Dr. McDreamy to guest star on LOST
Editor’s Note: In case the date-stamp didn’t make it clear, this article was part of GF5’s April Fool’s Day Joke for 2008.
Anonymous, inside sources at ABC have confirmed for Geek Force Five that Dr. McDreamy himself, Patrick Dempsey, will guest star on the hit show Lost when it returns on April 24 to finish out its fourth season.
“Dempsey will play the same character he plays on Grey’s Anatomy,” writes our insider. “When Jack Shephard leaves the island as part of the Oceanic Six, Derek Shepherd (Jack’s long-lost brother?!?) will be deposited onto the beach of Lost’s island by the so-called ‘magic box’.”
His first flashback will reportedly center on a summer during his undergraduate days when, during the course of performing his duties as a pizza delivery boy, he provided “special services” to female customers who ordered pies with extra anchovies. If he survives the blockbuster season finale, a follow-up episode in the fifth season would focus on an incident from his high school career. Apparently, back then, he was the one paying for “special services”, having used money that he’d set aside for a telescope to buy the affections of a nubile classmate who’d accidentally spilled wine on her mother’s priceless suede jacket.
“If you loved Nikki and Paulo, you’re going to love him,” writes our source.
Hannah Montana to Open for Nine Inch Nails
Editor’s Note: In case the date-stamp didn’t make it clear, this article was part of GF5’s April Fool’s Day Joke for 2008.
Last week, Trent Reznor announced that the touring version of his band Nine Inch Nails would reform for a series of North American concerts this summer. What he didn’t announce, Geek Force insiders have learned, is that tweeny-bopper sensation Hannah Montana would be joining the tour as the opening act for select dates.
“The show’s structure will echo that of the NIN-Bowie tour from the early 90s,” writes our insider. “Except it’ll go in reverse. Montana will go on first, then Trent will join her for a song or two—probably singing backup on her new cover of Tori Amos’s “Past the Mission”, from what I hear—and then the whole band will come out and do their thing.”
Our source also reports that a radio show collaborations might be part of the deal. Longtime Nine Inch Nails fanatics will recall that Trent Reznor jammed with tourmate Peter Murphy during a series of stripped-down radio gigs on the last full-scale NIN tour.
Topics: Nine Inch Nails
Easing You Into This
Editor’s Note: In case the date-stamp didn’t make it clear, this article was part of GF5’s April Fool’s Day Joke for 2008.
Because the changeover I announced last night was so sudden, I’m going to ease you all into the new format of GeekForceFive.com by spending the day highlighting stories which involve both members of the new Geek Force and the old Geek Force. Stay tuned. The first story of the day involves my old favorite band, Nine Inch Nails, and my new favorite musical act Hannah Montana.
The New Geek Force Five
Editor’s Note: In case the reference to April 1 didn’t make it clear, this article was part of GF5’s April Fool’s Day Joke for 2008.
This is it, folks. This is the moment that you’ve all been waiting for. Starting tomorrow, April 1, 2008, I am going to finally come clean and be honest with all of you. Starting tomorrow, I’m abandoning all pretense, and I’m going to write about the five things that I really geek out about the most: Hannah Montana, Heidi Montag, Ryan Seacrest, Grey’s Anatomy, and Tyra Banks.
The time to get real is now, folks. It’s right fucking now. If you’re reading this via RSS, please do make sure to stop by the site to see the changes we’ve made. I think you’ll really appreciate the refreshing display of honesty on display.
Topics: Geekforce Reserves
Geek Force FiveCast 006 (Video)
After a two-week hiatus, I’ve brought the Geek Force FiveCast back to life. I’m going to tweak the format a bit. Instead of “five stories, in five minutes or less, five times a week”, I am going to promise a more reasonable “five minutes of geeky content per week.” That’s something that I think I can stick to, something that would have been even easier to stick to tonight, had iMovie cooperated and imported the first version of this show that I recorded earlier today.
In today’s FiveCast, I bring you up to speed on the format change and then talk about my organization system in iTunes. I don’t think it’s nearly as boring as that sentence makes it out to be.
If you’d like, you can subscribe to the show as a podcast via PodShow.com.
