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Punch it…Let’s Jump to Hyperspace!

Trek Radio sent field reporter, Mighty Mundane, to Orlando Nerd Fest for their first festival style event since 2015. FANTOKU: Fantasy Tokusatsu Nerd Fest is a great place to find video game bands, geek rock, and nerd core.

The show promises to feature a mix of new and established bands, including longtime friend of the radio station SCI-FRIED as they debut their 6th studio album, Hyperspaced. The latest album has 11 all new original Sci-Fried songs!

The band began in 2008 in Orlando, Florida. Sci-Fried takes pop culture and all the nerdy things you love and uses that as the lyrical themes while employing rock music of all styles. They combine the two into an awesome sonic experience for their fans. Sci-Fried’s stage show is accompanied by video to fully immerse the audience into the world of Nerd Music and Sci-Fried.

Fans can get digital or physical copies for only $10 from the BandCamp store! Trek Radio has also put their album into rotation. Check iTunes and ALL other digital outlets after Dec 1st.

On top of musical acts, vendors and artists, there will also be a Saturday costume contest and a Sunday late-night burlesque show with Shaken not Stirred Burlesque, as well as special guests Leva “Blue Pants” Bates, Pikabellechu, and Power Rangers’ Christopher Kayman Lee.

L.A. Comic Con 2017 Post-Convention Recap

Originally known as Comikaze, this three-day event is now in its 7th year and projects as many as 100,000 attendees. The convention hosted two national championships this year. The first, sponsored by MAC products and Makeup Artist Magazine. This year’s theme is Glamorous Undead. The con will also host the Cosplay National Championship with Queen of Cosplay Yaya Han as a judge. Participants can win a cash pool of $20,000.

Black Eyed Peas performed at the Halloween Cosplay Ball Saturday night, but that’s not all the band showed off this weekend. In partnership with Oculus, the band’s new Marvel graphic novel Masters of the Sun – The Zombie Chronicles will tell its story through virtual reality. Announced in March and written by frontman will.i.am, the comic book tells the story of a California hip-hop crew that must fight back against an alien God who comes to Earth to continue a Black Curse that turns drug dealers and gangsters into zombies. The book already stood out for its augmented reality component. Using a phone app, readers can see the book’s characters burst from the page, accompanied by an impressive score from will.i.am and Hans Zimmer. The VR component features the vocal talents of Queen Latifah, Jamie Foxx, Rosario Dawson, Stan Lee, and many more. The VR experience will launch in January 2018.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson promoted the next Jumanji film and teased a possible political career. “I think the ‘People’s President’ has a really nice ring to it. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a sequel to the beloved 1995 action film starring Robin Williams. The new film takes place 20 years after the original and follows four high school teens who discover an old Jumanji video game. When they plug it in and select their avatars, they get sucked into the world of the game where Johnson, Gillan, Black, and Hart are their avatars. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle hits theaters Dec. 20.



Post Convention Recap by Risa Suraya