Geek vs Life

This week has been an interesting week, thanks to the news that, as of Tuesday, all Geneon releases after November 6th have effectively been canceled. So we get a “big long list of stuff,” since I’ve been trying to dig up solid info all week on what’s happening to Geneon’s properties.

Air TV Series DVD 2 (also available with artbox)
Beck DVD 3
Berserk Graphic Novel 19
^ Bleach DVD 6
* Cat’s Eye DVD 1 (S) (includes series carton)
Cat’s Eye DVD 2
* Crazy for Kanji
* Desert Punk DVD 1: Enter the Desert
Desert Punk DVD 2: Desert Duo
Di Gi Charat Nyo! DVD 3
Dragon Eye Graphic Novel 2
^ + * El Hazard 2 OAV Series DVD 1
Ergo Proxy DVD 6: Deus Ex Machina
Eureka Seven DVD 9 (special edition comes with Shirt, CD, manga)
Fantasma DVD 3 (S) (LiveAction)
Freedom (Freedom Project) DVD 2 (S) (HDDVD/DVD)
Ghost Hunt Graphic Novel 9
Gundam SEED Destiny DVD 10 (Limited Edition with artbox and t-shirt)
Hikaru no Go DVD 10
* Invisible Boy Graphic Novel 1
Kagetora Graphic Novel 7
* Kamichu! DVD Complete Collection
Lady Ninja Kasumi DVD 2 (S): Love & Betrayal LiveAction
^ Le Chevalier d’Eon Graphic Novel 2
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya DVD 3 (also available in special edition)
Naruto DVD 16 (D)
^ Newtype USA – October 2007 Issue
* Nobody’s Boy Remi DVD 1 (S) (includes series carton)
Nobody’s Boy Remi DVD 2 (S)
* Super Dimension Century Orguss DVD 1 (S) (includes series carton)
Super Dimension Century Orguss DVD 2 (S)
Pastel Graphic Novel 8
+ Ranma ½: Season 3 DVD Box Set: Hard Battle
School Rumble Graphic Novel 7
* Tekkon Kinkreet DVD (also available on BluRay)
* Tekkon Kinkreet Graphic Novel: Black & White
^ + * Tenchi Muyo Ryo Ohki! DVD Box Set
The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye DVD 2: Tending Wounds
Utawarerumono DVD 6
+ Voltron: Defender of the Universe DVD Set 4 (D) (Red Lion)
The Wallflower Graphic Novel 13
* Witchblade DVD 1 (also available with artbox)
^ xxxHOLiC Graphic Novel 10

Recommendations for this week are El Hazard 2 and Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki.

Children.

They have to learn how to listen to their bodies. It’s a skill that needs to be acquired.

But how can you help them on their quest of defeating the porcelain villaness? Level them up sufficiently to make them master the skill set needed to strike their target with no fail? Roll sixes as they venture into the dungeon of the potty room?

Make them watch Japaneses instructional videos, of course…

Rilo Kiley- Under The Blacklight

Los Angeles band Rilo Kiley is back with their new album Under The Blacklight. Their sound is fresh, funky and sure to please old and new fans alike. The killer 70’s style bass lines in many of the songs will get you shaking your ass like nobody’s business. There’s a million ways to keep love alive and just as many reasons to love Rilo Kiley, their frank yet poetic style is one of them.

“Dejalo” is simple song about something we all know and love: sex and hooking up. It’s very tongue in cheek and matter of fact. While “Breakin’ Up” is about surviving and moving on when said hook up is over. Sure to be heavy on your playlist even if you’re not in the middle of a break up. “The Moneymaker” is the grooviest song on the album. Listen it while you strut, you’ll look cooler than the Xbox 360. The title track, “Under The Blacklight” is a heartfelt ballad that, if you listen closely, will make you smile and cry at the same time.

The whole album is worth listening to, but those mentioned above are the ones who absolutely stand out.

With this album, Rilo Kiley proves themselves to be truly a progressive rock band. Unlike many acts out there they know the value of changing their sound with out changing who they are as a band.

Pick up Under The Blacklight today!

More info:
Myspace
Offical Website

Wanting to read some science fiction? Want something a little different? You should read “The Plot to Save Socrates” by Paul Levinson. It is science fiction, but it’s also historical fiction. It is ostensibly about a woman name Sierra, with her boyfriend Max, trying to locate her mentor, Thomas O’Leery. Thomas has disappeared after revealing to Sierra a new Platonic dialogue. In this particular one, Socrates is arguing with a figure named, Andros. Andros wants Socrates to escape. In order to do so, he suggest cloning and other scientific advancements. Of course, time travel is involved.

This is a wonderful fun novel. Prior knowledge of ancient Grecian life and history may be helpful, but not needed. The novel has twists you don’t expect, and some of the most dimensional characters created. For example, take the would be the villain Heron, and the missing mentor Thomas O’Leery. The only character that wasn’t as believable seemed to be Sierra, but the plot more than makes up up for it.

The sentences are brisk when describing action, but in the style of Plato’s dialogues when needed to be. The meat of the plots and sentences is describing time travel, especially when avoiding paradoxes. I wish there were more descriptions of characters. The historical counterparts this are woefully so. But the best part really is the plot.

The plot deals with problems of time travel, and skips around. It isn’t a linear type of novel. Why should it be? It is dealing with time travel. My favorite part is going back through the chapters and rearranging them to fit in different ways. (There is temporal lineally. There are individual’s lineally. There is the plot’s lineally. All very fascinating stuff.) The book doesn’t spoon feed you. As a reader, you have to connect the pieces. Each chapter deals with the point of view of a character, usually in one period of time. The jumbled passages fits with the characters who are disoriented with time travel, and when meeting people because of the nature of time.

This is semi-challenging book dealing with time, but also a quick fun read. I would have to say check it out, especially when factoring in a reader’s love of themes dealing with time, philosophy, and/or science fiction.

“Twelve Night or What You Will” is playing at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. It was written by William Shakespeare. This rendition is directed by David Esbjornson. Shakespeare has always been geeky in my mind. I think that is left over from my thespian days. So I figured I do a shout out.

It is playing from Sept 13th to Oct 20th. It means it is in the middle of the run, which means all the kinks have been worked out, and the actors aren’t tired of their roles. The price is $15 -$53. The good news is if you are 25 and under it is 10 bucks a ticket. For us senior citizens there is always rush tickets. Show up a half hour before the show and get in for 20 bucks. So kiddos go see some culture, for about the price of a concert or movie.

It is an amusing comedy. Don’t worry not too many deaths, and learn some great insults. It also is a romance, with characters playing different genders. You know fun…with some farce.