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Well, this is gonna be the final column here for quite a while so let’s make it epic and long! As I mentioned last month, I’m not quite sure when or if I’ll be back, but I’ll honestly be surprised if I don’t get pulled back in at some point. I’ll still Read More

In this episode of the Fandomania: Geek Music podcast, I talk to several artists about Christmas music. This one was a little more deliberately planned than last year’s, which is why it’s an “official” episode. Also be sure to check out my new list of Read More

Last year, I talked to a couple of musicians about their favorite Christmas music, and that got me thinking that I should do the same thing with Halloween music. And so as I interviewed several guests this year, I started off by asking them just two Read More

In this episode of the Fandomania: Geek Music podcast, I talk to Peter Chiykowski of Rock, Paper, Cynic. In the interview, we talked about the apocalypse, the concept behind Borken Telephone, Mogadore, p-zombies, codes, and the N-64 Zelda games. Read More

Starting out this month, we have just a couple of artists, one new to me and one with new versions of his songs. So, pretty much just like usual. Have I mentioned lately that coming up with introductions isn’t always easy to do? Because it’s no Read More

As an atheist and resident of Florida, Christmas just hasn’t had quite the same spark for me in the last few years. I’ve tried to seem jolly and enjoy the season, but it just doesn’t live up to what I remember from my childhood. So why am I mentioning Read More

It’s Halloween time again, my favorite time of year! This year’s list features some really great stuff, as always, quite a few of which I found out about because of the podcast. A couple of these were released last year but didn’t make the list because Read More

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

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