Nerdsaling & Junksaling

Yep, for those of you who just can’t get enough crap with which to fill your empty, empty lives (kidding! kidding, I swear; we love you, man…), it’s looking like garage sale time. First — and somewhat more impressively — there’s the 2nd Annual Nerd Flea Market & Swap Meet, taking place Saturday, May 19th (i.e., tomorrow) at 7AM on the dot up at Domy Books on Westheimer. I dig it just because the characters in the poster for the festivities are arguing Battlestar Galactica vs. Stargate (ANSWER: depends which Stargate you mean; the movie blows, but the humor and characterization in both Stargate: SG-1 and Atlantis is great…kids, you’re both right), but it sounds like a good time. How can you hate on a bunch of geeks getting together to geek out over sci-fi figurines? Plus, the Austin Sketch Squad will be on hand to meet-and-greet and sell art. Ogle the gobs and gobs of toys, comics, art crap, collectibles, and whatever else it is nerds like, and heck, maybe buy some of it.

On the more low-key end of things, you can meander on up to the Last Concert Cafe on Sunday, May 20th and check out the stuff Kid Red lays out to sell — he’s apparently paring down his belongings to the minimum so he can move to Barcelona and play for change on street corners. He says there’ll be computer cables, a TV, some clothes, an iron, music gear, and a bunch of other random crap. Oh, and folks will be playing music nearby. I dunno if it costs anything to get in, but it’ll start around 1:30PM.