#onita produce

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Celebrity Crush

Hi guys!

This is a new one, but it's kind of a suit from this story. A bonus chapter, I don't know how we can call it.

I hope you will like it :)

TW : Ona Batlle being perfect as ever.(I'm so in love)

Summary : You're a worldclass singer in an interview after you left your group because your manager and staff were asshole.

Enjoy!

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After leaving your group's separation, you quickly felt better. The depression that awaited you flew away like a cloud of smoke once the stress and pressure that were constantly on your shoulders stopped existing. Even when you were on trial against your old record company, your former bosses and manager, you felt good. Because even if you ended up paying millions, it meant you were free again. And that, in your eyes, was priceless.

You must also admit that being able to be with your girlfriend on a daily basis is probably the main reason for your well-being. Ona has always been the most important person in your life and since your return to Barcelona, you have trouble being separated from her. You gladly accompany her to her training sessions and you will also happily get her when she has finished. You go to each of her games as well, even if they are on the other side of Spain or in another country. You have so much time to catch up and your wear your jersey with her name with pride.

You were afraid at first that having you around all the time would end up bothering Ona, but she seems as happy to have you back as you are. At first, you didn’t know what to do while the footballer was training, so you cleaned up your house. As the days passed, you started composing and playing music again, for fun. Your apartment may no longer shine like a mint, but it has the advantage that your housekeeper stops staring at you when you don’t put their products in the right place.

It's only two years later that you decide to release a music album, entirely produced by you. You don’t want to experience the same kind of problems as before and you’ve decided that you’re never better served than by yourself. The songs are mostly love songs related to Ona to be fair.

When you looked for musicians, you asked the guys but only Ricardo agreed. You didn’t blame the other two, even if you now use the thing to annoy them when you see them again and you start bickering like fifteen year olds.

You choose your interviews yourself and it's you who plans your concert schedules, arranging to place them at times or places that don't make you miss any match of Ona. It's sometimes more difficult for her to come see you in concert, but these being the same each time, you don't hold it against her. You have an agent, though, who is no one but your big brother, who you have complete confidence in, and who knows how to be a watchdog when it comes.

After dropping Ona off at practice today, you head to the centre of Barcelona for an interview. You initially hesitated before accepting, but when sold to you as a way to also talk about homosexuality that is forced to hide in the music world, you quickly accepted.

"Drive carefully. I will try to listen to you" Ona promised before kissing you tenderly caressing your cheek.

"All right. Be careful Onita."

Ona smiled at you and left the car, not without kissing you one more time when you whines when you saw her leaving your car.

The report that is broadcast before your interview attracts all your attention and you are happy that the subject is approached in this way. The way they educate young people on the subject also pleases you very much. During the ad page and the beginning of your interview, you send a quick message to Ona and your mother, telling them that the interview will soon begin.

The headphones on your ears, you smile at the journalist who is interviewing you. She is a well-known and respected journalist in Spain and you are happy that she is the one doing your interview.

"So Y/N, hello! How are you?"

"I’m fine thank you and you?" you answer with a smile.

"Well, I’m glad you’re here."

You smile and nod. She informed you that the interview was being filmed to be broadcast online on the radio’s website, but don’t forget that most people can’t see you. So you also thank her orally.

After discussing the report and general views, she gently guides the discussion on your own case, as agreed. You naturally asked Ona’s permission to talk about her before accepting the interview.

"And so in your case, it was your record company at the time that prohibited you from mentioning your girlfriend?"

"Yes. In truth, I was not allowed to talk about my homosexuality at all. It was the record company that started releasing subtle information to make the fans believe that something was going on between Juan and me"

"And you were already with your girlfriend when it all started?"

"We’ve been together since we were 17 and I’ve never kept the truth from them" you shrug your shoulders.

"It must have been hard for you, but also for her, I guess."

You swallow nervously, the difficult moments through which you passed coming back in memory. Playing nervously with your fingers, you quickly shift your attention to your interlocutor.

"Very. Honestly, I’m very lucky that she stayed. Many other people would have given up on me I think."

The reporter smiles at you before moving on to another question. You knew this kind of moment would come and you were prepared. But that doesn’t mean it’s nice to talk about it anyway.

"I can see people reacting to what you said and some people find it unbelievable that your former employers have not managed to separate you" she comments looking at a screen next to her.

"Oh, actually they almost succeeded. But that’s precisely when I decided to stop everything. I could see my life without music, but I couldn’t see my life without Ona" you say timidly while smiling.

The journalist smiles back at you and winks at you before grabbing a small pile of cards next to her.

"Thank you for your sincerity. Now a quick round of questions on anything and everything, all our guests come through. Are you ready?"

"Ready" you answer, a little more relaxed.

You laugh softly when she throws a jingle, before you ask the first question.

"What is your favorite season?"

"Summer" you answer. The summer break would be fairer, considering Ona’s busy schedule.

"Your favorite food?"

"The fideua of my mother-in-law, sorry Mama I love you"

"If you had to live in a city other than Barcelona, which one would it be?"

You give yourself a few seconds to think, quickly listing the places you know in your head.

"Um… Maybe Palma de Mallorca"

An hour’s flight from your families, the little island is a place you enjoy. So why not. In addition, you need the sun to live properly. Even if you enjoy London, you don't see yourself living there permanently.

"Real Madrid or FC Barcelona?"

"Barcelona, obviously" you answer with a smile.

"The first thing you do in the morning, only the answers that can be listened by our youngest ears are allowed" jokes the journalist, making you laugh.

"Turn off my girlfriend’s alarm clock I guess"

You never understood how Ona got up and got to practice on time during your absence. She never hears the sound of her alarm clock.

"Ok and last question. Who is your celebrity crush? Ban to mention Ona's name"

You laugh again and roll your eyes.

"Okay then… The Number 22 of Fc Barcelona Femini is kind of cute" you answer with malice, mentioning Ona's number.

It makes the journalist laugh and you smile while shrugging your shoulders before answering.

"What? You saw my girlfriend? There’s no way I’d mention another name"

This is where the interview ends and you warmly thank the whole team for their kindness. After posing for a photo for their social networks, you still stay with them to talk a little bit. At this time, Ona is probably coming home, Salma having offered to bring her back for once since you were not sure to arrive on time.

When you go out, some fans are waiting for you and you take a few minutes to talk to them, sign autographs or take pictures. When you finally get to your car, you answer Ona’s message that she is home to tell her that you are coming too.

"I’m home mi Amor!"

Ona appears smiling in the entrance after a few seconds and you don't hesitate to pass your arms around her to squeeze her against you. It’s only been a few hours but it’s pretty incredible how much you missed her. You smile while feeling the comforting smell of her shampoo and smile even more when she drops kisses in the hollow of your neck.

"How was the training?" you ask her while playing with her long hair.

"Very good. Only three games left and we’re on vacation"

You smile and nod. Barcelona are already sure to win the championship and you saw their third straight victory in the Champions League a few weeks before.

"I can’t wait"

You have already planned your vacation, three weeks under the sun of Hawaii. You know how tired Ona is and you intend to do everything possible so that she can recover properly. What she doesn’t know is that you plan to propose to her there and that almost everything is already organized.

Ona turns you away from the last details you have to do by putting her lips on yours, waking the butterflies in your stomac.

"Come, I ordered food. I took sushi as I didn't know what time you would arrive"

"It’s perfect" you assure her, letting her train you in your kitchen by the hand. "Like you" you add with a smirk, lightly squeezing her bum.

Ona laughs and turns around to face you and put her arms around your neck.

"What a sweat talker and a charmer" she whispers against your lips before kissing you again, making you shiver.

"I’m so in love with you it’s disgusting" you smirk a few minutes later when you’re sitting in front of your plate.

