#larry brogan

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The Great Pro-Wrestling Adventure Hour - 018 09/14/23 Defy TV 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST Filmed at the Good Time Theatre at Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania

SEGMENT ONE (SEVEN MINUTES):

- Sudu Upadhyay welcomed viewers back for another week of The Great Pro-Wrestling Adventure Hour. As Sudu spoke about Jake Something and Vincent Nothing's plan to deduce the identity of Giant Baba Yaga, Raven activated his soundboard and began to play the theme song from Dragnet. Raven claimed to have exclusive audio of Giant Baba Yaga being caught without the mask, and played a clip of Kramer from Seinfeld saying "Look away…I'm hideous." Sudu tried to power through these clips and threw out the question about if anyone, even UltraMantis Black, knows Giant Baba Yaga's identity. Raven said that's a good point and as a journalist he'll go ask him now, and before running off played a clip of Snagglepuss saying "Exit stage left!". Sudu tried to get the segment back on track before Raven returned to wonder aloud if Giant Baba Yaga knows who UltraMantis Black is under the mask, and he’ll ask her while he’s in the back. Sudu lowered his head and pinched the bridge of his nose before sending us to the show opening set to "Black Swan Lake" by Janko Nilovic.

Starboy Charlie and Alex Taylor vs. Tyler Brooks and Arson Krueger Starboy Charlie and Alex Taylor defeated Tyler Brooks and Arson Krueger with a spin kick from Charlie on Brooks. (3:12)

- Following the match, Alex Taylor made his way to the commentary booth and was eventually followed over by Starboy Charlie. Taylor said folkstyle are in action later today and he knows there has been some concern that they might interfere in the match. Alex Taylor assures everyone that Kerry Morton has advised them to move forward, Larry Zbyszko is gone and while Marcus Mathers and Brogan Finlay are still healing, all the Southern Six members, and Starboy Charlie, are better than ever. As a show of good faith, Taylor said he and Charlie will be leaving the park grounds and CORE officials can lock the doors behind them.

SEGMENT TWO (EIGHT MINUTES):

The Production (Derek Dillinger and Magnum CK) vs. T.Y. Shane and Parker Li The Production defeated T.Y. Shane and Parker Li with the superplex from CK on Li followed by a second rope moonsault from Dillinger. (2:29)

- The Production continued to attack T.Y. Shane and Parker Li after the bell. Dillinger hit an elbow strike to the back of Li's head and an elbowdrop from the top rope from Magnum soon followed. Fuego Del Sol ran out to the ring with a steel chair and The Production fled the scene.

- We joined Daphne Oz at the CORE news desk for the COal REgion Roundup. - After recapping the interview segment with Something/Nothing from last week where they unveiled their strategy to determine Giant Baba Yaga's identity, we were sent to a promo from UltraMantis Black. Mantis said that as they know, Giant Baba Yaga is contracted to have a match next week. But instead of Something/Nothing parading around a bunch of wrestlers that will prove nothing, why don't they make that match a Mask vs. Hair match next week on Defy TV. - Daphne Oz sent us to a promo from Sonny Kiss. Sonny revealed that next week the evaluation of the TrustBusters Reserve will continue as Invictus Khash will go one-on-one with Fuego Del Sol and Trench will also be in singles action. - We are then sent to live comments from Fuego Del Sol who said he was given this time to discuss his match next week with Invictus Khash, and no disrespect to Khash who is a formidable opponent, but Fuego wants to discuss The Production. Fuego said that he knows what it's like to be a young wrestler put in matches against far more seasoned and skilled wrestlers. It's very demoralizing to take matches you're pretty certain you are going to lose, but it's one way to grow and be seen. Fuego Del Sol said he's disgusted too see established wrestlers take advantage of those circumstances to hurt or injure their opponent because they don't see them as their peers. Fuego said if they want to keep pulling these stunts very soon they are going to have to try them on him.

SEGMENT THREE (EIGHT MINUTES):

Queen Aminata (with Raychell Rose) vs. Xia Brookside Queen Aminata defeated Xia Brookside via submission with the Juicy Lock. (6:40)

SEGMENT FOUR (EIGHT MINUTES):

- When we return from break Jake Something and Vincent Nothing are in front of the commentary booth. Jake Something said they heard the challenge for a Mask vs. Hair match next week against Giant Baba Yaga. Jake Something said he has just made his return to Impact Wrestling, and not only would it be very humiliating, but he might even get fired if he shows up to the next Impact taping completely unrecognizable. But that Vincent Nothing is ready to take the risk and he'll put his hair on the line against Giant Baba Yaga's mask next week! With that Vincent Nothing produced a can of Rogaine and began to lather the foam into his bald scalp as an annoyed Sudu Upadhyay called for them to leave the area so they could get to the next match.

folkstyle (Shaw Mason/Tim Bosby/Hunter Holdcraft) vs. The Potato Dumpling Gang (Cowpoke Paul/"Quickdraw" Shelby Wylder/"Cowboy" Cliff Rogers) folkstyle defeated The Potato Dumpling Gang with the ripcord clothesline from Bosby on Wylder. (3:16)

- folkstyle shook hands with their opponents after the match before being attacked by three men that emerged from opposite sides of the crowd. The men proceeded to toss the members of folkstyle around the ring with a fair deal of ease and technique. This made sense when the men were later determined to be Kal Jak, a former Pac-10 wrestling champion with Oregon State, Madman Fulton, a two time NCAA All-American in Greco-Roman wrestling, and Levi Cooper, an All-American wrestler from Arizona State.

SEGMENT FIVE (TEN MINUTES):

- Sudu and Raven brought out Kevin Blackwood and Alan Angels to join them for commentary. They were selected to share their first hand knowledge about The 37KAMIINA having lost to them in the semi-finals of Trios Kingdom. As they sat down, Titus Alexander made his way out. Titus called the two a distraction and was demanding that they leave. Alexander said they lost at Trios Kingdom, he's moved on and joined Black Generation International, so there's no reason for Blackwood and Angels to be here and they can go. Angels told Alexander that he might be done with them, but they actually like it here in CORE and they don't plan on going anywhere. Blackwood interjected that they are here to wrestle, not do commentary, so they will leave if Alexander will give them a tag match against any two members of Black Generation International. Blackwood wanted the match for two weeks from now; because next week just wouldn't be fair after the Trios Kingdom winners finish kicking Yutani, Bendito, and Emperador Azteca's butts today. Titus Alexander agreed and the two excused themselves from the commentary booth.

The 37KAMIINA (MAO, Yuki Ueno, and Toi Kojima) vs. Black Generation International (Yutani/Bendito/Emperador Azteca) The 37KAMIINA defeated Black Generation International with the WR from Ueno on Bendito. (8:18)

- Kevin Blackwood and Alan Angels came back out from behind the curtain after the match to join the fans in a standing ovation celebrating another victory by the 2023 Trios Kingdom champions.

SEGMENT SIX (FOUR MINUTES):

- Before they could begin to sign off, Sudu and Raven were joined by Shaw Mason who was holding a cold compress against his neck. Mason said everyone knows that Kerry Morton was behind sending those three goons after them. Mason said he's sick of dancing around it and wants to cut the crap, next week he wants a match between folkstyle and Kal Jak, Madman Fulton, and Levi Cooper. And once they are done beating Morton's hired guns, they want a match against The Southern Six at the Bloomsburg Fair. Mason said it doesn't matter if there are four of them, six of them, or a baker's dozen; there's no shortage of wrestlers that want a shot at Morton and his crew so they'll have no trouble finding partners.

Next Week On The Great Pro-Wrestling Adventure Hour Mask vs. Hair: Giant Baba Yaga vs. Vincent Nothing folkstyle (Shaw Mason/Tim Bosby/Hunter Holdcraft) vs. Kal Jak/Madman Fulton/Levi Cooper Fuego Del Sol vs. Invictus Khash Also in action… Trench The Production

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[nothingunrealistic]

oh & somewhat in contrast, another ask abt The Full Context Of Watching Billions but about what moments were highlights for being particularly fun just as like, a light characterful moment that probably doesn't play much into drama & conflict, although ig it could do that too lol. along the lines of yknow, taylor just having been introduced & the stakes are the lowest they'll be & they mess with mafee a bit. guess it also doesn't have to be limited to Fun Taylor Moments lol but yknow

unproduciblesmackdown asked:

as soon as i sent that i realized the context of saying "it doesn't have to be just fun taylor moments ig" maybe wasn't super clear lol but i just meant like, i guess also if there was especially fun moments involving other characters & possibly taylor is not involved lol but that's hardly expected or demanded b/c we know why we're here & what we're about. if they're not around how enjoyable can things be

why not both! first, some Fun Taylor Character Moments / Details that come to mind:

dropping off the alpha cup trophy in axe’s office (as i put it in my episode transcript, “as if it burns them to touch it”) and complaining that people keep drinking beer out of it [2x03]

responding to connerty’s attempt to play good cop after the bad cop approach failed by telling him you can’t mix character names and actor names when talking about a movie [2x10]

staring at dollar bill with blank incomprehension (and pointing out that “this is like the third time you have spoken directly to me”) when he tries to invite them out for coffee [2x11]

telling axe “i’ll get right on all that” after he’s asked them for the answers to three questions, in such a way that it’s clear they know two of the questions are distractions [2x12]

wearing safety glasses to smash electronics in their office [3x01]

saying “i could have done that for myself, you know” after wags scared off a guy who was harassing them [3x01]

being excited by the prospect of seeing steve wozniak (whose photo they have in their office) give a pitch and crestfallen at oscar revealing it was one of his trademark complete lies [3x05]

deliberately keeping dollar bill in suspense about who sent them flowers, until he grabs the card out of their hand like a dick [3x06]

greeting the sweet quants with “yo, quants!” [3x06]

sitting in a meeting with axe cap’s prime broker and never speaking except to dispute axe’s list of rush’s best albums [3x09]

repeatedly popping up in random locations without warning to ask people to come work for them [3x12]

having “2112” (the name of a rush album) as their apartment’s security code [4x02]

requesting a “tl;dr, please” of a report from their counterintelligence specialist [4x02]

taunting a banker about getting the money they need, in a russian accent, to imply that they’re getting money from russians [4x02]

calling kid rock a “once-great american” [4x02]

responding to wendy’s assertion of “[i] still don’t trust you” with “samesies” [4x06]

declaring cheerfully on television that axe cap is running itself into the ground and axe is a dinosaur [4x08]

claiming they stayed in and did some reading on new year’s eve, which is at minimum a lie by omission but also makes me wonder what they like to read [4x10]

telling lauren they’re returning to axe cap and asking her to join them without giving any other context [4x12]

warning chuck that “questioning my workout practices [isn’t] something i’d do” when he questions the value of swimming in place [5x01]

telling oscar why he lost his chess game after he says he doesn’t want to be associated with them (thank you lee tamahori) [5x02]

eating dinner with lauren in their office and thinking she’s reading them questions from an online quiz [5x05]

asking prince if the supply chain vice president who warned them about conflict tin was “just in a box at your office” [5x07]

and a few comparable moments for other characters:

sacker making a pointed comment about connerty obviously hooking up with an fbi agent they both work with [1x03] and saying far too much about how she imagines their sex life [1x05] (note that this is before she & connerty get together)

wendy walking into chuck’s office after he had dollar bill arrested in her absence and greeting him with a sarcastic slow clap [1x06]

sacker and connerty breaking into chuck’s office after hours, stealing from his liquor cabinet, making out on his desk, breaking out laughing about how cliché it all is, and then going to coney island to set off sparklers [1x11]

sacker making a pointed comment about a flight attendant who is clearly cooperating with the SDNY out of “desperate lust” for connerty and promising to buy cake servers from their wedding registry [2x03] (note that this is after she & connerty broke up)

senior encouraging chuck to use his connections “like a bathhouse piano player uses poppers,” to which ira responds “thinking about your past really freaks me out” [4x01] and later using poppers while hooking up with roxanne [4x11]

a reporter telling chuck, re: his state AG run, “if i were the sort of fella who liked to toss the dice, that's not the direction i’d toss ‘em,” and chuck telling him that’s not how dice work [4x03]

axe telling rebecca about yet another of his enemies and rebecca responding “you have a remarkable way with people” [4x09]

this exchange, from chuck tasking his brain trust with helping him take down jock jeffcoat, and for which it’s important to note that chuck secured brogan’s loyalty by helping him avoid legal trouble for killing his neighbor’s dog [4x11]

CHUCK: Indeed. Halloran, you will solicit a bribe from the company.

