Captain Kronos

I forgot that I had pre-ordered the new Shakira record on amazon mp3. Listened one time through today, and nothing really grabbed me. She's definitely still in her Tori Amos sounding phase when the song isn't more dance-pop, where she's been for a decade.

That Charlie Musselwhite album cool arrow posted on the first page always knocks me out. Such goodness. I am loving this whole thread. I contribute: Ms. Samantha Fish, recorded just a few days ago. . .

I really need to pull the trigger on listening to LDR properly. I like her pretty much every time I come across one of her songs. Re: Taylor Momsen. I agree. I avoided her first album for the longest time because I felt like she was a wannabe, playing about being all trashy. And maybe she was. But one day I listened to it. And loved it. And the new record may be better. It's certainly got more variety and feels more mature in general.

You think she calls him "Markie"? I'll bet he makes her call him Taker.

AJ's nickname was "Lita"? Can't fault the girl for not being a fan of the sport, unlike so many of the past Deevers. Also, I seem to recall from Wiki that she only made it a few months into NYU film school before dropping out.

Last week's frequent player for me: "Going to Hell" by The Pretty Reckless (The end is the end) (Don't bless me father for I have sinned) Father did you miss me? I've been locked up a while. I got caught for what I did but took it all in style. Laid to rest all my confessions I gave way back when. Now I'm versed in so much worse, So I am back again. And he said For the lines that I take, I'm going to hell! For the love that I make, I'm going to hell! Gettin' heavy with the devil, you can hear the wedding bells. Father did you miss me? Don't ask me where I've been. You know I know, Yes, I've been told I redefine a sin. I don't know what's driving me to put this in my head. Maybe I wish I could die, maybe I am dead! And he said For the lives that I fake, I'm going to hell! For the vows that I break, I'm going to hell! For the ways that I hurt, while I'm hiking up my skirt. I am sitting on a throne while they're buried in the dirt. For the man that I hate, I'm going to hell! Gettin' heavy with the devil, you can hear the wedding bells. Please forgive me father, I didn't mean to bother you. The devil's in me father. He's inside of everything I do. For the life that I take, I'm going to hell! For the laws that I break, I'm going to hell! For the love that I hate, I'm going to hell! For the lies that I make, I'm going to hell! For the way I condescend and never lend a hand. My arrogance is making this head buried in the sand. For the souls I forsake, I'm going to hell! Gettin' married to the devil, you can hear the wedding bells.

I didn't expect Piper vol 2 to be as emotional as it was. I was hoping for Piper to get out of character, and after warming up in vol 1, he really drops the persona. The story about he and Kerry on the window ledge being saved by a bunch of guys (Bossman, Perfect, and someone else) who are all dead now except him was a heartbreaker. Didn't expect him and Austin to get depressed about what shitty fathers they've been. And of course, the last segment was about cancer. Really good stuff, all of it. _______ I also listened to the Lawler eps, and I really enjoyed the insights about the Kaufman feud, especially Jerry saying he hit Jim Carrey on "Letterman" much harder than he hit Kaufman on the Letterman show because he was legit pissed at Carrey. And also his asking Milos Foreman, "Has this guy [Carrey] even read the script? Doesn't he know that Andy and I were actually good friends?" I had never heard about the creation of Kamala gimmick - anyone has an image of the Frazetta painting he's talking about? Jerry makes him sound like a big sweet simpleton. "Mr. Lawler, why do you paint a banana on my stomach every night?"

check this playlist out Pretty poor VQ, but still good enough till the Network eventually adds it.

For the Shield, and least for Bray, the things they say in and around the ring are the best examples of them making something better on the spot. Whether it's trash talk, encouragement to their team, or just their reactions to what's happening around them, all four of those guys show a knack for being able stay in character during non-scripted situations (and usually improving them). Yeah, think about that fancam where Harper is sneaking up behind Ambrose, and the kid starts yelling "Dean! Dean!" (which, btw, is how you know he is a Face -- if a little kid cares to protect him from bad guys, then he is for sure a good guy). Ambrose responded to the kid's yelling and played along with Harper. I thought it was a great moment.

Okay, now, what footage of Sunny recently appeared?

Yes! That's the one I have seen, too, and I've never seen any actress who was more pure sex power than Louise. She was amazing.

Maybe Melissa was going for slow and simple words, for translating purposes. But that was a freaking awful promo. PS - DEAN, is that Louise Brooks in your sig? Because perfection.

Umm, how old is this photo? ETA: Never mind, I found it. Halloween 2013. I like the purple hair very much, and as mentioned above I am pleased to see for once she kept her tongue in her mouth.

Is he saying he has a bigger than normal gay fanbase? The gay community?!?!?!? The IGC?

Wow! That one deserves a Holy Shit chant!

I don't think I've ever seen Terry-JYD. I'll have to go find some stuff. Truth is that I tend to zone out when JYD's on the screen. I used to be the same with Duggan, though I have begun to study him a little bit. Now there's a guy who worked a limited style in WWF -- and who knew how to squeeze every little bit out of it to keep the crowd on his side. It's repetitive and thus frequently can be dull. But it's pretty damned impressive.

Well, then, it's CJ Parker I don't care for. He obviously doesn't register with me enough to even learn his name. LOL

"I wanted to love this match, the wrestlers wanted me to love this match, but TNA was bound and determined that I not love the match." Stealing this line for a sig.

He's the hippy, right? Basically trying to work a crunchy version of Punk's straight edge messiah character? I don't care for him, either.

Finished the Dusty Rhodes one this morning. That true grit promo Austin played at the end just kicked my ass with awesomeness. My favorite moment from Dream: "Everyone in the business is better than I am. No, I don't mean that. I just said it." It doesn't translate to paper well. You gotta hear it in his voice. Listening to these podcasts reminds me of when of that joyful feeling when I first discovered wrestling memoirs in the mid-00s and read a bunch of them over the next few years. I don't think I have read any for about 5 years now, aside from Foley's 4th book, which I have been working on for over a year because it's just not that interesting (or maybe I am tired of Foley). Hearing the stories makes me want to revisit some of the better books.

She's that one person in the group who is just there because she's has a sister in the same group and their mom made her bring her. What's funny is that I like Nattie less now that I have seen her on the show. Whenever I see her on other programming - including NXT, where people seem to praise her - I just cringe. She's got X-Pac Heat with me now. The show may be getting her more exposure to the general public. But I have to wonder if it's doing her career any good, if others are responding the same way I am. . .

No worries. I can't expect spoiler-free for something that's 30 years old! So what'd you think of the show? I am not crazy about JYD at all in WWF, so I was not pleased as a fan to see him run over everyone on the way to the top. The matches were all short, of necessity, and some of them were quite decent. I think I mentioned this before, but they did at least book a variety of finishes so as to keep it interesting and make you guess. I need to rewatch Piper-Hogan because I think it was late night when I came to that one. But I don't recall it being anything special.

Damn it, why did I read the last two pages. I thought I was already over this show after less than a week. Now y'all are forcing me to watch it.

If we don't get an X-Presidents-type cartoon on the Network from this, I'll be disappointed and will have no one to blame but you for making me think of it. I would also accept "Super Best Friends".

Man, I could listen to Regal talk about the WoS-era for hours and hours. Such great stories. Now that I have listened to Regal and Cena, where should I go next? Piper? Lawler? Big Show? Kerry King? I'd actually really like to hear Piper out of character. Any chance that's what we get?