Geek music is going strong and we have another sampler for you to check out. In the third installment of the continuing Geek Music series, we have profiles of more bands to add to your play lists from genres ranging from nerdcore to wizard rock. We also have an interview with two of the members of one of our favorite bands, Sci-Fried, about their music and plans for the future.

As always, we also have the weekly geek news and geek events in the Seattle area.

Our Geek Week

• Listened to the audiobook of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
• Read Breathers by S G Browne
• Played tabletop D&D
• Played the Champions Online free weekend
• Got sucked back in to the World of Warcraft
  • Matt’s Troll Priest Ogou and his brand new chef’s hat! (click to embiggen)
    

  • Shannon made new Horde characters on the Ravencrest server; Ru a Blood Elf Warlock and Rhyal a Blood Elf Death Knight
• Watched Mad Men Season 3 finale
• Went to The Symphony Guild and Mateo Messina‘s Symphony of the Superhero

Geek Music Madness

Geek Music round 3

• The Mike Lombardo Trio
  • Also check out Mike’s podcast Too Much Awesome

• Nerf Herder

• MC Plus+ and The Empty Set

• Sci-Fried

• Beefy
  • Grab the free download of Beefy’s set recorded live September 10, 2009 at the High Dive in Seattle then go buy Beefy’s albums!

• Mountain Kids Fantasy

• Ginny and the Weasleys

• The Browncoats
  • Check out the video for The Hero of canton

• Death*Star

Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie

This week’s movie is Def by Temptation (1990)

If you want to dare Shannon to watch a bad movie, e-mail us at seattlegeekly@gmail.com or call us at (206)201-2352

Check our Dared Movies Page to see what is on the list and what Shannon has already watched. Next week’s Bad Movie will (probably) be The Nail Gun Massacre (1985)

News

• Seattle Geekly will be taking two weeks off. Please do not be alarmed when there are no new Seattle Geekly episodes for the weeks of November 26 and December 3
• The Maelstrom International Film Festival has announced the award winners from the 2009 festival
  • Best feature: Strigoi
  • Best Sci-Fi short: The Kirkie
  • Best Horror short: Death in Charge
  • Best Fantasy short: Hart
  • Best Animation short: Enter the Sandbox
• Dollhouse has been sent to the attic by Fox
  An “insider” gave website io9 a probable schedule of air dates for the remainder of Dollhouse’s final season
  Dec. 4 – 8:00PM-10:00PM ET/PT (Episodes 5 & 6)
  Dec. 11 – 8:00PM-10:00PM ET/PT (Episodes 7 & 8 )
  Dec. 18 – 8:00PM-10:00PM ET/PT (Episodes 9 & 10)

  Jan. 8 – 9:00PM-10:00PM ET/PT (Episode 11)
  Jan. 15 – 9:00PM-10:00PM ET/PT (Episode 12)
  Jan. 22 – 9:00PM-10:00PM ET/PT (Episode 13 / Series Finale)

• Welcome updates about that Dr. Horrible sequel
• Gene Roddenberry to be inducted to the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame
• Leonard Nimoy to attend Emerald City Comic Con
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  We are delighted to be hosting a monthly trivia night at Neptune Coffee located at 8415 Greenwood Ave N in Seattle! We will be hosting the third Friday of every month and featuring trivia on a variety of geeky topics.

  
  This month’s Trivia Night is Friday, November 20 from 8 – 10 pm and the topic will be the Whedonverse! All things Joss Whedon will be on the table, TV, movies, comics, Buffy, Angel, Dr. Horrible, the works!

  Bring a team or form on on the night and compete for fabulous prizes!

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  This month’s Seattle Geekly Game Night is Sunday November 22 from 1 – 5pm (or later) at Green Lake Games, 7509 Aurora Ave N in Seattle, for an evening of boardgaming. There will be door prizes and lots of games to chose from both from our library and Green Lake’s extensive collection. There will be a selection of munchies and soda provided. We encourage you to bring munchies or (non-alcoholic) drinks as well and any games of yours that you may want to play.

Events

See our Events Page and our Convnetions Page for more complete listings of things to do to get your geek on.

