Niminity.

PAPERKEG MEETUP 4

Imagine it in your head, for just a moment. That time before last call, the cold concrete, those last 3 beers and shots you shouldn’t have had, that inappropriate comment Jonesy made, and that time before the Paperkeg toast.

I’m talking about a Paperkeg Meetup!

Saturday, March 28th at Coco’s in Philadelphia could go down as the greatest night in our lives, if we can be frank. Drinks, food, friendship, kissing I mean what ha ha oh god.

Paperkeg was started because we thought we could do better than everyone else. I’m not sure if we can party better than everyone else, but we sure as heck are gonna try. Clear your schedules for Saturday and come on by Coco’s on 112 South 8th Street, between Chestnut and Sansom Streets for a drink or 5. Maybe we’ll make it to a karaoke bar at 1am. Maybe we’ll just walk and never stop. Maybe we’ll talk about Fear Agent until 5am. Who can stop me I mean us??

Dale will be there, no doubt. Guy is counting the hours until he ditches his kids at home possibly with a babysitter or some such. More than likely will just microwave them some chicken nuggets while the car is rolling down his driveway in neutral, that way he can just jump into the car and be on his way before they even realize. Fatherhood. Jonesy will be there, by gawd. Guy is going to try hard to pull himself away from Titanfall for one minute which means one hour which could mean 12 days for all he knows. Hopefully he’ll be there on time for the host toast. Probably going to hold court in the corner of the bar making some chair his thrown all regal like. Sponsored by Hanes the whole time. Hopefully we all make it coherently until at least some other people show up. Should we all just take the train there at this point? How will I even be able to fit my Fear Agent omnis onto the train I mean yeesh. Thinking out loud.  Slim will be there. Probably going on about his job in New York and cackling about something or other Xperia Instagram smart band Flyers Halo James battery life. That’s all that guy is. Good looking, too.

191 Book Club Announcement = Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka v1

We have a doozy coming your way next, folks. We wanted to get this announcement out a little early since we did not announce it on episode 190 - that buttery Miracleman episode. Where we secretly loved it even more than we thought. Our book club for 191 is going to be Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka (volume 1), by Takashi Nagasaki and Naoki Urasawa.

"In a distant future where sentient humanoid robots pass for human, someone or some thing is out to destroy the seven great robots of the world. Europol’s top detective Gesicht is assigned to investigate these mysterious robot serial murders—the only catch is that he himself is one of the seven targets."

Toldja. “….a daring revisionist take on Osamu Tezuka’s timeless classic Astro Boy.” Toldja we’re bringing it this week. 

Oh, we’re ALL bringing it, as per usual. Jonesy will be there. He’s hitting the staffing agencies now for someone to sit at every entrance of his “hub” to clock everyone in snowy roads be damned. He may even be manning an entrance AS he records this very podcast if he must. Dale has the recording marked on his calendar so he SHOULD be there, too. Given that he doesn’t “fall asleep” “three days in a row” “trying to read the book club book.” Probably one of the lamest excuses ever for having to beg to push the recording of an episode back, but knowing him he’ll just be stuck in a snow drift trying to get to that drive-thru bakery today for the day before lent like that’s a reason. “Fastnachts” yea? Slim will be there and then some - vibrating through the electrical wires ala Jobe from The Lawnmower Man from imbibing energy “shots” (read: lethal amounts) that coarse through your body for FOURTEEN HOURS. Never taking a finger off of the dedicated shutter button on his Sony Zeissperia android camera. Last but definitely not least there’s Skottie. Making time for us when the man, frankly, has no time. How does he do it? He’s a father too, guys. He’s a father and he puts his pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us and he’s been known to “be okay” with the fact that whiskey can be drank out of a plastic cup when there are no other options, see what I mean? No time. But ess if he isn’t going to be making time for us. This is all so surreal? Is it happening? Or am I high on MEGASHOT?