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Star Trek's Nine Lives - How The Sci-Fi Saga Keeps Cheating Death

Right now, you can’t turn a corner and not see something Star Trek-related hit you in the face, with the theatrical release this past week of JJ Abrams’ long awaited sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. For nearly fifty years now, the Star Trek franchise has been a part of American popular culture in some form, and many out there see it as something perennial, something that is always there… more

EXCLUSIVE: Pimp Sugarfree’s “Poppin’ Corks”

As previewed earlier today on the Nerdist Channel, here’s the debut of Pimp Sugarfree, a/k/a Nerdist’s Dan Casey, in the music video for “Poppon’ Corks,” the result of… more

Learn How To Be A Rap Star the French Montana Way

So, I was talking to our team at Nerdist about our plans for YouTube Comedy Week, and we were going over our schedule and I came upon this: French Montana:… more

SNL Recap: Ben Affleck, Kanye West, and a Farewell to Stefon

Saturday Night Live closed up shop for the season with one last episode Saturday night, hosted by Ben Affleck with musical guest Kanye West. Hulu has the highlights, as we… more
 

The Legacy Music Hour #133: Racing Games 3

Racing Games, the Legacy Music Hour’s third installment.  Brent and Rob go Bahamas on this episode with some good selections from motorized vehicle racing games.  Brent goes especially Bahamas when… more

Pickstarter: Help Make the New Anamanaguchi Album Into Something More

Our favorite hyper pop punk chiptune band Anamanaguchi released its latest 22 track album on Earwolf yesterday, and it’s all the glitchy goodness that you need to keep the… more

Nerdist Podcast: Fitz and the Tantrums

The musically talented Fitz from Fitz and the Tantrums hangs out with Chris and Matt! They talk about how Fitz and the Tantrums got their unique style of music, what… more
 

Answers to Pop Songs’ Rhetorical Questions

For some unexplainable reason, pop songs like to ask questions and then never answer them. I have no idea why they do this, but they do it. If you pose… more

Music Geek Track Of The Week: She & Him, “Never Wanted Your Love”

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I missed my dog (don’t worry, he’s at my parent’s house in Cincinnati, alive). So as I sat… more

The Legacy Music Hour #132: Motoaki Takenouchi

Motoaki Takenouchi, best known for his work with the Shining Force series, is an amazing composer.  Through very sophisticated, progressive compositions, he really takes video game music to the next… more