Posts tagged as Nerds
Talking To The Nerdist's Chris Hardwick
Chris Hardwick has made a career out of being a nerd. Well, actually, he has made several careers out of being a nerd, as the host of "Web Soup" a writer for Wired, an author and the host of The Nerdist podcast. Paste Magazine and Rolling Stone both named The Nerdist one of the ten best podcasts of the year, which means that it's now a TV show, with a special airing tomorrow night on BBC America. The podcast has also spawned a community of tech, science and nerd culture enthusiasts on Nerdist.com. READ MORE
Guided By Voices Classic Lineup, "Tractor Rape Chain"
Hello, old nerds. The reunited "classic lineup" of Guided By Voices played their first show in 16 years last night in Dallas. (On their way to Matador Records' 21st anniversary party in Las Vegas this weekend.) From the looks and sounds of things and reports of the 39-song-long set list, I sure wish I was there. This, after last week's Pavement concert, it's almost too much. Can't they just let us grow old in peace? Must we rock forevermore? Eh, there are worse things, I guess.
Chocolate Chip: I Was Not A Rap Video Ho
SEEKING: "ethnically ambiguous" women with "regal faces" who "must be comfortable with artistic nudity" for an "Egyptian themed," Helmut Newton-esque (read: drop them draws, Nefertitty!) "artistic video promo." I received this invite on Facebook and thought to myself, "easy money? I'M THERE." Then it occurred to me that I hate videos with half naked women posing next to rap stars who lip-sync songs about bitches and hos while blithely holding a bottle of Cristal in one hand and money in the other. Newton inspired or not, the image of a black woman standing next to a be-blinged rapper conjures stereotypes I'd rather not perpetuate. QUERY: Could this be one of the reasons why I find the idea of dating black men so unappealing? Has the doctrine of "big pimpin'" and the gospel of R. Kelly ruined my chances with (li'l) Romeo? READ MORE
Hottest Gay D&D Hookup Ever, Vividly Described!
"Every Sunday in Washington, D.C., a group of gay men in their thirties meet to play the wildly popular fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons."
Nerd Shamed By Newspaper
This is the meanest picture ever published of someone in a newspaper ever. Particularly as it comes with the text "Students at Utah's Neumont University tend to be computer whizzes but social fizzles."