"Oh yeah? Well it seems to me that you also appreciate the number 22 of FC Barcelona?"

Sitting in front of you, Ona has eyes that sparkle with mischief and you laugh by pointing with one of your sticks.

"You can’t blame me. She’s amazing."

[keepingthespiritalive]

Onita Produce results for July 16, 2017

Onita Produce results for July 16, 2017

Atsushi Onita Pro-Wrestling ~ Electric Current Blast Summer Festival in Yokohama ~ Jado-gun vs All Japan Pro-Wrestling, 7/16/2017 [Sun] @ Yokohama City Yacht Association Special Outdoor Ring 898 Spectators (overcrowded) (1) Nobutaka Moribe vs. Kenichi Fujii ♦Winner: Moribe (5:13) with a Facelock. (2) Naoshi Sano, Masahiro Sase & Shocker vs. Tomoryu, Kancho Nagase & Raiden ♦Winner: Sano (8:04)…

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2020 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS WITH CELEBRATION OF WINNING FILMS AND FILMMAKERS VIA ‘THE BEST OF THE ABFF AWARDS’

        LOS ANGELES, CA, August 31, 2020 – The 24th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF), which took place August 21 - 30 virtually via the newly launched ABFF PLAY platform, wrapped ten days of festivities with ‘The Best of the ABFF Awards,’ hosted by Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker with a simulcast on IMDb (www.imdb.com). Presenters included: Lee Daniels (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), Laz Alonso (The Boys), Bevy Smith (BEVELATIONS), Logan Browning (Dear White People), Sinqua Walls (American Soul), La La Anthony (Power) and Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods). The ceremony closed with an emotional performance by Grammy Award-winning Gospel and R&B Artist Bebe Winans singing his new single Black Lives Matter. The full awards show and highlight reel of ‘The Best of the ABFF Awards’ is available to watch on abffplay.com and www.imdb.com/festival-central/abff/

     The Festival, available online for the first time, drew a global audience from 85 countries around the world. The robust program featured 90 films representing the best in independent Black cinema, virtual networking events, studio screenings, and 30 conversations and panels featuring Stacey Abrams, Kenya Barris, Mary J. Blige, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Yara Shahidi, Tina Knowles-Lawson, Yvonne Orji, Gabrielle Union, Radha Blank, and Lena Waithe among others. Jemele Hill hosted a one-on-one conversation with Blige powered by Cadillac, who was also this year’s festival ambassador.

     With a track record for recognizing Black filmmakers on the rise, this year’s competition attracted a record number of films, over half from first-time filmmakers and the most from female directors in the festival’s history. The festival’s international entries included films from more than ten foreign markets including: Belgium, Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Mozambique, Canada and the United Kingdom. It also marked the introduction of the first annual John Singleton Director Award for Best First Feature for a director of African descent.

       2020 American Black Film Festival Full Winners List:

HBO     Short Film Competition (presented by HBO, Prize: $10,000 for winner; $5,000     for finalists) 

Dolapo Is Fine, directed by Ethosheia Hylton, screenplay by Joan Iyiola, Chibundu Onuzo

 Jury     Award - Best Director (presented by Cadillac, Prize: $10,000)

Hisonni Johnson, Take Out Girl

 John     Singleton Director Award for Best First Feature (presented by Netflix,     Prize: $5,000)

Solomon Onita, Jr, Tazmanian Devil

 Jury     Award - Best US Narrative Feature (presented by Prudential, Prize:     $2,500) 

Curtis, directed and written by Chris Bailey, produced by Kimberly Hwang, Chelsea Davenport and Desi Bee Richardson

 Jury     Award - Best Screenplay (presented by BET, Prize: $2,500) 

Addison Henderson, G.O.D - Givers of Death

 Jury     Award - Best International Narrative Feature (presented by Sony Pictures     Entertainment, Prize: $2,500)

The New Normal (Nigeria), directed by Teniola Olatoni, written by Tunde Babalola, produced by Sourmash Stories

 Jury     Award - Best Documentary (presented by Amazon Studios, Prize: $2,500)

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back, directed by John Carluccio, written by Tracy E. Hopkins

 Jury     Award - Best Web Series (presented by Xfinity, Prize: $2,500)

Loving in America, directed by Jason Gudasz, written by Bianca Cristovao

 Fan     Favorite Movie

Death of A Telemarketer, directed by Khaled Ridgeway, produced by Datari Turner, Meagan Good, James J. Yi

                       “We are overwhelmed by the support of the community that made this year’s festival possible,” said Jeff Friday, founder and CEO ABFF Ventures.  “We were very encouraged to see a record setting number of submissions, the willingness of our corporate partners and Black talent to stand with us during these uncertain times and the response of our audience around the world.  While we look forward to returning to Miami for our 25th anniversary next year, we are thrilled to have been able to reach a new audience for ABFF this year.”

     Sponsors included WarnerMedia, HBO® (Founding), Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (Presenting Sponsors); Comcast NBCUniversal, Amazon Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Endeavor Content (Premier Sponsors); Cadillac, IMDb, Netflix, Motion Picture Association (MPA), Jeff Friday Media, Prudential Financial, Starz, a Lionsgate company, UMC, Verizon Media (Official Sponsors); AspireTV, BET, Facebook, Moet Hennessy, Morgan Stanley, New York University, PEACOCK, and Universal Production Music (Supporting Sponsors); Blackfilm.com, Black Information Network, Film Independent, and Variety (Marketing Partners).

   For more information on ABFF and up-to-date news, go to abff.com and follow @ABFF on Twitter and @AmericanBlackFilmFestival on Instagram and Facebook. Join in on the conversation by using #ABFF20 and #ABFF.

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Movie/Drama that Casted Seiyuu

In case you're like me, someone who's curious about seiyuu's acting in a movie/drama that wasn't animated. I want to make your burden a little bit lighter by making this list. Hope this help!!

Notes :

The movies and drama I include are where the seiyuus acted live, not only the voice appearance. So no sentai series, except there's seiyuu making appearance.

The movies and dramas will be always updated whenever I have time/I found new dramas and movies which included seiyuu. Please look forward to it!!!

For movies :

Takumi-kun Series 1 : And The Spring Breeze Whispers (2007)

The seiyuu includes in this movie was Hatano Wataru as Yoshizawa Michio, a member of archery club who likes Takabayashi Izumi (played by Saito Yasuka).

Apparently, this movie is available in some platform such as dailymotion with eng sub. Please check if you like!

Movie genre : Boy's Love (BL), romance, drama

Monochrome Girl (2009)

The seiyuu included in this movie is Irino Miyu as the main character, Igarashi Hiroshi. The link to watch this movie isn't available online.

Movie genre : Drama

Wonderful World (2011)

The seiyuus include in this movie were :

Miyano Mamoru as Katayama Seishi

Uehara Ayumi as Fukushima Narumi

Namikawa Daisuke as Katayama Koichi

Hirata Yuka as Tanaka Akiko

Morikubo Showtaro as Nakamura Ryoji

Sugita Tomokazu as Chin'nen

and many more. Not only joined as a cast, Namikawa Daisuke directed the movie as well. There's no link to watch/download available.

Movie genre : Fantasy, drama

Kami★Voice : The Voice Makes Miracles (2011)

The seiyuus include in this movie were :

Kaji Yuki as Yuu Siraike

Hatano Wataru as Tatsumo Kubodera

Morikubo Showtaro as Hareruya Oda

Namikawa Daisuke as Ku'on Kobayakawa

Park Romi as Sayuri Takeda

Miyano Mamoru as Kanade Asai

Eguchi Takuya as Tetsurou

Tanaka Mayumi

Nozawa Masako

Hosoya Yoshimasa

Chiba Shigeru

Yamada Keaton

Koyama Rikiya

Yamadera Kouichi

Hazama Michio

Takizawa Roko

Arthur Lounsbery as Christian

and many more. Kamiya Hiroshi also included, but only as a narrator. The only links available is the cut scene of Park Romi, Miyano Mamoru, trailer, and the MV of the soundtrack.

