Long time, No post?

apologies for the silence, but it was a hectic holiday season, and it sort of bled over into all of january. Your Geek World's headquarters (also known as Tyler's apartment) has moved, and we're still trying to get everything settled back down, but we recorded a couple of podcasts before packing up, so those should go up relatively soon-ish (by which I mean as soon as tyler has a chance to edit them).

unfortunately in all the chaos, we missed both Arisia (which Tyler intended to drag me back to, kicking and screaming) and MAGfest (which I talked him into attending instead since they were the same weekend this year, but the budget disagreed). Luckily, we still intend to try and make it to Wicked Faire for at least one day, and will most definitely be at Anime Boston and ConnectiCon this year (even if ConnectiCon was a hot mess of failure last year, we have such a long track record with them that we have to forgive it).

We have a couple of musical projects in the works, heavily involving the musical talents of Chris Whittier of Little Blue Pill and Dave aka Barycoise of Cabin Fever Express, so stay tuned for those in the near future. the first has been recorded and has a video in the works, but can be listened to here until then (yes, that's our own version of the Backin' Up song from youtube's Autotune the News). I'm trying to convince them that we need to do the theme song from Carmen SanDiego next, but so far, no dice. Stay tuned!

In other news, the new My Chemical Romance album that I mentioned excitement about in my last post, "Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys," is now out, and it's everything I ever wanted and then some. (look forward to a more in-depth review in the future!) If you love campy sci-fi and catchy, unapologetically american rock music, then I can't recommend it more, because this album is best summarized as being a neon dance party in the fucking Thunderdome, hosted by a pirate radio DJ from the future (no, really. it's set up as a radio broadcast from 2019, and features a few moments with fictional DJ Dr. Death Defying, portrayed by guitarist Steve, Righ? of Mindless Self Indulgence.) Definitely check out their youtube channel to hear some of the songs (both live and studio versions of several tracks have been posted) as well as some excellent bonus materials, including commercials and cartoons from the album's universe (and yet singer Gerard Way still insists it's not a concept album. Ok, buddy. If you say so.)


and finally, I need to mention that Lar DeSouza, an all-around awesome guy and artist of the excellent online comics Least I Could Do, Looking for Group, and the Gutters , has set up an online store for his non-comic related art. All of us here at Your Geek World are big fans of his art, and we strongly encourage you to check it out!

and now, I fear that I must end this otherwise unrelenting wall of text. Until next time, dear readers!

the best calendar of 2011 is already up for preorder!

Those of you who know me already know that I can't say enough great things about OtakuBooty.com, my favorite social networking site for people who are completely functional adults and just-so-happen to have some nerdy interests. I've met some amazing people through OtakuBooty, and will absolutely continue to support it even in these tough economic times.

With that said, the economic strain is absolutely being felt over there, and the owner/admin is doing everything in his power to keep the site running at a nearly nonexistent subscription price. That's where some incredibly giving members of the site stepped in.

The ladies of Pixelette Pinups in Atlanta, GA had the great idea to put together a pin-up calendar to benefit the site. All of the photographers, models, and stylists are members of Otaku Booty who donated their time, effort, and in some cases even flew across the country to be involved. Many of the models dipped into their own pockets for costumes and props, and the Pixelette studio had to shut down to paying customers for several days to get all the photos done in time.

From what I've seen so far and the other photos that Pixelette host on their site, the calendar is sure to be phenomenal. It will, however, be only a limited print beyond what their preorder count is, so click the banner above and reserve a copy now!

an interval of silliness (VIDEO NSFW)

this is probably the shortest video that Happy Harry Toons has posted to youtube, but it's easily one of my favorites.

have a great weekend, everyone!

and the award for 'weirdest shit on the internet' goes to...

I've spent the last two years with the same nagging question in the back of my head every time I peruse the internet. Is there anything out there that makes less sense than jedichefs.com?

After many exhausting hours of research, I've resigned myself to the fact that, as far as pages written in English (excluding fetish porn), there really isn't.

So, what's their deal?

I honestly have no idea. I've been poking around the website for over an hour, and I'm still not sure. I do, however, know that they raise money for Cancer Research UK, So I suppose that even nonsense has its merits.


I think the part of Jedi Chefs that's most confusing is the Celebrity Jedi Chef page, which is an alphabetized list of image galleries featuring pictures of celebrities, primarily from sci-fi shows, donning the website's signature floppy chef hats and wielding lightsabers. For the most part, the celebs look just as confused as we are, though some of them seem to have excellent sense of humor about the whole ordeal.

