Author Archives: Chad Walker

Thirty years ago, on Feb. 28, 1984, “Weird Al” released his second album, In 3-D. I remember listening to that album many, many times until I had all of the lyrics memorized. I recently decided to pick up a vinyl copy just for the heck of it. It’s still Read More

Continuing from where I left off a couple of weeks ago, here are a few new (or at least relatively new) geeky videos. Plenty of video games, TV shows, and other pop cultural references. Plus a philosophical concept thrown in for good measure! Read More

Not all of these videos are technically new, and they’re not even all necessarily recent since I’ve been compiling this list for quite some time, but they are new to my lists, so I suppose that counts for something. This time we have a couple of Read More

Now that 2013 is over (link is from the Cards Against Humanity video wrap up of 2013 from their Holiday Bull**** list. Unsurprisingly it’s slightly NSFW), it’s (finally) time to take a look back at the best geek music of the year (I know I’m late in Read More

In a couple of weeks, I’ll be posting my list of the Best of 2013. In anticipation of that, here is Part Two of the recent releases list, with albums that will probably end up on that list. Read More

It’s that time of year again, time for my yearly Christmas music list. A couple of these didn’t quite make last year’s list in order to make room on an already huge list (and some were released just after I posted it; a hazard with trying to get the Read More

As we wind down the year, let’s take a look at a few recent releases that I’ve been meaning to review for some time. Now that I’m finally caught up (it’s amazing how much one extremely unproductive weekend can do to the amount of work I have to do!), I Read More

Recently there have been a few new releases of music about Doctor Who in celebration of the 50th anniversary. I wish I’d been able to post this before the special aired, but life sort of got in the way, and I’m only just now getting caught up on Read More

After two successful albums, Sammus is finally Kickstarting an EP specifically about her heroine and namesake, Samus Aran from Metroid. The title of the album, AN[OTHER M], is a reference both to the game Metroid: Other M and the fact that her own name Read More

The final two categories of artist from Nerdapalooza are those that I had never seen, either because I just hadn’t seen them before or because I didn’t even know who they were. They’re probably the biggest categories, so let’s jump right into it, shall Read More

In Part One, I spent the entire article writing about the perennial favorites, those artists that have been to most or all of the Nerdapaloozas. This time, I’ll take a look at returning artists: those that have been, but not every year. In additio Read More

As I mentioned in my preview of Nerdapalooza 2013, this was without doubt the biggest year yet. With headliners They Might Be Giants, Nerf Herder, and Green Jellÿ, they were able to get the Orange County Convention Center, which, as it turned out, made Read More