Movie genre : Comedy

Messiah (2011)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Uchiyama Kouki as one of the student. Namikawa Daisuke is also in the movie as one of the police staff. You can find the movie, but with Korean subtitle.

Movie genre : Drama, action

Omaera Zenin Mendokusai (2019)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Ono Kensho as Kitanuchi Kunihiko, the male lead character, a new Japanese teacher in his school. Since the DVD and Blu-ray hasn't been released, the link to watch/download isn't available yet.

Movie genre : Harem, comedy, romance

Chronos Jaunter (2019)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Shimono Hiro as Fukihara Kazuhito, a guy who will time travel to when his girlfriend still alive before an accident. Since the movie hasn't been released, the link to watch/download isn't available yet.

Movie genre : Fantasy, drama

For dramas :

Koi Suru Seiza (2009)

The seiyuu included in this drama is Uchiyama Kouki as Hinata, the girl in the episode's boyfriend. Appeared in episode 9. You can watch it here.

Drama genre : Comedy, romance.

A Girl and Three Sweethearts (2016)

The seiyuu include in this drama is Irino Miyu as a high school friend of Shibasaki Chiaki (played by Miura Shouhei). He appeared at episode 4. You can watch it on some platform where the drama is available.

Drama genre : Romance

Boku no Koe ga Sekai wo Sukutta Koto wa Kimi wa mou Shiranai (2017)

The seiyuus include in this drama were :

Masuda Toshiki as Rei

Tasuku Hatanaka as Eiyuu

Nishiyama Koutarou

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Minoru Shiraishi

The drama was produced by GYAO × WOWOW. For now, it isn't available anywhere. It also wasn't listed in any of this seiyuus' work in wikipedia so I don't know.

Ani Tomo (2018)

The seiyuu include in this drama was Fukuyama Jun as Tachibana Yonosuke, the cafe owner who constantly helped the main couple of the series to go through their relationship growth.

Drama genre : Romance

Koe Girl! (2018)

The seiyuus include in this drama were :

Fukuhara Haruka as Kikuchi Makoto

Haruka Tomatsu as herself

Namikawa Daisuke as himself

Hidaka Noriko as herself

Iwata Mitsuo as himself

It's available with eng sub in dailymotion.

Drama genre : Slice of life

Yuube wa Otanoshimi Deshita ne (2019)

The seiyuu that include was Miyano Mamoru as Onita, one of the clerk.

Addition :

Namikawa Daisuke once appeared at Ressha Sentai ToQGer Returns : Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams as a track maintenance worker, episode 7.

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Breaking boundaries and amplifying Edmonton’s creative community

Meet the 31 large Artist Project grant recipients

With so many artists pursuing various ideas and disciplines, it’s inspiring to see what Edmonton’s arts community is creating. As our artists share stories of the past, present and imagined futures, experiment with new ways of transforming the audience experience, and challenge assumptions and the status quo, we continue to build a city that is a beacon for cultural expression.

Assistance provided by grants such as the Artist Project grant afford more opportunities for artists to present groundbreaking work that shines a spotlight on the stories that are often left untold. With the support of an Artist Project grant, seven artists will participate in the research and rehearsal process with choreographer Alison Neuman as they prepare to mount their production of The Strike. The production explores the story of several characters experiencing disability or marginalization and the interactions they have with persons of power that change their lives forever. 

(Rehearsal of The Strike, choreographed by Alison Neuman. Photo provided) 

Many of Edmonton’s exceptional musicians have been making waves locally and nationally. Artist project grants ensure songs from Edmonton artists continue to be sung and help to get their work out to a wider audience. With many artists receiving large project grants, keep an eye out for new music from members of our dynamic music scene. JUNO nominated singer-songwriter Nuela Charles will explore soul and pop sounds of the 1970s on her new record.

Being nominated for Country Recording of the Year at the 2019 Edmonton Music Awards was just one accomplishment in this big year for country band The Prairie States. With their artist project grant, the band will keep the momentum going and record a new six-song EP.  

(JUNO nominated singer-songwriter Nuela Charles. Photo: Emily Welz) 

Artist Project grants also give artists the opportunity to explore and experiment in their practice. Brenley Charkow’s ambitious North American premiere of The Girl in the Machine will explore the intersection between immersive and traditional live theatre, utilizing the technology of the Zeidler Dome at the Telus World of Science. Expanding and reinvigorating his project that was originally presented as part of NextFest 2018, Mac Brock’s project Tracks is an integrated audience and artist play that explores deeply personal stories. This reworked version will feature eight performers under the age of 25 who self-identify as queer.

(Image from Tracks, an ambulatory theatre project created by Mac Brock. Photo provided)

Investing in our artists with programs like the Artist Project grant helps to foster an exciting ecology of creation, expression, reflection, disruption that is unique amongst cultural landscapes. This year, 31 artists and projects have been awarded a large Artist Project grant (between $5,001 and $25,000), approved through our peer assessment process. You can find the full list of recipients listed below. Look out for the final projects as they are exhibited, showcased, and published throughout 2019/2020. Congratulations!

Adriana Onita: Create an Indigenous Languages special issue of The Polyglot showcasing art and poetry.

Alison Neuman: Choreograph a new integrated dance work, The Strike.

Amber Borotsik: Research and create two new interdisciplinary performances, No Guesses Found: Solo and No Guesses Found: Together.

Blake McWilliam: Create the feature film Saltwater, addressing issues of depression, loss, and the state of the environment.

Brandon Baker: To record a new Electric Religious album.

Brenley Charkow: Produce the North American premiere of The Girl in the Machine by Stef Smith. 

Carmen Osahor: The Fox Den Collective (Carmen Osahor, Jessy Ardern, and Sarah Feutl) to produce a new interactive play – Off’d at Fort Edmonton Park: Murder on the Midway.

Cindy Baker: To create a new body of sculptural/installation work including a live musical performance component.

Darren Jordan: To produce the multidisciplinary annual Black History Month art event 5 Artists 1 Love.  

Dwayne Martineau: To create an illusionary medicine wheel installation, and a short video showcasing the work. “The Wheel” explores explore culture and duality and is all about intersections – Indigenous and settler; past and future; traditional and modern; real and imaginary.

Emmanuel Osahor: To create a multimedia installation for an upcoming exhibition. This project reflects on and discusses the complications and inherent impossibility intrinsic to the desire for utopia and attempts at utopic space creation.

Jeff Dick: To record and promote a new six-song EP and accompanying videos with a full PR and radio tracking campaign with country band The Prairie States.

Jinzhe Cui: To create a new series of thematically linked drawings and paintings that reflect and explore a Chinese Immigrant artist’s observation and self-realization through parallel experiences of her hometown and her current home in Edmonton.

Jonathan Kawchuk: To write their sophomore record with the goal of producing a 3D record (Dolby Atmos formatted), recorded in and modeled from remote natural environments.

Kaitlan Stewart: To write a feature-length script entitled The Lady Hockeyists. Based on true events, The Lady Hockeyists is the untold story of a women’s hockey league that rose to stardom Montreal during the First World War.

Kaz Curtis: To introduce collaborative community theatre to the community through Hip Hop principles.

Kellen Frost: To produce the short film Indra's Spirit, the sequel to Edmonton produced Indra's Awakening.

Kristi Hansen: To produce The Maggie Tree’s production of “The Wolves. “

Kyle Armstrong: Post-production audio and music for the feature film project Hands That Bind.

