On New Year’s Day, Marian Call released the first single and title track from her upcoming album, ‘Standing Stones.’ Also, the album is now available for pre-order and you better believe you want it.
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Marian Call is back with a Kickstarter for her next album. This is her first studio album with a band. I’ll let her explain the new project in the video, but I have to add that I know this will be awesome.
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Marian Call and Molly Lewis perform this bizarre take on David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” reworking the lyrics to contain only the thousand most common words in English.
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Marian Call, my favorite geek songstress, has released a new holiday EP titled Yippee Ki Yay. Like most of Marian’s catalog, this release is an eclectic mix of tracks, eight in all, that emphasize her voice and witty writing style. The album opens with Marian’s acapella rendition of Ave Maria which I’ve had the privilege of hearing live. What follows is a delightful path through the beauty and comedy of Marian’s work.
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Marian Call is making her annual trip through Texas and is playing Poor David’s Pub tonight at 8. Poor David’s is one of the smaller and more personal listening rooms in Dallas with a long history of booking great acts. Doors open at 7 with a $10 cover. If you’re in the Dallas area, please stop by and say hi!
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The time has finally come to wrap up the Planning My Geeky-Queer Wedding series with lessons learned, and the miscellaneous extra touches not mentioned in previous posts.
Continue ReadingMarian Call released has a new album, titled Sketchbook, which, for many reasons, is a splendid album. I am gifting three copies of this album.
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There’s nothing like sitting back and letting someone else entertain you. Whether it’s on the big (or small) screen, or through big, booming speakers (or the intimacy of headphones), movies and music mean a lot to us. Check out some of our favorites from 2013.
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Andrew and I didn’t feel right accepting physical goods that we could purchase for ourselves. So, we reached a compromise.
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My favorite geeky singer, Marian Call, will be performing a few more nights in Texas. You can get catch her at Poor David’s pub in Dallas tonight at 8, then Austin and Houston with the Doubleclicks.
Continue ReadingShe’s a geek. She’s an incredibly talented singer-songwriter. She is one of the hardest working people with whom I have the pleasure of being acquainted. She’s Marian Call, and she wants you to join her on an adventure quest.
Continue ReadingThe lovely and talented Marian Call is embarking on a tour of Europe and you can help shape the adventure. Even if you’re not actually in Europe there are plenty of good reasons to participate in the Kickstarter, not the …
Continue ReadingThe lovely and talented Marian Call is embarking on a tour of Europe and you can help shape the adventure. Even if you’re not actually in Europe there are plenty of good reasons to participate in the Kickstarter, not the …
Continue ReadingMy wife and I got to have a date night on Sunday, thanks to Marian Call, The Doubleclicks, and PDXYAR. I’d read about Marian Call and her 49>50 tour as several GeekDad contributors got to see her in person, but …
Continue ReadingThe lovely and very talented Marian Call stopped by Alaksa Public Radio’s KSKA a couple weeks ago to discuss her new album Something Fierce. I’ve been following the production of this album for almost two years through the Donor’s Circle …
Continue ReadingThe show kicks off with an interview with Amber Love about Women of Wonder Day, an annual auction and in-store event where you can bid on beautiful art and collectibles in support of domestic violence charity programs. Then Nicole is joined once again by GeekMom Cathe Post to talk about her weekend with her husband and daughter at the […]
Continue ReadingBe still my heart! There is actually a convention for us girls now! It’s in Seattle, so those of you on the East Coast have a ways to trek it (haha, I made a geek funny), but there is indeed …
Continue ReadingBe still my heart! There is actually a convention for us girls now! It’s in Seattle, so those of you on the East Coast have a ways to trek it (haha, I made a geek funny), but there is indeed a convention made “just for her” and it’s called GeekGirlCon! That said, I’m dragging my […]
Continue ReadingIf you are a musician, or any type of creative for that matter, you want to have your product consumed. In the digital age, an age where people can consume media for free and, as a result, an age with drastically shifting ways to produce and publish your content, sometimes finding the tools and strategies […]
Continue ReadingIf you’ve never seen Marian Call perform and you’re within a reasonable distance of Austin, Texas you really should get over to the Blackerby Violin Shop this evening. If you aren’t near enough to make it to Austin to see …
Continue ReadingIt’s time to vote for Shorty Awards, a partly-judged, partly-crowdsourced system to recognize the most popular Twitter-users in a variety of categories. Usually we would just vote for a few people we like and wait for the results to come …
Continue ReadingMany GeekDad readers are already familiar with Marian Call, an Alaskan singer/songwriter who is currently touring all 50 states. I want to share my story of opening a few shows for her recently in New Jersey. First, let me introduce …
Continue ReadingWhat’s better than a concert by the awesomely talented and geeky singer-songwriter Marian Call? If you answered “A concert by the awesomely talented and geeky singer-songwriter Marian Call where I can win cool prizes from ThinkGeek from the comfort of …
Continue ReadingIt’s been great watching all of the GeekDad coverage of San Diego Comic-Con, and I am quite envious of the people who were able to attend this year. Fortunately nothing is really that far away on the internet, and I …
Continue ReadingLast week I posted a giveaway for two of Marian Call’s Got to Fly album download codes. The giveaway is over, and we have our winners! Congratulations to ssuehle and MTL for winning. Thank you to everyone who entered. I …
Continue ReadingRecently, the beautiful, talented and incredibly nice musician Marian Call decided to do a major tour and take on all of the 50 states. She calls it the 49>50 Tour, since Alaska, where she lives, is the 49th state. She …
Continue ReadingI had the incredible honor and thrill of being on NPR’s Talk of the Nation Science Friday last Friday, and chatting with host Ira Flatow (you all remember Newton’s Apple, right?) and producer Flora Lichtman about all things geeky and …
Continue ReadingMarian Call is winding her way around the country on a 49 > 50 tour (From Alaska to all 50 States Tour). Currently she’s hanging out in Austin but will make her way north and west starting this Thursday at …
Continue ReadingOn Sunday the wife and I packed up the eldest geeklet and headed into Dallas for a fund raiser for Equality Now. Can’t Stop The Serenity of North Texas was sponsoring a Women’s showcase featuring 5 different acts. We couldn’t …
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