HALLORAN: How would I go about —

CHUCK (moving right along): Mm-hmm. Brogan, you have horses. Jock has horses. You will move one of your prized horses next to his and, under the guise of visiting, you will kill Jock’s horse.

BROGAN: Okay.

CHUCK: What? Je— No. No more killing animals. I was fucking with you.

BROGAN: Okay.

[trans-and-baby-names]

Masculine Names

Aaron  Abdul Abe  Abel Abraham  Abram Ace Achilles  Adair Adam Adonis Adrian Adriel  Ahmed Ajax Ajay Aiden Alan Albert Alejandro Alex Alexander Alfonso Alfred Alistair Alister Allen  Alonzo Amadeo Amadeus Amani Amari Ambrose Amir Anders  Anderson Andre Andreas Andrew Andy Angel Angelo Angus Ansel  Anson Anthony Antonio Apollo Aries Archer Archie Aristotle Arlo  Arnaldo Arnold Arsenio Arthur Arturo Arwin Asa Asher Aslan Atlas  Atticus Aubrey August Augustin Augustine Augustus Aurelio Aurelius Austin Axel  Aziz

Balthazar  Bane Barnabas  Barnaby Barney Baron  Barrett Basil Bastian  Bear Beau Beck Ben Benjamin  Benji Bentley Bernard Bertram Bertrand  Blake Blaze Blue Bobby Bodhi Booker Boris  Boston Bowie Boyd Brad Bradford Bradley Bram  Bramwell Bran Brandon Brandt Braxton Braylen Brayden Brendon  Brent Brett Brian Briar Brick Bridge Bridger Brock Brody Brogan  Bronx Brook Brooks Bruce Bruno Brutus Bryce Bryson Buck Bud Buddha  Buddy Buck Burt Burton Buster Buzz Byron 

Cade  Caden Cain  Cairo Caius Calder  Caleb Callum Calvin Cam  Cameron Camillo Campbell Carl  Carlisle Carlito Carlo Carlos Carlton  Carmine Carson Carter Casper Caspian Cassian  Cassias Cato Cecil Cedar Cedric Cesar Chad Chadwick  Chance Charles Charlton Chase Chauncey Chester Chidi Chip  Christoff Christoph Christopher Christian Chuck Cian Cillian  Clarence Clark Claud Clay Clayton Cliff Clifford Clint Clinton  Clyde Coby Cody Colby Cole Collin Colt Colton Conan Connor Conrad  Constantine Cooper Copper Corbin Cornelius Cory Cosmo Cosmos Costas Craig Crispin Cruz Curt Curtis Cyrus

Dale  Dallas  Dalton Damien  Damon Dan Dane Daniel  Dante Darius Darrel Darren  Dash Dashiell Davey David Dawson  Dax Daxton Deacon Dean DeAndre Declan  Demetrius Denali Dennis Denny Denzel Derek  Derrick Des Desmond Dewey Dex Dexter Diego Diesel  Dion Dirk Dixon Dmitri Dominic Donatello Donovan Dorian  Doug Douglas Draco Drew Duke Duncan Dustin Dusty Dwayne Dwight  Dylan Dyson 

Earl  Easton  Edgar Edmund  Eduardo Edward Edwin  Egon Eli Elijah Elias  Elliott Ellis Elroy Elton  Emanuel Emeric Emerson Emery  Emil Emiliano Emmett Emrys Enrique  Enzo Eric Ernest Ernesto Ernie Esteban  Ethan Eugene Eustace Euvan Evan Evander Everett  Ezekiel Ezra 

Fabian  Fabio Falcon  Faustus Felix Ferdinand  Fergus Ferguson Fernando Fidel  Fido Finbar Findlay Finn Finnley  Fionn Fisher Fitz Fletcher Flint Florence  Florian Ford Forrest Fort Foster Fowler Fox  Francesco Francis Francisco Franco Frank Frankie  Franklin Fred Freddy Fredrick Frederico

Gabe  Gabriel  Gael Gage  Gale Galen Garfield Garrett Gaston Gatsby  Gavin Geoffrey Geordie George  Gerald Gerard Gideon Gil Gilbert  Gilberto Giovanni Glenn Gordon Gordy  Grady Graham Grant Gray Grayson Gregg  Gregory Grey Griffin Griffith Grover Gunner  Gunther Gus Gustavo Guy 

Hades  Hal Hamilton  Hank Hans Harley Harrison  Harry Hawk Hayden Hayes Heath Hector  Henrik Hendrix Henry Herb Herbert Herbie  Hercules Hermes Hershel Hiram Holden Howard  Howie Hudson Hugo Humphrey Hunter Hux Huxley 

Ian Igor Iker Irvin Isaac Isaiah Ivan 

Jace  Jack Jackson  Jacob Jaques Jaden  Jake Jalen Jamal James  Jameson Jared Jason Jax  Jay Jed Jedidiah Jefferson  Jeffrey Jeremiah Jeremy Jerome  Jerry Jesus Jethro Jett Jim Jimmy  Joe Joel Johan Johannes John Johnny Jonah  Jonas Jonathan Jones Jordan Jose Joseph Joshua  Josiah Juan Juanito Judah Judas Judd Jude Jules Julian  Julien Julio Julius Junior Jupiter Jurgen Justice Justin Justus 

Kaden  Kai Kaiser  Kale Kaleb Kane  Keane Keanu Keaton  Keegan Keenan Keith  Kellen Kenan Kendrick  Kenneth Kenzo Keoni Kevin Khalid  Kian Kieran Kiernan Kingsley Kingston Killian  Kip Kwan Kyle

Lachlan  Lake Lamar  Lance Lancelot  Landon Lane Larkin  Larry Lars Laurence Laurent  Lawrence Lawson Lazlo Legend Leif  Leith Leland Leo Leon Leonardo Leopold  Leroy Levi Liam Lincoln Linden Logan Loki  London Lonnie Lonny Lorcan Lorenzo Lou Louie  Louis Luc Luca Lucas Lucian Lucky Luke Lupe Luther

Maddox  Maksim Malachi  Malachy Malakai Malcolm  Malik Manfred Manny Marcel Marcello  Marcellus Marcio Marcius Marco Marcos  Marcus Marian Marino Mario Marius Mark  Marlin Marlon Marmaduke Marques Mars Marshall  Martin Marty Marvel Marvin Massimo Mason Matt Matteo  Matthew Maurice Maverick Max Maximilian Maximus Maxwell  Melvin Mercury Meredith Merritt Micah Michael Miguel Miles  Milo Mitchell Moe Monte Montgomery Murdoch Murphy Murray Murtagh  Murtaugh Myles

Nathan  Nathaniel  Ned Nelson  Nemo Neo Neon  Neptune Neville  Newt Newton Nick  Nicky Nicola Nicolai  Nicholas Niko Noah Noel Nolan  Norm Norman Novak 

Obadiah  Octavio Octavius  Odin Olaf Oleg Oliver  Olivier Omar Orion Orlando  Orville Osborn Oscar Oso Osvaldo  Oswald Ottis Otto Owen Oz Ozzy

Pablo  Palmer Panther  Parker Pascal Patrick Paul  Paxton Pedro Penn Percival Percy Perseus  Peter Peyton Phil Philip Phineas Phoenix Pier  Pierce Pierre Pilot Pluto Porter Poseidon Preston  Prince Prosper

Qadir  Quincy Quinn  Quinton 

Raiden  Ralph Ramone  Ramses Randall Randolph  Randy Raphael Ravi Ray Raymond Red  Reece Reggie Reginald Regis Reid Remington  Reuben Rex Reynald Reynaldo Reynard Rhett Rhys  Ricardo Richard Richie Richmond Rick Ricky Rico Ridge  Riley Rio Riordan River Robert Roberto Robbie Rocco Rocky  Rodney Rodrigo Roger Ricky Riley Rod Rodrick Roger Roland  Roman Romeo Ross Rowan Rudy Rufus Russell Ryder Ryker Rylan Ryland 

Salem  Salvador  Salvator Sam  Samir Sampson Samson  Samuel Sander Sandford Sanjay  Santiago Saul Sawyer Scott Sean Sebastian  Septimus Serge Sergio Seth Seus Seymour Shane  Shawn Shayne Sheldon Shepherd Sherlock Sherman Shin Sidney  Sigmund Silas Silver Silvester Simon Sinclair Sinjin Sirius  Slade Slate Sol Solomon Sonny Sparrow Spartacus Spencer Spike  Soren Stan Stanford Stanley Steele Stephen Steven Stevie Stone Sven Summit  Sullivan Sully Sylvester

Tad  Tag Talon  Tanner Tate  Ted Teddy Teo Teodor  Teodoro Terence Terrell  Terry Tex Thad Thaddeus Thane  Thatcher Theo Theoden Theodore Thomas  Thor Thorn Tiberius Tiger Tito Titus Timothy  Titus Tobias Toby Tommy Tony Topher Trace Travis  Trent Trenton Trev Trevor Trey Tristan Troy Truman Tucker  Tudor Tullio Tullius Tully Tycho Tyler Tyrell Tyrese Tyrone  Tyson

Uberto  Ulric Ulrich  Ulysses Uriah Urban Urijah  Uriel

Van  Vance  Vaugn Victor  Vince Vincenco Vincent  Vinny Virgil Vlad Vladimir 

Wade  Walden  Waldo Walker  Wallace Wally Walt  Walter Warner Warren  Watson Waylon Wayne Wendall  Wesley Westley Weston Wilbert  Wilbur Wilder Wiley Wilfred Will William  Winston Wolf Wolfe Wolfgang Woodrow Wyatt 

Xander  Xavier Xavion  Xenon

Yael  Yahir York Yosef  Yousef Yusef

Zac  Zach Zachariah  Zacharias Zachary Zack  Zander Zane Zayden Zeke  Zeus Ziggy Zion Zoltan

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BROGAN CHATS BEARDING/FAKE RELATIONSHIPS.

