TG Geeks Webcast

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with each other about a number of shows and a news item we have discovered this week. We chat about the news that John Williams wrote a new theme for the upcoming series Obi-Wan Kenobi. We also chat about the KD Edwards novella, The Great Atlantean Battle Royalchemy, and several other items on our radar i.e., The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, The Bad Guys, The Orville Season 3, and a BritBox original Murder in Provence. As always, chaos ensued. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About The Two Gay Geeks

Ben and Keith are The Two Gay Geeks behind TG Geeks Webcast, where our motto is “You name it, We talk about it.” ®

Our website, tggeeks.com, is the headquarters for our Webcast as well as articles and reviews on a variety of subjects.

We cover all aspects of Geek-dom and Nerd-ery. As our motto implies, we talk about almost anything. We do tend to talk more about Sci-Fi, Comics, Film, Horror, and Genre, but we have been known to talk about Opera and Disneyland on occasion.

We have become passionate about supporting Independent Creators whether that is film, comics, music, or authors we are always open to talking with creators of all types.

So, come along and join our wildest ride in the podosphere.

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Image Credit: @Atavaniel

 

Here is the link to all of KD Edwards Free Content: https://kd-edwards.com/extra-content/

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In our second segment, we chat about Death On The Nile, as well as a few shows we are following, all spoiler-free; Moon Knight, Julia, The Endgame, Slow Horses, and Star Trek: Picard. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always we have our birthdays and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 370

* TG Geeks Episode 371

* TG Geeks Episode 374

* Hamish Downie’s Five Questions With Keith Levesque

* Hamish Downie's Five Questions With Calvin Zimmerman

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The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with each other about several Apple TV+ series and general entries. Oscar Award Winning CODA as well as Severance the series about people who had a procedure that separates a person's work-life versus personal life. We also talk about a great new series Slow Horses we have started watching based on the Mick Herron book. Scattered among that is Keith tormenting Ben and our general silliness. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

Ben and Keith with Matt Skallerud

About The Two Gay Geeks

Ben and Keith are The Two Gay Geeks behind TG Geeks Webcast, where our motto is “You name it, We talk about it.” ®

Our website, tggeeks.com, is the headquarters for our Webcast as well as articles and reviews on a variety of subjects.

We cover all aspects of Geek-dom and Nerd-ery. As our motto implies, we talk about almost anything. We do tend to talk more about Sci-Fi, Comics, Film, Horror, and Genre, but we have been known to talk about Opera and Disneyland on occasion.

We have become passionate about supporting Independent Creators whether that is film, comics, music, or authors we are always open to talking with creators of all types.

So, come along and join our wildest ride in the podosphere.

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In our second segment, we chat about a new setting of an Agatha Christie mystery, Why Didn't they ask Evans? We also chatted about the new series, Julia. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always we have our birthdays and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 369

* TG Geeks Episode 370

* TG Geeks Episode 373

* Ben’s Breakdown | The Adam Project May Be Sci-Fi Fluff, But It Also Has Tremendous Heart!

* Ben’s “Gay” Book Breakdown | You & Me Delivers Healing Through Love and Chosen Families

* Hamish Downie's News Sushi #122: Morsels of News From Japan and Beyond

* Regarding The Unbearable Weight of...

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Mark Bessenger, writer/ Director of such films as Last Straight Man, Bite Marks, and Ninja Zombie. Mark has a new project, Gayliens for HereTV that we chat about. We also chat a little about how he got into filmmaking and a little Doctor Who thrown in for fun. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About Mark Bessenger

Movies have always been a strong influence in Mark Bessenger’s life, from the magical moment when his parents first took him to the drive-in theater, to the influential day when he discovered his mother’s 8mm movie camera and realized that he could make his own films. Shooting his friends and relatives in the back yard in short silent home movies led to Mark getting a degree in Creative Writing at Indiana University before attending Columbia College Chicago’s film school.

Mark’s movies were often inspired by his love of horror, comedy and exploitation films, and his sexual orientation more often than not added a gay slant. Mark lives in Los Angeles with his husband of fifteen years where he runs a video production company and has previously directed two features, both unreleased (so far). Bite Marks wass his first directorial effort.

About Gayliens

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The six-episode compelling anthology series will premiere exclusively on HERE TV with the first episode, Gayliens: Love and the Mothman (Season 1, Episode 1) debuting on Friday, April 8, 2022, at https://www.here.tv/gayliens

Created, written, and directed by critically acclaimed scriptwriter/filmmaker Mark Bessenger, the mastermind behind the cult classic LGBT/Horror film, Bite Marks, Gayliens is a HERE TV Original series with stand-alone episodes ranging from sci-fi to comedy, where each installment details an encounter between gay men and extra-terrestrials.

