CYaN Podcast Episode 77: All New Spoilers Now
Hello, internet! Welcome to another new episode of the Call Yourself A Nerd Podcast. This week; Danny and Ricky talk about all the New York Comic Con news as well as the season premiere of The Walking Dead.
Agents of SHIELD Recap Episode 103: 0-8-4
Big rig truck rolls down the highway. Trucker gives the all clear when a black unmarked SUV pulls alongside. The drivers acknowledge each other and the SUV takes point. Before long, the SUV flies off the road. The trucker panics and calls dispatch. This is an undercover SHIELD convoy. The trucker, Agent Mack, changes route and a secondary SUV moves up to take point. The second SUV is flung off the road moments before the big rig levitates in the air. Agent Mack cannot explain the attack when the big rig crashes to the ground. A team of soldiers board the truck to find Dr. Franklin Hall.
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CYaN Podcast Episode 76: Too Much Foreplay
Good morning, internet! We have a brand new Call Yourself A Nerd Podcast, and it’s a long one. On this episode; Danny and Ricky talk about some video games news, playing GTA Online, movie trailers, and something we haven’t talked about in a long while: current comics!
Guillermo del Toro Gives The Simpson a Fitting Horror Tribute
Our favorite director/monster designer, Guillermo del Toro, graced us with this year’s intro to this year’s “Treehouse of Horror.” The Simpsons have enjoyable couch gags, but with their Halloween episode it’s brought to a whole new game. And seriously del Toro just sprinkles enough of his own work as well as homages to great horror movies in the intro.
Honestly, if the episode is as good as this then it may become one of my favorite episodes.
Look past the jump for the video… IF YOU DARE!
Walter White Obituary
Local Albuequerque high school teacher raised funds to post this in the obituary section of the local Albuequerque Journal. Wow, and I thought I was a fan. I wonder how many donations will be received? hmmm…
R.I.P. Walter “Heisenberg” White
We miss you already
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Recap Episode 102: 0-8-4
The Bus is up in the air and Coulson is reporting all clear. The air-traffic controller mentions a dust-up on the ground. The hole explodes in the side of the Bus and body flies out. Since when would using Lola to catch up with the plane is a “dust-up”? It wouldn’t. Flash back to nineteen hours earlier. Skye is officially joining the team as a consultant, much to Ward and May’s displeasure. Fitz and Simmons give Skye the grand tour while Coulson puts his foot down. After another “magical” Tahiti mention, Coulson explains to Skye what an 0-8-4 means. It is an object of unknown origin, and the last time they found one? A hammer in the New Mexico desert.HIt the jump to continue reading but expect some spoilers. Read More…
New Music: Kings of Leon – Mechanical Bull
Kings of Leon – Mechanical Bull
Kings of Leon and I have a past, it started around their third album Because of the Times with their song True Love Way. It started out simple, We’d be so free, – Happy alone, Sharing a smile, so far from home. And we would laugh, laugh ‘til we cried.
The next year it was even better, Only by the Night came out and the infatuation was in full bloom. They sent out a message that resonated on every radio wave, they could Use Somebody. Someone like {me}. This album was on repeat in my car, not that I needed the album… you couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing a song from this amazing album. Sex on Fire, Use Somebody, Revelry, Notion, Crawl, and Frontier City. So many singles that the next couple years passed by without the need for a new album.
You always expect the relationship to have a low, but Come Around Sundown was such a low that it felt like an end. Each of the singles felt like they were missing an integral part to the Kings of Leon sound. It felt like they dug down to their hillbilly roots at the bottom of their creative barrel. I said my goodbyes and revisited good times from their previous two albums.
Then in July serendipity struck and a song caught my attention while scanning random stations on the radio. A familiar feeling crept over me and I scrambled for my Shazam app to confirm what I thought I was hearing. My phone flashed, Supersoaker – Kings of Leon. That moment brought back that lovin’ feeling. Apparently the Kings of Leon … don’t mind sentimental girls at times “Miss, don’t walk away, walk away.” Ok, I won’t.
I am currently on my second listen of this album and I am enjoying the smooth mix of lyrics and melody. The group has grown in their songwriting and it shows. The album has a good mix of contemplative mellow jams and upbeat rock hits. I like their distinct sound and the fact that it is consistent from album to album without becoming monotonous. Mechanical bull has some guitar solos that really set it apart from the band’s previous albums, check out Don’t Matter for an example. Beautiful War is a good example of their mellow-er tracks and of course you have your instant radio singles in Supersoaker and Wait for Me.
Pick up the new album and trust me you’ll be reunited and it’ll feel so good.
CYaN Podcast Episode 75: Bad Jokes & Worse Segues
A brand new week means a brand new episode of the Call Yourself A Nerd Podcast. On this episode; Danny and Ricky talk about the major Valve news, other video games topics and two of our favorite pilots this week.
Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 16 Recap: Felina
The show that has kept all of us on the edge of our seats has come to an end. I am really pleased with how this series ended. I felt like this episode really brought the story full circle and though the characters are left broken, that is not a permanent state. I really recommend that you watch the episode first, but if you missed it I am happy to let you know what you have missed.
Hit the jump for a complete recap including songs:
**Spoilers Walt did not become a damn lumberjack! (Still super mad about Dexter). ** Read More…
Game Show Night at PAX Prime 2013
I know I’m late with this video, but it’s still good.
Ricky and I along with my friend JJ and some friends we made in the line for the panel were lucky enough and picked to play as part of Game Show Night at PAX Prime this year. The game we played was Family Feud, just like the TV show. The basic rules are that random people are given several questions and we would have to figure out which answers would give us the most points.
Head past the jump to watch as we try our best to guess what the general audience voted for.
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