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[the-hobgoblins]

the witching hour

Who: Maeko Burke, Oz Pryce, Katie Thorne, Rue Attaway, AJ Ramesh, Xiomara Winters, Nathaniel Pinnock Where: FTB Safehouse, Putney When: Morning After Halloween, 2020

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Let it not go unstated that Maeko Burke thought this was a really terrible, like—extremely shit idea.

And not just because her and Oz both were hungover as all hell following a raucous Halloween fête on Hawkins territory, or the fact that she’d been watching the sunrise blooming blood orange over the horizon huddled close in conversation with one Penny Hawkins when she’d gotten the text from Katie—that the latter needed Oz to come identify a potential suspect for his attack.

‘Isn’t there anyone else u can get?’ Maeko had pushed back over text, ‘He’s just started feeling up to talking again, & being able to sleep without nightmares…’

To which Katie replied, ‘I’m sorry, kid. He’s our only survivor…it’s gotta be him.”

So with much trepidation, they gathered themselves as best they could and they made for Putney.

Maeko felt less apologetic over the state they were in when she saw the state of the FTB safehouse. Clearly, Maeko and Oz were not the only ones who had been tossed an unwanted curveball in the midst of a party. The house was in absolute shambles—and that’s coming from someone who legitimately lived in a haunted hoarder house full of creepy, broken junk.

But even more ominous was the way Nathaniel Pinnock, looking like he’d lost a particularly nasty brawl with a good night’s sleep, answered the front door and ushered them silently in—without one single condescending furrow of brow or snide remark. It was like he’d seen a ghost—

Or perhaps, something far worse.

***

Katie was about halfway through debriefing Maeko on the storied Zombie in the Closet—or, at least, she was trying to debrief them both, except that she was in a sort of frenzied state and using a lot of policey-sounding words that went over Oz’s head. Not to mention the fact that he was in such a state of anxiety that he could barely follow any three words strung together, and little flickers of ambient magic kept crackling at random points within Oz’s immediate vicinity, irritating lightbulbs and rustling bits of debris and zig-zagging tiny little chem trails of sparkly light in everyone’s peripheral vision. He was keenly aware of the battered hedges that lurked in the surreptitious pockets of the big open room, the covetous leers they fixed on Oz as he thoughtlessly disrupted—as he unwillingly commanded—the very source of their wild, unclaimable power.

Oz knew well those hungry stares; he remembered.

He swallowed, wishing the debris-stained carpet would gobble him up. ‘Mo Rúnsearc…’ Oz could almost hear Morrigan’s commanding whisper once again, could very nearly feel it graze his neck like static, making the tender flesh it kissed stand at willing attention. A prickling sensation, ineffectually forgotten, itched beneath the skin of Oz’s inked palms. He tried to catch Maeko’s attention, pleading silently, I don’t want to be here, not here, not again…

But her blue eyes, hard as frozen granite and just as sharp, were fixed on Katie.

“—and there’s a magical dark zone that seems linked to where it is, so far as we’ve found…” explained the auror, thumbs hooked in her belt loops.

“…meaning?” said Maeko flatly, her skepticism unveiled.

“Meaning hedge magic is a no-go when you’re around this thing. And no one has been able to get a wand even close. Might as well be a Muggle.”

“So how the fuck do we even get in, then?” Maeko’s voice was raised and incredulous.

Katie looked between Maeko and Oz, and then said with apology in her tone, “…well, we don’t. Oz, though…”

AJ stepped into the conversation then, having been lurking at the perimeter. He had one hand raised in greeting and the other sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck. “‘Sup…”

Maeko looked at AJ, and then at Katie, and snapped, “No fuckin’ way, Kat—”

“Mae, I know, but I promise you he’ll be—”

Here Maeko laughed sharp and unkind, without any real amusement—not a thing like her usual good-humored laugh. “Oh, cheers then! As if yet another promise from a fuckin’ auror means one single fuckin’ thing to me…” Katie looked immediately quite wounded by this, and Maeko sighed, rubbing her tired eyes and dropping her shoulders. “Ah hell, I’m…sorry, alright? I just meant…it seems sketch, is all. Considering.”

She met Oz’s gaze, finally, and he saw the fear and the worry that was churning there, like a storm over arctic waters that Maeko was trying to play off as aloof and irascible. But Oz knew already he would do anything that was asked of him. That was just what he did—who he was in the depths of his wretched, selfless bone marrow; he didn’t know what it meant to do anything else.

He gave Maeko a small shake of his head, and folded his clammy palms across his chest, beneath his arms. He gave the best lighthearted shrug he could muster, and smiled through his dread. “Well! Let’s have us a look at this beastie, then…”

***

There’d been thumping and commotion coming from within the room with no doors—where they were keeping that thing—and it had set everyone off, nearly trampling each other to get to that stretch of impenetrable wall to watch, and to wait. It was wallpapered with some tacky, ironic little flowers that Maeko was contemplating just blasting through with a well-aimed Reducto—magical dead zone be damned.

But Oz and AJ blipped back out, looking frazzled but unharmed. And Oz confirmed that whatever monster the hedges had locked up in the closet, it wasn’t the one that had nearly taken his life.

Katie must have had her suspicions on that from that start, because no sooner had Oz said his bit than she was nodding to herself, her face darkening in that way that signified she was parsing through a myriad of thoughts she had yet to share with any audience outside her own mind. She thanked Oz distractedly, and barely spared the attention to tell the nearest hedges that she’d circle back with them later before she was out the door to attend to business of her own.

And it should have made Maeko relieved, that they could elude more trouble and trauma so soon after Oz’s attack.

But god, for just a second, she’d let herself think they were so close—the things she could have done to that bastard if she’d had it right on the other side of a bloody wall, the things she’d been dreaming of getting to do every hour for weeks—

So when Maeko heard some of the hedges casually talking with what sounded like genuine cheer, discussing their plans to keep the monster cared for and comfortable for Merlin knows how long—after all these weeks of bottling up her anger and frustration at everything, Maeko snapped.

“Are you seriously mental?” she interrupted, her tone edged by all the unjustness they’d endured the past few weeks, and exactly how little she’d slept. “That thing tried to kill you! What the fuck are you playing at, keeping something like that locked up in a cage like a fuckin’ pet?”

The fiery one with the green eyes and thick London inflection rounded on Maeko and shot back, “Don’t you come in here all off your trolley, wavin’ your wand and waggin’ your tongue tellin’ us what we can n’ can’t do, in our own gaff, innit. Just ‘cause you got yourself some pure wizard’s blood and your fancy fuckin’ name that makes you someone out there, in here you’re no better ’n anyone else. You think it makes you special, huh? You think that big scary name’ll protect you? Pinnock’s got himself a posh name—why don’t ya ask him what good it’s done. Hell, they told me I got a cunt grandmother named Zabini and it’s never done me one lick of good, has it? So sod off, Princess—we didn’t ask for your permission or your input, ’n we don’t fuckin’ need it…”

And in a blink, the house erupted in magic.

Missiles of crackling, colored energy sliced through the air from the end of Maeko’s wand without a shred of thought behind them as she finally boiled over with simmering darkness and rage, like the very night itself given vengeful, corporeal form. Her sulfurous magic ricocheted off shields that were hastily thrown up by hedges, catapulting around the room like shrapnel. Billows of blue flame shot toward Maeko and she turned it to glass in the air before it shattered at her feet.

She was losing control of the torrent inside of her, on the liquid black night that had burned through her veins for all these years, that Maeko had so foolishly tried to bottle up and ignore—as if she could deny who and what she was, as if that dark power wouldn’t one day burst from her fragile flesh like a stoppered glass vial—

At the sound of commotion, the room had crowded with Free Traders; the green-eyed hedge had a ball of fire in one hand when Xiomara shrieked, “Rue! You are not burning down this fucking house today!” But the brand new wand that Xiomara held in her hand was pointed at Maeko, and just as she raised her own to unleash a hellish sea of biting shadow, Oz stepped in between them.

She faltered slightly at the sight of those tragic fucking eyes, her insides knotting and her voice cracking even as she furiously begged, “Oz, move.��� She was seeing double, shattered by the sudden, overwhelming deja vu; tired blue eyes that Maeko had driven herself mad trying to forget—a martyred, masochistic Scottish drawl…

Oz shook his head. “I’m one a them, Mae—my blood as much as you. I can’t have ya doin’ something ya can’t take back, can’t watch ya wreck yourself tryin’ to…”

But Maeko didn’t hear the rest of it. She emitted one piercing, ravaged wail, and then disapparated.

[the-firebird69]

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Ok so part of my job with the Crystal Mountain Pony Con is to create character sheets for the 3 mascots of the convention. The first one I was practicing is this one: her name is Saltlick. She was the original mascot from the beginning and they've added 2 more over the years. This pose was from a pamphlet from the first CMPC back in 2013 it just had no outlines so this drawing is my final practice drawing before cracking down on the final drawings. The next pony will be Saltflats the other female mascot and the other is the male that I have the least amount of information on. Let me know what you think.

