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>> RANTS > FROM THE PEN OF THE MASTER GEEK
GI Joe and Young Boys Yea, this is a "morning after" repost. Thankfully, this is an all kinds of old article, so you may have never read this one. - AD
You know, I really should open this rant with a different title, not really looking forward to the type of searches people use to find this topic. Oh well, what’s done is done. (Not really, I could change it, but I’m too lazy). Anyway, as I was picking up yet another bottle of NyQuil (because I lack medical insurance, not that I’m pointing fingers) to keep this cold at bay I found myself drawn, as I often am, to the toy isle of the store. It’s funny how even toys follow a cyclical path. There, on the shelves were "new" versions of my old friends: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I was a bit old at their heyday, but the comic ruled), Transformers (your friendly neighborhood Geek’s personal favorite), and GI Joe (and it’s cooler, but far more evil nemesis Cobra). As I was looking at the new Fortress Maximus (of which I have already taken as a band name, so back off) I heard a couple of boys talking about the GI Joe figures. In hushed tones I overheard, "He,he,he, they should pack Scarlett with the chick in leather cause then"… Unable to hold back, my chuckle spooked the junior pervs and they took off down the isle. Mind you, I wasn’t judging them (how could I)? I chuckled because I remember having similar conversations over the female GI Joe’s years ago…Ah hell, who am I kidding…I had that conversation last week. It went something like this…MORE >>
>> NEWS AND EVENTS > GET OUT OF THE BASEMENT
The Gang is Back! As if you need yet another reminder to attend the greatest party of 2008 (perhaps all time). Still, in case you're on the fence about attending The Rick Emerson Show Listener Party 11 – Emerson’s 11… Then I’ve got a few choice words for you…
"Now go get your fucking shine box"!
Come on! This is Emerson's 11 – The greatest frakking party you will ever experience. Check it!
All you fellow Freaks and Geeks
The Crystal Ballroom
Booze galore (with enough servers even)
Emerson Starship busting out metal covers of your favorite watches and "surprises"
World Premiere of Debilitating Degeneratism and You, starring Tim Riley
Nickle Arcade playing their hits and the first live performance of Vodka in Heaven
Even more booze
And finally…
The Rick Emerson Roast – Join Roastmaster Carl Click, Storm Large, Sarah X Dylan, Cort and Fatboy, Byron Beck, Peter Carlin, Scott Dally, and your friendly neighborhood Geek as we trash what little dignity Mr. Emerson maintains!
Plus special surprises and the North American premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull!*
It all happens at the Crystal Ballroom tonight at 8pm. There is no cover, but you gotta’ be 21 to attend. The doors open at 7pm and if previous events are any indication, you better be in line when those doors fling open!
If you have the time before, pop on over to Pop Culture Zoo and check out their interview with DC Comics Editor-in-Chief, Dan DiDio.
Finally, tune in tomorrow with my spoiler free review of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. (Assuming I can even move).
Oh yea, keep the votes rolling in for Geek in the City in the Willamette Week’s Best of 2008. (And thanks to all that keep pimping the site, we GitC Writers salute you)
Whew.
*Um, GitC Legal would like to state that in NO WAY will Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull be screening at this event… But, the bastard does get to catch a press screening this weekend. Jerk!
>> NEWS AND EVENTS > GET OUT OF THE BASEMENT
Best City. Best Week! TRAILERMANIA 8 - 60 minutes - May 13 at 7 and 9pm - Clinton Street Theater - 26th and SE Clinton - Admission: $6
As Scott and I have claimed on many an episode of Film Fever Radio, sometimes the trailer is the best element of a movie. (I’m looking at your Underworld). Local film archivist Greg Hamilton took that belief and turned it into a fantastic screening event! I’ve been to many previous Trailermania screenings and each one has been a blast, I don't expect this one to be any different. You owe it to yourself to check it out. Just take a gander at some of these trailers, in their glorious 35mm print form!
Genghis Khan, Sword of the Conqueror, The Sword of Monte Cristo, The Mongols, 10 Commandments, Born Again, Heaven Can Wait, Preacherman, Oh God, Front Page, The Black Bird, One on One, Pink Panther Strikes Again, The Hustle, Casey’s Shadow, Littlest Horse Thieves, Zebra in the Kitchen, Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion, Barefoot Executive, Matilda, Hills of Home, Son of Lassie, Incredible Journey/Old Yeller, For the Love of Benji, C.H.O.M.P.S., Lucky, The Shaggy D.A., George, Digby the Biggest Dog in the World, Snoopy Come Home, Lady and the Tramp,101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, 1,000,000 Duck, The Boatniks, Gnome Mobile, Which Way Is Up, Never a Dull Moment – 3 Caballeros, Hot Lead Cold Feet – Mr. Toad, Scandalous John, Charlie and the Angel, Jericho the Clown, Worlds Greatest Athlete, The Strongest Man in the World, Treasure of Matacumbe, Escape from Witch Mountain (I had the biggest little kid crush on Kim Richards, before I even understood what a “crush” was. –AD), Bed knobs and Broomsticks, Mary Poppins, The Great Gatsby, Ruby Gentry, Fast and Sexy, Niagara, Mysterious Island, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Jaws 2, Blue Water - White Death, The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Logan’s Run, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Soylent Green, The Green Slime
Q & A w/prizes to follow the screening…ask about your favorites - and hear about some of the more obscure cinema discoveries from the Trailermania vault.
Don't go yet, there is more…MORE >>
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