• Conventions
  • November 14, 2009 – Emerald City Gamefest – Kenmore, WA
  • November 15, 2009 – Portland Comic Book Show – Portland, OR
• Events
  • November 13, 2009 7pm University Book Store 4326 University Way NE, Seattle – Readings by Louise Marley (The Singers of Nevya), Jack Skillingstead (Harbinger), and Brenda Cooper (Wings of Creation)
  • November 14, 2009 1pm Games Workshop Carkeek Plaza 10031 Holman Rd Northwest Suite B, Seattle – One Battle to Win Them All. We will be hosting a War of The Ring Mega Battle on this Day. Bring in your favorite War of The Ring army and play in a battle. The person that collects the most banner tokens on the table will be able to trade them in for some loot and the person that finds the Ring Bearer Banner will be able to trade it in for a special prize.
  • November 14, 2009 2:30pm The Can Can 94 Pike Street, Pike Place Market, Seattle – An afternoon of steampunk music with Toy Box Trio. New Classical Music with a Carnival Flair! Part of the Seattle International Cabaret Festival which runs November 6 – 15 in various venues around Seattle.
  • November 14, 2009 10am Gary’s Games 8539 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle – Ellis: Kingdom in Turmoil. Here’s you chance to try out and shape the design of a soon-to-be published RPG. Designed by Gary’s Games’ own Tim Morgan, he’ll be running the game, teaching new players how it works and even introducing pen-and-paper roleplaying to new players. Anyone of any skill level is welcome. There will be room for up to six players.
  • November 15, 2009 8pm High Dive 513 N 36th St # G, Seattle – Nerdcore Night at High Dive! See live performances by Death*Star, Boomzilla and Gonkin. $6 cover, 21 and over show.
    

  • November 15, 2009 8pm The Moore Theater 2932 2nd Ave, Seattle – International Cabaret Festival Finale Spectacular. The night opens with Cabaret Obscura, featuring Iva Handfull, Queen Shmooquan, Stella Rose, Faggedy Randy, and Waxie Moon. Additional physical performance and music acts for the night include The Bad Things, The Castaways, Circus Contraption, The Heavenly Spies, Miss Mamie Lavona, Orkestar Zirkonium, The Peculiar Pretzelmen, Robert Rial’s Bakelite 78, Scarlet Room, Toybox Trio, and Vinsantos! Following the finale at The Moore there will be a band-led march to Can Can, with a DJ Global Ruckus dance party, free with purchase of Grand Finale ticket. First come, first serve!
  • November 17, 2009 7pm University Book Store 4326 University Way NE, Seattle – Readings by Jak Koke (The Edge of Chaos: The Wilds) and Bruce Cordell (City of Torment: Abolethic Sovereignty, Book II)
  • November 18, 2009 7pm University Book Store 4326 University Way NE, Seattle – Reading by Brandon Sanderson from The Gathering Storm the first of the trilogy that will wrap up Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series
  • November 20, 2009 7pm Cafe Allegro 1408 NE 42nd Street, Seattle – Marian Call plays live. An intimate show in a quiet listening room setting, the Alley Upstairs, over Cafe Allegro and Magus Books. Shared with local artist Matt Romero. All ages show, free admission with a $5 recommended donation.
  • November 21, 2009 Wayward Coffeehouse 8570 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle – Reading by Brenda Cooper from her new novel The Wings of Creation

Contest!

We have a brand new “Fawlty Towers” Remastered dvd box set to give away! If you’re a fan of BBC comedies, John Cleese or classic TV then this prize is for you!

Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by BBC Television and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. Although only twelve episodes were produced (two seasons with six episodes each) the programme has had a lasting and powerful legacy.

The setting is a fictional hotel called Fawlty Towers located in the seaside town of Torquay on the ‘English Riviera’ (which was where the Gleneagles hotel that inspired John Cleese was situated). The show was written by Cleese and Connie Booth, both of whom played main characters. The first series in 1975 was produced and directed by John Howard Davies; the second in 1979 was produced by Douglas Argent and directed by Bob Spiers.

In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000 that was voted by industry professionals, Fawlty Towers was placed first. It was also voted fifth in the BBC’s “Britain’s Best Sitcom” poll in 2004.
–Wikipedia

This contest will run til Nov 15th, winner picked Nov 16th.

“How do I enter?”
Please register / log in to our website, and leave a comment on THIS POST. You can just say “hi” or whatever you like. Please only comment once and keep it PG. We’ll delete any multiple or offensive posts. Make sure you use a valid e-mail address when you register so we can contact you if you win!

“How will you randomly pick someone?”
We have D&D dice of all shapes and sizes, even a 100 sider! We’ll roll and see who wins!

We’ll be sending out the DVDs to you via USPS

Music

Music this week was from ALL THE BANDS WE TALKED ABOUT! Support geek music by picking up an album from one of our featured artists or going to one of the live shows coming up in the next few weeks!

Next Week’s show: Geek Gifts! Holidays are fast approaching, so we’re going to be letting you in on some great ideas for gifts for your favorite geeks.