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FCSU# 12 Allie Jayne’s 18th Birthday

A girl’s eighteenth birthday is a momentous occasion in the FCSU and Allie Jayne’s was no exception. It was on her eighteenth birthday that most girls found out whether they’ve been assigned in marriage. Aj rose early in the morning with her closest sisters Rachel and Teresa. After some quiet prayer time they got cleaned up and ready for the day. Ellie May prepared Aj’s favorite breakfast, pancakes with fruit syrup. 

After breakfast Aj went to work on the garden, her mother said she could take of of each of the plants with her when she moved out. Once her chores were done Aj relaxed with her sisters, talking about the future and what lie in store for them. They spoke candidly about the boys in town, wondering who they’d be assigned to.

Jayne prepared a huge turkey dinner in Aj’s honor that evening. The little girls set the table with special place settings made by Farrah. The mood was happy, though tinged with sadness as Aj had been a HUGE part of the family and now she’d probably be leaving to start her own life. She would no longer be a part of her father’s kingdom.

After dinner Allie Jayne blew out the candles on her cake and aged up into a young adult. She exited her teen years with the Neat, Loves the Outdoors and Family Oriented traits, as well as high character value scores for Manners, Responsibility and Emotional Control.

Jayne, Ellie May and the sisters gave Aj presents, items that she would need in her married life. Household items, gardening supplies, linens, small furniture. Then the moment they had all been waiting for, Allen stepped forward.

He hugged his eldest daughter joyfully and said “The Prophet has a place for you. Go get ready.”

Aj went upstairs to her room to retrieve her wedding gown. She had put many hours into crafting its unique shape and accents, blistering her fingers sewing on crystals and sequins. Rachel did Aj’s hair, Married women were required to wear their long hair up at all times.

When she was ready Aj joined her father in the main room, one question was on her mind. “Who?” Marriage is considered a test of obedience for FCSU women, they are not told who they will be marrying until they arrive at their new husband’s home. That way their husbands and fathers can observe their reaction and see how happy they are to follow the Prophet’s will in their life. Aj was nervous but determined to keep her feelings in check.

She, Allen and Jayne piled into the family’s minivan and set off for Aj’s wedding. To heighten the suspense (Allen was still a bit of a jokester) they drove all through the Prospect, zig-zagging down every street and even driving out to their old neighborhood, where the construction crew lived. Finally, he turned the car around and stopped at the house next door to their own, the home of Bishop Elden Brown. “Here we are!” Laughed Allen while Jayne clutched AJ’s shaking hand. Inside the Bishop, a man older than Allen himself, stood dressed in his Sunday best. His wives sat behind him in white gowns, the children were in bed.

Bishop Elden gave a short sermon about the sanctity of marriage and how each new wife was a blessing to the entire family. It was clear that Charlene was incensed. Elden then bestowed the blessings of the Prophet on Allen temporarily so he could perform the wedding. The couple stood in the center of the living room with Elden taking Aj’s hands in his. She had never held hands with an unrelated man before.

Aj was so scared she could barely focus on her father’s words. “Do you, sister Allie Jayne Prichard take our Bishop and brother Elden Smith Brown to be your lawfully wedded husband, entering into the sacred bonds of Spiritual Unity and eschewing all others for all time and eternity?” “Yes, I...I do.” She managed to say in a squeaky unnatural voice. Allen repeated the vow to Elden, the part about eschewing all others was notably absent. “I do.” He answered with a smile that turned Aj’s stomach. They were no sooner pronounced husband and wife for all time and eternity when he leaned forward an kissed her on the mouth! Aj’s first instinct was to pucker her mouth shut. This felt gross.

To make matters worse, Allen and Jayne began fixing to leave, pulling on their coats and heading for the door. “Goodnight you crazy kids!” said Allen with a wink as Aj’s new husband kept pawing at her while his other wives laughed and cheered. Jayne left quickly not making eye contact with her daughter. Aj was now Allie Jayne Brown, Mother Allie. Would her husband even allow her to keep her childhood nickname? It was well within his rights to insist she be called by her full name.

“That's enough for the first night.” Remarked Elden, he let go of Aj whose whole body was now shaking. He retreated to his bedroom with Charlene in tow. “Nia will show you to your room.” His third wife led Aj downstairs to her cold, empty room with a pink carpet.  “Here you are, you can unpack your things. And don’t worry, it gets easier.” Her eyes were sympathetic to the young bride. Aj got changed into her nightgown and climbed into bed. She tossed and turned for hours before finally falling into a restless sleep.

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WWE Friday Night Smackdown 10/4/19 Review

The season premier of Friday Night Smackdown basically ended up being a normal smackdown that just had a bunch of spectacle around it. Although we had the Rock, who had a good segment, all the other people who came to the event weren’t involved. But we have some interesting setups for some future matches, whether that is in the immediate future or Wrestlemania, along with a couple upsides, so there were some things that ended up promising. Here is my full review of this week’s Friday Night Smackdown.

The set for this show is actually awesome. I love the little tube thing that they have on the entrance ramp, it looks badass. Waaaaaaaaaay better than the Raw set, let me tell you. Stephanie and Vince McMahon came out first. They popped the crowd with a quick “Welcome to fox” type thing, before throwing it to the new theme song. This was all kind of a pre-show thing, so I’m not gonna grade it. And possibly the most exciting thing: A TWO MAN ANNOUNCE BOOTH. Corey Graves and Michael Cole were holding it down, and I’m so excited to see how well they do without a third wheel. 

Becky Lynch Promo: She thanked everyone at smackdown for boosting her up to title level. King Corbin interrupted and walked down to the ring. He told Lynch that she wasn’t the Man anymore, to which she said “step in the ring and we’ll find out.” He did, and I was excited to see Corbin get his comeuppance for attacking her at Extreme Rules, but The fuckin Rock came out instead, which is also good. He and Lynch slapped up in the ring as he posed in the corners, and even without talking, he exudes charisma. It is crazy. Rock talked about how he was the guy who invented the word smackdown. He put the show over a bit, before calling Corbin a Broke Ass Burger King on Crack. Then he hit his catchphrase, saying that he is back home. He was gonna keep going, but Corbin cut him off. Corbin said that Smackdown isn’t his home, and he isn’t the great one anymore. Corbin told him to shut up, so Rock told him that he wasn’t a King, and called him a 35 yer old version who hangs out at Comicon. He said that winning King of the Ring doesn’t make him a King, and just because Becky is the man doesn’t mean she is gonna carry a pair of testicles. Lynch said “yeah, but if I did, they’d be bigger than his.” Corbin kept heeling on LA, before Lynch hit the whole “it doesn’t matter what you think.” Rock then put him over a bit, before calling him a Super Tough Dude (STD), and the crowd chanted it, which Lynch said would stick with him for life (which it won’t but that was clever). Rock then told him that he was getting mad, and told him that Lynch and Rock would kick his ass. The two of them beat him down, and Rock hit the People’s Elbow, followed by a Rock Bottom. 

Grade: B. I liked this promo, and of course I loved the Rock. It was perfectly fun, and Lynch actually carried herself really well in this segment. She wasn’t groveling for the Rock at all, she was on equal footing with him, which was good. I don’t like when today’s stars stand shoulder to shoulder with attitude era guys and act like excited little kids. Becky is a star, and she caries herself like one. So yeah, really fun. Sucks that Corbin got the crap kicked out of him though, that kinda hurts him. Highlight of the night. 

Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks & Bayley: Bayley and Charlotte started things out, with Bayley giving Lynch a cheap shot on the apron, before Charlotte put her down with some strikes. Bayley quickly took control back, and tagged in Banks, only for Charlotte to nail several chops to the chest, and a big boot off the apron. Charlotte went to the top, and Bayley tried to push her off, but Lynch intercepted with a forearm. The ref yelled at Lynch for it, so Bayley was able to push Charlotte off anyway. We cut to commercial, and as we came back, Charlotte was able to give Lynch the hot tag. Lynch took down Bayley with a series of strikes and a huge superman forearm. Bayley was able to fight back by hanging her up on the top rope, but Charlotte got the blind tag. She kneed Bayley in the stomach to take her down, and hit Natural Selection, but Banks broke it up. Everyone then started to brawl in the ring, with the faces coming out on top and throwing both heels to the outside. Charlotte nailed them with a moonsault to the outside, and then threw Bayley back in the ring for the tapout win with the figure 8. 

Grade: B. These four together always make for a really good match. This was short, but it did what it had to do. It teased the violent Hell in a Cell match, while setting up a Smackdown Women’s Championship match as well. Good stuff, and a fitting first ever smackdown match. 

New Day Interview: Erin Anderson interviewed them, and I wasn’t going to emphasize her at all, but holy crap she is way better than most of WWE’s interviewers. She actually had a personality, so that was refreshing. Kofi Kingston said that he will win despite being the underdog, and Big E and Xavier Woods confirmed that they wouldn’t be in Kingston’s corner in the main event. Hopefully we will get more Renee Young backstage, with a similar amount of personality. 

Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura: Before the match, Bray Wyatt came on the screen, and introduced his puppets. Ramblin Rabbit told Rollins not to fight the Fiend, but Wyatt interrupted him. They then showed Mercy the Buzzard killing Ramblin Rabbit in a Hell in a Cell representation. He told Rollins that was what will happen to him in their match on Sunday, before leaving. Nakamura came out with Sami Zayn. The match started, and Nakamura immediately tried for an armbar. Rollins powered him up and nailed a buckle bomb, followed by a pair of suicide dives. The two then fought back into the ring, where Rollins nailed a springboard knee, and then a superkick to the face. He had Nakamura set up for the Curb stomp, but the lights went out. Rollins booked it to the top of the stage, where the Fiend was able to lock in the mandible claw once again, before throwing him off the stage. 

Grade: C+. The match was going pretty well, and the attack was cliche at this point although somehow managed to be fresh with a bit of fight from Rollins. But this was just good enough in my opinion. 

Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon in a Career vs. Career Ladder Match: As the announcer was giving Shane his huge introduction, Owens attacked, and the match was off. Owens took Shane down by smacking him into a ladder bridge, and tried to get up the ladder. Shane pulled him off and hit a side Russian leg sweep. The two brawled beside the ladder, until Owens took it down and threw it at Shane, who ducked. Shane took control after nailing Owens in the back with the ladder, and then set Owens up on the table. He smacked Owens in the head with part of the announce table, before putting him through it with an elbow drop. We cut to commercial, and when we came back, Owens put Shane through a ladder bridge with a huge frog splash. Owens started to climb up, but Shane got back up and started to attack him with a chair. He beat the hell out of Owens with it for a bit, before putting him down in the corner and then setting up a Coast to Coast with the ladder. He was able to nail it, and Owens rolled out of the ring. Shane then started to climb the ladder slowly, but Owens grabbed his foot, and pulled him down for a powerbomb into a ladder that was set up in the corner. Owens then grabbed the briefcase and got the win. 

After the match, Owens told Shane that he was fired, and gave him a stunner. 

Grade: B-. This match was fine, it had a few big spots. This was just good enough to be in the positive, and the right guy won. Good stuff. That splash through the ladder looked brutal though. 

Paul Heyman interview: He just yelled a little bit about how Kingston was gonna lose to Lesnar. 

Heavy Machinery, Braun Strowman and The Miz vs. AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode: Miz and Ziggler started out, and Ziggler nailed a Zig Zag almost right away, but Miz countered back with a DDT. Strowman then tagged in, and took out Ziggler a couple times with huge tackles, only for Roode to break up the pin. Everyone hit a finisher real quick, and landed on the outside. Stromwan then ran around the ring to give everyone a shoulder tackle. Strowman then started to yelled at Tyson fury in the front row, and they playfully jaw jacked a bit, until he threw Ziggler into him on the barricade. Fury then started to scream at him, allowing Ziggler to nail a superkick. That only made Strowman more mad, and he gave Ziggler a Running Powerslam for the win. 

After the match, Fury tried to ump the barricade, but a bunch of security ran out to stop him. Eventually, after swearing a lot, he backed down.

Grade: C-. I’m bumping this down for celebrity involvement. The match was just kinda boring and simple, but the real story of this match is Fury and Strowman. I smell a Wrestlemania match, unless they wanna blow their load early. 

Roman Reigns vs. Erick Rowan in a Lumberjack Match: Daniel Bryan was on commentary, and Luke Harper wasn’t at ringside at all. They all both put each other on the outside early on, but when Rowan was on the outside, he fought off the lumberjacks, and even caught Reigns as he came in with a flying splash and threw him into the barricade. When we came back from commercial, they fought each other a bit with their signature offense. As they were fighting, Luke Harper started to walk down. Bryan met him in the ramp and they brawled, and the lumberjacks tried to gain control, only for Reigns to take everyone out with his splash into the crowd. Rowan then powerbombed Ali into Reigns, before bringing him into the ring with a running splash. He was about to hit the iron claw, but Reigns countered and hit a superman punch. Harper then ran in to save Rowan, only for Bryan to nail a Running Knee. Rowan then went to give Bryan the iron Claw, but Reigns nailed a spear for the win. 

After the match, Reigns and Bryan shook hands. 

Grade: C. I don’t really like lumberjack matches, but we need these types of Lumberjack matches in order to have a good one once in a blue moon. The closing stretch was pretty fun, with Harper and Rowan getting involved. Although this match did get me excited for the tag match on Sunday, so it did what it had to. Not a great match though. 

Kofi Kingston vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship: Kofi actually came out last, which was good, because I didn’t expect him to. Kofi tried to jump at Lesnar, only for him to catch him on his shoulders and it one F5 for the win. 

After the match, Rey Mysterio and CAIN FUCKING VELASQUEZ came down to the ring. And took him down, and started to hammer him with shots. Lesnar quickly retreated, and contemplated fighting Velasquez for a bit, before ultimately walking away with fear in his eyes. 

Grade: C. So, at first I was pissed about the match going so quick, but honestly, it was kinda effective. I think that, if they were gonna just give Lesnar the WWE Championship, they should’ve had him cash in on Kingston to win it here. Disappointing, and a real missed opportunity, but the squash was a good way to get heat on Lesnar. That being said, that was a very unexpected debut, and I definitely popped for it. That is a big get, even if he is just freelancing for them. Quite the way to close the first Friday Night Smackdown. 

Overall Grade: C+

Pros: The Rock and The Man promo; Lynch & Flair vs. Bayley and Banks

Cons: 8-man tag; lumberjack match; main event

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JUST SHY & BOYD KELLY- MIRRORBALL

Melbourne based dance artist Just Shy (avatar of John Rowley) with producer Boyd Kelly has crafted an composition that hits like a fantastic hi-energy night on the town.  Mirrorball with its irrestible grooves and solid vocals  was created to transport you straight to the club. No cover needed! Have a listen above and grab via Bandcamp. John was more than kind to answer a couple of questions about his music, his city and his current interests in music, books, film and tv!  Check it out!

01. How are you and what are you up to? 

I’m well – so delighted to finally have Mirrorball out this week! Boyd & I have been working on a live set that was going to get its first outing at a house party this weekend, but unfortunately we’ve had a small COVID outbreak in Melbourne so the party can’t go ahead. I’m a little disappointed about that, but we’ve got another live gig in June so hopefully that one will be sweet!

02. How did you choose Just Shy as your musician name? 

Although my music’s generally quite up-tempo and poppy, my lyrics are often introspective and observational. The name “Just Shy” really encapsulates that sense of being on the fringe of a crowd, looking at everything that’s going on. Mirrorball is different of course – I’m right in the middle of the dancefloor this time around!

03. What was the inspiration behind Mirrorball? 

When writing the song I was definitely thinking about a couple of specific nights out. I love the boisterous, frenetic vibe when you party with a big group of friends who are zigging and zagging around, and I wanted to capture that – along with the fun and flirtation those nights can bring – on the track.

04. How did you connect with Boyd Kelly to create the track?

 Boyd and I have known one another for a couple of years now, and had talked about working on something together for a while. When we entered a hard lockdown in Melbourne mid-last year it felt like a good time to try and escape the doom and gloom by working on something upbeat! Boyd’s a fantastic producer and very well-versed in house and disco, whereas I consider my strength more in the pop toplining side of things. I think we complement one another quite well!

05. What city are you based out of? 

I’m originally from Sydney, but I’ve lived in Melbourne for four years now – it definitely feels like home.

06. What are some of your fav things to see and do in your city?

 Melbourne is such a fun, vibrant city – one of my best friends always describes it as a giant playground for grown-ups. I love the nightlife (Popchops and Sub Club are my go-to’s), the beautiful green spaces (Fitzroy Gardens is so underrated), the dumpling houses (China Red, thanks), the pubs (The Corner, obviously), the markets (Queen Vic is chaotic but fantastic), and the galleries (can’t go past the National Gallery of Victoria). It’s just such a brilliant city to bounce around in!

07. What are some musical artists that influenced and made you want to go into music? 

I’ve always been a massive pop fiend, which I’m sure is obvious in my music. I love quintessential melodic pop like Kylie and Britney, of course. As a teenager I was obsessed with Lily Allen, and then Xenomania (particularly via Girls Aloud). I love pop that throws curve balls, whether that’s through a surprising, memorable lyric or a jolting song structure. I think that’s really stayed with me – now Roisin Murphy is one of my favourite artists, and her music is obviously one curve ball after another!

08. What drinks would you think would pair well with Mirrorball?

 Anything that’ll get you dancing: a G&T, an espresso martini, or a shot of Fireball. As long as they’re not consecutive.

09. Any sleeping tips for us? 

A proper skincare routine, hand cream, and a boyfriend who won’t steal half of the doona. I run into trouble on the last one unfortunately.

