Alert listeners will know know that we love to read and we’re indulging that love with another iteration of our author shows. This week we “check up” with Scott Nicholson, author of The Red Church and Drummer Boy and Ken Scholes author of Lamentation and Canticle.
As always we also have the weekly geek news and Seattle area geek events and a really great Geek Week!
Our Geek Week
- Listening to the audiobook of Feed by Mira Grant
- Shannon was elected to the Guest of Honor selection committee for Norwescon 35
- Reading Anitphon by Ken Scholes
- Will be doing more writing on geek culture for City Arts magazine
- Listeng to Unlimited, the new album by Dr. Awkward
- Hung out with Seven from Raid Warning, Zaxy Tara, and Spencer from Backroom Comics.
- Went to midnight show of IronMan 2
- Went to w00tstock
- You can see some video on our YouTube channel
- check out an amazing slide show of backstage photos by Rasmus “The Print” Rasmussen from Another Passion
- Went to the Pokemon Regional Video Game Championships. See our Geekly Spotlight for details
- Went to Nerdcore Night at the High Dive featuring Billy the Fridge, Lisa Dank, Beefy and MC Frontalot
- BREAKING NEWS – Beefy’s new album, With Sprinkles, is available as of today. You can download a digital copy RIGHT NOW and if you buy a physical copy (which will ship on or around the 25th) Beefy will sign the CD, send you some stickers and you still get a digital copy that you can download immediately.
Author Check Up
Scott Nicholson
Ken Scholes
News
- The Nebula Awards will be streaming live
- Second expansion for Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers out now
- ‘Judge Dredd’ in 3D Shooting this Year
- ‘Lost’ auction preview: What would you bid on?
Events
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Conventions
- May 14 – 15, 2010 – UFO Fest – McMinnville, OR
- May 22, 2010 – Spokane Comicon – Spokane, WA
- May 22 – 23, 2010 – Victoria Steam Exposition – Victoria, BC Canada
- May 15, 2010 12 – 2pm Arcane Comics 5809 15th Ave NW, Seattle – G Willow Wilson, Shane White and Darrell Toland. Arcane comics celebrates it’s sixth anniversary with a signing featuring G Willow Wilson (Air, Cairo), Shane White (Things Undone, Overman, Comic Book Tattoo) and Darrell Toland (Stix and Bones). You can also catch the trio at Arcane’s West Seattle store, 3219 California Ave SW, from 3 – 5pm
- May 15, 2010 2pm King County Library Covington Branch 27100 164th Ave SE, Covington – Charles de Lint. This master of fantasy will discuss elements of a writer’s toolbox that they can use to create a rich emotional experience and intensity for their readers.
- May 17, 2010 7pm University Book Store 4326 University Way NE, Seattle – Fantastic Fiction Salon with Charles De Lint. Pioneer of the contemporary fantasy genre Charles de Lint will be at the Fantastic Fiction Salon to talk about his writing.
- May 18, 2010 7pm and 9pm Harvard Exit 807 East Roy St, Seattle – 48 Hour Film Project Screening. Imagine creating a film from start to finish in just 48 hours—casting, writing, producing, directing, editing, adding music. Sound impossible? Teams of 48 Hour Film Project filmmakers do just that. The filmmakers are given a genre, a prop, a name and a line of dialogue on Friday at 7 and the film is due Sunday at 5:30. This screening will be of the project of the team that includes DC Comics writer Brandon Jerwa. Will it be epic or an epic disaster? Come to the screening and find out!
- May 20, 2010 10:30pm Jewelbox/Rendezvous 2322 2nd Ave, Seattle – Unwoman CD Release SHow Steampunk cellist/singer/composer/producer Unwoman celebrates the release of her latest CD Casualties with special guest Nathaniel Johnstone
- May 21, 2010 8 – 10pm Neptune Coffee 415 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle – Seattle Geekly Trivia Night. This month join us for Horror movie trivia with Crypticon! Questions will be based of the guests who will be in town for the convention in June and you’ll have a chance to win a weekend pass to Crypticon just for showing up! Test your knowledge and win prizes!
- May 21, 2010 10pm Boom Noodle 1121 East Pike Street – ‘Survival of the Dead’ premier event – Join ZomBcon and SIFF in a celebration of the northwest premier of George A. Romero’s newest Zombie film ‘Survival of the Dead’. It all starts at 10pm with the ZomBcon Happy Hour Party at Boom Noodle then at 11 there will be a zombie walk from Boom Noodle to the Egyptian Theater and it all caps off at midnight with a screening of ‘Survival of the Dead’. DON’T FORGET: YOU MUST BE DRESSED UP AS A ZOMBIE TO GET INTO THE PARTY. To guarantee your seat for the screening buy tickets online at www.siff.net. Tickets are just $11.
Events
Plan Ahead
Contest
Magic: The Gathering Swag!
Have you always wanted to try playing Magic? Are you a lapsed player that has been thinking about getting back into the game? Are you a rabid fan and just want more cards? Well then this contest is for you!
We have TWO absolutely amazing prize packages to give away courtesy of Card Kingdom and Wizards of the Coast which include:
- An official Magic: The Gathering backpack
- 2 play mats with life counter tracks and really cool artwork
- 2 Rise of the Eldrazi intro decks
- 5 (one of each color) Plainswalker pre-constructed starter decks
- 11 Zendikar booster packs
- 2 Magic: The Gathering enamel pins
- a Magic: The Gathering Rubik’s Cube
This contest will run from now until Wednesday, May 19 with the winners picked on the show on Thursday May 20. We’ll ship the swag to you via USPS
“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! One entry per person please, 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!
Music
Music this week was Geek Out by Beefy from the album With Sprinkles.
Next show: Episode #62: Geek Grab Bag – We talk to Champions Exec Producer Shannon Posnewski, the guys behind Scottish Ninjas and the afore-mentioned Beefy!
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