Deck the halls with geeky gifts! Mike, Mike, Mary Ogle, and Nunuche Nuchtchas offer suggestions on the perfect present for the podcaster, er…person in your life. Plus, we wrap writer Jordan Alsaqa in the Geek Seat, and Michael Day stops by the station with a Starship Farragut update. All this,
Flopcast episode 186 — this week our excruciating ten-part look at the 80s brings us to 1986! ‘Twas the year we danced on the ceiling, had fun tonight, and were rocked by Amadeus (which explains the headache we’ve had for the last thirty years). Kornflake tells us about the 1986
BANARAK – Storming the Gates By Van Allen Plexico White Rocket Books and 243 pages This is as yet another action packed adventure taking place in the fictional sci-fi mythology created by Van Allen Plexico call The Shattering. In this mythos, mankind exists in a universe made up of three
Flopcast episode 185! We’re halfway through our court-ordered ten-episode celebration of the 80s, which means it’s time to talk about 1985. Kornflake has a song by Passion Pit (not from 1985, but still thematically appropriate… well played, Kornflake). Meanwhile Kevin selects the classic Pat Benatar-meets-Supergirl film The Legend of Billie
This week our nerds move from discussing fictional ghost and take a look at real ghost. We sit down with Paranormal Georgia Investigation to discuss all things paranormal. We review the Battleground Cigars Lincoln and the Heavy Seas Greater Pumpkin. In science we discuss face transplants, getting hit in virtual
Flopcast episode 184! For our 1984-themed episode, Kevin and Kornflake each have a weird TV memory to share. Kornflake recalls DTV, which was Disney Channel’s take on MTV-style music videos. (But where was Billy Ocean? A certain cartoon rodent owes us an apology.) Meanwhile Kevin is still obsessed with The
HILO – The Boy Who Crashed To Earth By Judd Winick Random House Children’s Books 193 pages What we have with this charming, wonderfully illustrated hardback book is a marriage between traditional children’s books and your standard graphic novel. Formatted like a comic but capturing the essence of a children’s
Flopcast episode 183! This week we’re creeping back to 1983, the year Top 40 radio was totally conquered by goofy new wave. We were blinded with science, rocked down to Electric Avenue, safety danced if we wanted to, and watched 99 red balloons go by. In fact, Kevin’s pick for
In the aftermath of last weeks Zygon Invasion, the crew prepares for the Zygon Inversion. Mike, Jen, Mary, and someone we assume is Nicole Mazza of The Terminus Podcast, escape from an exploding plane and come face to face with the real “Truth or Consequences.” Which box did we choose
The Cigar Nerds Podcast Episode 31: Turtle Power. This week our nerds venture down into the sewers and talk about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We take a look back at their history from comic books to movie franchises. We also review the Shellback from Camacho Cigars and the Teufel
THE BLACK STILETTO By Raymond Benson Oceanview Publishing 266 pages Did you ever wish you had a lot more time to read? I have to believe everyone reading these reviews is now nodding their head affirmatively. It seems every day a new book comes out that appeals to our particular
The ESO crew enters the dark fantasy world of one of the most stylized visionaries of motion pictures. Mike, Mike, Nicolas Hoffmann, and Nunuche Nuchtchas discuss the 30-plus career of artist, animator, writer, director, and producer Tim Burton.