10. What are some musical artists, books and films/tv shows  you are digging that you would like to share with us? 

I’ve been quite flitty with my music consumption recently; 2020 was such a fantastic year for albums, but so far this year I’m consuming more singles. The Aly & AJ album is super palatable and lilty, though. I recently read A Passage To India for the first time, which was absolutely beautiful and quite gripping. I also finally got around to reading Love In The Time Of Cholera, which was exquisitely written and very funny in places. I’m not a massive TV-watcher but I am a bit of a sucker for historical fiction. I’m midway through Halston at the moment, which is as sumptuous and hedonistic as you’d expect a series about a fashion designer in the ‘70s to be.

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 27/03/2021 (Justin Bieber’s ‘Justice’, Griff, Lil Tjay/Polo G/Fivio Foreign)

You might think that since I can take time out of my schedule to ramble about charts every week, that I have a lot of time on my hands and this may or may not be true but even I do not have enough time or energy to listen to – or even care about – new releases from both Justin Bieber and Lana Del Rey. So, of course, they make the most impact on the chart this week, even if said impact is still pretty muted. Our #1 is, for a second week, “Wellerman” by Nathan Evans and remixed by 220 KID and Billen Ted, and welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS.

Rundown

It may not make any sense to you that “Anyone” by Justin Bieber has dropped out of the UK Top 75 – which I cover – on the week of the album’s release, but UK chart rules stipulate that only the three best-performing songs from an artist can chart at any time, which is pretty stupid all things considered but I’m not complaining since it gives me less of a workload... or more, I don’t know. With more album tracks from Justin, I’m sure they would cancel at least some of the other, lower new entries out. This isn’t the Hot 100, however, this is the UK Singles Chart, and hence we follow their rules, which means that we also have the notable drop-outs of “Bluuwuu” by Digga D, “Regardless” by RAYE and Rudimental, “Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)” by Jason Derulo and Nuka, “Afterglow” by Ed Sheeran, “Prisoner” by Miley Cyrus featuring Dua Lipa, and finally, “Lemonade” by Internet Money and Gunna featuring Don Toliver and NAV. It seems like this week in particular is pushing out old hits to make way for the new, and that’s a great thing as far as I’m concerned.

In terms of notable fallers, there are a few as expected from having a lot of action at the top, as we have “Get Out My Head” by Shane Codd at #20, “Bringing it Back” by Digga D and AJ Tracey at #41, “Money Talks” by Fredo and Dave at #45, “Best Friend” by Saweetie featuring Doja Cat at #46, “telepatía” by Kali Uchis at #47, “You’re Mines Still” by Yung Bleu featuring Drake on the remix at #57, “Addicted” to Jorja Smith at #61 off of the debut, “DAYWALKER!” by Machine Gun Kelly featuring CORPSE not disappearing fast enough at #63, “Anxious” by AJ Tracey at #65, “34+35” by Ariana Grande at #71, “Good Days” by SZA at #72, “Heat” by Paul Woodford and Digga D at #74 and finally, “Toxic” by Digga D at #75. That’s before we take into account our album impacts from the last few weeks, as well, as for Central Cee, “Commitment Issues” is at #11, “6 for 6” is at #26 and “Day in the Life” is at #56. As for Drake, “What’s Next” is at #32, “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” featuring Rick Ross is at #33 and “Wants and Needs” featuring Lil Baby is at #44.

So, what’s filling in the cracks? Well, our one returning entry is the title track, “Chemtrails Over the Country Club”, from Lana Del Rey’s newest record back at #62. “Tulsa Jesus Freak” did actually chart below the top 75, so this and the debut for “White Dress” later on is all we’ll see from Lana this week. In terms of our notable gains, well, there’s not much to speak of other than the surge for Majestic’s remix of “Rasputin” by Boney M. up to #49 off of the debut, other than “Didn’t Know” by Tom Zanetti at #48, “Medicine” by James Arthur at #43, “Ferrari Horse” by D-Block Europe and RAYE at #30 and the expected album boost for “Hold On” by Justin Bieber up to #10. With all that said, we won’t be hearing from Justin for a while as we get onto our new arrivals for this week, so let’s start from the bottom.

NEW ARRIVALS

#68 – “Track Star” – Mooski

Produced by Woodpecker

Okay, so this is a song from last year from complete nobody rapper Mooski that got big in the US on TikTok a couple months ago so, no surprise, we get it sometime later. Well, at least this Mooski guy seems to at least want to tell a story here, as the song doesn’t stray far away from the topic of a woman with commitment issues who doesn’t stay with him when times get hard. For what it’s worth, content-wise, at least it’s a narrative, even if lyrics like, “Leave a trail of heartbreak and heartache like, it’s cool” sound closer to emo-rap whining than he probably intended. Not that it needed a narrative, because barely any songs can actually affectively tell them, but there’s got to be sometimes to distract from this squeaky, strained vocal loop and all of the janky melodies surrounding it, not to mention the downright awful 808s and percussion that reminds me more of the Afroswing we got on the charts back in 2018 than any trap-rap. Mooski himself is a complete non-presence, especially when he starts stuttering on the bridge, to the point where I can’t distinguish whether it’s totally embarrassing or subtly endearing. Either way, I can’t see myself listening to this like... ever outside of the context of this episode, especially considering how undeservedly long it is for a song like this.

#66 – “Beautiful Mistakes” – Maroon 5 featuring Megan Thee Stallion

Produced by Andrew Goldstein and blackbear

Adam Levine recently said that he misses the “bands” in pop music – you know, people who play all of their instruments and stuff like that. Then he continued to release a song under the name of his band where he swaps out more than half of his band with blackbear and Megan Thee Stallion. Of course. Well, you can tell it’s written by blackbear since Adam Levine directly imitates his staccato, monotonous flow in the first verse and the generally very awkward writing throughout... which is fine, I guess, because at least Levine isn’t stretching himself out into his falsetto much here, and Megan on auto-pilot can still carry her verse off of charisma alone, and her singing in the bridge sounds better than it ever has, so I’m not going to complain about her part here. The main issue in this song, I feel, is just lack of detail. The song’s about the lengths Adam and Megan would go for their significant others but I feel like only Megan attempts to describe what’s going on in these relationships as Adam plays word association with the concept. Adam, you can time-travel back to the Kara’s Flowers era any time now. Pop-punk is making a comeback, and I know you’d hate to not be a part of that, especially if you’re longing for new bands in pop music.

#59 – “Know You” – wewaintwraiths

Produced by Oath

I mean, I suppose I’ve heard worse names than “wewantwraiths” although after he buys a new car with the check his label gives him for the chart success of this song, he might want to change it. Maybe “nowwegotawraith”. That’s besides the point, though, as just as you’d expect, we have another week and hence another UK drill track that leaves little to no impact. This guy actually kind of makes himself out like a British Mooski, with his longing, Auto-Tuned flow that I don’t think he even tried to make sound good, especially considering how janky and unstructured the whole thing is. This drill beat is pretty worthless too, as whilst I don’t mind the mesh of vocal samples and the 808 slides, I cannot stand how this is mixed so that the hi-hats are louder than Mr. Wraiths himself. I don’t mind the content, to be honest, as it depicts him finding a girl and the eventual breakup in a lot of detail. By the end, he’s harmonising with the background vocals and there are a couple of cool synth riffs, but it’s way too little, too late to start caring about detail, especially if for the majority of the song, the percussion and vocals sound this bad.

#58 – “Dimension” – JAE5 featuring Skepta and Rema

Produced by JAE5

If you know JAE5, you probably know him for his production as for years, he has been blending genres for some of the most interesting and best British rap, most notably in how he fuses drill, R&B and Afrobeats as J Hus’ primary beat-maker. He also produced songs for Dave, Shakka and Burna Boy, which got him a Grammy win, as well as “Options” by NSG, one of the biggest ever British rap songs and still one of the most infectious. Now he’s embarking on a solo career less like a DJ Khaled and more like a Metro Boomin, bringing along legendary British rapper Skepta along for the ride, as well as an appearance from Nigerian singer Rema, whose wonderful nasal tone really stands out alongside all of the synth ambiance in this production, as well as the stuttering hi-hats and those gorgeous falsetto vocal samples. Skepta sounds pretty checked-out over a beat probably too smooth for him, which shifts over to some staccato piano, as well as some intricacies in this production that sound great, especially the jazzier touches that accentuate the already great groove with some Latin-flavoured guitar and strings. Oh, yeah and the subtle brass on Rema’s verse is excellent, even if Rema isn’t saying much of anything – in fact, content-wise is probably the only place where this song kind of flounders, as Skeppy zig-zags from socially conscious lyrics about Pan-Africanism and the plight that many Africans on and outside of the continent in day to day life, to “Girls sellin’ the coochie for Gucci”. Ah, well, ultimately, the song sounds incredible and I really should check out more of Rema’s stuff if it’s at this same level of detail. I’m pretty excited for that JAE5 album now, whenever that’s coming.