[wellesleyunderground]

Wellesley Writes It: Conversation with Sumita Chakraborty '08 (@notsumatra), author of ARROW

Sumita Chakraborty is a poet, essayist, scholar, and a graduate of Wellesley College, class of 2008. Her debut collection of poetry, Arrow, was released in September 2020 with Alice James Books in the United States and Carcanet Press in the United Kingdom, and has received coverage in The New York Times, NPR, and The Guardian. Her first scholarly book, tentatively titled Grave Dangers: Death, Ethics, and Poetics in the Anthropocene, is in progress. She is Helen Zell Visiting Professor in Poetry at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, where she teaches in literary studies and creative writing.

Sumita’s poetry appears or is forthcoming in POETRY, The American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry 2019, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, and elsewhere. Her essays most recently appear in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Her scholarship appears or is forthcoming in Cultural Critique, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment (ISLE), Modernism/modernity, College Literature, and elsewhere. Previously, she was Visiting Assistant Professor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, as well as Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, at Emory University.

Wellesley Underground’s Wellesley Writes it Series Editor, E.B. Bartels ’10, had the chance to chat with Sumita about publishing, reading, and writing. E.B. is grateful to Sumita for willing to be part of the Wellesley Writes It series in the middle of her book debut!

EB: Thank you so much for being part of the Wellesley Writes It series, Sumita! I’m excited to get to talk to you about writing in general, but especially your debut collection Arrow. Can you start off speaking a bit about how this book came about?

SC: Thank YOU so much! This is such a joy.

The book that’s now Arrow went through about seven prior full versions.

EB: Oh my gosh! Wow.

SC: While there’s a lot going on in there, the most fundamental story I wanted to tell was that of the experience of living in the aftermath of severe domestic violence, other entangled forms of assault, and grief (in my case, particularly for my sister, who died in 2014 at the age of 24). The word “aftermath” is a tricky one, because there is no neat and tidy “after” violence or grief, particularly when one considers the varying scales on which various devastations and mournings take place. One of the main narrative arcs of the collection, though, is that of becoming someone who can embrace love and joy and care and kinship even when those concepts have been weaponized or altogether foreclosed for all of one’s childhood and adolescence. And that’s a narrative that requires a sense of an “after” that I am deeply fortunate to have personally experienced. That’s the main tightrope the collection is invested in walking, which forms the through-line around which and with which its other preoccupations and obsessions orbit and collide.

EB: Wow, thank you so much for sharing all that, Sumita. I especially like what you said about the lack of a “neat and tidy” ending -- isn’t that always the case when it comes to writing about things from our own lives? We want real-life closure but sometimes have to settle for just narrative closure instead.

I meant to say also congratulations on the publication of your collection not only in the US but in the UK as well! What was it like to put that version together? The same? Different?

SC: I was wildly lucky in this regard. Some years ago, I published the poem “Dear, beloved” in Poetry, before it was in Arrow—and in fact before this version of Arrow even existed. At that point, the editor of Carcanet reached out to me to say that the press would be interested in bringing out my collection in the UK. I kind of panicked!

EB: I totally would have, too!

SC: As I mentioned, there was no Arrow yet. I was on a much earlier version that was “complete,” but when I looked at it, I knew: This ain’t it. And querying US presses was therefore not something I was prepared to do at that time; UK publication was even less within the realm of my imagination. I essentially told them the manuscript was in progress and asked if I could reach back out when it was ready and if I had secured a US publisher. Some years later, the collection was picked up by Alice James in the States and I reached back out to Carcanet to see if they were still interested, and they were! Alice James and Carcanet worked together during the production process, so while there were certainly some differences in approaches across either side of the pond, much of it was really streamlined, and that is all thanks to the outstanding and immense labor of the extraordinary editors and staffs at both publishers.  

EB: How did you begin writing poetry in the first place? What was your path to becoming a writer?

SC: I didn’t come into much of a sense that I was interested in poetry and in literature until college. When I got there, I didn’t have a sense of really any passions and skills that I had, and that’s not imposter syndrome speaking—it’s because I had a terrible record in high school and found nothing inspirational there, and I was also pretty busy attempting to survive the violence I was experiencing at home and working toward moving out, which I did before college. In my first year and my sophomore fall at Wellesley, I took a really broad smattering of courses, including (with wild, and probably inappropriate, disregard for prerequisites in both cases) Advanced Shakespeare with William Cain and Advanced Poetry Writing with Frank Bidart. I was very much not good enough for both of those courses! But even as I was flailing around in them, something in my mind clicked: this was something I was willing to be terrible at until I started to understand it a bit better. These were puzzles that I liked, questions I liked, problems I cared about dwelling with. It was pretty much “love at first confusion.”

EB: I love that idea: “this was something I was willing to be terrible at.” That 100% nails how I feel about writing, too.

So, obviously, as you just said, Wellesley was very important in your trajectory as a poet -- the title of your book is a reference to a Frank Bidart poem! Which other faculty, staff, fellow students have influenced or inspired you? Are there any professors or classes you would tell young Wellesley writers that they 100% have to take?

SC: Following “love at first confusion,” I essentially made a second home of the first floor of Founders, so my answer to who at Wellesley influenced or inspired me could fill multiple pages!

EB: I love Founders. I miss Founders.

SC: I will invariably accidentally leave someone out and feel guilty, so I offer my mea culpas in advance. In addition to Bill Cain and Frank Bidart, I am beyond grateful to Dan Chiasson, with whom I worked on both my literary studies (including my thesis) and my poetry, and who graciously offered me more mentorship than I’d ever experienced in my life before that point; to Kate Brogan, from whom I got the bug for twentieth-century poetics, which remains the focus of my literary studies research; to Yoon Sun Lee, who taught the theory class when I took it, and planted a hugely important seed that I didn’t even know had been planted until much later simply by being a brilliant Asian American literary scholar (not a role I had ever before seen filled by someone of this subject position); to Larry Rosenwald, who was the first person I had ever met in a literary context who both knew that English was not my heritage language and, in his infinite and genuine passion for multilingualism, viewed that fact as a strength.

I wish I’d had more of a chance to get to know my peers while actually at Wellesley—my life circumstances while I was in college differed from the typical Wellesley experience in ways that made doing so challenging (for one, I worked multiple jobs the entire way through), but I’ve gotten to better know many people I knew at Wellesley more in the years since and that’s been a wonderful experience.

EB: I’ve also made a lot of Wellesley friends post-Wellesley. The Wellesley experience never ends, in that way.

SC: Since I’ve already spoken to the coursework that inspired me, I’m going to zig a bit where your last question zags: there isn’t a single course I would tell young Wellesley writers or literary enthusiasts that they 100% have to take. I don’t think one could go wrong with anyone I’ve named here (and I’ve been really excited to learn about the new additions to the English department: I would have loved to have learned from Cord Whitaker and Octavio González, and have heard wonderful things about both!). But I think that what made the Wellesley experience truly influential for me was that I had the opportunity, like Whitman’s “Noiseless Patient Spider” (though, um, not very noiselessly or patiently), to “launch’d forth filament, filament, filament,” and really listen to what spoke to me. I came in with no preconceptions, no expectations, no firm career plan (or even career plan). Knowing what undergraduates at environments like Wellesley frequently pressure themselves or feel pressured to do (or achieve or produce or attain), I don’t want to offer advice along the lines of a “must-do.” Rather, try things out and truly listen to yourself. What’s your “love at first confusion”?

EB: I know from personal experience that writing can be a really lonely practice. Who did you rely on for support during those really frustrating writing moments? Other writers? Your spouse? Friends? Fellow Wellesley grads? What does your writing/artistic community look like?

SC: All of the above! The thing is, for me, I don’t think writing is a lonely practice. When I feel most energized about writing, it is because I feel like I am in a conversation—or, to put a finer point on it, when I’m in a conversation that is nestled within hundreds of thousands of other conversations that have happened for millennia, are currently happening all around me, and will continue to happen after I’m a hunk of dirt. Tapping into that is often what brings me to the page in the first place.

EB: That’s such a good point.

SC: So when students, for example, feel really isolated or alone in their writing life, my first recommendation is to remind themselves of their beloveds. These may be actual living ride-or-die humans in their lives; these may be ghosts of writers and artists past that are important to them; they might be their most frequently bustling group text or their favorite TV show. Honestly, if one’s thinking of this question as broadly as I recommend, those beloveds probably belong to all of the above categories, to some degree. When you write, even if none of these beloveds are your subject or your audience or anything quite that easily analogous to the process, they are with you, and they have formed who you are before you’ve even picked up a pen or turned your computer on, so they are with you when you are writing, too.

EB: What is it like to now be teaching poetry to undergrads? Are you channeling your inner Dan Chiasson?

SC: Ha! Thank you for that—I just got a visual of myself trying to go as Dan for Halloween and I cracked myself up. (Dan, if you’re reading this: sorry!) I teach undergraduates and graduate students at Michigan, both in literary studies and in creative writing, and I love it very, very much. My students of all levels are brilliant, thoughtful, curious, and wildly imaginative people who often help bolster my faith in the ongoing importance of literary work. Honestly, particularly during this year, I have frequently been in awe of my students and have felt overwhelmingly lucky to be able to work with them.

EB: I know that you are also currently working on your first scholarly book, Grave Dangers: Death, Ethics, and Poetics in the Anthropocene. How do you approach writing poetry vs. writing an academic work? How is your creative process similar or different?

SC: For me the two have been inseparable since Wellesley. I essentially ask similar questions and have similar preoccupations no matter what genre I write; in terms of deciding which thought belongs to which genre, or which project a particular moment is better suited to, that’s often a matter of thinking carefully of what shapes that I want the questions to take, and what kinds of “answers”—in quotation marks because I don’t strive at certainty or mastery in either genre, or in anything for that matter—for which I imagine reaching or searching. For me, the processes for writing both are very, very similar: I draft wildly and edit painstakingly. It’s more a matter of closely listening to my patterns of thinking on any given subject or day in order to find out if the rhetorical patterns of academic prose would better suit them or if the rhetorical patterns of poetry would better suit them.

EB: What are you currently reading, and/or what have you read recently that you’ve really enjoyed? What would you recommend to read while we (are continuing to) lay low during this pandemic?

SC: 2020 was such an incredible year for books! Which feels somewhat perverse to say, considering everything else was dismal and it was hardly an easy year to put out a book, either. In terms of new poetry releases—and this is not a comprehensive list, so my mea culpas here too to the many that I have loved and will end up accidentally leaving off—I have this year read and loved: Taylor Johnson’s Inheritance, francine j. harris’s Here is the Sweet Hand, Craig Santos Perez’s Habitat Threshold, Jihyun Yun’s Some Are Always Hungry, Eduardo Corral’s Guillotine, Rick Barot’s The Galleons, Jericho Brown’s The Tradition, Shane McCrae’s Sometimes I Never Suffered, Victoria Chang’s Obit, Danez Smith’s Homie, Aricka Foreman’s Salt Body Shimmer, and Natalie Diaz’s Postcolonial Love Poem. Two prior-to-2020 poetry collections that I reread every year are Brigit Pegeen Kelly’s Song and Lucille Clifton’s The Book of Light. I’m currently reading Claudia Rankine’s Just Us and Alice Oswald’s Nobody.

EB: Also what about Lucie Brock-Broido? I know she was a teacher of yours at one time, and she was a professor in my MFA program. I had the pleasure of once sitting in on her lecture, and it was life-changing. Are there any particular poems of hers you would suggest?