Mac Brock: To produce “Tracks”, an ambulatory theatre project that explores the depths of self-destruction and how it can limit our ability to tell our stories.

Malcolm Azania: Create Afritopian 2D portraits, 3D prints, and 4D augmented reality re-imaginings of African-Edmontonians and African-Edmontonian landscapes.

Manuela Wuthrich (Nuela Charles): To write and produce a full-length album with a sonic style of the late ’70s.

Maria Dunn: To record her seventh studio album. This new collection of songs celebrates the stories of real people, brings history to life and pays tribute to the courage of those who strive to make our world a better place.

Marina Endicott: To write a novel called The Observer based on her experiences as a newspaper editor and wife of a Mountie in Mayerthorpe, Alberta in the 1990s.

Matthew MacKenzie: To write a new play, Nestichio, based on the artist’s family's history in the fur trade.

Michelle Campos Castillo: To write a graphic novel memoir detailing her life in El Salvador as a child during the country’s decade-long civil war, and her eventual arrival in Edmonton as a refugee.

Nisha Patel: To record a collaboration spoken word poetry album showcasing the work of four Edmonton artists of diverse backgrounds.

Scott Portingale: To produce a short stop-motion film.

Sekou Sonko-Boisclair: To participate in professional development workshops, gatherings, and collaborations with pioneers of Hip Hop and House Dance culture.

Usha Gupta: To tour the Edmonton-premiered dance and music performance, Khoj, across India.

Yinan Li: To compose a new electroacoustic work, accompanied by visuals by video artist Brian Raine.

Artist Project grants for individual artists and collectives support the pursuit of artistic and professional advancement. Be it creation, research, development, curation, exhibition, production or professional development opportunities, artists are encouraged to apply for grants to fund these projects.

[brooklyndrinksandgoeshome]

It’s embarrassing, the last three written entries on here have mostly been about people passing away as if I’m surrounded by the all-encompassing grim reaper everyday at every turn. I mean, this is what happens when you write about the past and naturally the people who are no longer with us will get a bit of extra space because all we have from them now are memories, but for fuck sake, I’m not mister doom and gloom all the time. If anything, it seems as if I’m surrounded by a self-contained bubble of early 90s Japanese wrestling, 70′s power-pop, Radio Garden, this Oliver Sacks book that I’m hoping to finish before the end of the week and curling. No really, curling. Seriously, curling rules.

I haven’t written that much about music in the last several years mostly because of burnout and if I’m not careful, it’ll start to feel like a job and I’ll want to put it off until my non-existent deadline creeps up on me which I can push back to infinity without any consequence (hell, it’s taken me a week and a half to finish this pointless exercise anyway). Besides, critiquing music as a serious profession, I’ve come to realize as the years have past is, well, kind of stupid; like if you don’t have anything nice to say, just ignore it and all the bad music will all hopefully vanish, right?  

That being said, I do wonder why a lot of bands from yonder past never never got the credit or recognition they deserved. Usually from a DIY perspective, I’m quick to blame poor distribution deals from a company run out of their mom’s basement, or a local band who never played beyond the same 20 people at the same club for their entire existence, (this plagued almost every Detroit band from the early-80s until the late-90s) or just plain old self-destruction that still bites people back, whether if it’s drug addiction or a fear of failure/success. My personal favorite --and I can’t find it on the internet to save my life right now, was when a jilted ex destroyed all but a hundred copies of her boyfriend’s first and only EP of his band, thus making it an instant collector’s item with their tracks being discovered fairly recently on a Killed By Death bootleg.

I also think my own opinions on music have always a been a bit left of center as I get bored way too easily and I quickly turn into a crotchety old man whenever Pitchfork creams their jeans over another Garageband produced dance track that sounds as boring and milk toast as any song put together from laptop bloops and bleeps.* Feeling this old out of touch makes one resort to the jazz or country section of any used record store, or when anyone asks me what I listen to these days, I usually say “podcasts.” But something about the aforementioned 70s power-pop obsession has arrived after a brief yet expensive summer of Northern Soul collecting that got put on hold as I have a hard time paying more than $20 for a 45; yeah, this phase didn’t last very long. Before that, it was Sun Ra who has literally hundreds of releases under his always spotty discography and after awhile, it became overwhelming search through scores of, I’m sorry, no disrespect, bin fillers, to eventually find a reissued gem like Sleeping Beauty or Lanquidity. Before that, it was electronic, sci-fi synth soundtrack sounding 70s prog made by the guy who use to drum for The Shadows. Did I mention that I get bored way too easily?

Even by record nerd standards, I know I have some unpopular opinions on popular unpopular music: Big Star weren’t going to be next Beatles ever and they probably have five good songs top. As much as I love The Jam, Style Council have a handful of tracks that blow away anything else Paul Weller’s ever done (oh snap, fighting words). With a few exceptions, The Yellow Pills comps are wildly overrated with a lot of tracks sound more like a second rate Rick Springfield --even if it was the point for a band to be the next Rick Springfield. Also, it still bothers me that The Fastbacks, mostly ignored for their entire 22 year career, got more recognition when they opened for The Presidents of The United States of America when “Peaches” was in heavy rotation. Seriously, I’ll take Answer The Phone Dummy over any 90s Sub Pop release any day.

The Keys: I Don’t Wanna Cry

Produced by Joe Jackson and still managed to have only found a recent audience from the depths of obscurity thanks to a Youtube hero. Not bad, but probably too nice and squeaky clean as The Buzzcocks and Undertones already did this way better and louder. Still, the singer hits those high notes with ease and could have easily been a hit if it was written for, I don’t know, Elvis Costello or someone else a bit more angsier. 

The Letters: Nobody Loves Me

Again, way too wussy and self-hating even by pop-punk standards, but I still love this track as it’s bouncy pogo energy and raw production more than make up for the shitty lyrics. One and done, never heard from again until a 2002 CD reissue of their mostly unreleased discography, or is it a reunion record? I don’t know.

The Tours: Language School

Another one and done from the UK who got plenty of hype from John Peel, signed to Virgin and imploded within a year never to be heard from until Cherry Red reissued their unreleased album a few years ago which is now also going for a steep price on Discogs. Nice short, poppy number here that if anything, makes you realize how much (again) the Buzzcocks influenced a generation of UK bands in the late 70s-early 80s.

20/20: Remember The Lightning

I first remember hearing about these guys from the well meaning Radio Heartbeat Records who reissued a single that quickly went out print along with the rest of the labels discography --some moved on to form Captured Tracks who eventually went on to re-release all of Milk ‘n Cookies output on a (sorry) completely unnecessary 2xLP box set, huge picture book included. 20/20’s first album got lost in the shuffle of another busted label (notice a trend here) that got swallowed up by Epic Records, which is a shame because we could have had a punkier younger brother of the Knack.

De Cylinders: I Wanna Get Married

Spontaneously heard a live set of these guys on the always fantastic, very missed Cherry Blossom Clinic on WFMU and rushed to see their record release/only American show ever in front of a dozen others at a random Brooklyn bar. The wonderful Sing Sing Records reissued this single and naturally, there’s a way out of print CD discography compilation  that’s only available in Japan for like $40 bucks on Discogs. Uh, I have to find a job first.

Nasty Facts: Drive My Car

God, I love the internet. This gem would have never been discovered if it wasn’t for some Youtube hero who posted a vinyl rip of a bootleg as the original pressing is long gone --cheapest one I found on Discogs going for $70 and it’s tough being a cheapskate and a record collector at the same time. Anyway, punky rocky from New York with a singer who sounds like less gruff but equally badass Joan Jett; America’s answer to the Rezillo’s! Get on it, weirdo!

