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June 24, 2018

LUKE CAGE [Season 2 Review]: Shook Ones (Part II).

The Soul Brother #1 is here once again: Luke Cage ready to take back Harlem (with an iron fist/Iron Fist) and Straighten It Out. While fans who cherished the first season won't Wig Out, pundits have recently taken to social media to point out Season 2's pacing issues (yeah, it's there), a skew of Jafakian …

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April 11, 2017April 11, 2017

WONDERCON 2017 / CZARFACE [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Hip-Hop and Comics – First Weapon Drawn.

Hip-Hop and Comics are arguably two of the most historically popular and influential forms of entertainment media, so it's only natural that they would have a confluence of fans and a panel at WonderCon 2017 to bring them together. As a pair of #GeekSwaggers who are quite obviously huge fans of both mediums, both "Pasto" …

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April 5, 2017April 5, 2017

WONDERCON 2017 [Wrap-Up Show]: The Geek-Us Contract.

Sorry we're late; but there was a little thing the last few days that was on the Monsignor's mind: #WrestleMania. Still, this year's WonderCon was an exceptional show across the board. And--whether you've experienced all of the joy this Disneygeekland showcase has to offer, or not--you'd do worse than miss our FIREBALL of a show …

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January 8, 2017January 8, 2017

THE #GEEKSWAG AWARDS [Best Hip-Hop of 2016]: Soundtrack 4 Tha Geekz.

1. Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid - In addition to the brunt of Aesop Rock’s stilted, often second-person conversations (“you’re dreaming of Arcadia, you’re feeling like a baby tooth/ Awaiting panacea, channeling your inner Beowulf”) the rapper seems to be having a lot more fun behind the boards, too. Tracks like “Kirby”, “Waters Tower” …

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December 29, 2016February 9, 2017

RUN THE JEWELS / CHILDISH GAMBINO / RAPSODY / KXNG CROOKED / J. COLE / AB-SOUL / KID CUDI [#GeekSwag Reviews]: Sorry We Missed You.

While most other music blogs and webzines are posting up their annual "Best Albums of the Year" noms, we're still playing catch-up with the hip-hop onslaught that was November and December. Got-damn! Hey, us over at #GeekSwag play video games, read comics, watch some wrasslin' and wait in line for superhero movies, too. But in …

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November 25, 2016January 7, 2017

CZARFACE / A TRIBE CALLED QUEST / LA COKA NOSTRA / TONE SPLIFF / JOE BUDDEN [#GeekSwag Reviews]: A Fistful of Peril.

For anyone who's been under a rock and managed to miss Every Hero Needs a Villain, which was probably 2015's best #GeekSwag Album, A Fistful of Peril is similarly like breaking loose from gravity, falling through the atmosphere and traveling through a portal in space to another dimension; one full of comic book heros and …

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