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Know of the dude, but never read his stuff....

What's the old line, "if you see it, then it's a work"? Least I think I once heard that. Either way, dare say it's generally safe to presume work Sadly, this will likely result in a Maryse v. Nikki Bella match....

The new Revocation is so dreamy Dave Davidson is America's new guitar gawd. I'd put a poster of him up in my room if I were a teenager and not middle-aged and doughy Gotdamn this has been a great year for metal. Sumac. Gojira. Revocation. FALLUJAH. Opeth arrives soon. Hopefully eight years was enough time for Metallica to create a better-than-middling disc (reckon the odds are against it given its a double album). And last and best of all....

Admittedly not the comic collector I once was, but I'll never, ever understand the appeal of Bendis That he became so powerful despite putting out inferior products doesn't confuse me as much as, say, Microsoft and Comcast, but still, BLEH Oh, how I miss these daze....

Minn-a-soda's KCMP (89.3 The Current) began playing Prince's entire catalogue at 6 last night and is going from A-to-W (as he didn't gift us with songs the being with X, Y or Z) You may listen at its website or: Slacker Radio iHeart TuneIn 3 a.m. in the EST and they're at F (FREE URSELF)....

Let's try to make everyone feel (a smidgen) better by adding some levity — THIS happened....

DEAR SWEET MERCIFUL CRAP Very curious to hear what they have in store for us. The album was delayed because the Duplantier's mother got sick, had surgery, and later died during the sessions New Fallujah out next week. WHEE-EEEE....

Waitwaitwaitwait — Iggy Pop turned 69 yesterday? Prince died on the same day Iggy closed in on being a septuagenarian Life and death are weird....

Do me a solid, please, OSJ — guzzle a few Big Gulps before you make the visit and piss on that shitbiscuit's grave for me, too

And so those of us born in the late sixties-early seventies continue to hurtle into that phase of life where death starts regularly kicking us in the kidneys, be it a loved one or icons of our teen and young adult years Dude was a goddamned talent. Screw five-tool player — he had a dozen. Could play any instrument, cross and merge genres — sometimes on the same track, dance, had the flair and showmanship of James Brown, and was finer-than-fine. He'd steal your girlfriend and you'd be good with it because he was Prince (really — how few people could get away with some of those ludicrous outfits he wore?) He was the coolest motherfucker on the planet in the eighties, and his aura was enlarged thanks to an air of mystery by largely eschewing the media rounds Prince firebombed the Super Bowl. In the rain. And played the guitar live because that pre-taped shit is for hacks and he was Prince Credit Neko Case for tweeting that Prince hired female musicians at a time when that. Wasn't. Done. Pushed Wendy & Lisa and Sheila E. and God bless him for it (Sheila, like Prince, is a hybrid mutant-alien) Vanity and Prince go out in the same year. Oof Vividly remember ninth grade English when the rock and metal kids in high school argued over who was a better guitar player — Eddie Van Halen, Angus Young (yes), or Neal Schon. HAH. Prince could whip them all. Dare you to listen to his work on "Let's Go Crazy" or "Purple Rain" and not get goosebumps, and that's just off one album Unfuckable albums — "Master of Puppets", anything by Steely Dan up to "Gaucho" (DON'T YOU JUDGE), and "Purple Rain". This is an undeniable fact of life and your a Truther if you question it Saw a tweet that Prince recorded "1999" and "Little Red Corvette" in one day. He played all the instruments himself. Google search turned up nothing, but would that be hard to believe? Consider that "Thriller" was released on Nov. 12, 1983, and "Purple Rain" hit on June 25, 1984. The two best pop albums of the eighties — and two of the greatest albums ever — were released within 266 daze of one another. Fucking nuts Man, "Sign O' The Times" is going to get a helluva' workout the next few daze Shine on, you crazy and beautiful and brilliant diamond....

So Aroluxe Marketing boasts, among other things, of its social media management. They might want to work on themselves first, judging from their Twitter followers Thank you, Sharp Emmons, for providing me with my next alias....

The post-RAW Wrestling Observer Radio is well worth your listen if, for no other reason, Meltzer's story about Red Bastien and Nick Bockwinkel watching Bryan at the 2001 King of the Indies and being wowed by his work (think about that for a moment — his first match was in the previous year) Selfishly, I'm disappointed I won't be able to watch him wrestle anymore. Drove over four hours just to watch him wrestle Jushin Liger. He was the guy who kept me (often tenuously) tethered to wrestling when the Benoit murders and fallout nearly ended my lifelong passion for the sport. The guy was so damn good that, in an era where fans have been conditioned to crave non-stop action, he could work holds on the mat and had the crowd hooked The dude became among the best at his craft. He was able to organically connect to the audience to the point so deeply that they hijacked shows and forced McMahon to change course and book WrestleMania 30 around him. He got to main event the biggest show of 2014 and celebrate live with 70,000-some-odd people. The sport he was passionate about led to him meeting the love of his life. He was lucky enough to have been tested again as he might be able to enjoy his later years without the ravages of CTE Bryan was also fortunate enough to experience his own version of "It's a Wonderful Life" on Monday. He got say goodbye in front of a home crowd. His family was there with him. And he got to see just how much he meant to both the fans and seemingly everyone he ever worked with during his journey through wrestling That's a HELL of an ending....

We should all be so lucky to have lived Abe's life....

And there's one of the (many) reasons why him winning is vomit — they've done such a staggeringly shitty job developing any stars who could face Reigns/help get him over that they had to use yet ANOTHER guy from the previous generation to main event WrestleMania Well, that and another babyface vs. Evil McMahon feud. BLEH At every booking meeting, after anyone comes up with yet another dumbass idea to get a wrestler over, there should be a staffer whose only job is to ask, "would we do this if it were HHH?" Would HHH be booked to lose matches because he got distracted? Would HHH be booked to say, "suffering succotash" or "magic beans" or recite any other generic nonsense the writers give everyone else? Would HHH be booked to lose match-after-match before getting a title shot? FUCK NO Coming up next from WWE management — neutering Styles, Nakamura, et al, just as they've neutered everyone else

First time all four home teams lost

Flip side is that Green Bay has found a defense that it's offensive line can maul Edit: ....and Matthews sprinting around the edge for a sack helps (got hugged on second down)

....what could go wrong?....

Going for it on fourth-and-short. Dig it If only more coaches would play the percentages (looks at Lewis, Reid and Tomlin) Lacy's runs are sort of like watching King Kong Bundy running towards his prey lying against the turnbuckle....

Paul Allen's postgame comments. Poor dude. Vividly remember how bummed he was after the 2010 loss to Naw'leans....

TWO IN A ROW SABIN....

ADAMS HELD ON MAH GOD HE CAUGHT IT....

Sorry, Brian Rather daffy that Green Bay's defense has persevered better than could be expected this season given the confluence of events that have hamstrung the offense, and most especially after it was eep the previous two seasons

Huh. Let's see him catch the ball in it Re: the new extra point rule, fuck it all, expand the length of the end zone and adopt the single (Yes, I know American stadiums are set up for it — please let me dream)....

Why is James Jones wearing a hoodie when it's over 50 degrees?

Never woulda' thunk watching Reed play quarterback in high school that he'd evolve into a kickass tight end Here's the win probability from Seattle-Minnesota should anyone care. All hail Brian Burke Here's Michigan State-Michigan should you want to see what see a line graph drop that mimics Black Tuesday....