SC: I joined Lucie’s summer workshop held at her home in Cambridge, MA the summer after my sophomore year at Wellesley, and I stayed in it until I moved to Atlanta for graduate school in 2012. “Life-changing” is right—in fact, it feels a little too modest. She was transformative. A cosmos-realigner. A hilarious, brilliant, extraordinarily kind meteor. A fox with wings. A unicorn. I could go on, and on. For a reader new to her work, I’d recommend starting with her posthumously published “Giraffe” in The New Yorker. I think “A Girl Ago” and “You Have Harnessed Yourself Ridiculously to This World” from Stay, Illusion (2015) are also remarkable entry points. After that, I would probably recommend reading her collections in this order: first Stay, Illusion; then A Hunger (1988); then The Master Letters (1997); and finally Trouble in Mind (2005). The sequencing here isn’t intended as a ranking in the least—my own personal favorites toggle back and forth depending on where my own “trouble in mind” lives, and each collection is dazzlingly strong and has its own raison d’être—but rather because I think the story those collections tell in that order would let a new reader have a full sense of Lucie’s poetics outside of the story that mere chronology can tell.  

EB: Any advice for aspiring young poets?

SC: Filament, filament, filament. Let your writing life be as huge and wild and disparate as the whole person you are—don’t feel like there’s only a part of you that’s “worthy of poetry,” and don’t let anyone else tell you what kind of writer you should or shouldn’t be.

EB: Thank you, Sumita! That was wonderful.

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Talking Tickets: 3 January 2020

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1. David Stern passed away: 

Without David Stern, do we have the sports business economy that we have today? I’m not sure.

While you can search for any number of articles on people’s memories and stories about dealing with David Stern, I think this piece from Larry Stone sums my feelings up pretty well.

But we can’t argue that he was a champion of the NBA and helped turn the game of basketball into a global game.

To have seen the 1992 Dream Team is to have seen basketball stand there with the biggest rock tours in the world.

The NBA’s moves into China, India, and other international markets would not have been possible without the groundwork that David Stern laid.

2. Endeavor acquires majority in On Location Experiences:

Follow Tony Knopp on Twitter for a few interesting Twitter exchanges on this deal because as Tony says, the valuation seems high.

In reading through this piece, it obviously looks like Endeavor is going to keep pushing down the road of we can continue to squeeze more and more money out of fans and experiences.

Is this true?

Time will tell.

To me, this is a deal that doesn’t make a lot of sense because I can’t see how the numbers add up. The Super Bowl is big business, but is there really almost a half-billion dollars in revenue from other events right now?

What do you think?

3. Hatti Simpson decides to take in tons of theatre in 2019:

I know Hatti from my European travels and we got a drink at INTIX in Dallas last year, but I really was intrigued by her Twitter thread that she posted earlier this week talking about her experience seeing 46 shows outside of her venue last year.

As I was reading through her review of her year, I remembered this article on experiential marketing from the week before Christmas and I thought the thread really highlighted the fact that none of us are just selling a ticket, we are selling an experience and we miss out if we don’t really capture that.

As a kicker, Holly Mulcahy shared this piece about the original subscribers to the Denver Center and their experiences.

To me, the experience is everything. Don’t believe me? Go back and listen to my conversation with Danny Frank on my podcast where we talk about the power of the experience and how everything we do is included in that experience.

4. The Huffington Post UK takes a look at ticket fees:

This is another story that I didn’t get a chance to share heading into the holidays because there was so much going on and it was the holidays. (If you haven’t heard from me, I’m back in the office…so I’ll get back to you in the next day or two.)

Even if most of us know the game of the fees and why they take the form that they take, it is still pretty amazing to see it spelled out so clearly.

This piece is especially interesting when you pair it with the deal that was struck between Live Nation and the DOJ around the consent decree and the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster when the two companies merged in 2010.

What is interesting to me is that as soon as this deal was announced, all of a sudden Live Nation came running out with “opportunity” around raising prices even more…considering that there are so many tickets that go unsold.

To me, the biggest opportunity is still in finding ways to market and sell tickets more effectively at points all along the value curve because there are just so many unintended consequences that come from maximizing revenues in only one area or not maximizing the experience for all guests.

But…I’ve also been told I focus too much on customers, so what do I know?

5. MLB’s small-market teams claims for not spending are being questioned:

We’ve seen a few very big deals this off-season in Major League Baseball.

We’ve also seen MLB promote how much money they are making.

What we haven’t really seen is anything that would tell us that fans are going to come back to MLB in 2020.

All of these stories, minus the huge contracts for guys like Rendon, Strasburg, and Cole, seem to point to the fact that MLB thinks it can continue doing what it has done.

In reading through the article above, I came away with the sense that MLB would be served by a commissioner or an executive or advocate that was focused on the game, the fans, and growing the game because it seems that revenue is king…despite attendance heading in the wrong direction and fast.

From ticket prices, to attendance, to merchandise prices, F&B, training folks on discounts, on and on…baseball has many issues to be addressed.

But, I’ve said it on many occasions, I love baseball and I want to see it succeed…so Rob Manfred, give me a call! ——————————————-

What I’m up to:

I’m working on fixing the podcast with Greg Turner and I should have a new episode up this afternoon, but check out the podcast archives.

Come see me at INTIX in NYC on 20-23 January.

Check out my blog post with things I’m going to be paying attention to in 2020.

I also posted a little exercise I learned from friend of WCG, Chris Brogan, called “MY 3 Words” you can learn more and find mine here.

As I’m easing my way into 2020, I’ve been reviewing David Allen’s Getting Things Done method. If you feel overwhelmed or are trying to be more organized this year, check it out. 

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February 1937 issue

cover art by John Drew

~ Bayard H(ardwick) Kendrick, “Fish to Fry”, 1st of 14 stories with Mikes Standish (Stan) Rice, ‘The Hungry’[?], all set in Florida, author’s debut in BM

~ John Onslow, “The Damned Rookie”, 'Larry Brogan, rookie cop', 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “Lay Off, O’Hara”, 4th of 14 with ‘Ken O’Hara, fighting reporter on Los Angeles Tribune’, 5th of 27 stories in BM

~ MacAllister Street, “$1000 a Day”, ‘Hade, private ‘tec’, only appearance in BM

~ Roger Torrey, “Murder’s Never Funny”, ‘3rd (of 14) in Pat McCarthy series, with Marge Chalmers often his “sidekick”; he is ex-NYC cop, ex-agency man (Chicago & St. Louis) who dislikes cops’, 25th of 50 appearances in BM

~ Donald Wandrei, “The Rod and the Staff”, ‘short-short’, 1st of 6 stories in BM

~ Cornell Woolrich, “Murder on the Night Boat”, ‘police dick on honeymoon; Sergeant James Q. Bradford’, 2nd of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM

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The Great Pro-Wrestling Adventure Hour - 015 08/24/23 Defy TV 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST Filmed at the Good Time Theatre at Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania

SEGMENT ONE (EIGHT MINUTES):

- The show opened with a video tribute to Terry Funk set to "Rollin' With The Flow" by Charlie Rich.

- Sudu Upadhyay was shown alone in front of the commentary booth. Over still images from CORE's event at the Pittston Tomato Festival, Sudu explained that his broadcast colleague Larry Zbyszko suffered significant damage to his surgically repaired MCL, but also a tear to his ACL and meniscus after an attack by Kylie Paige. Sudu said that Larry is currently home in Florida awaiting surgery and that they hope to have an update on Zbyszko's future in CORE as soon as one is available.

Something/Nothing (Jake Something and Vincent Nothing) with UltraMantis Black vs. Stock Vetrano and Mook Vetrano (with Raychell Rose) Something/Nothing defeated Stock Vetrano and Mook Vetrano with a Black Hole Slam from Something on Mook. (2:58)

- We joined Daphne Oz at the news desk for the Coal Region Roundup. - Daphne opened with a recap of CORE's event at the Pittston Tomato Festival. Daphne revealed that the condition of Marcus Mathers' ankle and foot is currently unknown leading into Trios Kingdom, while no official inquiries have been made by Kerry Morton's camp to CORE leadership about a replacement rumors abound. What we do know is he will not be replaced by Brogan Finlay who is being evaluated by specialists for a possible calcaneal fracture from being placed in a heel hook. - Moving on, Daphne sent us to comments from Kevin Blackwood and Alan Angels who pled their case to Titus Alexander after he disappeared, much as he had done after losing to Roderick Strong, following his loss to Eddie Kingston. Blackwood said he understood Alexander's frustrations after the dissolution of The Last Wave and two tough losses, but that Trios Kingdom 2023 will be the perfect time for a reset; and that they'll win Trios and they'll be off running - together. Alan Angels said that they booked a tune up match for themselves against the up and coming tag team Fly-Def next week and they took the liberty of booking one for Titus Alexander too. - Daphne closed things out with comments from The Production team of Derek Dillinger, Magnum CK, and Ziggy Haim who will be having a "tune up" match of their own next week against three "bit players" left on the cutting room floor by The Production; Dom Kubrick, Al Deniro, and Katie Arquette.

SEGMENT TWO (EIGHT MINUTES):

Queen Aminata vs. Hyan Queen Aminata defeated Hyan via submission with a Koji Clutch. (6:05)

- New CORE backstage interviewer Erick Stevens was able to catch up with Giulia at the ECW Arena over the weekend. Erick asked Giulia as we head toward Trios Kingdom, what motivates her to max out her potential and strive to PR every day. Giulia seemed to have no idea what Erick was saying and responded with a "grazie mille" before walking off.

SEGMENT THREE (SEVEN MINUTES):

Trench Trial Series - Match 7 Trench vs. Giant Baba Yaga Giant Baba Yaga defeated Trench with the running neckbreaker. (2:27)

- Trench ended his Trial Series with a 2-5 record and we are told representatives from the TrustBusters will be in the building next week to evaluate his performance.

- The Tribal Elder Afa Jr., Sean Maluta, Journey Fatu, and Smart Guy Tod Gordon of The Family Tree made their way to the ring for The Trial. Afa Jr. called his first witness, Zilla Fatu. After being sworn in by appreciating his Tribal Elder, Zilla was pressed on whether or not he had been contacted by Sean Maluta or Journey Fatu to join The Family Tree. Despite hard questioning by Afa Jr, Zilla was adamant he had not been offered a spot in The Family Tree by Maluta or Journey. Afa then called Maluta and Journey to the witness stand and demanded to know why they didn't offer Zilla a spot; did they think he was too good for The Family Tree? Did they see him as superior to their Tribal Elder? Maluta and Journey both testified that was not the case. Afa then called Tod Gordon to the stand and demanded answers as to why The Tribal Elder was not mentioned once in Tod Gordon's new book, especially not in the Acknowledgments section. Smart Guy stammered, stuttered, sweated, and bugged out his eyes. Tod tried to explain that his book was about ECW and Afa Jr. was never in ECW but Afa Jr. said that was no excuse. Under oath Tod Gordon broke down and confessed that he had actually written two entire chapters about Afa Jr. and his greatness but the publisher demanded they be removed. Smart Guy crawled on his hands and knees and begged for forgiveness. Afa Jr. sentenced Tod Gordon to death by being thrown off the roof of the former Travelodge now the Holiday Inn on Penrose Avenue in Philadelphia. Afa Jr. asked Tod Gordon if he had any last words and Tod praised Afa's wisdom and fairness and that he accepts his punishment for his misdeeds. Afa Jr. stated that this was a test and he finds Smart Guy not guilty.