Starring Daniel Moser, Tamario Fletcher, Hunter Evans, and Kevin Roach, Episode 1 follows two closeted high school boys who come out at Lover's Lane and are terrorized by the legendary Mothman.

Adhering to the classic sci-fi/horror-thriller genre, Gayliens checks off all the bloody boxes gore fans’ twisted hearts desire. A gripping must-watch series!

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In our second segment, we chat about The closing opera for Arizona Opera's 50th Season, Cosi fan Tutte by Mozart. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always we have our birthdays and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 368

* TG Geeks Episode 372

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The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with E. Loren Meeker, Stage Director for the Arizona Opera production of Mozart's wonderful ensemble piece, Cosi fan Tutte. Loren is not just a stage director, she wears many hats (and they are fabulous) in dance, theater and the opera world, and recently became General & Artistic Director of Opera San Antonio. We chat with Loren about her path to opera and becoming the "boss" at an opera company. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About E. Loren Meeker

E. Loren Meeker is a stage director whose work has been seen at leading companies across the United States, South America, Asia, and Europe. In November of 2019, she was named General & Artistic Director of Opera San Antonio, having previously served as Artistic Advisor at that company.

A diverse artist whose background in dance and theatre allows her to bring a unique vision to her work, Loren has received critical acclaim for recent productions of Carmen at Washington National Opera and Lucia di Lammermoor at New Orleans Opera. Tim Smith, of Opera News wrote "There was nothing routine about the production of Carmen at the Kennedy Center Opera House. Attractively cast, fluently directed by E. Loren Meeker and incisively conducted by Evan Rogister, the venture crackled with energy from the top of the Prelude to Act I." Theodore P. Mahne of the Times-Picayune titled his review of Lucia, “Lucia di Lammermoor more than a mad scene in director’s strong vision”. He went on to say, “Meeker's concept behind this weekend's production is to transfer Sir Walter Scott's Scottish tale from the late 16th-century House of Stuart to the period roughly of Downton Abbey: Edwardian Britain. The result is both a theatrical and musical success, a production filled with vitality.”

Meeker’s planned engagements during the COVID-19 impacted 2020/21 Season include Cosmic Cowboy with White Snake Projects (postponed), Le Nozze di Figaro with Austin Opera (postponed), and Rigoletto with Washington National Opera (canceled). For Houston Grand Opera, she will direct a pair of filmed productions for streaming on Marquee.tv: David T. Little and Royce Vavrek’s Vinkensport (co-directed with Ryan McKinny) and Mozart’s The Impresario.

During the COVID-19 shortened 2019/20 Season, Meeker directed Tosca for Opera San Antonio (completed), followed by productions of Madama Butterfly with Portland Opera (completed) and Florida Grand Opera (completed). She made her debut at Washington National Opera directing their production of Don Giovanni (performance run interrupted by pandemic) and was meant to close the season with Rigoletto at Opera San Antonio (canceled) and directing the Apprentice Scenes at Santa Fe Opera (canceled).

The previous season, Meeker directed a new production of Turandot for New Orleans Opera, directed Les Pêcheurs de Perles, and remounted Zambello’s Florencia en el Amazonas for Houston Grand Opera, and directed a new production of Susannah for Rice University. She directed a new production of Lohengrin at Opera Southwest, at Boston University she directed The Cunning Little Vixen, and co-directed a new production of Show Boat with Francesca Zambello at The Glimmerglass Festival.

Her most recent credits include The Cunning Little Vixen (The Glimmerglass Festival), Rigoletto (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Daughter of the Regiment (Atlanta Opera), La pietra del paragone (Wolf Trap Opera), La bohème (Opera San Antonio, The Glimmerglass Festival, San Diego Opera), Amleto (Opera Delaware), Show Boat and Manon (The Dallas Opera), Die Fledermaus (Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, New Orleans Opera),

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with actor and podcaster, Michael Chan. Hamish Downie introduced us to Michael quite a while ago and we had been intending to have him on but a neat little thing happened in the meantime...what's that you say? Well, Michael landed a recurring role on Star Trek: Discovery. We chat about how he got into acting and his journey towards Star Trek. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About Michael Chan

While studying human biology and sociology at the University of Toronto, Michael Chan was bitten by a radioactive acting bug, giving him the proportionate emotional strength of a thespian. Since transforming into your friendly neighbourhood acting man, Michael has appeared on film, television, radio, and stage. His most recent work includes appearances on 'Star Trek: Discovery' and 'Mayday', writing and directing the multi-award-winning micro short 'The Only Asian', working as a producer for Hellbound Horror Festival, and co-hosting the podcast 'The Hellbound Podcast'.

