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Episode 62 – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Spider-man Where the Amazing Things Are

The time has finally come!  It’s been more than a decade since Peter Jackson took the world to Middle-earth for the first time, and now he’s gone and done it again.  Don’t let that there awesome Spider-man print there fool you, this is a very Hobbit-y discussion, but we just happen to have a little contest thrown in!  We’re joined this week by artist/illustrator extraordinaire, Dennis Salvatier, to discuss all things awesome about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey!  Bring your Dwarf-love, skip that second breakfast, and study up on your riddles as you get ready to join us on our journey from The Shire to The Misty Mountains on a brand new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Episode 60 – How the Internet has Changed Geekdom

The world is getting smaller.  We hear it so much nowadays that the statement has become totally cliché, but it’s the truth.  While the immediately world is getting smaller because we are all inevitably getting fatter, it’s really the internet’s fault… and we couldn’t be happier!  For those geeks out there who remember the pre-modern internet world, it wasn’t always so easy to get your geek on!  Join us this week as we discuss the impact that this new-fangled internet fad (it’s a flash in the pan, trust us) has had on geeks and geekdom at large.  Fire up that 26.6k modem, plug in that AOL free-trial CD you got in the mail, and whatever you do, don’t let anyone pick up that land-line as you sit back and plug-in to a brand new episode of Monkey in the Cage!*

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Top Five Reasons to be Excited About “The Hobbit”

In less than six weeks, any geek worthy of the name should and will begin flocking to theaters worldwide to return to Peter Jackson’s vision of the legendary J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth to immerse themselves in the first of not one, not two, but three films!  Not only are these movies destined to be blockbusters, there are going to be downright epic and I’m going to tell you why.

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Episode 55 – Movies That Scared Us as Kids

One person’s scary movie is often another person’s comedy, but, being a kid in the 80′s meant you were pretty much on the same page with everyone else when it came squirming in your seat and being afraid of the dark.  Join us this week as we discuss the movies that kept us awake at night when we were kids.  Most are familiar, some a little less so, and there might be one or two in there that make you think, WTF!?!  So, be sure you’ve got a swimming buddy, make sure to keep that night light on, and whatever you do DON’T RUN UPSTAIRS as you settle in for an all new episode of Monkey in the Cage.

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Episode 51 – Uncaged 4 – Back 2 Tha Hood

That’s right boyz and gurlz!  We’re keeping it real and bringing fro the hard hitting suburban streets of So Cal for this week’s pimptastic episode… or something…  Join us this week as we bring you another “Uncaged” episode where we get wild and crazy and go top(ic)less for a full hour, just for you!  We’ve got a little bit of everything for your geeky sensibilities, so lock and load, expect the unexpected, and definitely get ready for some brain frying craziness on a whole new episode of Monkey in the Cage!

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Stained Glass Lord of the Rings

Yesterday, more pictures were released from The Hobbit:  An Unexpected Journey.  They not only are awesome but they also reminded me that The Hobbit is a scant 2 1/2 months away!  Squee!  When I happened upon these stained glass art pieces by Jian Guo known as breathing2004 on deviantART I was blown away.  So, I just had to share it with you.

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