SEGMENT FOUR (NINE MINUTES):

Los Magnificos (Adrenalina, Explosivo, and Fantastico) and Fuego Del Sol vs. Atrapasuenos (Dulce Gardenia, Espiritu Negro, and Rey Cometa) and Mach10 Los Magnificos and Fuego Del Sol defeated Atrapasuenos and Mach10 with a tornado DDT from Fuego Del Sol to Dulce Gardenia. (8:03)

SEGMENT FIVE (NINE MINUTES):

TrustBusters Reserve (Big Dan Champion/Joshua Bishop/Invictus Khash) vs. Max The Impaler/Heidi Howitzer/Badger Briggs TrustBusters Reserve defeated Max The Impaler/Heidi Howitzer/Badger Briggs after a Bishop Bomb from Bishop to Briggs. (7:47)

SEGMENT SIX (FOUR MINUTES):

- Promotional consideration paid for by the following: Alien Tape: Double sided ultra-strong tape with nano-grip technology that bonds instantly and holds on tight to almost any surface! Direct Bullion USA: The new gold standard. Roll your retirement account into a gold and silver backed IRA. Middleswarth Potato Chips: A Pennsylvania tradition. Grab a bag of their handcooked kettle chips or kitchen fresh potato chips on the go or pick up The Weekender and plan a weekend of fun around your favorite flavor. Dorney Park Halloween Haunt kicks off Friday night September 15th and runs every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday through the end of October.

Next Week On The Great Pro-Wrestling Adventure Hour Brackets announced for Trios Kingdom 2023! Fuego Del Sol vs. Flamita The Production (Derek Dillinger/Magnum CK/Ziggy Haim) vs. Dom Kubrick/Al Deniro/Katie Arquette Kevin Blackwood and Alan Angels vs. Fly-Def (Zack Zilla and Warren J) Also in action… Journey Fatu and Sean Maluta of The Family Tree Titus Alexander

Upcoming Shows:

CORE Pro #120 Trios Kingdom 2023 - Night One 09/01/23 Penn's Peak - Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania Featuring: The Calling (AKIRA/Rickey Shane Page/Delirious) with Raven The 37KAMIINA (MAO/Yuki Ueno/Toi Kojima) Jake Something/Vincent Nothing/Giant Baba Yaga with UltraMantis Black Team JTO (Ren Ayabe/Fire Katsumi/Akira Juumonji) Black Generation International (Kaito Ishida/Flamita/Yutani) The Production (Derek Dillinger/Magnum CK/Ziggy Haim) Just 5 Guys (TAKA Michinoku/Taichi/Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Big Mouth LOUD (Katsuyori Shibata/Kazunari Murakami/Manabu Hara) The Family Tree (Afa Jr./Sean Maluta/Journey Fatu) Donna del Mondo (Giulia/Maika/Thekla) Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Cancerbero/Luciferno/Virus) folkstyle (Shaw Mason/Tim Bosby/Hunter Holdcraft) Kerry Morton/Starboy Charlie/Marcus Mathers Los Magnificos (Adrenalina/Explosivo/Fantastico) Titus Alexander/Kevin Blackwood/Alan Angels TrustBusters Reserve (Big Dan Champion/Joshua Bishop/Invictus Khash)

CORE Pro #121 Trios Kingdom 2023 - Night Two 09/02/23 Charles Chrin Community Center - Easton, Pennsylvania Non-Tournament Special Attraction Trios Kingdom vs. King Of Trios: Six Winners From Previous Tournaments Face Off in Trios Action Trios Kingdom (Ethan Page/Andrew Everett/"Hot Sauce" Tracy Williams) vs. King Of Trios (Hallowicked/Lince Dorado/Trent Seven)

CORE Pro #122 Trios Kingdom 2023 - Night Three 09/03/23 Martz Hall - Pottsville, Pennsylvania

CORE returns to the Good Time Theatre at Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania! 09/04/23 Television taping for The Great Pro-Wrestling Adventure Hour as seen on Defy TV.

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Idk how many of you have seen Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events but it is so fucking amazing anyway

Think about an ASOUE au. Like the garrison trio as the Baudelaire kids, the broganes as the Quagmire triplets, Allura and Coran as Jacqualyn Snicker and Larry Your-Waiter, and Zarkon as Olaf. The fortune is voltron, and I got nothing past that.

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19 Uzman Web Sitenizin Neden Müşteri Getirmediğini Açıklıyor

19 Uzman Web Sitenizin Neden Müşteri Getirmediğini Açıklıyor

Sana bir web sitesi kurmanı söylediler , sen de yaptın. Bir web siteniz varsa müşteri kazanacağınızı söylediler, ama bu olmadı. 1999’dan beri binlerce web sitesi oluşturmak ve pazarlamakla ilgileniyorum , ancak bir balonun içine girmenin kolay olduğunun farkındayım. Bu yüzden, web tasarımı , SEO , metin yazarlığı, pazarlama ve kullanılabilirlik konularında uzman olan 19 arkadaşıma , neden bazı web sitelerinin başarılı olurken diğerlerinin başarısız olduğunu açıklamak için başvurdum. Tavsiyeleri, bir site başlatmak veya mevcut sayfaları geliştirmek isteyen herkes için net bir plan oluşturur.

1. Sorunları çözün.

New York Times’ın dokuz pazarlama ve işletme kitabının en çok satan yazarı Chris Brogan , “Çoğu web sitesi, ne kadar harika olduğunuz ve hangi sorunu çözdüğünüz hakkında değil,” diyor . ” ‘İş için daha iyi beceriler ve stratejiler mi istiyorsunuz? Yardım etmek için buradayız.’ Görmek? “Zorluk bu. Alıcınızı kahraman yapın.”

2. Özelliklere değil sonuçlara odaklanın.

Popüler tasarım blogu JUST Creative’i yöneten Jacob Cass böyle söylüyor . Cass, “Bunun yerine potansiyel müşterilerinize ürün veya hizmetinizin onlara sağlayacağı faydaları anlatın” diyor ve ekliyor: “Bunun klasik bir örneği bir tatbikattır. Müşteriler matkap istemiyor, duvarda delik istiyorlar. Bu nedenle deliklerin kalitesine ve bu delikleri oluşturmanın ne kadar kolay olduğuna odaklanın, gerçek matkabın kendisine değil.”

3. Kendinize değil müşterilerinize odaklanın.

“Bu müşterileriniz size değil odaklanmış çünkü Web siteniz müşterilerine getirmek değil,” Ann Handley, yazarı diyor The Wall Street Journal en çok satanlar “: Sizin Git-To Oluşturma Gülünç iyi İçeriğine Kılavuzu Herkes Yazılanlar” ve Baş MarketingProfs’ta İçerik Sorumlusu . “Ne yaptığınıza, ne sattığınıza veya neden harika olduğunuza odaklanmak yerine, müşterilerinizin neden ilgilenmesi gerektiğine odaklanın. Onlara nasıl yardım ediyorsun? Onların yüklerini nasıl omuzluyorsun? Acılarını hafifletmek mi? Hayatlarını daha iyi/zengin/akıllı kılmak? Bu senin hikayen.”

4. Markanızı oluşturun .

En çok satanlar arasında yer alan “Logo Design Love: A Guide to Create Iconic Brand” kitabının yazarı David Airey , “Sattığınız ürünün kalitesi marka kimliğinizin kalitesiyle eşleşirse veya onu geçerse, insanların sizden satın alma olasılığı daha yüksektir” diyor. kimlikler.” Başka bir deyişle, şirketiniz, ürünleriniz ve hizmetleriniz hakkında bunların hepsinden daha büyük bir itibar oluşturun. Bu itibar sizi büyüklüğe doğru çekecektir.

5. Müşterilerinizi size ihtiyaç duymadan önce tanıyın.

Dünyanın en büyük tıklama başına ödeme yazılım şirketi WordStream’in kurucusu Larry Kim, “İnsanlar rastgele bir şeye tıklayıp bir şeyler satın almıyor ” diyor . “Bildikleri ve sevdikleri markaları tercih ediyorlar. Tekrar eden ziyaretçilerin (sizi duymuş olan kişiler) yeni ziyaretçilere (sizi yeni tanıyan kişiler) göre iki ila üç kat daha yüksek tıklama oranları vardır,” diyor Kim. “Öyleyse hedefinizin önüne geçmenin yollarını bulun. ürünlerinizi/hizmetlerinizi satın almaları gerektiğine karar vermeden önce pazarlayın .” Bunu yapmak, sonuçları sizin lehinize önemli ölçüde önyargılı hale getirecektir.

6. İnsanların sizi tanımasına, sevmesine ve güvenmesine yardımcı olun.

” Paranın Değeri” adlı e-kitabı bunun neden yeterli olmadığını açıklayan Lior Frenkel, “Ana sayfanız yalnızca ‘bilme’ bölümünü kapsıyor” diyor . Ve Frenkel, FRNKL’de Yeni Dünya Erken Benimseyen olarak çok şey biliyor . “Hizmetlerinizi/ürünlerinizi çok erken satmaya çalışmak size harika sonuçlar getirmeyecektir. Önce onların seni sevmesine ve sana güvenmelerine ihtiyacın var. Bunu harika bir ‘Hakkımda’ sayfasına sahip olarak, sosyal medyada sizi takip etmelerini sağlayarak veya haber bülteninize abone olmalarını sağlayarak yapabilirsiniz.”

7. Geri gelmeleri için onlara bir sebep verin.

Influence & Co.’nun kurucu ortağı Kelsey Meyer, “Web siteniz müşteri getirmiyor çünkü onlara geri dönmeleri için bir neden vermediniz” diyor.

“Şirket blogunuz ayda yalnızca bir kez güncelleniyorsa ve yalnızca çalışan güncellemelerinden oluşuyorsa, potansiyel bir müşteri neden sitenize geri dönmekle ilgilensin?” diye soruyor. “Onların güvenini kazanarak ve hizmetlerinize neden ihtiyaç duydukları konusunda onları eğiterek potansiyel müşterileri müşterilere dönüştürürsünüz. Sitenizde, potansiyel müşterilerinizi eğiten ve onlarla etkileşime geçerek daha fazla bilgi edinmek için geri gelmelerini sağlayan içerik üretmeye odaklanın.”

8. Doğru kalabalığı çekin.

Fast Company , Newsweek , Forbes , LifeHacker ve BuzzFeed için yaratıcılık ve ticaretin kesişimi hakkında yazan Paul Jarvis , “Web sitenize yanlış insanlar giriyorsa, her şey boşunadır ” diyor . “Örneğin, sörf tahtaları satıyorsanız ve trafiğiniz çoğunlukla lama çobanlarından oluşuyorsa, hiçbir dönüşüm taktiği işe yaramaz.”

 9. Dönüşüm dostu olun.

Courtright Tasarım Kurucusu Kyle Courtright , ziyaretçileri müşteriye dönüştürmeye yardımcı olmak için kendinize şu soruları sorarak web sitenizin tasarımını optimize etmenizi önerir:

Tasarımın nefes alması için yeterli alan var mı?

