Author Archives: Chad Walker

In this episode of the Fandomania: Geek Music podcast, I talk to Peter Chiykowski of Rock / Paper / Cynic. In the interview, we talked about punny names, his awesome new Kickstarter, mixing geeky fandoms, Coheed and Cambria (I’m totally gonna have to Read More

It’s almost time for Orlando Nerd Fest again. This year runs from August 7 – August 10, and the main events are being held at the Orlando Science Center, making it just that much more awesome! Of course, as always Friday and Monday (The Day Before and Read More

In this episode of the Fandomania: Geek Music podcast, I talk to Adam Sakellarides. In the interview, we talked about Star Trek, introversion, geeky verbosity, NASA and space, Cheers, and the history and design of computers. Read More

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since I did my first list of parodies. I have no idea how I managed to get that far behind with this one… Anyway, on to the music! Read More

Kirby Krackle returns with yet another awesome album, Mutate, Baby. Although I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the last two albums, E for Everyone remains my favorite, and this album feels very much like a direct line from that one with stops along the way to Read More

In this episode of the Fandomania: Geek Music podcast, I talk to Kraken Not Stirred. In the interview, we talked about the kitara, the 1955 robot invasion, tech support, Joss Whedon, and a really cool Tron compilation. Read More

This month we have a couple of new releases from various members of the Backburner crew. Plus, since we’re already visiting Canada (if I’d planned ahead, I would have made sure this went up on July 1, but oh, well), I decided it was a good time to Read More

In this episode of the Fandomania: Geek Music podcast, I talk to Zach and Bobby from The Runaway Five. In the interview, we talked about EarthBound, hippies and punks, cassette tapes, tigers, RPGs, and Marvel. There might possibly have been some Read More

If you’re going to be in San Diego during Comic-Con, there’s one more off-site event that you can attend. The BAMF Music Festival will take place on July 10 – 12. Friday and Saturday both feature tons of really cool bands, while gaming and more will Read More

In this episode of the Fandomania: Geek Music podcast, I talk to Bonecage. In the interview, we talked about juxtaposing beauty with awfulness, the 1980s (of course), video games, and avoiding chores. We had a discussion about not being very good at Read More

It’s been a long time since I’ve written pretty much anything for this column. A large part of that is probably because of the podcast, but also school just wrapped up for the summer. Anyway, I decided to combine a couple of different types of lists so Read More

It’s time once again for Adam WarRock’s Donation Drive (running June 8 – 16, 2015). Every year, WarRock sets up this drive to help support all of the free music that he gives out the rest of the year. In fact, other than buying his albums, it’s the only Read More