Curt McGirt

They're running through these pretty fast at irregular times. Thankfully it looks like FXX will have them streaming. I just saw the big multi-headed Sentinel battle in "Lifedeath Part 1" where and I'll admit it got real dusty all of the sudden. Heh, actually, my second reation was

I went to see where Big Ryck was, forgetting he was Ezekial Jackson, and he's successfully retired and running a wrestling school. Good on him. Also, his first name is actually Rycklon! Now tell me how stupid it would be not to have that just be your wrestling name...

The Fresero Jr./Pierroth Jr. Super Libre was more fun than serious, not quite heavy enough for an apuestas. There's a rudo ref on Pierroth's side (I don't know which Pierroth this is, but the real one grants out the name to plenty) and they work around that a lot. We do start out positive with Fresero's well-sliced '70s wrestling forehead getting ripped by some beer bottle glass immediately -- and I mean immediately. It kind of wanders the rest of the way. Pierroth talks a lot of shit like his namesake, especially to women in the audience while their white-hair dads amusedly look on. Fresero also has a Hecho en Mexico logo tattoo so I wonder if the whole Puerto Rican thing from Pierroth is something they're working as well. Fresero comes back with big overhand chops and eventually chucks an enormous tub with a drain in the bottom at P, who also gets the bottle treatment to lesser effect. Let's just call this one a house show apuestas in a big tin-roof airplane hanger because that's about the extent of it.

Here's some Roy Lucier finds that Segunda did reviews of Karloff Lagarde Jr/Mr Cóndor/Perro Silva vs Brillante/Diamante/Zafiro (AAA May 21st, 1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBz7UUdDfNE&ab_channel=RoyLucierAAALuchaLibre Opens with a textbook, totally one-sided rudo beatdown with the techs getting jumped before the ring entrances. Mr. Condor is wearing the ugliest top and is strangling people from the jump. There are some really reckless powerbombs and the rudos win the fall with a nasty spot where they cross Brilliante (I guess?)'s arms across his neck in opposite directions, and just pull while he's there on his knees, it's simple and brutal. It looks like the rudos are gonna continue to dominate but we get a turnaround despite some mask ripping and Mr. Condor gets posted, he walks off openly blading, and works the rest of the match with those yellow straps and the rest of him soaked in blood. "Muchos sangre por Meester Condor!" as one of the commentators yells -- then the poor dude eats an open kick right in the nuts. Ouch. So much for a tercera! No wonder Condor double-legs the guy who fouled him after he recovers a bit. Antifaz del Norte/Pantera del Ring/Volador/Winners vs Arandú/Jerry Estrada/Misterioso/Psicosis (AAA 5/21/95) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Qzs9qnsXA&ab_channel=RoyLucierAAALuchaLibre This is just wonderful; it's everything you want from the new AAA gang, and I guess the faces are all Monterrey. It starts out pretty chippy between the rudos and tecnicos, the latter actually seem stand-offish and a little arrogant. Antifaz and Jerry clearly have some beef where on the floor they keep teasing someone stepping to the other, with this hilarious Estrada "move away, buddy" flap of the hand that alllllmost has Antifaz come at him. It's all this neat little tension building until they start with the bumping, Arandu taking some biggies and we get some neat avoidances and hanging-from-the-ropes bumps. But THEN, Jerry pulls out a fork and starts mutilating Antifaz. We don't see a lot of blood at all, but this is a BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS MATCH because Jerry wipes blood all over his face and LICKS AND PUTS THE FORK IN HIS MOUTH. YES. And after everyone brawls and we get a bunch of hyper speedy work (and the rudos almost beating each other up) we end with one of the biggest dive trains ever. Jerry further proves that he is A#1 and The Best by taking a flying bump head-over-heels all the way into the rows of chairs. Great finish too, one of the clearest unmaskings ever. So, not a lot of blood, but shows the importance of doing it right. Oh, and this is 1995 Psicosis. You know what it is.

I don't get that feeling about the interviews but YMMV

This finally showed up on FXX yesterday out of the clear blue! I was very happy, and very impressed. I never saw the original series through the Dark Phoenix saga so if this picked back up right from there it's pretty cool. It feels a little more... "adult"? Maybe that's just the passage of time with me because they were always "adult". Seeing Mojo was cool too and I was amazed that I saw him infecting a character with those lines in the face and I just immediately said "Mojo", as I only remember him from the trading cards.

Siki was definitely a Stampede guy. I remember Bret being a fan and talking about him in his book. There had to been stuff in the Stampede book too; for some reason I remember him having a heart dyed into his chest hair? It was either him or Thunderbolt Patterson. Anyway, the only black country artist from them days I remember is Charlie Pride and was an anomaly, so this is pretty cool. The only other two artists than Charlie inducted into the Grand Ole Opry HOF are DeFord Williams, and... Darius Rucker

I had no idea about this shit until he got thrown in jail, but I've always had an irrational hatred for him so wasn't in the know I guess.

Bondcito?

