It’s Boxing Day so Geek Girl Riot’s going ten rounds with the latest superheroes: Titans, Runaways, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Once Upon a Deadpool, Aquaman, the Elseworlds crossover event, and The Umbrella Academy!
[imgfull][/imgfull] Does the president have a thing for authoritarian leaders? Does he wish he were one himself, or does he just play one on TV? We think DJT is trying to be a dictator and make the case. Also, Midterms are here and It’s News to Us recaps the latest. Plus, a kid gets poop while trick-or-treating. Ummm…trick? Sources (raw link dump): https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/us/politics/nbc-caravan-advertisement.html http://fortune.com/2017/04/05/donald-trump-middle-east-dictator-syria-egypt-president-sisi https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/15/trump-dictators-authoritarians-strongmen http://www2.philly.com/philly/columnists/will_bunch/trump-is-becoming-a-dictator-pardons-lies-obstruction-of-justice-20180603.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/02/politics/donald-trump-lies/index.html https://www.newsweek.com/trump-family-members-have-gotten-much-richer-president-moved-white-house https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/us/politics/georgia-elections-kemp-voters-hack.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/if-the-republicans-win-tuesday-the-reason-will-be-simple-they-cheated https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/complaints-allege-cruz-kemp-benefit-from-faulty-voting-machines-that-change-dem-ballots-to-gop/ https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/05/voting-machine-errors-texas-georgia-2018-elections-midterms https://www.wcax.com/content/news/Police-Poop-for-trick-or-treater-a-mistake-499312951.html
On this weeks episode of The Undiscovered Sound, Jeff speaks with Kiliyan from Charming Liars about touring with Dorothy & the bands music videos being featured at Sundance Film Festival!
Time to get your passports stamped, ’cause this week on Geek Girl Riot we’re traveling all over the geekdom: The Good Place, Doctor Who, and Star Wars.
We’re all about that k-drama and k-pop life here at Geek Girl Riot, and Maurene Goo joins us to share her love of Korean pop culture and also talk about her new YA novel ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’. Sam also gives us her report on ‘Adventure Time’ and Angie drops by for her take on Paula Hawkins’ new psychological thriller ‘Into the Water’.
Hear Rioter Sam Devotta—who is as inquisitive and curious as the Baudelaire children themselves—give you her overview of the Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.
idobi photographer Audrey Lew spent the afternoon with AJR in New York City.
With a sound that calls to mind the likes of The Black Keys, The White Stripes, and Kasabian, Orthodox is one of those records that is meant to be heard live in the middle of a rowdy crowd on a hot Saturday night in some too-cramped club.
From the very beginning strains of the first song on The Broderick’s self-titled LP, the album’s compelling nature is apparent. The skillful lyricism combined with its simmering emotions make for a cohesive twelve-track set that never lacks enough differentiation to keep the entire album feeling fresh.
Season 2, Episode 8. Clearing up tales of the vasectomy and the rash and the smell in the hatch, and how Pat is the reason for it all… Originally Aired December 14, 2006 on idobi Radio. Music from Men, Women, & Children, Fall Out Boy, Don’t Look Down, Billy Talent, Butch Walker, Plain White T’s, Rip Slyme, Pennywise, and South.
