08.16.2011: Critical Hit Burlesque

Critical Hit Burlesque's Mad Marquis De Maltease joins Heather & Kyle this month for some geeky talk about burlesque in Portland! So… weird show this month. We were going to talk about a Godzilla-esque tabletop game with Justin, but unfortunately our schedules didn’t sync up. So instead of having our guest this month simply promote his own show (the original intent), we asked the Mad Marquis De Maltease from Critical Hit Burlesque -who is a long-time geek- talk about the Geeklesque shows that have been the talk of Portland in recent months. You may have heard us talk about Geeklesque before. Just as the name implies, these shows are burlesque with a geeky twist. It is of course not an all-ages event, but it is always a fantastic time and Heather & I have yet to miss any of the Geeklesque performances. That being said, we still kept the podcast mostly clean (for those who are listening with the youngsters). That being said, we ARE talking about beautiful scantily-clad women removing much of that clothing. So, I’m downgrading this episode (which is episode 39) from “clean” to “not explicit”. How’s that? Even though this wasn’t a how-we-normally-do-things episode, it is jam-packed with stuff so make sure you investigate all of these excellent links very thoroughly! MONSTER MUSIC 1. Godzilla by VVS Music 2. SpaceGodzilla Approaches by Takayuki Hattori from Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) 3. God Of The Earth by Kow Otani from Godzilla Mothra King Ghidorah (2001) 4. The Gamera Song from Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1991) 5. Myth by Bakufu Slump from Gamera: Guardian Of The Universe (1995) SUGGESTED READING Godzilla Gangsters & Goliaths Issue #3 is out S.H. MonsterArts Godzilla commercial(?) by Koichi Kawakita LOCAL FLAVORS August 20: Can’t Stop The Serenity August 21: Trek In The Dark August 23: Geek Trivia August 26 & 27: Filmusik’s Gamera vs Barugon (here’s a link to the 2009 interview w/Galen Huckens) August 28: Geeklesque The Geek Night Returns (Again) September 7: Aaron Lopresti signing at TFAW September 24 & 25: Retro Gaming Expo OTHER AWESOME MISCELLANY G-Fantis: Worlds Collide fan film   Kaiju Double Feature Group/Club on Facebook Thanks to Nick the Hat for the awesome Doctor Who Experience stuff! Thanks to Scott Martin of Hilltown Kaiju for the cool signed Gamera chirashi, photo & Kaiju Bros bracelets! Thanks to Kurt Lloyd of Missing Reel and Lance of Hot Peas & Butta for the PDX meetup! THE MAD MARQUIS’ INFLUENCE Burlesque PDX Rose City School of Burlesque Fredrick Zal’s website September 9: Miss Kennedy’s Cabaret September 13: Burlenomicon at the Lovecraft Bar September 27: Marquis Mad Agenda DAIKAIJU DISCUSSION REMINDER Don’t forget that this month’s Daikaiju Discussion will be looking at Gamera vs. Viras. You can buy the Shout! Factory DVD on their website. If you are going to take part in the live-tweeting, the hastag we use is #kaijulivetweets and I’ll send out a twitter and facebook reminder. But we are watching the movie on Monday the 29th, so make sure to email your homework in by August 27th if you want to be included!