Orwell presentation

 

Thanks everyone who came to see NERD NITE. 

My presentation, "I LOVE 1984: GEORGE ORWELL VS. VH1" was very well received. And fittingly, I took the stage just as the new season of Best Week Ever premiered on VH1. (How's that for counter-programming?!)

Also, in true KEVIN GEEKS OUT fashion, my 20-minute talk clocked in at 35 minutes. 

At some point I'll either post video from the presentation or I'll do it again at another show. (Let me know if you can suggest a venue for pseudo-academic memoirs.) 

GROWN-UP WORDS: Cordial Responses for Gifts You Do Not Want

Here's the GROWN-UP WORDS guide to receiving bad gifts.

GROWN-UP WORDS: Cordial Responses for Gifts You Do Not Want

from Kevin Maher on Vimeo.

Episode 5 of Kevin Maher's GROWN-UP WORDS, an original video series created for NICK MOM. Featuring Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen. 

Editor: Eric Hendricks
Director of Photography: Jeremy Carr
Additional Material: Jo Ann Kamuf Ward, Rusty Ward. 
Wardrobe Consultant: Alison Roberts.

Upcoming Show - Friday 1/18

I've been a longtime fan of the NERD NITE lecture series, so I'm excited to finally appear at one. 

Nerd Nite

Friday January 18th
9:15pm (doors at 9pm) 
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Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street, Brooklyn
A/C train to High Street or 
F-train to York Street
        ** Buy tickets here **

  



The evening consists of three 20-minute presentations. 

My talk is titled "I LOVE 1984: George Orwell Vs. VH1"

Description: People throw around the term “Orwellian”, but could it be that basic-cable pop-culture clip-shows best capture the spirit of Orwell’s dystopian future? Kevin Maher shares his personal experiences writing for talking-head clip shows, comparing the popular format to the “perversions and swindles” that George Orwell feared. The presentation includes awesomely bad double-speak and a visit to Kevin’s own version of room 101.

Photoshopped Penguin Signs

December is lovely in Carroll Gardens Brooklyn, partly because so many of my neighbors decorate their front yards. 

Every day I'd walk by this inflatable penguin and think of something else for the sign to say (i.e. "Global Warming is REAL!")

I decided to ask the Facebook community to help photoshop this image.  

GROWN-UP WORDS: The Pregnant Couple

Warning: they know everything about what to expect. 

GROWN-UP WORDS: The Pregnant Couple

from Kevin Maher on Vimeo.

Episode 4 of Kevin Maher's GROWN-UP WORDS, an original video series created for NICK MOM. Featuring: Tara Schuster, Lucas Zachary Hazlett, Sheilah Smiley, Anna Moore. 

Editor: Eric Hendricks
Director of Photography: Jeremy Carr
Additional Material: Rebecca Rogers Maher and Ritch Duncan
Wardrobe Consultant: Alison Roberts

Don Coscarelli Double-Feature

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New York's 92Y Tribeca is screening a Don Coscarelli double-feature with his new film JOHN DIES AT THE END and his cult classic PHANTASM. 

The director will be there in person and I'll be moderating the Q&A. 

It's Wednesday January 9th at 7pm. Come on by, get tickets here. 

I haven't been this excited since I went to PHANTASMANIA at the Alamo Draft House. (c. 2000)