Find Michael Here:

Websites: www.michaelchan.ca / www.imdb.me/michaelcwchan

Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok: @michaelcwchan

Podcast: The Hellbound Podcast - Fun discussions on all things

Horror, co-hosted with Alex Blackburn. Listen now on Spotify,

Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast platforms.

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In our second segment, we briefly chat about the baseball comedy Major League. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always we have our birthdays and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 366

* Shameless Cashgrab: Second Opinions Episode 1: Slipstream

* TG Geeks Episode 370

* Alexander James Adams Interview at CoKoCon 2019

* Nerdy Chupacabras #092

* Film Movement Announces Poppy Field to be Released April 8th

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The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with our good friend Zachry Wheeler, author of “Max and the Multiverse” as well as the “Immortal Wake” Series. He has a new book out soon and tells us how it came about and we also catch up on all of his writings to this point. It is always good to chat with authors we like and have who become friends. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About Zachry Wheeler

If you have read any of my works, then you have likely seen this author blurb:

Zachry Wheeler is an award-winning science-fiction novelist, screenwriter, and coffee slayer. He enjoys English football, stand-up comedy, and is known to lurk around museums and brewpubs.

It’s crisp, lean, and intentionally vague, as I am never one to overstay my welcome. My writing world is a peculiar place filled with good beer and bad puns, which I’m always happy to discuss when asked. But for the most part, I prefer to stand in the corner with the other nerds and talk about anything other than myself. Nevertheless, I do get asked about my history from time to time. So I thought, why not document it for posterity? (Read: keep my facts straight.)

About The Bone Maiden

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An Immortal Wake Prequel Novella

When darkness fell, everyone feared the maiden.

The Great Onslaught of 2048 marked the end of mortal rule. Decades later, the vampires united to give birth to the Eternal Age. The years in between, known as the Savage Gap, were ravaged by fear and bloodshed.

In a horrifying time where humanity fought to survive, none were able to challenge the rising factions. That is, until vengeance found its champion.

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In our second segment, we chat about Spiderman: No Way Home. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always we have our birthdays and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 369

* LGBTQ+ Neo-Noir Comedy Relationship Killers Premieres at the Chinese Theater February 26th

* Disney+ Releases Trailer for Marvel Studios’ Ms. Marvel

* Breaking Glass Releases SXSW LGBTQ Breakout See You Then This April

* Hamish D...

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Colin MacDonald of OnStream Productions. Colin just released a new short, Stitches. We ran a press release last week about it and you can watch it there. Colin tells us how he got into film making and the body horror genre as well as a few detours we take down out interview path. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About Colin MacDonald

Colin MacDonald is an award-winning filmmaker who has been honing his creative talents in the screen industry for over ten years. His dreams of becoming a filmmaker started at an early age when films like Night of the Living Dead, Robocop, and Jaws captured his imagination.

Colin has written and directed over a dozen short films and music videos including the award-winning projects Hangnail (2020), Presents (2019), and Presence (2013).

Colin's most recent film Stitches premiered on DailyDead.com and was described as "Cronenbergian levels of squishy, squirmy body horror"

Colin is currently is in development on his next short film Hunters' Orange and his first micro-budget feature film.

About Stitches

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A bloody incident, a disturbing homecoming - Nicole will stop at nothing to hold it all together...

Stitches is the latest short horror film from the team behind the viral sensation Hangnail.

Featuring a brand new original score by the award-winning composer Jerry Smith

Starring:

Nicole Barron

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Also featuring:

Vanessa Furlong

Cody Southgate

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Produced by: Colin MacDonald & Nicole Barron

Written|Shot|Edited|Directed by: Colin MacDonald

Original musical score by: Jerry Smith

Special Effects by: Nicole Barron

Public Relations services provided by:

Alex Divincenzo & Broke Horror Fan

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In our second segment, we chat about The Adam Project from Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Reynolds (Spoiler Free). We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always we have our birthdays and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 365

* TG Geeks Episode 368

* DaVette “Sees” Movies | Death on the Nile – It Stays Afloat, But Barely

* Arizona Opera Announces its 2022/23 Season

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The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with each other about several things we have been watching like the return of Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Discovery. We also chat about an incredible experience we had at the Celebrity Theater here in Phoenix, where we had a meet and greet with Rick Wakeman, keyboardist extraordinaire. we also chat about the Arizona Opera production of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music as well as several other projects they have going. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About The Two Gay Geeks

Ben and Keith are The Two Gay Geeks behind TG Geeks Webcast, where our motto is “You name it, We talk about it.” ®

Our website, tggeeks.com, is the headquarters for our Webcast as well as articles and reviews on a variety of subjects.

We cover all aspects of Geek-dom and Nerd-ery. As our motto implies, we talk about almost anything. We do tend to talk more about Sci-Fi, Comics, Film, Horror, and Genre, but we have been known to talk about Opera and Disneyland on occasion.

