Convention News

October 10, 2022 Trae Dorn Adriana Chechik, Con Scene, Conventions, TwitchCon

Streamer Adriana Chechik Breaks Back in Foam Pit at TwitchCon

Gen Prock said to me today that maybe any convention that has a ball pit is cursed. Technically it was

October 8, 2022 Trae Dorn Anime California, Anime Midwest, Anime ZAP, AnimeCon.org, Animinneapolis, Chrono LC, Con Alt Delete, Con Scene, Conventions, Kanpai Con, MetaCon, Ryan Kopf

Ryan Kopf’s Second Lawsuit Against Us Has Been Finally Dismissed

Since 2016 Nerd & Tie, former Nerd & Tie contributor Pher Sturz, and I have been defending a defamation lawsuit

Convention News

May 16, 2022 Trae Dorn Anime Central, Con Scene, Conventions, coronavirus, covid-19

Anime Central Rescinds Most COVID-19 Safety Measures Days Before Convention (Updated)

Anime Central is scheduled to hold their 2022 event in just a few days, and while they’d spent months advertising

Convention News The Nerd & Tie Podcast

November 29, 2021 Nerd & Tie Con Scene, Conventions, cowboy bebop, Daisho Con, Netflix, Specials, Wayne McCloud

173. The Death of Daisho Con

https://media.blubrry.com/1336403/www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/TASCAM_0656.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSSSo the biggest news in the Midwestern con

Convention News

August 10, 2021 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Fan Expo HQ, Wizard World, Wizard World Chicago

Six Wizard World Shows Acquired By Fan Expo HQ

News broke this morning that Fan Expo HQ, who run Fan Expo Canada, Megacon Orlando, Fan Expo Dallas, and more,

Convention News

January 16, 2021 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, MagFest

All Six Members of the MAGFest Board of Directors Have Resigned

Well the ongoing drama at MAGFest has hit a new peak. If you remember, a few weeks ago several staff

Convention News

December 29, 2020 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, MagFest, Paul Birtel

What Exactly Is Happening With MagFest Staff?

Not all is well within the halls of MAGFest these days. Conflict over the organization’s leadership (and an active group

Convention News

October 16, 2020 Trae Dorn 3fams Productions, Daniel Trader, James Frazier, Joseph Fama, Michael Mota, Walker Stalker Con, Walker Stalkers LLC

Walker Stalker Con is Under New Management, Because 2020 Hasn’t Gotten Weird Enough

Back in the before times, when conventions regularly happened and the world was (only slightly) less of a dupster fire

Convention News

September 21, 2020 Trae Dorn Bubba Fest, Chris Lewis, Con Scene, Conventions, John Barrowman

Bubba Fest Mocks the Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg then Acts Surprised at the Backlash

I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of Bubba Fest. It’s a regional comic convention held in Knoxville, TN.

All Nerd & Tie Network Podcasts

We make a bunch of podcasts at Nerd & Tie, we know it’s hard to keep up with all of them. So, with that in mind, we’ve decided to make a feed of all of them (well minus two)!

It’s time to get your stolen spaceship hurtling round the sun and going back in time to the 1980’s with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home! We’re joined by our occasional editor and perpetual Pokémon expert, Reanna Reid-Lobatto, with some news about whales (and transparent aluminium). There’s some impressive Shacting as Spock and the crew get up to hijinks in order to get whales going back to the future! Then we’ve got the second part of this ‘bus punk’ duology with Picard’s “Watcher,” where we’re reminded why ICE should be abolished, Rafi is the most fun she’s been in the show and Guinan’s already fed up of JL!

Timecodes:
00:04:22 What Non-Star Trek Thing We’ve Been Enjoying
00:13:32 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
01:10:28 Picard: The Watcher

Talking points include: Continuum, Dr Who, Ecco the Dolphin, Whale Song, Tavern Talk, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuux, Final Girl, Top Gun, Karate Kid cosplay, the pronunciation of aluminium, the “I choose to stay” trope, is there no pizza in Star Trek’s future?, Bester from Babylon 5, John Lithgow’s acting career, Bill & Ted’s poorly-aged comments, transparent aluminium facts! Hitchhiker’s Guide dolphins, Some non-bummer news about humpback whales, I urge Comrade Whales to go further, Genma Saotome’s parenting, McCoy Vs the American Health Industry, Alexa & the PS5’s voice recognition, Eddie Murphy, Back to the Future & Howard the Duck’s Lea Thompson, Fly me to the Moon, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Buffy, ICE should be abolished, Edith Piaf, do you like references?, Jerati’s history of constantly fucking up, Eternal Law, Ageing punks, Miles’ connection to Kirk Thatcher, fuck Peanut Hamper, The Rosa Parks episode of Dr Who, Charlie has now finished Yoshi’s Island. Oh, and occasionally Star Trek.

The Matthew Rosenberg Wolfsbane thing is covered here: https://www.cbr.com/rosenberg-apologizes-for-wolfsbane-death-scene/

Pedant’s Corner:
Yes technically it’s not been long since we’ve covered a movie, but it’s best we all forget Section 31.
The last scenario of Final Girl Series Three is based on A Quiet Place and Tremors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bounty
John Lithgow played Dr Emilio Lizardo in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
We are children of the 80’s living in 2025, not 2024.
It’s Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, not Seven.

[ Additional Show Notes ]

Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog.

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