Ail Symudiad: Garej Paradwys

Probably never made it farther out than Cardiff because everything’s in Welsh, but they put out a surprising number of singles that were all pretty consistent throughout the 80s --I’m pretty sure this is their third one. Full of energy despite the weird guitar effect pedals used throughout the song and if you’re curious, they’re called Second Movement and according to Google Translate, this songs about partying in their garage. I don’t know, I didn’t go farther than their “Paradise Garage” song title.

The Elevators: Your I’s Are Too Close Together

The least punky song on here, but it did make me laugh out loud the first time I heard it. I mean, of all the reasons why he won’t go out with her, and he lists everyone one on here, her facial structure was the final straw. Probably a wee mean spirited, but the lyrics go perfect with the chorus, high notes on the lead guitar and all.

The Records: Starry Eyes

Saving the best for last. There’s no excuse, this should have been a huge hit. I mean, it’s great that we have our own song to share with our closest friends --for example, a heartbreaker of an ex or whatever it was you want to call it when we had an on and off again thing in 2012 introduced me to this and well, all it did was prolong some coulda-woulda-shoulda feelings that lasted a bit longer than it should have. Anyway, this song’s a power-pop masterpiece that, unintentionally or not, sounds like an unreleased Big Star track and it makes me angry that these guys got swept under the rug for whatever reason.

I’m tired and I’ve run out of adjectives, just like how I use to back when I (barely) made a living writing about music, no benefits, no thesaurus. Will try to write more about something like Atsushi Onita or how much I love The Great British Bake Off or something. 

*Nothing made me feel more out of touch with underground/contemporary music when I had a hard time understanding what the big deal was with The Fiery Furnaces, but when I couldn’t get away from Animal Collective, that’s when I get up and settled into a WFMU k-hole. I can tell you the exact moment sometime around the end of 2007, on the 7 train heading into Long Island City for work, reading The Metro --I’m a sucker for free daily newspapers no matter how badly written, and came across their best album of the year list with Strawberry Jam being number four or something. “This album rules” the brief review started and once again, I just didn’t get it. I don’t always take part in any schadenfreude, but I’m glad significantly less people give a shit about them these days.   

[amoessaw]

Long-time regular S&A commenter, Adam Scott Thompson has launched a new web series titled Crumbs In The Bed, which centers on...

... a young married couple with a new home who laugh, bicker and negotiate while in bed together.

Created by Mr Thompson, the series is directed by Solomon Onita, Jr., and producer by Stephanie Hall & Rusty Hall.

Episode 1 debuted online a few days ago, and is embedded below.

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Abraham Attah to star in Birdman’s film

Abraham Attah to star in Birdman’s film

American rapper Birdman will executive produce ‘Tazmanian Devil’, a coming-of-age film based on a Nigerian immigrant.

Nollywood movies will be the debut feature from Nigerian-American filmmaker, Solomon Onita Jr.

With Abraham Attah from the ‘Beast of No Nation’ playing the lead role, Benny Boom of Groundwurk Studios, will also partner as executive producer on the project.

Speaking on the project,…

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Abraham Attah to star in rapper Birdman’s Hollywood film about Nigerian Immigrant

Abraham Attah to star in rapper Birdman’s Hollywood film about Nigerian Immigrant

American rapper Birdman will executive produce ‘Tazmanian Devil’, a coming-of-age film based on a Nigerian immigrant.

Nollywood movies will be the debut feature from Nigerian-American filmmaker, Solomon Onita Jr.

With Abraham Attah from the ‘Beast of No Nation’ playing the lead role, Benny Boom of Groundwurk Studios, will also partner as executive producer on the project.

Speaking on the project,…

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Birdman to produce Hollywood film based on Nigerian immigrants

Birdman to produce Hollywood film based on Nigerian immigrants

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American artist, Birdman will executive produce ‘Tazmanian Devil’, a coming-of-age film based on a Nigerian immigrant. Birdman

Nollywood movies will be the debut feature from Nigerian American filmmaker, Solomon Onita Jr.

With Abraham Attah from the ‘Beast of No Nation’ playing the lead role, Benny Boom of Groundwurk Studios, will also partner as executive producer on the project.

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Onita Produce results for October 9, 2017

Sayonara Onita, Goodbye Electric Current Blast ~ Atsushi Onita Final Tour ~ No-Rope Barbed-wire Electric Current Blast in Odaiba, 10/9/2017 [Mon] 17:30 @ Odaiba Special Outdoor Ring in Tokyo (1) Yumiko Kawada & Kunihiko Mitamega vs. Dragon Soldier LAW & Masahiro Gano ◆Winner: LAW (9:15) following a Diving Ina Bauer on Mitamega. (2) KENSO, Tomonori Chiba & Akira Joh vs. Kenichi Fujii, Toshiaki…

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Sneakers Golden Goose Superstar Baratas Bienes inmuebles. Marketing lectronico. Negocio libre.

Los hechos reales de la materia en general deberían ser los siguientes: siempre que comprenda que definitivamente no son los hombres y las mujeres quienes ganan dinero al conectarse en línea, en verdad, sistemas, por lo que probablemente comenzará a comprender por qué no sería tan difícil para una persona. al dinero porque. Todo lo que su familia necesita para realmente hacer es sin duda buscar el sistema adecuado. Si tal vez sea generalmente un sistema verificado, en ese caso, también funcionará igual para usted, dado que para todos los demás lo está usando. Este asombroso es actualmente la causa ligada a la ley, entonces afecta a la vida en acción. Las personas reproducen sus propios permisos (en las siguientes palabras, usamos los mismos sistemas) y, por lo tanto, su empresa produce los mismos efectos precisos y el hecho de que una persona haga una inversión financiera. Y esa voluntad es poco más que comenzar también. El tipo de números codificados en Internet para hacer ahorros aumentará dramáticamente en general en los próximos años. Lo ideal ahora debería ser ese maravilloso y valioso tiempo para estar siempre involucrado en la publicidad en Internet. La crisis financiera personal del mundo moderno se traduce en un cambio que las personas Sneakers Golden Goose Baratas onitas toman para apagar los electrodomésticos a las formas restantes que ayudarán a ganar dinero, ya sea en el mercado para complementar sus finanzas principales o para reemplazar un trabajo, por lo que se ha perdido. Además, ¿dónde emprender la mayoría de los asociados iniciar una búsqueda? Probando a través de los potenciales de negocio web! Pero de lo que se vuelve más apropiado. Dependiendo de cuándo comiencen los clientes, las ideas prácticas sobre cuánto puede contribuir en su IRA / 401K y en qué presupuesto de cualquier persona, con un interés material en sus inversiones, sin duda se jubilarán temprano en el. Quiero decir, muy joven. Como a lo largo de la edad cuarenta y cinco. ¿Qué significan las veces? Hazme entender. Puede que haya algunos realmente buenos y después de eso, los hombres y las mujeres brillantes sacaron un montón de mercadotecnia para Internet, y finalmente también hay mucho para todos. Entonces, si o cuando continúen emitiendo bloques de oro para controlarlo y comprar indudablemente la venta de la marca Golden Goose Deluxe en ese caso, ¿por qué? En vez de tomar por completo las pepitas de metales preciosos que una persona puede buscar. Lo que quiero decir con eso es que firmo tu nombre para hacer todo. Lo que sucede es que todo está bien. Posiblemente recibo 300 mensajes cada intervalo de 24 horas. Luego, pero pague sus impuestos y la propiedad es generalmente suya. Si o cuando no está en absoluto alquilando una casa a un propietario, alguien puede vender o alquilar las casas fácilmente. Y cuando tiene principalmente los expertos que declaran $ 200 si quiere su nombre, cambie rápidamente la residencia a otro inversor, Sneakers Golden Goose Superstar Baratas stableciendo un precio perfectamente por debajo del valor de ubicación. A continuación, seguirá obteniendo una ganancia increíble, además de que el comprador absolutamente nuevo debe negociar cuál es el problema de los impuestos. Usted asegura un artículo en el correo en particular o, alternativamente, busca una campaña de marketing en Internet. Exactamente, envíelo a unos increíblemente pocos dólares debido a un rango de cien dólares o unos pocos dólares de gran cantidad y / o a usted, ya que estará ganando alrededor de $ 35,000 una semana real en contraste con usted viviendo en toda la playa. La gravedad de lo que ves, el crimen necesitaba un 'Ojo por ojo'. Mi esposa y yo necesitábamos recuperar las canicas robadas de Mark, pero las dos necesitábamos para impartir esta enseñanza que cambia las almas. Esperamos confiscar a Mister. Dan las canicas de Danuchi y las presentan a Mark. El acto se ha realizado como tal si se tratara de Devine Retribution. Lo más probable es que Danuchi no supiera ni siquiera sus canicas fueron. El perro sin duda debe saber a ciencia cierta, que tomó eso. ¿Pero eso?

