Welcome to the nerdnite – NOLA site.

We are rocking and rolling. Our official launch date is August 6th, 2010. (Check out the Recent Posts for tons of information.)

Our inaugural event is being hosted by our generous friends at BSI Comics THIS FRIDAY! Our presentations include:

“Turntablism: The Science of Skratching” by DJ Tony Skratchere. Tony Skratchere has been practicing and perfecting turntablism for 15 years and will now give us some science behind records, equipments, sound and scratching. He will also be sticking around to provide the beats during the breaks.

“Creating Comics: Selling Your Soul and Losing All Your Money” by Kurt Amacker. Anyone thinking about creating comics needs to be told the truth about the creative process, the financial requirements, and the vast amounts of time and effort the medium demands.  It’s a trial by fire, but for some, it’s worth every bit of it.  Dead Souls writer Kurt Amacker will provide a frank and funny look at starting off in the independent press.  If you’ve ever wanted to make comics, don’t miss this Nerd Nite.

“Don’t Be A Square: Steely Dan is Totally Awesome and You Know It” by Matthew Rosenthal. Few bands as successful and influential as Steely Dan get such a consistently bad rap.  Even before Seth Rogan’s character famously insulted them in Knocked Up, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker have been the butt of many jokes told by both those familiar with their catalog and as well as people who wouldn’t know a mu major chord if it kicked him or her in the teeth.  Their music has been called too smooth, their lyrics too cerebral and their personalities too sarcastic, and while there may be some truth to those accusations, it is also true that Fagen and Becker stayed on the cutting edge of recording technology and surrounded themselves with the greatest musicians in the world.  The result is a nearly flawless catalog of some of the slickest, gleamiest, but also darkest and most subversive music ever heard.

“The Chemistry of Absinthe” by Ted Breaux. Mr. Breaux is partially responsible for lifting the nearly century-long ban on absinthe in the States and speaks about mixology around the country. However, for nerd nite he’s going to get back to his research scientist roots and give us the chemistry of and hopefully a look into the spectographic analysis he did on remaining samples of true absinthe.

The best part: we will have keg of delicious Abita Amber for all to enjoy free of charge. Did you hear that?

FREE BEER!

What could be better? Nerds and free beer in a comic book shop!

The nerdery starts at 7:30 for a little lube session before the presentations start at 8. Please join us! Since space is limited, we’ve created an event registry for attendees.  Please register here with EventBrite.