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Ağır içeriği ayırmak için (ilgili) görüntüleriniz var mı?

Görüşler öne çıkıyor mu?

10. Kullanıcı deneyimini iyileştirin .

Six Revisions hakkında her şeyi kapsayan web geliştirme blogunun kurucusu Jacob Gube, “Bugün web sitelerinin müşteri çekmeye ve elde tutmaya çalışırken karşılaştığı en büyük zorluklardan biri sitedeki kullanıcı deneyimidir” diyor . Ayrıca Design Instruct çevrimiçi yayınının kurucu ortağı ve “MooTools 1.2 Başlangıç Kılavuzu”nun yazarıdır .

Gube, “Kullanıcı deneyimi sorunu, ziyaretçileri sitenizde vakit geçirmekten caydıran yavaş bir web sitesine sahip olmak kadar basit bir şey olabilir ve siteyi geliştirmek büyük sonuçlar doğurabilir” diyor ve ekliyor: “Örneğin, Amazon gelirini yüzde 1 artırdı. web sitesinin yükleme süresini 0,1 saniye azalttıktan sonra. Amazon , 2016’nın son çeyreğinde 43.7 milyar dolar kazandı . Web sitesi yükleme süresindeki bir saniyelik artışın Amazon için neler yapabileceğini hayal edin? Daha da önemlisi, senin için ne yapabilirdi?”

11. Gerçek değeri hemen şimdi sağlayın.

Belki de bu sizin web siteniz değildir. Belki sizin ürününüzdür. Pippin Williamson, “Şirketler sitelerini ‘pop’ yapmak ve öne çıkmak için çok fazla zaman harcıyorlar ve çoğu zaman müşteriye gerçek değeri olan bir şey sağlamak için hala sağlam bir ürün veya hizmet sunumu oluşturmaları gerektiğini unutuyorlar. diyor. Easy Digital Downloads, AffiliateWP ve Restrict Content Pro gibi ürünlerin arkasındaki şirket olan Sandhills Development’ı kurdu . “Paralaks afişlerini ve gösterişli, abartılı reklamları unutun ve sadece oluşturun” diyor. “Unutmadan gönderin.”

 12. Kitlenizi tanıyın.

studio.zeldman ve A List Apart’ın kurucusu Jeffrey Zeldman, “Belki de web sitenizi müşterileriniz yerine yönetim kurulunuzu tatmin edecek şekilde tasarladınız” diyor . Yönetim kuruluna güvenmeyin. Araştırmaya, verilere ve deneme yanılma yaklaşımına güvenin. “Etkili tasarım araştırma ile başlar. Ve daha fazla araştırma ile devam ediyor. Ve araştırmayı ve yinelemeyi asla bitirmez.”

13. Önce kullanılabilir, sonra güzelleştirin.

Julie Joyce, Link Fish Media’nın sahibidir ve Search Engine Land için köşe yazarıdır . Şöyle diyor: “Web sitenize göz atmak oldukça kolay. Onları orada birkaç saniyeden fazla tutmak kolay değil. Bununla ilgili gördüğüm ana sorun, tasarımın kullanılabilirlikten daha önemli göründüğü zamandır. Eşsiz görünen bazı güzel siteler gördüm ve bunlara çok zaman ayrılmış gibi ama restoranın menüsünü veya bize ulaşın sayfasını nasıl bulacağımı bile bulamıyorum.”

 14. Kelimeleri bağlayın.

Marka kimliği tasarımcısı ve Logo Geek’in kurucusu Ian Paget, çok nadiren takip edilen sağduyulu tavsiyeler veriyor. Paget, “İnsan beyni görsel olarak yönlendirildiği için kelimelerin işlenmesi daha uzun sürüyor” diyor. “Kullanıcının web sitesinde sorunsuz bir şekilde akmasına yardımcı olmak için akışı kesintiye uğratmaktan kaçınmak için ‘word-connect’ adı verilen bir teknik kullanın. Örnek olarak, bir başlık sayfası veya harekete geçirici mesaj, ‘Bir satın al, bir bedava tekliflerimizi görüntüleyin’ şeklindeyse, kullanıcı, ‘Bir satın al, bir bedava teklifleri’ başlıklı eşleşen bir sayfa görmeyi bekler. . Bunun yerine sayfa başlığında ‘Seçili İndirimler’ yazıyorsa, kelimeler birbirine bağlanmaz ve potansiyel olarak kullanıcının kafasını karıştırabilir.”

15. Mesajınızı iletin — hızlı.

Unbounce kurucu ortağı Oli Gardner, muhtemelen yaşayan veya ölü herkesten daha fazla açılış sayfası gördü. Gardner, “İhtiyacım olan şeyler için Google’da arama yaptığımda, Control + Command düğmelerini basılı tutuyorum ve sekmelerde açmak için ilk beş bağlantıya tıklıyorum” diyor. “Ardından karşılaştırmalı alışverişe gidiyorum. Açılış sayfanız/ana sayfanız ne yaptığınızı hemen açıklamıyorsa, işlem tamamlanmıştır. Sekmeyi kapatıyorum ve seni sonsuza dek dünyamdan siliyorum. Bu her gün milyonlarca kez oluyor. Değer teklifinizin netliğini hemen düzeltin, yoksa kaybedersiniz.”

 16. Doğru metrikleri takip edin.

Tom Ross, bir grafik tasarımcılar topluluğu olan Design Cuts’ın CEO’sudur ve Honest Designers Podcast’ine ev sahipliği yapmaktadır . “İnsanlar, bunun müşterilere dönüşeceğini varsayarak trafik gibi yanlış ölçümlere odaklanma eğiliminde” diyor. Gerçekten ihtiyacınız olan şeyler, gerçekten değerli bir ürün ve potansiyel potansiyel müşterilerin doğru kalitesidir.

Ross, “Sitenize ulaşan 100.000 freebie arayan kişinin ego artışını görmezden gelin ve bunun yerine sağlam, lazer hedefli potansiyel potansiyel müşterileri çekmeye odaklanın” diyor. bahçıvanlık çatalı sayfanıza iner, müşteriler kazanırsınız.”

 17. Bilgili, dertli ve habersiz müşterilere hitap edin.

Derek Halpern, “Bilgilenenler sizi tanıyor, beğeniyor ve güveniyor” diyor. Social Triggers’ı kurdu ve Satış Sayfasını Dönüştüren Eğitim programını oluşturdu. “Etkilenenler, bir sorunu olan ve bir çözüme ihtiyaç duyan insanlardır. Umursamaz olanlar, düzeltilebilecek bir sorundan muzdarip olduklarının farkına bile varmayan insanlardır. Ve çoğu web sitesinin yapması gerektiğini düşündükleri kadar çok satış yapamamasının 1 numaralı nedeni, üçüne de hitap etmeleri gerekirken bu insanlardan yalnızca birine hitap etmeleridir.”

18. Sadece odaklanın.

Millo’nun kurucusu Preston Lee, “Web sitelerinin müşteri getirememesinin 1 numaralı nedeni, odak eksikliğinden kaynaklanıyor” diyor . “Potansiyel müşteriler sitenize geldiğinde, onları genellikle onlara bir şeyler satmak olan en önemli hedefinize doğru itmek istersiniz. Bu yüzden onları bülteninize abone olmaya, sizi Twitter’da takip etmeye veya blogunuzu okumaya davet etmeyi bırakın. Bunların hepsi ikincil hedefler olabilir, ancak birincil hedefiniz tarafından gölgede bırakılmalıdır: site ziyaretçilerini ödeme yapan müşterilere dönüştürmek.”

 19. Mobil olun .

“Siteniz mobilde çalışmıyor. Freelance.TV’yi yaratan web ve uygulama tasarımcısı Dann Petty , herkes mobilde ” diyor . Petty, web sitenizin neden başarısız olabileceğini yanıtlayan değerli taşlar sunan bir ipucu altın madeniydi:

Klişe kelimelere fazla odaklanıyorsun.

Ücretsiz reklamcılığa odaklanmıyorsunuz: bir sosyal medya varlığı.

Marka yaratmayı unutmuşsun.

Kimse sitenizi nasıl bulacağını bilmiyor.

“Bu sabah bununla ilgili tweet mi attın?” Petty soruyor. “Dün gece Instagram’a bir şey mi gönderdin? Facebook sayfanı takip ediyor musun? Bunlardan birine bile hayır cevabı veriyorsan, muhtemelen bunun bir nedeni var.”

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Doctors who explain clearly why vaccines aren't safe or effective.

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32. Many doctors talking at once - http://bit.ly/1MPVHOv

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35. Dr. Richard Deth - http://bit.ly/1GQDL10

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44. Dr. Joseph Mercola - http://bit.ly/18dE38I

45. Dr. Jeff Bradstreet - http://bit.ly/1MaX0cC

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47. Dr Theresa Deisher https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=6Bc6WX33SuE

48. Dr. Sam Eggertsen-https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8LB-3xkeDAE

Hundreds more doctors testifying that vaccines aren't safe or effective, in these documentaries....

1. Vaccination - The Silent Epidemic - http://bit.ly/1vvQJ2W

2. The Greater Good - http://bit.ly/1icxh8j

3. Shots In The Dark - http://bit.ly/1ObtC8h

4. Vaccination The Hidden Truth - http://bit.ly/KEYDUh

5. Vaccine Nation - http://bit.ly/1iKNvpU

6. Vaccination - The Truth About Vaccines - http://bit.ly/1vlpwvU

7. Lethal Injection - http://bit.ly/1URN7BJ

8. Bought - http://bit.ly/1M7YSlr

9. Deadly Immunity - http://bit.ly/1KUg64Z

10. Autism - Made in the USA - http://bit.ly/1J8WQN5

11. Beyond Treason - http://bit.ly/1B7kmvt

12. Trace Amounts - http://bit.ly/1vAH3Hv

13. Why We Don't Vaccinate - http://bit.ly/1KbXhuf

9 hour court case

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFTsd042M3o

Documentaries...

1. Vaccination - The Silent Epidemic(2013)

- http://bit.ly/1vvQJ2W

2. The Greater Good - (2011)

https://youtu.be/VxR8XQHc0A0

3. Shots In The Dark -(2009)

http://bit.ly/1ObtC8h

4. Vaccination The Hidden Truth -(1998)

http://bit.ly/KEYDUh

5. Vaccine Nation - (2008)

https://youtu.be/bLk641P8CE4

6. Vaccination - The Truth About Vaccines -

http://bit.ly/1vlpwvU

7. Lethal Injection - http://bit.ly/1URN7BJ

8. Bought - (2015)

https://youtu.be/HrgkKREhQrs

https://youtu.be/_9nre8AMe5I

9. Deadly Immunity - (2005)

http://bit.ly/1KUg64Z

10. Autism - Made in the USA(2009)

- http://bit.ly/1J8WQN5

11. Beyond Treason - (2005)

http://bit.ly/1B7kmvt

12. Trace Amounts - (2014)

http://bit.ly/1vAH3Hv

13. Why We Don't Vaccinate -

https://youtu.be/WjiFrTnWiK4

14. Autism Yesterday - (2010)

http://bit.ly/1URU2A7

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CORE Pro #119 Burning The Tomato Worms 08/21/23 Pittston Tomato Festival - Pittston, Pennsylvania Attendance: 75,000+ (attended the festival over four days)

- The show opened with a video montage set to "El Incendio" by Fin del Mundo. Scenes included the ring being assembled on the fairgrounds, tomatoes being stenciled on the streets of Pittston, folkstyle and Leyla Hirsch warming up with a round of King Of The Mat, CORE participating in the Tomato Festival parade with Fuego Del Sol and Dragon Kid throwing candy to the crowd from the ring truck, Titus Alexander, Kevin Blackwood, and Alan Angels discussing strategy as they get closer to Trios Kingdom, Eddie Kingston taking the plunge as part of the charity dunk tank, Kylie Paige being turned away from the ferris wheel due to the No Single Riders policy, and Toru Sugiura and Tomoya Hirata watching the spaghetti eating contest.

