Author: Chad Riden

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RORY SCOVEL LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS

A few months back we hosted one of our favorite comedians in the Third Man Blue Room, hand selected by Jack White to appear. Rory Scovel came, saw and destroyed any and all bad vibes within a 5 mile radius with an improv set of some of the best live stand up we’ve seen in years. Seriously, the man far exceeded even our lofty expectations for hilarity. Since then Rory has had a bumper few months, appearing on Conan O’ Brian in a tuxedo performing uber-classy comedy with live LIberace-style piano accompaniment, co-starring on new TBS comedy Ground Floor and generally ruling the school and jettisoning jocularity into the universe in every town and festival he visits on tour.

Well if you missed his now legendary Third Man live show, fear not and save your tears, it is now available for pre-order on LP and will be available in finer record retailers everywhere December 17th (just in time for the Stand Up fan in your life for Christmas).

Oh, and one last thing for our UNUSUAL FORMAT collectors and fans… The sleeves and labels feature the track list all in braille. That’s right. Braille. Trust us, it’ll all make sense when you hear the album. It’s another meta-comedy first from Third Man Records and Rory Scovel!

Rory Scovel: Live at Third Man Records

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/01/prometheus-video/

The Ridley Scott sci-fi epic Prometheus inspired a lot of mixed reviews last year from both critics and fans of the Aliens franchise, and snarkmeisters Jeremy Scott and Christopher Atkinson have returned to point out everything wrong with the movie in a concise four-minute video, embedded as an exclusive first look above,

The two nitpicking film nerds from Nashville have pulled in nearly 2 million YouTube views with their series of hilarious hit jobs tear apart movies like The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises. The new entry in their Cinema Sins series, “Everything Wrong With Prometheus in 4 Minutes or Less,” blows apart plot holes in Ridley Scott’s sci-fi epic.

The duo may take joy in ridiculing weak links in works by heavyweight filmmakers like Joss Whedon, Chris Nolan and Ridley Scott but that doesn’t mean they hate the movies they mock.

Geek Comedy Showcase II: Laugh Harder
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It’s back folks! The laughs strike back with the Geek Comedy Showcase II: Laugh Harder. Featuring five of Middle Tennessee’s FINEST comedians, the Geek Comedy Showcase brings you the best in fandom funniness.

What is geek comedy? If the content can be found at GMX, that’s what you will find at the showcase. Material focusing on comic books, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, science and technology, action figure collecting, video games, cartoons, Dungeons & Dragons, cosplaying….these are the bricks that make up the Castle Greyskull of humor which we know as the Geek Comedy Showcase. We’ve heard all the jokes before about one’s lack of athletic prowess, flailing marriage, lackluster bedroom life, inane run-ins with law enforcement and arguments with the in-laws. That humor is for the Muggles! GMX is the Geek Media Expo, and it calls for a special brand of comedy and a special type of comedian. Prepare yourselves. These special comedians will have you laughing into the Delta Quadrant!

Featuring the comedic stylings of:

Matt McInnis
Matt McInnis and Matt Keck
mattm@straightouttacomicon.com,

Grant Schinto
“schinto tds.net” <schinto@tds.net>,

Chad Riden
chad.riden@gmail.com,

malindamay@gmail.com,
sean.ricco@gmail.com

Cool Springs Conference Center & Franklin Marriott
700 Cool Springs Boulevard
Franklin, TN 37067 USA

http://www.geekmediaexpo.com/index.php

“She’s a nine, I’m a one.” says Ralpie May. “When we stand next to each other, she looks like a one and I look like a big 0. Together we’re the perfect 10.”

Ralphie May and his wife, comedian Lahna Turner have announced that they will launch “The Perfect 10” Podcast on August 1st on iTunes and Stitcher. “It’ll be different from everybody else’s. We’ll mix sketch comedy with music recorded live from the Mercy Lounge in Nashville. We’ll have segments like ‘Cooking with Porn Stars’, ‘The Redneck Report’ where we call up a bonafide redneck buddy and a black friend for ‘The N****r News.’ Lahna never smokes weed, so we’re gonna get her high as balls and recreate my greatest stoner moments. I’m going to be her weed sherpa.”