#51 – “White Dress” – Lana Del Rey

Produced by Lana Del Rey and Jack Antonoff

And from Afropop to the whitest singer currently charting this side of Taylor Swift, here’s what I suppose is the next single push from that Lana Del Rey that I practically avoided entirely. I understand that a lot of people are loving this but frankly, I’ve never been a fan so I’ve given up trying. If Norman Fricking Rockwell! couldn’t convert me, I don’t think her subsequent releases will, in fact, I can place a bet that listening to this whole album will make her music sour on me even more. Well, this song is about... being disillusioned with the music industry and public fame. I see. The implications that come with that aside, I have no reason to care about Lana once again breathily cooing over an ambiance that refuses to effectively create an atmosphere that really clicks with the nostalgia tone Lana’s lyrics take here, instead just meandering through this snooze of piano-based blend, only elevating itself through clashing percussion that ends up fading itself out of view way too quickly. Also, shouting out Kings of Leon feels both completely in character and unintentionally hilarious. At least as far as I’m aware, neither they nor the White Stripes, also name-dropped in the song, are blatantly racist on social media... I hope, at least.

#40 – “Headshot” – Lil Tjay, Polo G and Fivio Foreign

Produced by Bordeaux, Non Native, TnTXD, Tahj Money, Dmac and 101 Slide

So this really needs six producers, huh? For a song that’s barely two minutes? Okay, well, after the success of “Calling My Phone”, it only makes sense that Lil Tjay will follow up an R&B crooner with a harder rap cut, and here it is, and it kicks a lot of ass – or at least as much ass that can be kicked with the nasal, unconvincing tones all of these guys have. The main loop of the intimidating strings here, accentuated by that staccato piano melody, is the perfect backing for a hard-hitting trap beat that I almost wish had some more bombast outside of its badly-mastered 808 bass. That said, Polo G kills it regardless, with some of the most energy he’s ever given and the most lyrical detail out of any of the guys on the song, as his fast-paced flow is genuinely menacing... and now I understand why the song needs six producers, because as smoothly as possible, that cacophonous Pop Smoke-esque gunshot percussion comes in and it soon becomes an intense New York drill track more befitting for Fivio Foreign’s verse, who may not have any of the lyrical dexterity but he fills in the blanks with his ad-libs and still carrying the drill beat pretty well, before Lil Tjay comes in as intense as he ever has on a beat that reverts to the trap knock again, very smoothly. I do find it pretty odd that of all people here, Fivio has the longest verse, but I guess his verse is more of a bridge to act as a gap between two overwhelmingly gun-fire verses, both of which have content that can pretty much be summed up as gunplay and flexing, but with some of the bluntest, most deathly lyrics I’ve heard in rap, especially when Lil Tjay just pretty explicitly says he kills anyone he even dares to disrespect them. I’m now thinking I should delete the episode where I gave “Calling My Phone” Worst of the Week. Speaking of that song, this song is so much better it’s almost confusing. Maybe this high-energy gangsta-rap stuff is somehow a more convincing lane for an auto-crooner like Lil Tjay than alternative R&B.

#39 – “Black Hole” – Griff

Produced by LOSTBOY

Again, in stark contrast, Disney pop. Okay, maybe calling it Disney pop is misleading but the main reason Griff is succeeding now is that Disney Christmas advert, which gave her “Love is a Compass”, her first charting song – and a pretty bad one at that. This single, released this January, is a lot more upbeat than that drone of a ballad and hence fits Griff’s limited vocal capabilities a lot better, as she does a good Selena Gomez impression – almost good enough to forget that she’s now whispering over reggaeton so Griff will basically be her replacement in the UK – over some pretty indie-pop that decides to produce itself out of common sense... if that makes sense. The quirky strings and bass start the song before the percussion comes in and it makes sense as it rises pretty regularly, until this one dissonant, chamber-echo bassline comes in and morphs the entire song, only for it to disappear for the first chorus, but given how anti-climactic that first chorus is, there’s no build-up that makes that cathartic, at all... before it comes back in just to disturb the peace for the second chorus and verse. Not that the song’s mixed badly, particularly, I mean, “DAYWALKER!” had a similar discrepancy last week and did it much worse. In fact, I think this production being so awkward makes the song a lot more endearing as it just represent that “black hole” in the content that’s being left where Griff’s heart used to be – because, of course. I wish that chorus made a lot more of an impact though because as is, it feels very much lacking in stakes, both sonically and lyrically, especially since the song doesn’t really go into any detail about how she tries to fill the gap, which I think would be a lot more interesting. As is, I mean, it’s listenable but I don’t know for how long before this becomes grating. Regardless, it’s looking to become a hit so we’ll see how this goes. Maybe mindless bubblegum-indie-pop is what the nation needs right now. Who knows?

#24 – “As I Am” – Justin Bieber featuring Khalid

Produced by Skrillex, Ido Zmishiany, Josh Gudwin and The Monsters & Strangerz

Now we here. These two tracks that debuted are basically the most I’m hearing from this Justice record past the singles, so I was kind of hoping the tracks with Skrillex and Lil Uzi Vert would chart out of morbid curiosity, but it’s seemingly the more R&B-adjacent cuts that are debuting the highest, as Bieber teams up with Khalid for a piano ballad, as Bieber talk-sings over some overly processed instrumental that pretty much goes off the rails as soon as the guitars come in and suddenly, it’s not so much of a ballad as much as it is a janky EDM track. In fact, everything about this is janky, from the non-build-up that leads to a really ugly, almost future bass-like drop that’s just kind of funny in how those distorted synths career in the mix like accordions. Then Khalid comes in pretending to be British as always, and despite his worst efforts, he can’t really harmonise with someone as digitally processed as Bieber when he’s a genuinely soulful and damn good singer. At some point, Bieber just goes insane in the bridge and Khalid’s there to bring him back down to Earth, doing so by forcefully stripping the future bass away and rescuing themselves both back to the safety of a clipping piano instrumental. Yeah, this is ridiculously bad – almost in the way that it makes me want to hear the rest of the album – but I wouldn’t go as far to say it’s so bad it’s good, mostly because I’m pretty aware it’s a fluke in an album that’s otherwise pretty boring, at least going by the singles. Of course, speak of the Devil...

#3 – “Peaches” – Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon

Produced by Shndo and HARV

Finally, electroclash legend Peaches released her comeback single and it debuted at #3 on the UK Singles Chart – or, in reality, Justin Bieber’s milquetoast R&B imitation with two genuinely pretty good alternative R&B singers Justin coasts off of the skill and talent of, debuts at #3 because we’ve got nothing else to do as a country but sit, complain and stream sea shanties. I watched the video for this when it came out, again mostly out of morbid curiosity, and it’s kind of a comedic gem as Justin’s clearly the only one trying (because he doesn’t understand the concept of smooth, low-key R&B), making him feel so out of place when stuck between Caesar and Giveon. It’s like Hailey Bieber knew Justin was going to be lonely on his birthday so she paid the coolest kids in school to humour him for a couple minutes. In fact, that’s pretty much the song as they all croon pretty effortlessly over a smooth, pretty organic drum groove as well as this subtle synth blend... except Justin Bieber, of course, who tries his best to be a presence on a track where he’s literally supposed to be in the background. Thankfully, that’s not necessarily a complaint as this is Bieber’s best vocal performance in years, maybe ever, even if he’s immediately outshined by Caesar harmonising pretty excellently with his own multi-tracking, channelling the kind of neo-soul that people like Tyler, The Creator and Kali Uchis were making together half a decade ago. Giveon is here, also, but I’m not sure if he fits as well as synth-funk as he does on the moodier stuff. I know for damn sure that Sampha wouldn’t feature on a Bieber track, even if this is the most respectable Bieber’s been in forever. Admittedly, by the final chorus, it’s absolutely infectious – even if the lyrics are beyond stupid. The verses are about intimacy with their respective significant others, written in the most inoffensive, lovey-dovey way possible, but the chorus is about getting peaches from Georgia, weed from California, and bringing them alongside your wife to Canada to see the Northern Lights. Sure. If that final synth solo in the outro proves anything, it’s that this song should be great and just kind of falls flat due to lack of focus. That’s not to say the song isn’t good though, because I’ll be singing that chorus quietly to myself without realising it for the next week or so. Good job, Bieber.

Conclusion

Best of the Week is actually going to Justin Bieber for “Peaches” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, if only to balance out the fact that he also gets Worst of the Week for “As I Am” featuring Khalid, what a trainwreck. Honourable Mention in that case pretty easily goes to “Headshot” by Lil Tjay, Polo G and Fivio Foreign, but even in a mixed bag week like this, Dishonourable Mention is kind of tough. There’s not a lot to outright dislike here, but I’ll give it to Mooski’s “Track Star” by default. With that said, here’s our top 10:

I can’t really make much prediction for next week other than the drowning out of all of this, although I can see “Peaches” absolutely having some legs. I can safely say Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato will end up here but I’m not as 100% on songs from 24kGoldn or Rod Wave’s albums landing. If the United Kingdom, currently collapsing under our feet, decides to make AJR’s new album chart, I say the Prime Minister gives permission for Scotland to leave while it’s still safe. Thanks for reading and I’ll see you next week.

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4/30/2018

practicing lighting. the reason the first one is really small is because it was a doodle in the corner of a practice picture, that eventually become too good to be shoved in a corner. i might redo it with better quality.

also AJ’s face is a LED screen, which is why it can... emote.

it also glows, so it’s as radiant as his personality.