Match #1

Fuego Del Sol vs. Fugaz .- Fugaz attempted a springboard dropkick but Fuego Del Sol dodged the attack. When Fugaz scrambled back to his feet he was met with a rebound tornado DDT from Fuego followed by a pinfall. Winner: Fuego Del Sol

Match #2 Trench Trial Series - Match 6

Trench vs. Parker Boudreaux - Parker Boudreaux charged for a splash in the corner but Trench got out of the way. Boudreaux hit into the top turnbuckle and staggered back into a full nelson from Trench. Parker fought his way free and tried for the two handed chokeslam on Trench, but Trench countered with an inverted full nelson and Boudreaux submitted. Trench won his second match in a row in his Trial Series. Winner: Trench

Match #3

Marcus Mathers/Brogan Finlay/Ricky Morton/Kenzie Paige vs. folkstyle (Shaw Mason/Tim Bosby/Hunter Holdcraft) and Leyla Hirsch - Ricky Morton tried for the Canadian Destroyer on Shaw Mason, but Mason rolled all the way through with the move and took control of Morton's leg and turned him over into the ankle lock. folkstyle and Leyla Hirsch were able to hold off attempts to break up the submission and Morton was left with no choice but to cry uncle. Winners: folkstyle and Leyla Hirsch

- Mathers, Finlay, Morton and Paige attacked their opponents after the match, but folkstyle and Hirsch stood their ground and the two sides traded blows with neither gaining an advantage. Just then Brogan Finlay's brother David Finlay appeared at ringside. David Finlay pulled Tim Bosby off of Brogan and embraced his brother with a big hug. But David Finlay did not release the hug and instead backed his brother into a corner and held him in place as Brogan watched KENTA enter the ring from the opposite side and hit the Go 2 Sleep on Marcus Mathers. This gave folkstyle and Hirsch the upper hand and they proceeded to stretch their opponents while Brogan could only watch. We cut backstage to Larry Zbyszko who is making his way to the ring past the barred shut dressing room of Kerry Morton and Starboy Charlie as they bang on the door in vain. David Finlay finally releases his younger brother into the waiting arms of Tim Bosby and folkstyle and Hirsch simultaneously put their opponents in the ankle lock. Zbyszko, after handing an envelope to David Finlay, entered the ring to enjoy the suffering. Zbyszko cheered on as the four transitioned from ankle locks into heel hooks and Marcus, Brogan, Ricky, and Kenzie all cried out in pain. Just then we cut backstage to Kylie Paige running past the still barred dressing room door of Kerry and Starboy and toward the ring brandishing a steel chair. Kylie showed no interest in rescuing her former associates and instead went right after the surgically repaired knee of Larry Zbyszko. Kylie repeatedly drove the chair into Zbyszko's knee until his screams drowned out those of her one time partners. CORE officials stormed the ring and the locker room emptied, including Kerry Morton and Starboy who had finally been set free. folkstyle and Hirsch left without any issue but Kylie Paige had to be restrained and carried to the back. Medical personnel led by Dr. Frank Romascavage tended to the fallen wrestlers as CORE took an early intermission.

Match #4

Junction Three (Dragon Kid and Rich Swann) vs. Alan Angels and Kevin Blackwood .- Rich Swann climbed to the second rope for a phoenix splash on Kevin Blackwood, but Alan Angels pulled Blackwood out of the way before impact. Angels connected with the Wing Snapper on Swann and Blackwood followed up off the top rope with a standing doublestomp on Swann. Blackwood made the cover as Angels held Dragon Kid on the apron. Winners: Alan Angels and Kevin Blackwood

Match #5

Something/Nothing (Jake Something and Vincent Nothing) with UltraMantis Black vs. Toru Sugiura and Tomoya Hirata - Toru Sugiura hoisted Jake Something up and hit a brainbuster on the floor. Sugiura appealed to the crowd but turned around into a running neckbreaker on the outside from Giant Baba Yaga. As Yaga helped Something to his feet, back in the ring Tomoya Hirata had Vincent Nothing up for the running powerslam, but Nothing slipped off his shoulders. Hirata hit the ropes and charged at Nothing for a lariat, but Nothing ducked under and Hirata ran right into a black hole slam from Jake Something and, with his partner still down at ringside, was pinned. Winners: Something/Nothing

.- After the match Something and Nothing made their case to UltraMantis that they had things under control and didn't need Giant Baba Yaga's help. Yaga at this point was already through the curtain with only a trail of American Rebel cigar smoke left behind.

.- Before the next match, Kerry Morton got on the microphone and demanded that they be presented with Larry Zbyszko's NWA Western States Heritage Championship as they had honored their part of the challenge. CORE director of long term storytelling John Williams made his way to ringside and handed the title over to Starboy Charlie. Kerry Morton informed the crowd that Marcus Mathers, Brogan Finlay, Ricky Morton, and Kenzie Paige had all been airlifted out of Pennsylvania and are on their way to New Jersey where they can receive proper medical care. Larry Zbyszko on the other hand was taken to a local hospital so there's a 50/50 chance he won’t make it through the night. Kerry Morton also claimed to have bit into a Pittston tomato earlier in the day and that it was the most disgusting thing he's ever eaten. Morton wondered if in Pittston they irrigate their tomato fields with raw sewage and stated that the best tomatoes in town are the ones they put on the Whoppers at the Burger King on Kennedy Boulevard.

Match #6

Couture Cops (Breeze and Dirty Dango) vs. Kerry Morton and Starboy Charlie - Morton and Starboy took their frustrations out on Dirty Dango, isolating him early in the match. Dango was finally able to make the tag and Breeze charged in like a house of fire. Breeze with an armdrag on Starboy. Breeze with an armdrag on Morton. Breeze with a dropkick on Starboy. Breeze with a dropkick on Morton. But when Breeze went for a back body drop on Starboy, Charlie blocked it and locked his arms around Breeze's waist as Kerry came from the other side with a punt kick to Breeze's groin. Starboy Charlie spiked Breeze with a piledriver. Morton knocked Dango off the apron with a high knee as Charlie pulled Breeze up for another piledriver. Starboy finally made the pin after a third piledriver and a running shooting star press on Breeze. Winners: Kerry Morton and Starboy Charlie

Match #7 NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship Match

Eddie Kingston (Champion) vs. Titus Alexander - Titus Alexander drove Eddie Kingston sternum first into the corner looking for the Chaos Theory, but Kingston hooked his arms under the top rope and Alexander rolled back to the center of the ring. Kingston connected with a spinning backfist on Titus, which staggered him. Kingston followed up with an exploder suplex and a pin but Titus kicked out at two. As Titus began to sit up he was met with a Sliding D elbow from Kingston and pinned in the center of the ring. Winner: Eddie Kingston

- CORE originals made their way to the ring to congratulate Eddie Kingston on his recent tour for New Japan. Jigsaw, Nate Webb, Trik Davis, Cheech, Cloudy, Bobby Dempsey, Josh Abercrombie, Colin Delaney, and AJ Petrucci all presented Eddie Kingston with flowers, hugs, and handshakes. Titus Alexander watched this all unfold from ringside with a look of disgust as he demanded to know what would have happened if he had won? Did CORE invite all these wrestlers and buy all these flowers because no one actually thought he had a chance of winning? These questions went unanswered as Titus Alexander brushed by his Trios Kingdom partners Kevin Blackwood and Alan Angels who came out to console him. Focus returned to the ring where Kingston took the microphone and expressed his gratitude to the fans of the Coal Region who have supported him since the third CORE show in November of 2007. Kingston promised to return as often as he can and the CORE originals led the crowd in an “Eddie” chant to close out the festival.

Upcoming Shows:

CORE Pro #120 Trios Kingdom 2023 - Night One 09/01/23 Penn's Peak - Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania Featuring: The Calling (AKIRA/Rickey Shane Page/Delirious) with Raven The 37KAMIINA (MAO/Yuki Ueno/Toi Kojima) Jake Something/Vincent Nothing/Giant Baba Yaga with UltraMantis Black Team JTO (Ren Ayabe/Fire Katsumi/Akira Juumonji) Black Generation International (Kaito Ishida/Flamita/Yutani) The Production (Derek Dillinger/Magnum CK/Ziggy Haim) Just 5 Guys (TAKA Michinoku/Taichi/Yoshinobu Kanemaru) Big Mouth LOUD (Katsuyori Shibata/Kazunari Murakami/Manabu Hara) The Family Tree (Afa Jr./Sean Maluta/Journey Fatu) Donna del Mondo (Giulia/Maika/Thekla) Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Cancerbero/Luciferno/Virus) folkstyle (Shaw Mason/Tim Bosby/Hunter Holdcraft) Kerry Morton/Starboy Charlie/Marcus Mathers Los Magnificos (Adrenalina/Explosivo/Fantastico) Titus Alexander/Kevin Blackwood/Alan Angels

CORE Pro #121 Trios Kingdom 2023 - Night Two 09/02/23 Charles Chrin Community Center - Easton, Pennsylvania Non-Tournament Special Attraction Trios Kingdom vs. King Of Trios: Six Winners From Previous Tournaments Face Off in Trios Action Trios Kingdom (Ethan Page/Andrew Everett/"Hot Sauce" Tracy Williams) vs. King Of Trios (Hallowicked/Lince Dorado/Trent Seven)

CORE Pro #122 Trios Kingdom 2023 - Night Three 09/03/23 Martz Hall - Pottsville, Pennsylvania

CORE returns to the Good Time Theatre at Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania! 09/04/23 Television taping for The Great Pro-Wrestling Adventure Hour as seen on Defy TV.

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LUCY, THE PART-TIME WIFE

S3;E14 ~ December 14, 1970

Directed by Ross Martin ~ Written by Larry Rhine and Lou Derman

Synopsis

Harry is panicked when he thinks an old college girlfriend wants to marry him, so he recruits Lucy to pretend to be his wife – complete with two teenage kids and another one on the way!

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter)

Desi Arnaz Jr. (Craig Carter) does not appear in this episode. He is, however, mentioned in the dialogue and his name appears in the opening credits.  Harry claims Craig is “on vacation.”

Guest Cast

Jean Willes (Gertrude Krebs) appeared in The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) and A Woman of Distinction (1950) with Lucille Ball.  This is her only series appearance.  

Gertrude is a college friend of Harry’s.  

Carole Cook (Lillian Rylander) played Thelma Green on “The Lucy Show” as well as a host of other characters. She was a protege of Lucille Ball’s during the Desilu Playhouse years. Although born as Mildred Cook, Ball suggested she take the name Carole, in honor of Lucy’s great friend, Carole Lombard. Cook appeared in five episodes of “Here’s Lucy.”   