Alan Tudyk, for example, is looking a little scared. His former 'Firefly' co-star Sean Maher, however, seems to be taking it in stride.
The number of celebrities they've managed to get to take these ridiculous pictures is staggering. A considerable amount of the casts of Buffy, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, Stargate SG-1,various Star Treks, the new and old Star Wars trilogies, and folks from all over Doctor Who fill the list, making me wonder if perhaps the YGW Away Team needs a silly gimmick to get us some celebrity endorsements. I'm pretty sure there isn't anything the guys wouldn't be willing to do if it meant a picture of them with, say for example, Felicia Day.


I don't know what confuses me more: what's going on, or why so many geek celebs are in on it!

Matt Smith: not just a Doctor

also, apparently, something of a rock star.

What exactly HAS the Doctor been up to?

WARNING: THE VIDEO CLIPS IN THIS ARTICLE ARE EXTREMELY NSFW

So, Tyler and I were having a discussion about Paul McGann and how much we loved him in the Doctor Who feature film. While I was on the phone with him, I took a quick peek at McGann's IMDB page, hoping to find something we might have heard of, or that we would be able to find on Netflix.


And then we found this.



The funny part? We've seen this one before. Lesbian Vampire Killers was easily one of our favorite films of 2009, a horror comedy on par with Slither and Shaun of the Dead in terms of high-budget hilarity. Did you spot him?

How about now? (skip to about 1:30, or for a longer scene featuring McGann, jump to about the 7 minute mark)




That's right, he's the fabulously deadpan Vicar. And disturbingly enough, doesn't look any older than he did in 1996 as the Doctor.


Now, the movie is absolutely worth watching even without him. The stylish editing and cinematography could make it fascinating to watch paint dry, but the humor (which varies from disgusting and slapstick to deadpan wit) remains consistently entertaining from start to finish, even if the female leads are some of the worst actresses to ever deliver dialogue onscreen outside of a porn.

But if we needed any confirmation that McGann was the coolest Doctor, we've certainly got it now.

Star Trek TOS and Ke$ha go together pretty well, actually,

oh. my. lord.



further proof that I need a life: I can identify almost every clip in here by episode title.

the greatest tumblr in the history of tumblr

Nimoy. Sunset. Pie.

that's right, folks. The entire tumblr is a collection of images involving Leonard Nimoy (mostly as Spock), sunsets, and pies.

be still, my heart!

Ever wondered what a fat man dancing to Beyonce in a unitard looks like?

Well, now you know.


I fucking love this guy! look at him rock out!


UPDATE!

when the YGW Away Team and some friends were talking about this video during a late night trip to Ihop, someone at another table overheard us and showed us this on his laptop. Apparently, this video is even older news than we thought, because Beyonce herself knew about it, and brought the guy onstage at a show last fall!

Kirsten Dunst is a Japanophile? Not Really. She's Just Pretending.

If you didn't already hate her for her run as Mary Jane in Spiderman, now she's taking being an annoying tool in a whole new direction: cosplay, and molesting random passersby in Akihabra. All while performing an overproduced cover of a song with racist connotations about the very people she is invading. Talk about class.

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/music/watch/v19838048wrs3Dgdy


Her 'serious business' sex-face is pretty hilarious, though. Especially with the blue wig.

what does the internet sound like?

There's a pretty interesting website, CodeOrgan.com, which converts website code into music. Type in a URL and go!

Spy & Pyro

The guys of Albino Blacksheep have done it again! If the embedded video is cut off, check it out here.

Ninja Sex Party (WARNING, NSFW)

Yes, I know, I'm pretty much over the whole 'ninja' thing, too. Have been for a few years now. These guys, however, are the exception. If you haven't heard them yet, you don't know what you're missing!


Comprised of Danny Y. Sexbang (the 'Y' stands for 'You') and Ninja Brian (who is either Chinese or Irish), the NY comedy duo have put out three music videos thus far, all of which are as funny as the songs are catchy. The only downside is that 'No Reason Boner' will most likely get stuck in your head at the worst possible times, so proceed with caution.

Also, you can find more content on their youtube page if you can't get enough.


You can hear singer Dan Avidan's more serious and worksafe project, Skyhill, here. Personally, I own a copy of their album, "Run With The Hunted," and absolutely love it.