We are passionate about supporting Independent Creators whether that is film, comics, music, or authors we are always open to talking with creators of all types.

So, come along and join our wildest ride in the podosphere.

Arizona Opera Projects

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Carmen: The Graphic Novel

 

 

Perhaps the most famous opera in history, Georges Bizet’s Carmen premiered in 1875 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. The four-act opera, featuring a libretto written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy and adapted from the novella by Prosper Mérimée, remains one of the most exciting and popular works in the repertoire. And now, nearly 150 years later, the story of Carmen is being adapted again — this time as CARMEN: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, written by opera singer and director Alek Shrader and illustrated by legendary artist P. Craig Russell (Neil Gaiman’s American Gods) and Aneke, and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Arizona Opera will be launching a Kickstarter campaign for this ambitious adaptation early next year with a pre-launch page live now.

Please go sign up to be notified.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arizonaopera/carmen-the-graphic-novel

 

 

The Copper Queen at Phoenix Film Festival

 

 

Still healing from her grandmother’s death, Addison Moore finds herself checking into The Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee, Arizona. Aware of the ghost stories and hauntings, Addison fearlessly elects to stay in Room 315, the location of the heartbroken Julia Lowell’s death a century ago.

But what draws Addison to Room 315? And why does she want to face Julia’s ghost?

The Copper Queen Film features Arizona Opera’s first ever all-female director/conductor/designer team, helmed by Crystal Manich, and is being produced in association with Manley Films.

 

 

The Copper Queen will be showing at Phoenix Film Festival on April 4th at 7:15 PM and April 7th ...

The Two Gay Geeks have a (spoiler free) chat with each other about a couple of new series that we are watching; The Endgame on NBC and Peacock as well as Severance a new Apple TV+ series from Ben Stiller. We also chat briefly about the debacle that will be the Academy Awards presentation and a few of we would consider missteps. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About The Two Gay Geeks

Ben and Keith are The Two Gay Geeks behind TG Geeks Webcast, where our motto is “You name it, We talk about it.” ®

Our website, tggeeks.com, is the headquarters for our Webcast as well as articles and reviews on a variety of subjects.

We cover all aspects of Geek-dom and Nerd-ery. As our motto implies, we talk about almost anything. We do tend to talk more about Sci-Fi, Comics, Film, Horror, and Genre, but we have been known to talk about Opera and Disneyland on occasion.

We are passionate about supporting Independent Creators whether that is film, comics, music, or authors we are always open to talking with creators of all types.

So, come along and join our wildest ride in the podosphere.

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Check the links below for the items we chatted about in the show.

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In our second segment, we chat about “The Kingsman” Franchise and the movie Free Guy. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always we have our birthdays and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 362

* TG Geeks Episode 366

* The Mice Are Coming! The Mice Are Coming!

* Crossover to The Twilight Zone and More at Fright-Rags.Com

* The Hourglass Throne by KD Edwards Cover Reveal

* Nerdy Chupacabras #085

* Nerdy Chupacabras #087

* LGBTQ+ Neo-Noir Comedy Relationship Killers Premieres at the Chinese Theater February 26th

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The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with each other about several items in the news this week; Stranger Things Season 4 and 5, DC and Marvel reprinting JLA/ Avengers in honor of George Perez, Fox considering an animated series of Bloom County, and Troy Kotsur of the film CODA nominated for an Oscar. Of course, we have our regular irreverence while chatting about these items. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About The Two Gay Geeks

Ben and Keith are The Two Gay Geeks behind TG Geeks Webcast, where our motto is “You name it, We talk about it.” ®

Our website, tggeeks.com, is headquarters for our Webcast as well as articles and reviews on a variety of subjects.

We cover all aspects of Geek-dom and Nerd-ery. As our motto implies, we talk about almost anything. We do tend to talk more about the Sci Fi, Comics, Film, Horror, and Genre, but we have been known to talk about Opera and Disneyland on occasion.

We are passionate about supporting Independent Creators whether that is film, comics, music, or authors we are always open to talking with creators of all types.

So, come along and join our wildest ride in the podosphere.

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Check out the links below for the links to the articles that spawned our conversation.

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In our second segment, we chat about the Academy Awards ceremony for this year and a bit from Patrick Stewart. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always we have our birthdays and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 362

* TG Geeks Episode 365

* Nerdy Chupacabras #087

* Gini's Random Musings - Same Old, Same Old

* Arizona Opera Announces its 2022/23 Season

* Downton Abbey: A New Era - New Trailer

* MGM’s DOG Featurette and Behind the Scenes

* Lucy and Desi - An Amazon Original Documentary

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