When he’s scared, though, his eyes sometimes get those little heart monitor zig-zags. poor guy must be terrified in those last 2 pictures.

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The Future of Evan, Interim and this Blog

Okay so here's what's happening; I'm working on updating my copyright of Evan and Interim. I'm going into this project full force while I'm jobless, and I'll hopefully have something awesome to show for it. I am creating this story and world for my character Evangelyne Olsen; and it is a lot of work. I'm going to be changing a couple different things to some of the cast including Evan herself. Don't worry, for Evan it's mostly just a slight palette change, just to help differentiate her from other yellow catlike characters out there, don't worry nothing too big. She will still be the Evan you love. Right now I'm working on writing the script for the story and developing a towns worth of characters as they come along. Developing backstories and slightly altering others, it has been really fun so far and I'm looking forward to continuing. I've been reading books to help me hone my writing skills, books like "Stan Lee's: how to write comics" and Wizard's "How to draw: storytelling" for the basics among other books and essays about writing. I am also reading actual novels, some anthologies, bestsellers and classics to see what a great story is like and hopefully apply what I learn from them to writing Evan's story. For character development I'm dissecting each character down to the bone to see how they move and function as well as character model sheets and expression sheets, color charts, scar maps and other detail sheets as well as questionnaires for each new character, to help me learn what makes them the way they are. THIS DOES NOT MEAN I WILL STOP POSTING ART. I am going to use my off time from this project to start painting "serious" traditional art as well as start practicing digital art again. There is an awesome book I'm going to be using as a reference for my traditional work, it is called "Media Experimentation" by Wade Huntsman. The author is an amazing artist and an awesome person as well as a great teacher. I studied under him at BYUI in a couple different classes one of which has the same title as the book. This book is technically a college textbook so it's a bit pricey; $150 USD for the physical copy but only $50 USD for a digital copy; but to me it was worth every penny, especially since I got it as a Christmas present. Wade Huntsman worked on a couple of great but under appreciated animated films, specifically The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and I believe a couple others. He was a scenery/background painter for these movies, I was able to hold and look at some of these large paintings up close and they are mind blowing. I'll be posting the results from my experiments back into painting and drawing as well as some studies of classical painters and golden age illustrators. Anyway sorry for the long post I just wanted to let you know why my posts might become more infrequent. Just know I'm alive and safe and working to hopefully bring you something great. Also if you made it this far let me know if you think I should start a patreon account and/or a 'go fund me' thing so you all can help support me and my work. I'm always happy to hear from you, just let me know what you think. Thanks for reading and for all of your support. -aj-zig-zag-

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While the crew of the Outlier Podcast Network now make enough money to support themselves taking it as a full-time job, it wasn't always the case. The show's only took off and brought in revenue after a few years. While they did gain traction relatively quickly, there is no overnight success in content creation.

So what did the gang do for work during the early days/high school? How did they afford promotion, equipment, software, etc?

Kwin: In his freshman year, Kwin went to work for the Strange Worlds Shop in Three Pines. A locally popular, multi-leveled store, the SWS sold books, comics, memorabilia and even art supplies. Due to his martial arts training, editing work and life in general, Kwin only worked part time and mostly worked on the 1st and 2nd levels of the store.

AJ: Limited by his methods of communication, AJ made money by doing art commissions online as well as being a part-time caretaker for a deaf elderly man. Hired by the man's family to spend time and look after him when his usual caretaker needed more weekly time off, AJ cooked, cleaned and took care of Elston Grant for a few hours- three days a week and every other Saturday.

Gabi: Looking for flexible hours and good pay at her skill level, Gabi started giving drum lessons on week nights and had a steady base of clientele after a year. On the weekends she'd also go help with admin work at her dad's car shop.

Zig-Zag: In his position as the mastermind and architect behind the network, Zig spent a lot of his time planning content, brand directions and research. In the mean time, he did odd jobs to make some money for the group fund. During the summer he did yard work and house cleaning with a friend from school. During the school year, he worked part time at a local grocery store.

Being teenagers still in school never stopped the group from working towards their collective passion. They all pitched in to keep the vision alive!

More on the other characters' first jobs when I formally introduce them!

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WWE Monday Night Raw 8/12/19 Review

Seth Rollins Promo: He came out in normal clothes, which immediately worried me. He talked about how he wasn’t sure if he would win at summerslam, and he put Lesnar over a bit. He talked about how the crowd fueled him through the match. He only won with the love from the crowd, which sounds corny but it was a pretty good line in my opinion. AJ Styles then came out to interrupt, with the OC in tow. They congratulated Rollins on winning his match, and threw his hat in the ring for title contention. He challenged Rollins to a match tonight, to prove that he is a better champion. Rollins told him that all his respect for Styles is gone. He then accepted the challenge. Styles then extended a hand for a shake. Rollins refused, and Styles called him scared as he let the ring. Tensions were high.

Grade: C+. Started out pretty good, but I felt that Styles didn’t really make sense to throw his hat in the ring. He has his own thing in the midcard. If you want him to go in the main event, then give him a real reason. He should be allowed to compete in the midcard. If you want him to move up, then he can win a multi man match for #1 contendership while still being the champion, and then lose the belt. There are better ways to emphasize your top stars that to screw over the midcard. 

Street Profits Backstage: They put the show over, but Dawkins was tired and dehydrated. Sami Zayn then came up to give advice. He told them that the crowd will suck the soul right out of them. He said that everyone flames out, and the fans don’t care anymore. He started to talk about Samoa Joe as an example, but Joe was behind him. Joe then challenged him to a match, and I think Joe turned face. He shoved Zayn into the crates and walked away. 

Before we came back, they talked about how the King of the Ring is back for 2019. That’s actually pretty exciting, but I don’t know what the stakes are. I will make a separate post for predictions and my thoughts on the tournament at large, so watch out for that. 

Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe: I am pretty confused about Joe’s character at the moment, but maybe this match will help me with that. Zayn attacked before the bell, and Joe totally destroyed him after that. He put him on the mat with some power moves and strikes before choking him out for the win. 

Then he got on the mic. He talked about how he was still pissed about how people accused him of attacking Roman. He said that he won’t forgive anyone in the crowd for all the hate. 

Grade: B-. Inoffensive squash, and they clarified that he is still a heel. Double wammy.

Dolph Ziggler vs. the Miz: Miz was wearing a new shirt, saying Toronto is Awesome, which is a nice babyface touch. Ziggler came out in normal clothes. I think he had a Kabuki Warriors shirt on, but I don’t really know. Ziggler then got on the mic and called Miz a coward. He complained about how wasn’t cleared to compete. He said that Miz screwed Miz. After saying that it was too bad that he wouldn’t have the match, he beat the crap out of him. He beat him down as they cut to commercial. 

When we came back, they were in the middle of the match. Ziggler was competing in jeans, so there was that. Right when we came back, Miz started to take the advantage. As Miz was delivering Yes Kicks to Ziggler, Graves compared him to a man who can walk away from a horrific car accident, which was so weird. Ziggler then nailed a Zig Zag, but Miz somehow kicked out. It seems like they are moving that down to a signature rather than a finisher. Ziggler then went for a superkick, but Miz caught his leg and put Ziggler in the figure four and won the match. 

Afterwards, Ziggler got on the mic and said that he was a coward. He told Miz to finish him off, and as he was talking, Miz nailed a Skull Crushing Finale.

Grade: C+. A watered down and less awesome version of what happened at Summerslam with Goldberg. Ziggler’s new “I have more pride than is good for me” gimmick is going to get old, unless it was legends kicking his ass on pay per view. But the match was okay, although I know they can do much better. 

Becky Lynch Interview: Becky immediately grabbed the mic and talked about how she wanted her next challenger. She said that she just beat Nattie, but she isn’t going to rest. She wants to kick the next person’s ass. 

Elias Concert: He talked about how he knows someone will interrupt him, and he wants them to come out right now. That way it is right out of the way. He counted down a couple times, but no one came out. “I’m begging you, please don’t change the channel,”- Corey Graves. Nice call. Then Ricochet came out with a mic right as he was about to start. They both called each other lame, and Elias challenged Ricochet to a match. 

We went right from that into Ricochet vs. Elias, where they started out with a quick pace. They delivered a lot of high impact moves right away, but then they went back into rest holds. At one point, the two botched some sort of move, and the crowd seemed to turn against it quick. Ricochet then threw Elias out of the ring, but when he went for a suicide dive, Elias dodged and Ricochet landed right on his back. The two then battled in the ring, and Ricochet won with a sunset flip into a pinning predicament. Elias had his shoulder up, but the ref called for the bell anyway. 

Grade: D+. Jeez this was rough. Two botches and a horrific bump. This was a very unpolished match that did not showcase the strengths of either guy. They are much better than this. 