Lillian is a member of Lucy’s bridge club.  The surname Rylander has been used many times by Gale Gordon when dictating letters to Lucy in both “Here’s Lucy” and “The Lucy Show.”  

Eddie Quillan (Cab Driver) appeared in the Lucille Ball film A Guide for the Married Man (1967) and in two episodes of “The Lucy Show.”  This is the first of his two “Here’s Lucy” installments.

Billy Benedict (Delivery Man) played Whitey in the original Bowery Boys / East Side Kids film serials.  He married for the first time at age 52 while working as an extra on Hello, Dolly (1969) – coincidentally to a girl named Dolly! This is his only time (in more than 300 films and television shows) working with Lucille Ball.

Gary Morton (Airport Announcer Voice, uncredited) was a comedian who worked the famed ‘Borscht Belt’ in the Catskills Mountains. He met Lucille Ball shortly after her divorce from Desi Arnaz and they married in November 1961. At her request, Morton gave up his nightclub career and became a producer of “The Lucy Show.” Morton also served as a warm-up comic for the show’s studio audience. He appeared in “Lucy and the Andrews Sisters” (S2;E6) and “Lucy and Sammy Davis Jr.” (S3;E3). Morton passed away in 1999.

The voice delivers the news that Gertrude’s flight has been delayed five hours.

Lee Bergere (Doctor Brogan, uncredited) worked at Desilu in "Star Trek", "Mission: Impossible," and "Mannix". He is probably best remembered for playing Joseph on “Dynasty” (1981-83). 

Unusually, Bergere, who has dialogue in the episode’s final scene, is not identified in the end credits. It may be the result of ‘artistic differences’ with Lucille Ball a LBP, or it may just have been an oversight. 

Joan Carey (Airport Traveler, uncredited) was one of the few performers to be seen on “I Love Lucy,” “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy.” She was also one of Lucille Ball’s camera and lighting stand-ins. [Thanks to The Lucy Lounge for spotting her!]

Other airport travelers are played by uncredited background performers. 

This is the first episode to be directed by actor Ross Martin, who was a good friend of Lucille Ball’s. In a 1970 TV special (two weeks before this episode first aired) titled “Swing Out, Sweet Land” - a history of America hosted by John Wayne - Lucille Ball did the voice of the Statue of Liberty and Martin played Alexander Hamilton. He will direct one more episode of “Here’s Lucy.”  

The title of this episode is often listed without the article: “Lucy, Part-Time Wife.”  

Gary Morton’s loud laughter from the studio audience is particularly noticeable in this episode. Perhaps, as her husband, he was wildly amused at the idea of Lucille being pregnant?

When Harry pleads with Lucy saying “it’s a matter of life or death” Lucy immediately assumes he’s been drafted. From 1940 until 1973 men were drafted to fill vacancies in the United States Armed Forces that could not be filled through voluntary means. The draft came to an end when the United States Armed Forces moved to an all-volunteer military force. In 1970, the Vietnam War made the draft a hot button issue on TV and politics.

To get Lucy to play along as his expectant wife, Harry bribes Lucy with a steam cabinet and an all-expenses paid trip to the Grand Canyon.   

Gertrude is in Los Angeles on a layover on her way to Honolulu.  At the end of season three, Lucy and Vivian will go to Hawaii, but by cruise ship, not plane.

Gertrude’s college nicknamed was ‘Blood and Guts’, the nickname of General Patton. General George Smith Patton Jr. (1885-1945) was a senior officer of the United States Army who commanded in the Mediterranean and European theaters of World War II, but is best known for his leadership in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. A biopic of his life starring George C. Scott (inset) opened in spring 1970 making this reference topical.  

Lillian Rylander says she’s at the airport on her way to Chicago with Hilda and Jane for a bridge tournament. When Lucy’s Bridge Club was introduced in “Lucy and Eva Gabor” (S1;E7) it consisted of Dolores, Maude and Nelly. Hilda was mentioned as a Bridge Club member in “Lucy the Helpful Mother” (S2;E15). This is the first mention of a member named Jane.  

Lucy tells Gertrude that she’s had cravings for pickles and ice cream, the usual TV trope craving for expectant mothers.

When Lucy is reading baby names from a book, she stops on the name 'Anabell.’  Lucille Ball starred as Annabel Allison in the films The Affairs of Annabel (1938) and Annabel Takes a Tour (1938).

Lucie breaks out the doll she had as a child, which was named Clarabelle.

At the end of the episode, Lucy kisses Harry, her brother-in-law, on the lips!  

Interestingly, the last time Lucille Ball was pregnant on camera was with Desi Arnaz Jr., who is coincidentally absent from this episode of “Here’s Lucy.” 

In 1952, when Lucy Ricardo was expecting, CBS censors forbade the writers from using the word ‘pregnant.’  Throughout this episode – eighteen years later – the word is still not used!  

When Lucy Ricardo was pregnant she craved pistachio ice cream and sardines.

Lucy Ricardo also worried about picking a name for the baby, wanting names that were “unique and euphonious.”  

Lucy Ricardo spends some time in a steam cabinet in “The Diet” (ILL S3;E1).

Sitcom Logic Gap Chasm!  Lucille Ball was 59 years old when she filmed this episode!

Also, Harry tells Gertrude that Lucy is having a baby “any day now.” Could they not simply tell Gertrude that the baby came early and disguise a doll (or a cheese!) as the baby?  

“Lucy, the Part-Time Wife” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

This episode has the shoe on the other foot: Harry has a wild scheme that he must convince Lucy to go along with. Despite the preposterous premise, the episode proves to be funny.  The last scene, however, fails to build to a climax quite in the way it should have. But Lucy gets to do a good amount of her trademark physical comedy, including her funny faces when eating the pickles and ice cream!  

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Book recommendations:

M.I.L.K. photography books 

Hulton Getty photography books

Glastonbury Festival photo book 

Jungle child by Sabine Kuegler - For anyone interested in anthropology. 

The secret history by Donna Tartt 

All my friends are superheroes by Andrew Kaufman 

Catch me when I fall by Nicci French 

Tyger, tyger by William Blake 

Gekweld by Chuck Palahniuk

Global surfari by the Surfrider Foundation - Great slang and stuff!

The man with the dancing eyes by Sophie Dahl 

The velveteen rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco 

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte 

Alle verhalen by Roald Dahl 

Oh the places you'll go by Dr. Seuss 

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss 

Lemony Snicket's A series of unfortunate events 

Shel Silverstein 

Hafiz

Rumi

Marvel comics 

DC comics 

The power of now by Eckhart Tolle 

Tank Girl by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin - For girls with guts!

Nemi by Lise - Deviant stuff.

Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley - Read them all.

Daar zijn woorden voor door Toon Tellegen - Great for a eulogy.

The melancholy death of oyster boy & other stories by Tim Burton 

Terry Pratchett - Great storyteller. Did not like his non-fiction work though.

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling - I read those books during my childhood. I’m not into them any more but I feel like I gotta give credit where credit is due.

Le petit prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

Sergio Bambaren - De droom van de dolfijn is favoriet.

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 

Roemi, Juwelen 

Dinosauria, we by Charles Bukowski

Vuur, water, lucht & aarde: handleiding voor acteren by Helmert Woudenberg

I Tjing; het boek der veranderingen by Richard Wilhelm

Arabische nachten en dagen by Nagieb Mahfoez & N. Mahfoez

Habibi by Craig Thompson 

The apple throne by Tessa Gratton 

Brave new world by Aldous Huxley

James Redfield, I love The celestine prophecy book series

The rocket by Ray Bradbury

The tao of wu by The RZA

Zakatlas van de belevingswereld by Jean Klare en Louise van Swaaij

The afterlife of Billy Fingers by Annie Kagan

Kaizen, elke dag wat meer magie in je leven by Anna Sólyom - Japanse levenskunst.

Women who run with the wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Incendio by Tess Gerritsen

Eten, bidden, beminnen door Elizabeth Gilbert - Feel-Good boek.

Tekens zijn overal door Laura Lynne Jackson

Gleaming planet by The spectacular now

Mijn jaar van rust en kalmte door Ottessa Mosfegh

Het water komt door Rutger Bregman - Een brief aan alle Nederlanders

Mijn leven als medium door Fleur Leussink

Denk groot en word rijk door Napoleon Hill

The artist’s way door Julia Cameron

Only love is real by Dr. Brian Weiss

Zware botten bestaan niet door Nadja Hermann

De fontein door Els van Steijn - Deze boeken vond ik zo goed dat ik ze zowel in het Engels als in het Nederlands heb gelezen.

The rose that grew from concrete by Tupac Shakur

Letters to a young poet by Rainer Maria Rilke - I especially liked the footnotes

Daar waar de rivierkreeften zingen door Delia Owens

Elementaire gewoontes door James Clear

The 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen R. Covey

100 % positivo door Leo Bormans

Samen is beter door Simon Sinek

Omarm je zelf door Dr. Kelly Brogan - I do believe in using medication though. There are some interesting insights in this book!

Als het leven een spel is, dan zijn dit de regels door Chérie Carter-Scott

Een betere wereld waarvan we in ons hart weten dat die mogelijk is door Charles Eisenstein - 101 voor de hedendaagse idealist

Judas door Astrid Holleeder

Pussy A reclamation by Regena Thomashauer

Leonard Cohen

Celebrate life 2 Het verhaal van ID&T door Gert van Veen - Kijkje in de evenementenbranche

W.i.t.c.h. by Disney Comics

Glennon Doyle -  Vooral; Ongetemd leven Zelfbevrijdingsgids. I adore this woman, get my daily dose of her podcast: We can do hard things. 

Kamerplanten voor dummies door Larry Hodgson en de redeacteuren van de National Gardening Association - Meest nauwkeurige boek over kamerplanten wat ik heb gelezen, wat echter ontbreekt zijn de kleurenfoto’s tussendoor.

Het verdeelde zelf door Ronald Laing

Europe a Prophecy by William Blake

De lijn door Ashley Wood & Ben Wood

Prima facie door Suzie Miller

Blauwbaard door Amélie Nothomb & Camille Benyamina

Grenzeloos bewustzijn door Gregg Braden

Tom de Wal

The soul spill by Tori Deal & Vira

Mary go wild by Maslow

The creative act by Rick Rubin

Kattenoog door Margaret Atwood

De vierde dimensie door Hans Peter Roel

De vierde dimensie werkboek door Hans Peter Roel

Reis door de chakra's door Anodea Judith & Selene Vega

The stars are dying by Chloe C. Peñaranda

God-Keizer op duin door Frank Herbert - Duin deel 4

Ontwaken in 5D door Maureen J. St. Germain

Het leven dat jou past door Arthur C. Brooks & Oprah Winfrey - Zelfhulpboek!

Manifesteren kun je leren door Willemijn Welten

De kracht van ADHD door Anders Hansen

I love theology and have read the Holy Bible, the Holy Quran, the Holy Veda’s, the Holy teachings of Buddha, the Holy Torah, Rastafari, Kabbala, Bhagavad Gita, Tao Te Tjing, The Satanic Bible, books from Clarissa Pinkola Estés and A course in miracles. 

I love reading DJ Mag and tattoo related magazines like for example Inked Mag.