Christ, that stretcher for Pierroth was CLOTH AND WOODEN DOWELS. I got a Super Libre match set up for them to watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cjk3YxvRfM&ab_channel=luchalibreselect11

Is that Bash the Flair/Morton cage with the nose injury? I'd like to see a different one of theirs.

You could try ordering the pre-order? I'm definitely familiar with record labels just hanging onto the pre-order tag after already having the records because they're lazy, or busy, or whatever. Hit up Schneider on here is the best bet.

AH HA HAHAHA, I forgot about Ghost slapping Mase. If you haven't read his autobio btw, check it out for sure, there are some crazy stories in there.

Oh I'm dying This is a great coincidence because I heard a snatch of "The Great Milenko" on American Dad last night and went on Discogs to look at all the ICP albut inserts. Now I'm gonna have to do the Wiki. I'm sure there's gold on there.

That podcast thing is really a brilliant idea. I actually do like listening to them but the length is so unbearable most of the time.

I am a huge Mortician fan, completely unashamedly, so it is definitely a compliment. They are one of the bands that most unjustly gets a bad rap in... anywhere, really. They fucking RULE.

While still saying he was a good man. Talk about denial. But frankly, after Jackie died I think something broke in Fritz and he never cared for the world or its inhabitants anymore deep down inside.

AEW might wanna steal this idea

This sounds like you want them to work with Court Bauer. For shame!

https://www.generalspeech.com/ I also have to give highest marks to General Speech, this label/fanzine that are always stocked with clasicos and you basically can't argue with any of their new releases. A good mix of punk, hardcore, crust, a ton of D-beat, even Oi! and some serious metal bangers like Acid, Iron Angel, Infernal Majesty, Savage, and Omen right now (!!!). Just start scrolling. If you ever needed something like The Gun Club's Fire of Love or The Damned's Machine Gun Etiquette they'll be right next to the most obscure Espanol hardcore, comps of bands from Yugoslavia, brutal stenchcore, everything. Highest marks.

https://axehelvete.bandcamp.com/album/kleptocracy-internalized-by-the-people Axe Helvete from Hiroshima. They sound like the bomb falling. https://phobiarecords.bandcamp.com/album/exploat-r-apokollaps-lp Exploator's newest. Essential continuation of the Totalitar/No Security band member orbit. https://believeinpunk.bandcamp.com/album/confront-guilty-or-not-guilty-lp Confront from Mie City. I haven't finished this but it sounds like some anthemic Burning Spirits stuff in the classic Japanese style. These are all available at Believe In Punk, who still sell records for $16 sometimes! I can't recommend his stuff enough, it's almost all great and totally obscure, and he's carrying some serious classics from Post Regiment, Misery, Anti Cimex, Hellshock, 3 Way Cum, and modern classics like Bootlicker right now if you are missing ANY of those. Get on it: https://believeinpunk.com/

I'd say that's about right about Castle Rat. I didn't watch all of the video as I was writing below and just playing the song, but I thought "does that guitarist have fangs?" and sure enough he's listed as The Count haha https://zasautoproduzioni.bandcamp.com/album/rituales-de-transmutaci-n Cannibal Ferox from Spain here popped up being sold from Believe In Punk, who put out a bunch of weird and random stuff because the runner is a noisecore guy who has really varied taste, and he's super cheap so get on it. He has the new Exploator which is an immediate purchase, for example. Anyway this is some super death/grind with a touch of crust in the rhythms to get it an excellerant. The blasts are so on point though, it's their main weapon, and a killer. He thinks they sound like Machetazo but they've been hit or miss to me; I'd say their grindier stuff, sure.

I noticed that file was 33 minutes and decided to skip ahead, asking myself out loud "Where's the blood?" And then the guys on the floor caught that Pierroth Jr. had put that bottle opener or whatever in Fresero Jr.'s head a couple more times and it was so bad he started to look like Eddie Kingston with the gas can. Actually, worse. Wow -- time to watch the rest! (Also, these guys are really going at it, this is fast and hate-filled brawling.) EDIT: Somebody holler at Phil Schneider cause he's gonna want to see this. They brawl at top speed all over the place for close to 20 minutes or so before they stop and square off one at a time in the ring, like the ref forced them to. Pierroth gets a bottle broken over his head by Fresero and the yellow parts on his mask turn totally red and he gets stretchered out off an insane tope con hilo through the ropes. There are like two more insane dives, a devastating head drop to finish the match, Dark Ozz (pretty sure) gets almost totally drowned out by the horns and spinny things in the crowd when he tries to talk on the mic, the Traumas are pissed, and Fresero has disappeared, probably taken out too after the wrapping started to come off his head. And hey, some things never change: Cibernetico still can't even do a decent chokeslam! Wait, did I mention that whole rows of seats are pitched at people in this? Because that happens too.

Dude, Shartnado, I can't help it... every time I look at one of your photos I think of Will Rahmer from Mortician.

Oh god yes, that too. That frisson between 'bizarre' and 'disgusting' is so strong. I always get a kick out of how people think the scene of Divine getting raped by a giant plastic lobster in Multiple Maniacs is so distasteful. It's a giant plastic lobster, dude. Getting a rosary shoved up your ass in a church is waaaaaaay worse than that