Andrade vs. Rey Mysterio, 2 out of 3 falls: the match started right away, with a stiff shot from Andrade. He went for a powerbomb, but Mysterio countered to set up the 619, but Zelina Vega tripped him up on the outside. Andrade then rolled him up, and Vega held his feet on the ropes to win the first fall. 

They started the second fall, and Mysterio quickly gave Andrade a rana to the outside, which looked pretty rough. Mysterio then continued the offense, hitting a slingshot powerbomb which looked like he planted Andrade on his head. Once again when Mysterio went for a 619, Vega distracted him and he didn’t get it. But after a third set up, he nailed the 619. Still, Andrade got his knees up and hit the hammerlock DDT for the win. 

Grade: C+. Another fine match. I liked that Andrade got a 2-0 victory, way to put over new talent. I don’t know what they will do with that, but it was a huge victory. Good on them, but not their best match. 

Steve Austin interview: Austin talked about how Rollins had a whole bunch of heart to get his win at Summerslam. He put Rollins over. Then he put over his own show. Shameless plug here. 

Rey Mysterio Interview: He talked about how frustrated he was losing two falls in a row. He seemed like he was about to cry, and muttered about his family. Interesting, not sure where this is going at all. 

Street Profits Backstage Again: Montez Ford told Mysterio to keep his head up, and gave him some encouragement. Ford then woke Dawkins up, and hyped up the Women’s Tag Team Championship match, and Cedric Alexander vs. Drew McIntyre. But Dawkins was too thirsty to help him, so Ford walked away. Funny, but they need to do something soon. 

Drew McIntyre interview: he talked about how he was going to end Alexander, and their rivalry in the match. He called Alexander’s run a fairytale. He said that he was going to cave his skull in and end the rivalry once and for all. 

Cedric Alexander vs. Drew McIntyre: the two started right away with some nice striking, and Alexander flying right away. He nailed McIntyre with a tope con hilo, but McIntyre fought back into it. While Alexander was up on the top rope, McIntyre grabbed him in a crucifix, and then gave him a high angle buckle bomb that looked hard to take. McIntyre took control from there, absolutely tossing Cedric all around the ring. At one point, the two were on the top rope, and McIntyre nailed Alexander with a sidewalk slam off the top for a near fall. The two started to fight on the outside, where Alexander pushed Mcintyre into the post, and then hit the lumbar check on the outside. The two were nearly counted out, but Alexander slid back in and attempted a suicide dive. But McIntyre caught him out of the dive and gave him a rough belly to belly onto the ring steps. The two then fought back into the ring, again on the top rope, but this time Alexander delivered a top rope spanish fly for a near fall. That brought the crowd alive, Mcintyre went for the inverted Alabama Slam, but Cedric countered into a rollup. McIntyre kicked out, and the two ran the ropes, only for McIntyre to decimate Alexander with a Claymore for the win. 

Grade: B+. Really good stuff between these two. They showcased a great clash of styles match, as well as showing McIntyre’s agility as they did so. Cedric sold just as well as he always does, and was a really good underdog here. He was smart enough to get the advantage several times, and he knew what he had to do to win. Any of those rollups could have been it, and Cedric knew that. McIntyre was a great bully here, and actually seemed to respect Alexander a bit. Really good stuff between these guys, I knew that they could put something like this together. Match of the night. 

The OC Backstage: the group were talking about how Rollins beat the odds when he beat Brock Lesnar at Summerslam. Gallows and Anderson then said that not even Styles could do that, to which Styles responded that he only had one chance to beat him. Then he just talked about how he would win the champion vs. champion match later on. 

No Way Jose vs. Robert Roode: a bit of an odd match. I’m not really sure why they are having it. The two started with a lock up, before Roode pushed Jose back into the corner and wailed on him with strikes and kicks. Jose was being beaten for most of the match, before Roode won with a Glorious DDT.

Grade: B-. Inoffensive squash. Cool to see some underutilized stars get TV time.

Paul Heyman Interview: Heyman talked about how Lesnar is not allowed any rematches against Rollins. He was so pissed off that he couldn’t even get the words out. Then he walked back into Lesnar’s locker room. Interesting.

The Lucha House Party vs. The Revival: This was an incredibly fast paced match right from the start. The Revival gained the advantage after forcing Lince Durado to the mat, but as they were fighting, R-Truth and the 24/7 guys ran down to the ring. The bell rang, and the Lucha House Party started to dive onto everyone around ringside. The Revival hit Truth with a Hart Attack, and pinned him together to become co-champions. However, Kalisto then ran in and hit a Salida del Sol on Dawson, only for Wilder to break it up. Carmella then pulled a half conscious Truth onto Dawson to win the belt back, and the two ran away. Backstage, Carmella and Truth were celebrating when Elias walked up and smashed Truth in the back with his guitar, and stole the championship in the process. 

Grade: C+. I was actually into having co-champions for a while, but it is clear that Truth is their guy for this belt. Anyway, this was fine. Nothing too exciting.

Natalya promo: Nattie came out with her arm in a sling, which was a nice touch. Still selling a beating from a night ago is pretty smart.  The crowd was chanting “you tapped out.” She said that although she lost, she won’t take back anything that she said. She wants to fight Becky Lynch again, but she will earn it before she does. Then she talked about her dad, Jim Neidhart, but as she started to talk, Sasha fucking Banks returned to interrupt. She seemed pretty genuinely happy to be back, and she gave Nattie a hug, but then sucker punched her and tore off a purple wig that she had on. She started to beat the crap out of Natalya, even tearing off her sling. The crowd was absolutely loving it, and everyone remembered how great of a heel Banks is. She even grabbed a chair, but as she was about to use it, Becky Lynch ran out for the save. The two brawled in the middle of the ring, with Banks coming out on top. She wailed on Lynch with the chair, and it looked incredibly painful. Eventually, some refs came by and broke everything up, but the damage was done. Looks like we have a challenger for the Raw Women’s Championship, and someone who can actually win it at that. 

Grade: B+. What a return! I have wanted heel Sasha for years, although I always wanted her to turn on Bayley. This is perfect though. A brutal assault to bring back one of the best heels in the women’s division. Welcome back Banks, thank you for saving the women’s division and keeping things interesting. 

Viking Raiders Squash: before the match, the Viking Raiders cut a promo about how they will destroy anyone in their way, and the tag division will kneel before them. Naturally, the Raiders messed up the poor jobbers. At one point, Erik gave one jobber a huge uranagi onto the back of the other. The two were about to win at one point, but Erik pulled his shoulders off the mat, and they gave him the Viking Experience for the win. 

Grade: B-. Always entertaining squash. 

Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss Interview: The two talked about their upcoming title defense against The Kabuki Warriors. They were actually being really nice to each other, so I guess Bliss has turned face. I don’t know where this is going, but they better hate each other eventually. 

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs. the Kabuki Warriors for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: So, then during this match, Corey Graves was talking about how much he loves Bliss and Cross now, so I have no idea if they are face or heel. The Kabuki warriors had the advantage early on, running roughshod over the champions and completely annihilating them. The heels didn’t really get the advantage back until Bliss got a blind tag on Cross. At one point, Nikki was about to be hit by the Insane Elbow, but Cross rolled to the outside. Sane nailed her with a crossbody to the outside. Sane then rolled her back in for the Insane elbow, but Bliss broke it up. Asuka then tried to take out Bliss, but Bliss ducked a kick that landed on the ringpost, taking Asuka out. In the finish, Cross nailed Sane with a swinging neckbreaker and then Bliss finished it off with Twisted Bliss. 

Grade: B-. This was a fine match, nothing too special. I hope that the Kabuki Warriors actually get some TV time, because they are a great team that deserve some more time. Bliss and Cross look strong, so that is good. These titles will need a lot of help to be built back up to the level they were once at, but they can do it with some time and patience. 

AJ Styles vs. Seth Rollins: Rollins still had heavily taped ribs, but Rollins actually assaulted Styles’ ribs to start the match off. Early on in the match, Rollins opted to take out the rest of the OC on the outside, but that distraction only allowed Styles to attack the ribs more. At one point, Styles even went for the Styles clash on the apron, but Rollins slipped out and swept Style’s leg out from under him. When the two got back in the ring, they started to transition into heavy hitting strikes. At one point, Rollins tried for a reverse superplex, but AJ pushed him off. He then tried for a phenomenal forearm, but Rollins ducked it and nailed a superkick. He then went for the frog splash, but Anderson distracted the ref while Gallows pushed Rollins off the top rope. The two were then banned from ringside, but they just ran in and caused a disqualification instead. Ricochet then ran out to Rollins’ aid, but it didn’t help him much. The OC was about to give Rollins a Styles Clash from the middle rope when Braun Strowman ran out and decimated all of the heels, giving Styles a spinning powerslam, followed by a running powerslam. After the OC retreated, Strowman grabbed Rollins’ Universal Championship and handed it to him, but not before eyeing it a bit. The faces then stood tall together to close out the show. 

