NerdBliss

Chris and Dan are, shall we say, unavailable for this episode, but the show goes on! Tina and Eric captain the ship along with our good friend Adam (a.k.a. Sexy Thor). In this episode, we welcome David Wood, also known as DJ D, from Dark Entries: Goth Radio which airs on WUSC 90.5 FM Columbia SC.

Topics:

• • Introductions
  • Adam's grandfather's Darth Maul collection and other oddities about our families.
  • A check in from Dan.
  • Deadpool 2 - Casual thoughts and David's connection to Deadpool comic writers.
  • David's music connections that came from his radio work.
  • David gets the NerdBliss questions.
  • Billboard: Running zombies suck.
  • Geeky things: Horror, Batman, Goth culture, and Spawn.
  • Batman v Superman vs Justice League vs Krypton
  • Fast and Furious 7 vs physics.
  • Inspiration: Clive Barker
  • Book as a gift: Hellbound Hearts
  • Doughnut, muffin, or bagel?: Bagel
  • Marvel or DC?: DC
  • Voice actors. "Who is that guy?"
  • What does God need with a starship?
  • End credits scenes.
  • First movie seen in the theater: Poltergeist II
  • More about Dark Entries: Goth Radio

 

This is a spoiler-filled episode primarily about Solo: A Star Wars Story. Anastasia from Episode #60 rejoins us and along with our friend Steven Cooley as we delve into what we thought about Solo and what others are saying. And what episode of The NerdBliss Podcast would be complete without talking about pansexuality and Darth Maul? Boba Fett? Who needs him??

Topics:  

• What is Clockwork Orange?
• Introductions and Treklanta 2018.
• Save the date, July 28, 2018!
• Call us! (864) 715-9446
• Spoiling the fuck out of Solo: A Star Wars Story.
• What is a pansexual and is Lando one of them?
• Our honest and spoilery thoughts on Solo.
• How Dan and Steven met.
• The Solo end-of-movie reveal.
• Darth Maul: The one thing the prequels did right (and they 'killed' him).
• A review of how the PG-13 rating came to be.
• Do we really want/need a Boba Fett movie?
• The Star Wars Holiday Special

In this episode, we welcome "Saint" Enoch DeHart, made infamous by his many call-ins to The Beer Powered Time Machine Drunk Dial Hotline. (Which you can only hear on The Beer Powered Time Machine with Mikey Mason.) Tina and I had the pleasure of spending many hours with Enoch on our trip to Muncie, Indiana for BPTM Fest 2. He was kind enough to bring us a bottle of Very Old Barton, so we put a mic in front of him.

Missy Waters is part of Fortuneteller Entertainment and has worked with artists such as Black Youngsta, Caskey and Machine Gun Kelly. She's also a big fan of The Walking Dead and we had a super geeky conversation with her.

Dan's niece Anastasia Kalman joined us for this episode. (For the right price, you could be our niece too.) Anastasia is on the show to represent the next generation of geeks. Listen as the old farts make references that totally go over her head while she schools them on what "kids these days" are into. She is also a fanfiction author and is WAY into Marvel. Like, seriously she totally loves Marvel. Also, Luna Shovegood joins us once again!

This is one of our most favorite recordings to date. Heath returns and has brought his friends Brandon James (a.k.a. Brandon Hilton, a.k.a Onya Mann) and Michelle Shara. Brandon is a drag queen from the bustling metropolis of Pacolet, SC. He has some great stories to tell. Michelle lives and breathes dog and cat rescue. Brandon and Michelle are collaborating on a fundraiser in Greenville, SC called Queens to the Rescue, benefitting Lucky Pup Rescue SC and The Barker Rescue Project.

We interviewed Sean Kerr, an artist we met at SC Comicon. He also had quite a bit to share about LARPing. And wouldn't you know, he's on his way to a job in Antarctica later in the year.

Today's episode is all about siblings and geekdom. Dan's brother Andrew joins Dan and the Jones brothers (and sister-in-law) to reflect upon growing up and becoming geeks.

We are rejoined by past guests Luna Shovegood and Kaito Takizawa. Since aliases are so popular, Chris decides to adopt one. After a brief lesson on Civil Defense, we segue into TV shows for skeptics. Then butt stuff, then time travel. We finish with each of us talking about our favorite time travel story.

Kaito Takizawa is a talented violinist and anime super-fan. He was born in Japan and moved to the U.S. at the age of four. If you've been to an anime convention in the southeast U.S., you may have seen him wandering the con playing his violin and serenading cosplayers with music. Did we mention that he's a huge fan of the anime Steins;Gate?  This episode also features a promo for Mikey Mason's new album Driven and the new project by Sarah Black of Valentine Wolfe called Dolorosa Lachrymosa.