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MECCAcon is proud to welcome back writer/director @solomononitajr Solomon Onita Jr. on the premiere night of TAZMANIAN DEVIL! This is most definitely not one you want nor need to miss! This film is outstanding and will definitely be heavily spoken about in full. Exec produced by Birdman and #BennyBoom, starring Abraham Attah (BEASTS OF NO NATION), Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (THE CHI), Adepero Oduye (PARIAH, 12 YEARS A SLAVE), and Kweso Boakye (CLAWS). TUESDAY, Feb 9th, 8pm EST/ 5pm PST via MECCAcon’s #Clubhouse. https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/vMdZjRoP SOLOMON ONITA, JR.’s films have garnered national awards and global acclaim. His short film Joy, a story that deals with the complicated position of female genital mutilation, screened in over 60 film festivals and was subsequently distributed on all HBO platforms, including Cinemax. Another short film from Solomon, Witch Hunt, a story that depicts an African folktale, won at the African International Film Festival and currently runs on Issa Rae’s Short Film Sunday channel. Solomon completed his debut feature film Tazmanian Devil in 2020. Starring @abraham.attah Abraham Attah and @bewareoftime Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Tazmanian Devil won the first-ever John Singleton Award for Best First Feature, presented by Netflix, at the 2020 American Black Film Festival, and is scheduled for release on February 9, 2021, through 1091 Pictures. Solomon is an MFA graduate of Loyola Marymount University, and and is a fellowship recipient of the 2020 Warner Bros. Pictures Television Directors’ Workshop. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKr4b93s6Vl/?igshid=1c1zdlrde5bir

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Puroresu Best Bout Listing for July 2017

All Japan Pro Wrestling

Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori vs. Tomoyuki Oka & Katsuya Kitamura, 7/5 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Koji Iwamoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi, 7/5 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Shuji Ishikawa vs. Suwama, 7/17 @ Korakuen Hall Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. Jake Lee & Naoya Nomura, 7/17 @ Korakuen Hall Hikaru Sato vs. Minoru Tanaka, 7/17 @ Korakuen Hall Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Tank Nagai & Ayumu Honda, 7/23 @ Nasu Highland Park Jake Lee & Naoya Nomura vs.  Zeus & The Bodyguard, 7/28 @ Aichi Sports Center Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Atsushi Maruyama & Masashi Takeda, 7/28 @ Aichi Sports Center Hikaru Sato vs. TAJIRI, 7/30 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Gym

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Masaya Takahashi vs. Takayuki Ueki, 7/17 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Ryuji Ito & Abdullah Kobayashi, 7/17 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan Hideki Suzuki vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, 7/17 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Shinobu, 7/17 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan

DRAGON GATE

Shingo Takagi, Takashi Yoshida & El Lindaman vs. Naruki Doi, Big R Shimizu & Ben-K, 7/1 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Stadium MaxiMuM vs. Jimmyz Elimination Match, 7/6 @ Korakuen Hall YAMATO vs. T-Hawk, 7/23 @ Kobe World Hall CIMA & Dragon Kid vs. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino, 7/23 @ Kobe World Hall Shingo Takagi, Takashi Yoshida & El Lindaman vs. Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Susumu & Ryo “Jimmy“ Saito, 7/23 @ Kobe World Hall Jimmy Kagetora vs. Flamita, 7/23 @ Kobe World Hall

Dramatic Dream Team  

Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mike Bailey, 7/2 @ Shinjuku Village Studio 106 Shunma Katsumata vs. Yuki Ueno, DNA, 7/4 @ Korakuen Hall” Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Kouki Iwasaki & Naomi Yoshimura,DNA , 7/4 @ Korakuen KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi, 7/9 @ Hakata StarLanes Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Big Boss MA-G-MA & Black Buffalo, 7/16 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Stadium Konosuke Takeshita vs. Keisuke Ishii, 7/23 @ Korakuen Hall Konosuke Takeshita vs. Naomi Yoshimura, 7/23 @ Korakuen Hall Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Paulie, 7/23 @ Korakuen Hall

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Yuji Bagata vs. GO Asakawa, LION’S GATE, 7/4 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi, 7/17 @ Hokkaido Phys. Ed. Center SANADA vs. EVIL, 7/20 @ Korakuen Hall Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata, 7/21 @ Korakuen Hall Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin, 7/21 @ Korakuen Hall Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii, 7/23 @ Machida Gym Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata, 7/23 @ Machida Gym Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA, 7/24 @ Big Palette Fukushima Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto, 7/26 @ Sendai Plaza Hall Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito, 7/29 @ Aichi Pref. Gym SANADA vs. Michael Elgin, 7/30 @ Gifu Industry Center

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke vs. Taiji Ishimori & Hi69, 7/13 @ Korakuen Hall Naomichi Marufuji & Maybach Taniguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya, 7/20 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Stadium Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Brian Cage, 7/27 @ Korakuen Hall Taiji Ishimori & Hi69 vs. HAYATA & YO-HEY, 7/27 @ Korakuen Hall

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Yusaku Obata vs. Daiki Inaba, 7/9 @  Aichi Sports Center Kenoh vs. Daiki Inaba, 7/11 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Masato Tanaka vs. Yusaku Obata, 7/11 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Kohei Sato vs. Kenoh, 7/12 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Masato Tanaka vs. Yuko Miyamoto, 7/12 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Masato Tanaka vs. Kenoh, 7/23 @ EDION Arana, 2nd Stadium Masato Tanaka vs. Yusaku Obata, 7/30 @ Korakuen Hall Ikuto Hidaka & Takuya Sugawara vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Sean Guinness, 7/30 @ Korakuen Hall

WRESTLE-1

Masayuki Kono vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio, 7/12 @ Korakuen Hall MAZADA vs. Andy Wu, 7/16 @ Hirano Community Hall The Great Muta, The Great Kabuki & TNT vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase, MASTERS, 7/26 @ Korakuen Hall

MISC/INDIE

BASARA - Ryuichi Kawakami vs. FUMA, 7/5 @ Shinjuku FACE FREEDOMS - Daisuke Masaoka vs. Minoru Fujita, 7/5 @ Korakuen Hall FREEDOMS - Daisuke Masaoka, Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Violento Jack, Miedo Xtremo & Ciclope, 7/30 @ Tsurumi Greenland Memorial Park K-DOJO - Isami Kodaka vs. TAKA Michinoku, 7/16 @ TKP Garden Chiba K-DOJO - Kaji Tomato & Taishi Takizawa vs. Kotaro Yoshino & Dinosaur Takuma, 7/16 @ Garden City Chiba NEW - Keisuke Okuda & Akira Joh vs. Kazunari Murakami & Shiro-Fukumen #5, 7/16 @ Messe Wing Mie Onita Produce - Suwama, Atsushi Aoki & KIYOSHI vs. Atsushi Onita, Jushin Thunder Liger & Ricky Fuji, 7/16 @ Yokohama Yaht Special Ring TOKYO GURENTAI - NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA, FUJITA & KIKUZAWA vs. CIMA, Eita, Takehiro Yamamura & Kaito Ishida, 7/19 @ Shinjuku FACE Kenji Fukimoto vs. Yuko Miyamoto, 7/19 @ Shinjuku FACE