Grade: B. A pretty good match with a fun brawl to close everything out, plus Braun Strowman looked pretty strong in the process. This was a good look at what the top of the card on Raw should be. Get the US championship out of the mix, and these four guys could easily carry the show a bit. Give some lower down guys the US Championship, like maybe Cedric Alexander. Throw Bray Wyatt and Drew McIntyre in towards the top, and you have yourself a strong main event scene. This final stretch gives me some hope that maybe we will have some improvements on WWE going forward. Things seem to be looking up. 

Overall Grade: B-

Pros: Alexander vs. McIntyre; banks return; main event

Cons: ricochet vs. elias

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Smackdown Live! Review- February 20th, 2018

What’s this? A review for Smackdown?? But we haven’t seen one in weeks!? 

I am finally here for Smackdown again. Nice nice. Smackdown hasn’t been too great as of late, in my personal opinion. They’ve had really shitty storylines and the matches have been so stale lately; it just hasn’t been good wrestling. I’m hoping for a good show tonight!

Please let me know what your thoughts on the show were, as well as what you thought of this post! Any type of feedback is welcomed. Thanks for checking out the blog!

Opening: AJ Styles and company

Renee Young opened the show (god I adore her) and welcomed AJ Styles to the ring to get his thoughts on his fatal five-way match at Fastlane coming up. 

Personally, I hate this idea. I want AJ to not face Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn week after week. We’ve seen this for the past 4 months, but it feels like it’s been an entire year for this program. It’s a very predictable formula now, and we all know that AJ is going to win at Fastlane so he and Shinsuke can fight at Mania, which should actually be a fantastic match.

AJ, of course, was spewing lines about how he’s going to win at Fastlane, and he was shortly joined by Baron Corbin and Kevin Owens. They were also telling tales of how they were going to win. Kevin started calling out Shane McMahon, and of course, Shane came out to answer Kevin’s call.

Shane needs to step back and stop involving himself in this storyline. If the plan is for Kevin against Shane at Mania this year, then he should be preparing for that instead. I think the universe is done with seeing Shane in the ring, whether it be as special guest ref or as a competitor. It’s overplayed, and it’s getting so old.

Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler

If you haven’t been paying close attention to Smackdown, Ziggler has returned home after entering the Rumble as the 30th entrant. He was unsuccessful, but he wants to enter the title picture again to prove that he’s still got something in the tank. Ziggler is a great wrestler, but he really serves as a jobber to new guys who get called up from NXT. It’s a shame that Ziggler’s been wasted this past year, so hopefully, he can find something being involved with the title match.

Dolph immediately goes in on Kevin as soon as the bell rings. Owens eventually rolls out of the ring, and Ziggler goes right after him, to which Kevin took advantage and knocked into Ziggler. Once the two got back into the ring, Ziggler hit Owens with one of his beautiful dropkicks. The match has since been fought outside of the ring.

Finally entering the ring again, Kevin tried for a senton but missed as Ziggler rolled out of the way. Ziggler goes on the offensive with a huge pick-up slam, followed by a huge elbow to the face. Ziggler seems like he’s setting the pace for the match, but Kevin quickly takes it away from him and nails Ziggler with that canon ball roll into the turnbuckle. Ziggler rolls out to the ring apron after Kevin tries for a pinfall, to which Ziggler kicked out at two.

The program does that thing where it splits into two screens and it makes it hard to keep focusing on the match, but it seems as though Kevin has control of the match. He has brought Ziggler back into the ring, and has kept him in a headlock for most of the “break”. Ziggler finds a way to crawl around to Kevin’s back, and in an act of desperation, Kevin throws the both of them out of the ring. Once back in, Ziggler finds his heart and hits a nice DDT on Owens.

Ziggler has built some momentum, but it, unfortunately, is wasted when Kevin knocks him down and lands a nice gutbuster, followed by an elbow from the top rope. Owens then tries for a huge senton from the top rope, but Ziggler gets his knees up and hits Kevin with the famouser! Kevin kicks out at two.

Kevin and Dolph exchange a few blows, and Dolph hits Kevin enough to get him to wobble, to which Dolph begins to set up for the superkick, but it’s countered by Kevin, who then goes for the pop-up powerbomb, which Dolph counters and hits Kevin with the zig-zag! Sami Zayn then comes down to the ring to distract Dolph and that will allow Kevin to kick Dolph in the back of the head and get the win. This was a pretty satisfying match! I hope the rest of the show is like this match.

Jinder Mahal’s List

Jinder and his uninjured friend have come out to the ring to reveal Bobby Roode’s “Top 10 List”. A few weeks ago, Smackdown Live debuted their ranking system, which didn’t sit well with everyone. Since last week, Randy and Bobby have been going at it, and it’s a bit of a weird feud since Randy hasn’t been on TV as of late (he wasn’t at the live show I went to, which was a small bummer). 

Bobby joined Jinder in the ring and challenged him to a match, then Randy came out and tried to get involved. The whole thing ended in a mess, and after a confrontation between Shane and Daniel Bryan in the back, the announcement was made that Bobby Roode and Randy Orton will fight at Fastlane for the United States championship. Weird, but I’ll take it. Hey, this segment should’ve been a match instead!

Charlotte/Becky/Naomi vs. The Riott Squad

Didn’t we see this on Raw last night, too? I’m tired of the WWE thinking that all their women can only compete in tag matches. It sucks that Absolution and the Riott Squad debuted at the same time. I’m sick of both factions already.

The match is literally following the same formula from last night’s tag match, but the face team seems to have the upperhand tonight. It’s always fun to see Naomi’s athleticism in the ring, but this would’ve been better if it was a singles match!

When the match continues after the commercial break, Corey Graves comments that this the same thing we see on Monday nights! Thanks Corey!

The crowd seems really into the match, which is a good sign. The commentary team was talking about the Riott Squad, and I didn’t catch who it was, but someone said that all of the members of the Riott Squad are here to do the same thing: make a name for themselves. And they can’t do that with the same three women in their way. I think this could be said for the Absolution women as well. If they face the same people week after week after week, how do we expect them to grow and make their own careers?

The match was actually pretty good, and I think that had to do with the crowd’s enjoyment of it. There was a moment where Becky was tagged in, and she hit a missile dropkick on Sarah, but Becky seemed to have lost her footing? The match really slowed down and lost it’s hype after Becky came in, which I hate saying because I love Becky, but she really did break up the pace in a bad way. The Riott Squad were victorious in the match.

Chad Gable/Shelton Benjamin vs. New Day

Oh my god, another match that we see every week. Does Smackdown really not have any other talent that can wrestle? I’m sure they do because I am so bored with the tag division as of late. Give me Breezango.

It is kind of fun to see Gable German suplex and belly to belly Big E a lot; it shows his athleticism, and it’s also funny to see their faces when they do this. 

The match itself wasn’t very exciting. All it had were one or two tag ins, a suplex, a shining wizard, and a pinfall. Xavier Woods won the match for New Day, which earns them a title shot at Fastlane against the Usos. Again.

Also the Bludgeon Brothers are fighting local talent again and I do not care to comment on the “match”. This could’ve been time for another women’s match. The only thing I liked about this was Corey Graves screaming and laughing at the whole thing.

AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin

I don’t think I’ve seen these guys face off in a while, or at all even. I had a weird realization while Baron was on his way to the ring: I’ve been sleeping on Baron Corbin! He’s a bit too tall, and kind of gangly, but he’s a strong athlete! I haven’t really ever seen Baron in a good light, and I have no idea why I had this reaction when he came out, so we all know who I’m pulling for in this match.

Baron’s power was on display before the break as he slammed AJ on the mats outside of the ring. The match started off at a good pace without setting up any huge moves. I like that for the main events a lot of the time. We don’t always need these huge spots or anything for a main event, sometimes we just want a good ass match.

Back from the break, and we see Baron deliver a huge clothesline that “almost took AJ’s head off!” Baron is dominating AJ for the moment, but AJ’s great ring awareness lets him sneak out of Baron’s way and send Baron right into the ring post, followed by the barricade. With the match outside the ring, AJ is thrown towards the table and Baron scurries back into the ring, but AJ IS MADDD and he charges back to the ring to hit Baron right in the head with the Phenomenal Forearm.

We’re getting a pretty good match here as Baron tees off on AJ in the corner. He knocks into AJ pretty hard, and Baron wants to set AJ up for a superplex. He doesn’t get very far as AJ counters, but Baron has a counter of his own and hits a really nice Deep 6. Baron tried to set up the End of Days, but AJ traps Baron in a calf crusher. Baron finds his way out and buys himself some time to recover.

Styles tries to set up for the forearm again, but Baron is right there to stop him. He does his best to knock AJ over, but AJ is able to hit the forearm this time and he gets the win over Corbin. Kevin and Sami interrupt AJ’s celebration and try to attack him, and Kevin takes care of AJ and Sami goes after Baron, but Baron is ready for it and he hits Sami with the End of Days! Baron walks out looking at the Mania sign as the show ends.

I didn’t think this was the best show, but I liked the opening and the closing match at least. Smackdown needs to figure out what it’s doing for Mania before Mania happens. Hopefully they pick up the pace leading up to Fastlane.

Thanks for checking out the blog! Be on the lookout for more posts during the week!

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-Casey