Poor Old Marat
Marat/Sade – Judy Collins The 70s were, if nothing else, a time of changing ideas. A lot of kids still wanted a revolution, and with the way Washington was being … Continue Reading Poor Old Marat
This Week In Wrestling: Disappointment, Teammates, And WWE’s Crown Jewel PPV
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW Rhea Ripley, JD McDonagh, and Dominik Mysterio made their way out to start the show with an in-ring promo. Sami Zayn took no … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Disappointment, Teammates, And WWE’s Crown Jewel PPV
Around the Blooming Heather
Wild Mountain Thyme – Liam Clancy Picture, if you will, the mountains. Picture them tall and snow-capped, with grass adorning the crags and spurs of stone, and perhaps a stream … Continue Reading Around the Blooming Heather
This Week In Wrestling: Plotting, Brawling, And The Ever Expanding MJF-verse
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The Judgment Day’s Finn Bálor and Damien Priest opened the show this week and were quickly interrupted by Cody Rhodes this time, telling … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Plotting, Brawling, And The Ever Expanding MJF-verse
Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming
Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young On May 4th, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired live ammunition into fleeing student protestors and killed four people. All students. Two of … Continue Reading Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming
This Week In Wrestling: Brutality, Beginnings, And AEW’s Battle of the Belts VIII
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show opened this week with Sami Zayn experiencing mixed emotions about his tag team partner and best friend Kevin Owens being traded … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Brutality, Beginnings, And AEW’s Battle of the Belts VIII
Every Man a King
I apologize for the lateness of this post. My day-to-day work has been hellacious. Kingfish – Randy Newman There once were a hundred thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans. Back when … Continue Reading Every Man a King
This Week In Wrestling: New Challengers To Face And The Constant Struggle Of Maintaining Friendships
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW Seth Rollins opened this week’s show by assuring that, despite his bad back getting even worse during the Last Man Standing match he … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: New Challengers To Face And The Constant Struggle Of Maintaining Friendships
Buying Some Of That
Down in the Mall – Warren Zevon I’m going to make a holiday shopping list. What to buy, what to buy… I need to get a new jacket. For me. … Continue Reading Buying Some Of That
This Week In Wrestling: Tense Alliances, Wasted Friendships, And WWE’s Fastlane PPV
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show opened with Shayna Baszler making her entrance, on her way to have a match against Nia Jax. However, Nia attacked her … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Tense Alliances, Wasted Friendships, And WWE’s Fastlane PPV
Could You Call Some Other Day?
Oh Death – Dock Boggs There is a wooly bear lying flattened in the dirt of the driveway. The poor little caterpillar is completely pancaked by some errant driver, some … Continue Reading Could You Call Some Other Day?
This Week In Wrestling: New Challengers, Old Friends, And AEW’s WrestleDream PPV
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show opened this week with Cody Rhodes addressing the crowd, and much like the last several weeks, the Judgment Day came down … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: New Challengers, Old Friends, And AEW’s WrestleDream PPV
Three Lanes Moving Slow
Telegraph Road – Dire Straits (14 minutes; I love my long songs) The current price of gas, average it out, carry the ten, is somewhere in the neighborhood of 3.50 … Continue Reading Three Lanes Moving Slow
This Week In Wrestling: Championships, Redemptions, And Approaching Dreams
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show opened with Cody Rhodes about to speak to the crowd but was quickly interrupted by Dominik Mysterio. Dom announced that he … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Championships, Redemptions, And Approaching Dreams
Forward Roll
Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Earl Scruggs A banjo is not a guitar. A banjo is not a guitar as a bat is not a bird. What’s the exact point of … Continue Reading Forward Roll
This Week In Wrestling: Triumphant Returns, Tested Friendships, And Rising Tensions
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW This week once again opened with Jey Uso addressing the crowd, but was very quickly interrupted by Kevin Owens who informed him that … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Triumphant Returns, Tested Friendships, And Rising Tensions