JOSHI SELECTION

Crysis - Chigusa Nagayo, Shiro Koshinaka & AKIRA vs. Jaguar Yokota, Seiji Miyane & TARU, 7/23 @ Shinagawa Prison Hotel Ice Ribbon - Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto & Arisa Nakajima, 7/17 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall SEAdLINNNG - Nanae Takahashi & Sareeee vs. Arisa Nakaima & Tsubasa Fujimoto, 7/14 @ Korakuen Hall Sendai Girls - Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto, 7/15 @ Niigata City Gym Sendai Girls - DASH Chisako & Cassandra Miyagi vs. Hikaru Shida & Syuri, 7/15 @ Niigata City Gym Stardom - Mayu Iwatani vs. Yoko Bito, 7/16 @ Korakuen Hall Stardom - Kagetsu & Hana Kimura vs. Jungle Kyona & HZK, 7/16 @ Korakuen Hall Stardom - Mayu Iwatani vs. Viper, 7/23 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Stadium Tokyo Joshi - Reika Saiki vs. Yuka Sakasaki, 7/30 @ Shinjuku FACE WAVE - Rina Yamashita vs. Ryo Mizunami, 7/2 @ Korakuen Hall WAVE - Kaori Yoneyama & Cherry vs. Yumi Oka & Yuki Miyuzaki, 7/2 @ Korakuen Hall

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Botchamania 344 from maffew gregg on Vimeo.

Botchamania 344: Great Ballz 3D Of Fire

Music... Betus Blues (Ch 2 Light World) by dB soundworks (Super Meat Boy) We Will Rock You by Queen Water Palace: Act 1 "Back 2 Back - Digital Remakin' Track" (Sonic Generations) Dragon's Castle by Shinichi Sakamoto (Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair) Stage 1-2 by Chris Hülsbeck (Mega Turrican)

Thanks To... Bill Apter for the fabulous intro Chris Dutton for the TNT announcer JaromirMoravec for Aaron Von Baron vs. Ricky Love RobViper and Luchablog for the glory that is Heavy Metal in 2017 Arnold Furious for Onita table (onitable) Lots of people for Break The Table Barrier Ross Vincent for the very obvious Command and Conquer joke Boolet 80D for the Samson ending Chris Moniz for the much-requested HARD TIMES ending

Notes... I was shaking when I met Apter, his World Of Wrestling magazine was a great part of my child-hood. Thanks for letting me fan-boy you Bill.

Yay the return of BACK AND TO THE LEFT! Don't worry, I pay attention to feedback and it'll only show up when needed and not every episode. I somehow left out JBL getting hit with a jacket last episode. Good job these are regular as E3 let-downs.

Judging by Twitter, half of Europe lost the signal when Brock/Joe went at it so if you're one of those that didn't lose it, well good for you but I stand by the Simpsons joke.

CZW and Zandig lever also returns for the first time in ages as I haven't been watching much CZW and not many clips have been sent my way. It's a Tournament of Death show so only the absolute best botches were used as I know many aren't a fan of the ultraviolent wrestling.

If your ending has been sent but not used it's because it was crap. OK, maybe not but there's a big pile-up as they're usually related. I have a whole bunch of Reigns/Strowman endings but they lose their impact if 3 are used in one video. So don't worry, they're in the pipeline.

Hopefully MITB will produce enough botches for the botch Gods. If not, I'll have Rawmania 1995 for next Friday.

That Piper clip has been debated for ages. I hope I haven't used it before, I've usually got a good memory for these things. YOU FEATHER-WEARING FUCKING FREAK.

[moneyinthebank0]

Ryan Dilbert's 10-Count: Shinsuke Nakamura Doesn't Need Money in the Bank Win

1. MITB Not Necessary for Nakamura

The final image of Tuesday's WWE SmackDown featured Shinsuke Nakamura atop a ladder pulling down the Money in the Bank briefcase and staring at it with a palpable hunger.

That need not be how Sunday's pay-per-view ends. Becoming Mr. Money in the Bank would be superfluous for The King of Strong Style. He's a magnetic star who will easily earn his way into the WWE Championship, briefcase or no briefcase.

Shinsuke Nakamura grabbed the Money in the Bank briefcase on Tuesday in a potential preview of Sunday's PPV. Shinsuke Nakamura grabbed the Money in the Bank briefcase on Tuesday in a potential preview of Sunday's PPV.Credit: WWE.com The Money in the Bank concept is best suited for two types of wrestlers—the underdog and the slimy opportunist.

For the former, the briefcase offers a means to take down bigger opponents. We saw Daniel Bryan rip the world title from Mark Henry's mitts in 2011, for example.

WWE doesn't have to tell that kind of story with Nakamura. He could believably tear down Jinder Mahal's kingdom without the element of surprise.

He's not a plucky scrapper who needs a leg up. Nor is he the type of character who would wait for his prey to be half-eaten before pouncing.

Nakamura is a badass with a rock-and-roll sensibility. He's the coolest guy in the room, a gladiator who feeds on great competition, a two-time NXT champ who has taken down the likes of Samoa Joe and Finn Balor.

WWE would be better off building him up as a contender by having him kick people's heads in.

He can continue his current hot streak, beat up on midcarders and further excite his fanbase. After only being on the main roster since April, the focus, for now, should be for the audience to get know him better. There's no reason to have his journey climax with a world title reign anytime soon.

Letting anticipation build for a potential Nakamura reign is a smarter move.

And it's not as if he needs the Money in the Bank narrative device to get him a crack at gold. Believing that Nakamura holding the briefcase on Tuesday night meant he wouldn't win on Sunday, Jake Barnett of ProWrestling.net wrote: "I'm wondering if that means Nakamura goes after Kevin Owens and the US Championship next."

That's a more than plausible scenario.

Nakamura has already thrice pinned Owens. A U.S. title shot is a natural next step.

View image on Twitter View image on Twitter Follow WWE ✔ @WWE HE DOES IT AGAIN! @ShinsukeN has once again pinned #USChampion and #NewFaceOfAmerica @FightOwensFight on #SDLive! 6:57 AM - 7 Jun 2017  329 329 Retweets   638 638 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy And should he dethrone Owens at some point, Nakamura could easily move up to the WWE title picture. WWE has sold him as a big deal since the moment he signed with the company, hyping his debut and keeping him in the spotlight. It clearly holds him in high regard and has big plans for him.

That backing from the WWE machine will carry him to the top, no boost from Money in the Bank needed.

2. In Lesnar's Absence

Brock Lesnar stormed back into the Raw landscape on June 12 after not appearing for WWE since April 3.

In that span, the Universal Championship was an absentee title while the WWE Championship was handled far differently. Randy Orton and Jinder Mahal have both been far more prominent than The Beast Incarnate as their brand's top titleholders.

Universal Champion Brock Lesnar Universal Champion Brock LesnarCredit: WWE.com Raw's Payback PPV was sans title match. SmackDown, meanwhile, featured Mahal dethroning Orton at Backlash and will see those two go at it again at Money in the Bank on Sunday.

The Maharaja has defended the title in two dark matches as champion, per CageMatch.net.

