectro
5. Happy XMas (War is Over) :: Shael Riley & the Double Ice Backfire
6. Splash Woman :: Random
7. Do the Bruce Campbell (Live at Nerdapalooza 2009 ft. Schaffer the Darklord & ZeaLouS1) :: MC Lars & YTCracker
8. Platform Wars (Live at Nerdapalooza 2009 ft. the great Luke Ski & int eighty of Dual Core) :: Devo Spice
9. The Faster the Treadmill… :: I Fight Dragons
10. The Hounds :: The Protomen
11. More Math :: Pixelh8
12. Contains mild Euphoria :: Pixelh8

The Links:

• RetroZone Xmas NES Game
• Midnight Riders – “All I Want For Christmas (Is to Kick Your Ass)”
• Zelda Reorchestration Project (ZREO) and the ZREO download link
• First Dead Space 2 screens in 3D!
• New Mass Effect 2 Trailer
• A Complaint to Mario Bros. Plumbing
• Newlywed Sex Twitter

THE 2009 TOP 20 LIST REVEALED

EDIT: Sorry about the VERY late posting of this. There were some INSANE technical issues involving reconstructing the episode. It would have been a LOT less effort to re-record it… but what we had was gold, so it was worth it. I’ve left the description intact as it was intended… so it may read weird. ENJOY!!

It’s almost Thanksgiving… and you know what that means… ZOMBIES!! Okay, we don’t talk about zombies A LOT, but it’s still a VERY nerderific show where we talk a lot about zombie video games, Brian’s neuroses, fixin’ racism, and the Nerdapalooza Live CD release. Listen in and prove us wrong!

 

 Episode 14 :: Leftovers 4 Dad [122:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Tracks:

1. Bruce Campbell (ft. YTCracker, ZeaLouS1, Schaffer the Darklord – Live at Nerdapalooza 2009) :: MC Lars
2. If You Open Your Mind Too Much Your Brain Will Fall Out (Take My Wife) :: Tim Minchin
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project ‘BTMNTBAMLOL’ :: Danimal Cannon, Stemage, & KBart
4. Bohemian Rhapsody :: The Muppets
5. Roboroach :: Derris-Kharlan
6. Stargate Zone :: Sci-Fried
7. Penis Monologues (Live at Nerdapalooza 2009) :: mCRT
8. Boom Bongo Pow (Manu Chao vs The Black Eyed Peas) :: Pheugoo
9. Squirtle Squad :: Andrew Cullen
10. All You Can Tweet (ft. Devo Spice) :: The great Luke Ski
11. Never Be Alone!!! :: ninetails
12. Black Friday :: 3P!C-1

The Links:

• The official website of Left 4 Dead 2′s rock band: Midnight Riders
• 8-Bit Daily Blog :: Daily Chiptunes Release Website
• Big Daddy Costume for sale
• Really Cool IRL Bioshock Photos
• Get a free digital comic to read on your PSP
• “The Cloud”
• Nerdapalooza Live CD 2009 Information Page

In this episode, we’re still recovering from our respective Halloweens and have a very spooky episode of Nerdy Show. There are talking dogs. We also finally give our full expose on the 2009 International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality that our sci-tech news guy, Jon West, attended.  The practicality of virtual plate cats is discussed.

Also, in this episode, Cap gives a full review of Dragon Age: Origins, thanks to our sponsor, Play N Trade.

 

 Episode 11 :: Haunted Hangover [122:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

1. Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en? :: N.A.H.P.I.
2. Vampire Snap :: Joshua Morse
3. Haunted Train :: Hellion Sounds
4. Six Sick 6 :: LeeDM101
5. …And in Self-Loathing and Despair, She Found Wrath :: LuIzA
6. Die Die My Darling :: 8-bit Weapon
7. Battlefont! :: Schaffer the Darklord
8. You Were Born to Save the World :: Pixelh8
9. Paint the Town Red :: Loren Bouchard
10. Juese Belmont :: Disk Masta Smokabitch
11. Halloween is Cool :: Jackson
12. Little Girls :: Uncle Monsterface

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And check out this All Hallow’s Eve-themed music video that Cap helped produce for The Party Boys, last year:

In honor of awesome stuff going on for Dethklok as well as Brütal Legend being epic, we’ve dedicated an entire episode to the darkest, most savage, most grim lifestyle of all… METAL!!

Rawr!   … and whatnot.

 

 Episode 09 :: Metalsode [122:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

1. Avant Guardian :: Electro Static Discharge
2. Heavy Duty :: Spinäl Tap
3. The Accursed Seal :: Sixto Sound Solutions
4. Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man :: Powerglove
5. Wild Rock Music! (Steppenwolf vs Apollo 440 vs Madonna vs Ike and Tina Turner :: Smash
6. Dragon Alert :: Queen
7. Brinstar :: Metroid Metal
8. Murmaider II The Water God :: Dethklok
9. The Tin Man :: Schaffer the Darklord
10. Boomer Kuwanger (Mega Man X) :: Armcannon
11. Underwater Friends :: Toki Wartooth
12. The Metal :: Tenacious D

New Albums Out:

ytcracker’s chrono nurga
OC Remix’s Humans + Gears: Xenogears Remixed

Cool Blogs:
Ninja Pizza :: Awesome Ninja Turtle Blog
Weekly Media Mess :: Bryan’s Blog

I don’t think we’ve ever had a more aptly named episode. Tune in to find out how we invented the soon-to-be-household-word of “ectojism”

 

 Episode 07 :: Ectojism [120:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

1. Fuck This Song :: Schaffer the Darklord
2. Banana Song :: Tally Hall
3. Pokemon Ondo :: Garuura Kobayashi
4. Town/Bloody Tears :: Select Start
5. Crime Spree :: MC Frontalot
6. Laser Canon Deth Sentence :: Dethklok
7. Mega Man Jam Pt1 (Flashman) :: Spazer
8. Bossa da Link :: The OneUps
9. Puppeteers :: Superpowerless vs Conyeezy and Hairetsu
10. Umbrella :: Shael Riley
11. Mystic Cave (Sonic 2) :: Quarter Circle Jab
12. The WB (Live at Nerdapalooza Southeast 2008) :: The Wordburglar

The amazing blog we mentioned:

Jackson Omelettizes Snake Eggs and his way cool podcast.

Cool indie comics we mentioned in this episode:
Xoc by Matt Dembicki
[here's an interview with him on the comic, apparently 'Xoc' is pronounced 'Shock']
Social Insect by Adam Meuse
High Maintenance Machine by Matthew Reidsma

Cool places we visited:
iCream
Quimby’s Bookstore
Challengers Comics
Reckless Records
The Exchange