Fuck yeah, we’re going.

But now I have a stack of questions: Do I bring a knit mascot to pose in pictures I take at the Invasion? What is the Social Knitworking knit mascot? Do we make people drink Elbows to the Taint? If I finish that Dr. Who scarf in time do I use it for costuming?

I’ve got a month to figure this stuff out.

Here’s the official press release:

Pensacola is certainly no stranger to occupation. Indeed, the “City of Five Flags” moniker that accompanies the city name is symbolic of the number of sovereign groups that have laid claim to the port city. But in early November, a new force plans a campaign of occupation for the city… And they won’t use guns or political tactics; they come armed with algorithms, video games, and microphones. Pensacola is being invaded by nerds! NERD INVASION is coming to the Pensacola Silver Screen Theaters on November 6th!

NERD INVASION is an all-night nerd music and gaming extravaganza running from 7pm on Friday, November 6th to Noon on Saturday, November 7th.

Nerd Invasion highlights:

The Top of the game in Nerdcore music from all across the country

-Schaffer the Darklord (Queens, NY)
-Dual Core (Cincinnati, Ohio)
-Zealous1 (Oceanside, CA)
-Dr. Awkward (San Diego, CA)
-Kabuto the Python (San Francisco, CA)
-MadHatter (Salina, KS)
-Chester (Wichita, KS)
-Benjamin Bear (Orlando, FL)
-Krondor Krew (Orlando/Tampa, FL)
-Marc with a C (Orlando, FL)
-Shael Riley (Brooklyn, New York)

All-night gaming in many formats

-Card games (Magic the Gathering, Versus System, Yu-Gi-Oh, etc.)
-Video games (Retro and current generations)
-Board games (All of your favorites, plus demos of new systems)
-Role playing games (Dungeons and Dragons, Vampire, Mage, LARP, etc.)
*With thousands of dollars in prizes to be given away by our sponsors Wizards of the Coast and White Wolf Publishing.

Additional Features

-The Miss Poindexter 2009 contest
-Video and card game tournaments
-Cosplay/costume contest
-Screening of the “Nerdcore Rising” documentary
-Science, technology, media, and costume Panels
-Vendors
-The world premiere of George Clinton’s “Gongafunkadine”
-Nerdy movies
-Open mic lounge

Plus much, much more dorkiness.

This is not an event to miss! Come on out and get your geek on. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. For more information, please visit www.NerdInvasion.com

Are you ready for the Invasion?

***Nerd Invasion is brought to you by a collaboration between independent nerd clothier Nerd Rockstar (NerdRockstar.com – Pensacola, FL) and Nerdcore music label extraordinaire Scrub Club Records (ScrubClubRecords.com – Wichita, KS)

August’s theme is Nerdy Knitting, so fire up your Firefly DVDs and roll out your dice. In this episode, we discuss fandom knits (including Whedonverse, Warcraft, Doctor Who, and Harry Potter) and knitting for nerds and geeks; Joanna reports from the Gencon floor; Andrea interviews Terrycloth Green; we steal the “Stick It in Your Queue” segment from the sadly defunct Dharmalars podcast.

Episode playlist

• “Engines Make Me Hot (Kaylee’s Song)”, Lauren Fairweather
• “Roll the Dice”, Sinister Six
• “The Gary Gygax Song”, Uncle Monsterface
• “Game Store Girl”, Beefy
• “Nerd Lust”, Schaffer the Darklord

A mostly complete list of show notes and links can be found at Show Notes!

If you’ve got any comments or questions for the podcast, call our feedback line! The number again is 215.839.6373 (215.839.NERD), or use the handy little Google Voice widget we’ve installed on the blog.

This past weekend found two of our SocialKnitworking heroines, Andrea and Joanna, in New York City for several epic adventures. Apparently, as early as Friday night, there was so much epic just at rock show with Shael Riley and Schaffer the Darklord that Joanna… well, let’s just listen to her voicemail, shall we?

A full recap of this adventure weekend, including a review of the Shael/Schaffer show plus our thoughts on the Video Game Vixens burlesque, will be covered in our inaugaral podcast on Nerdy Knitting, coming at you end of August.

Remember, if you’ve got any comments or questions for the podcast, call our feedback line! We want to hear from you. The number again is 215.839.6373 (215.839.NERD), or use the handy little Google Voice widget we’ve installed on the blog.