And on SmackDown, Mahal stole the WWE Championship in a memorable scene. After winning it, Mahal gloated during a "Punjabi celebration."

While Lesnar had zero matches following WrestleMania, Orton took on Erick Rowan and Baron Corbin in non-title action as champion, as seen on WWE.com. On May 9, Orton battled in a six-man tag match. When Mahal won the title, the champ crushed Mojo Rawley's Money in the Bank dreams by beating him in non-title action.

One may argue that Lesnar's schedule makes him and the title feel special, but it's been far more entertaining to see what's unfolding with the WWE title scene.

3. Throwback Video of the Week: Mitsuharu Misawa

Mitsuharu Misawa passed away eight years ago on June 13, 2009, after losing consciousness in the ring. Hideo Itami paid tribute to the Japanese great on Twitter just before that somber anniversary.

It's only natural to start reflecting on Misawa's career and pulling up old clips of his work at this time of year.

Mr. Triple Crown's 2007 bout against Samoa Joe is one of his more underrated efforts. Misawa's elbow-strike acumen was on display here in a hard-hitting showdown.

It's hard not to feel melancholic looking back at Misawa in action, though. He is missed and will be for a long time.

4. Tozawa Must Avoid Titus Brand

Titus O'Neil is trying to recruit Akira Tozawa to a part of his Titus Brand, and the cruiserweight has to hope that partnership doesn't come to pass.

O'Neil has done next to nothing for Apollo Crews. His presence at Crews' side has only made him feel like a joke. O'Neil isn't adding spark to Crews' act. He's a flat character with a poorly defined "brand" that would only make Tozawa feel like a low-card also-ran.

View image on Twitter View image on Twitter Follow WWE ✔ @WWE VICTORY SELFIE = 💲💲💲 #RAW @TitusONeilWWE @ApolloCrews @TozawaAkira 6:20 AM - 13 Jun 2017  310 310 Retweets   905 905 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy WWE should instead be letting Tozawa tell his own story as he works his way toward a Cruiserweight Championship showdown with Neville. Lumping Tozawa into the tractionless Titus Brand is easy, not smart.

5. The Warriors Are Indeed Imperfect

The Golden State Warriors looked immortal en route to spanking the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals.

The new NBA champs, though, did give us an odd, bungled moment, like something straight out of Botchamania. Draymond Green tried to catch a tumbling Klay Thompson but struggled to hold him up.

MLB Network host Robert Flores noted it looked like a botched wrestling move:

View image on Twitter View image on Twitter Follow Robert Flores ✔ @RoFlo When you try to powerbomb your friend but totally screw it up.#NBAFinals 8:02 AM - 13 Jun 2017  65 65 Retweets   155 155 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Green may not be able to snatch someone out of midair as gracefully as Cesaro, but he can sure kick a man in the onions on par with Undertaker.

6. A Welcome Invasion

New Japan Pro-Wrestling is making a concerted effort to break into the North American market, and that's a beautiful thing.

The Bullet Club and NJPW is headed to Los Angeles for the G1 Special on July 1 and 2. This is the just latest stage in the company's attempt to get a foothold in the United States.

Wrestling fans should be elated about this development. For one, NJPW has long produced some of the best in-ring action in the world. And if the company puts one more shows in the U.S., it means more American fans can discover talents like Kenny Omega, Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi.

And over time, if NJPW can start siphoning WWE's fanbase, the biggest wrestling company in the world will be finally be invigorated by the power of competition. WWE's lack of real rival means it doesn't have to be as innovative, bold and aggressive as it was during the Monday Night War in the late '90s.

NJPW pushing WWE down the road would be huge for the industry overall.

7. History Awaits

The Money in the Bank PPV will be a landmark event for women's wrestling.

Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch lead the field set to compete in the first-ever women's Money in the Bank ladder match. The event promises to be statistically significant beyond that, too.

View image on Twitter View image on Twitter Follow WWE ✔ @WWE THIS SUNDAY: The first-ever Women's #MITB #LadderMatch takes place at @WWE Money in the Bank! Who will walk with the briefcase? #SDLive 6:14 AM - 14 Jun 2017  445 445 Retweets   902 902 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy If Lana defeats Naomi to claim the SmackDown Women's Championship, it will be the first time a women's title would have changed hands at the event, per the Internet Wrestling Database.

The 2017 edition of the PPV will be only the third time Money in the Bank has featured two women's matches on the card. And only one women's match has ever gone over 10 minutes at the PPV. None have reached the 12-minute mark.

That's poised to change as the Money in the Bank ladder match won't be contained in that small of a space.

8. Classic Brawls

Samoa Joe and Brock Lesnar's pull-apart brawl on Monday night was a beautiful sight to behold.

Those two hosses carried on a longstanding tradition of wrestlers going at it. Lesnar himself has been in his share of these scraps, tangling with Undertaker and John Cena in the past. Long before The Beast Incarnate reigned, though, wrestling's bruisers and behemoths were trading blows outside of the comfort of a sanctioned match.

Check out some of these wild brawls from decades past for a look at the art of the wrestling brawl:

(Note: Some footage is graphic)

Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee vs. Larry Latham, Wayne Farris: Memphis Wrestling (1979) Ricky Morton, Eddie Gilbert vs. Atsushi Onita, Masa Fuchi: Memphis Wrestling (1981) Jerry Lawler, Tommy Rich vs. Dirty Rhodes, Ron Bass: Memphis Wrestling (1986) Abdullah the Butcher vs. Bruiser Brody: World Wrestling Council (1987) The Fantastics vs. The Heavenly Bodies: Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1992) Memphis was home to more than its share of these. There was always a chaotic energy pulsing through that territory.

Anyone who joins WWE Creative should be required to sit down and binge-watch old Memphis footage, looking at how Lawler and others gave the medium a sense of gritty realism.

9. Give Emma the Spotlight

Emma returned to Raw on Monday night after recovering from a shoulder injury.

She immediately found herself lost in a crowded stage as WWE crammed her into a six-woman tag team match. It wasn't a triumphant return. She didn't earn a win or lay out a rival. Instead, Sasha Banks bent her backward with the Bank Statement to force her into submission.

And with that, Emma stepped back into her place in the middle of the pack.

Too often, the company has presented Emma as just another member of the roster. She needs to be a bigger focus of the division, however. She's one of the more compelling female characters the Raw brand has to offer and a promising performer overall.

She excels as a cocky, vindictive heel. She's produced when given prime spots on NXT cards against Paige and Asuka.

Raw has to start showcasing her at that level.

She'd make an ideal rival for Banks or Bayley. She'd thrive as Alexa Bliss' right-hand woman, the obstacle babyfaces had to charge through to get to the champ. Anything other than making her ordinary is the way to go.

10. Scurll on the Danger of the Squared Circle

In the midst of an eight-man tag team match over the weekend, Mark Andrews rolled out of the ring and held his neck in pain. Moments later, medical staff carried him off on a stretcher.

And just like that, the thrill of in-ring WWE action turned to unsettling concern.  

Andrews luckily escaped suffering a major injury. WWE.com reported: "A CT scan of Andrews came back negative, with just bruising evident."

Former Progress Wrestling world champ Marty Scurll tweeted about the power of the moment Andrews went down:

Follow Marty Scurll ✔ @MartyScurll A scary reminder of just how dangerous this biz is & how wrestlers risk their lives to entertain. Love you @MandrewsJunior https://twitter.com/wrestlingsheet/status/873996934217953280 … 1:21 AM - 12 Jun 2017  303 303 Retweets   1,232 1,232 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Every dive outside the ring, every suplex, every power move could leave a wrestler paralyzed or worse. We've seen these athletes suffer broken necks and cervical damage. We've seen men die in the ring.

A healthy supply of cajones is among the many skills wrestlers must have in their tool box.