#total suplex of the heart

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Out this week: Total Suplex of the Heart (Humanoids, $22.99): 

Joanne Starer and Diego Greco square up with this new graphic novel about a journalist who enters the world of professional wrestling to investigate a story, and gets caught up in the drama of the sport.

See what other comics and graphic novels will arrive in stores this week!

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Some comic news and reviews you might have missed from the weekend! #comics #comicbooks

It’s a new week and we have a lot coming at you. As usual, we’re kicking it off with some comic news and reviews you might have missed from the weekend! CBLDF – Part 3: U.S. v. Comics – Learn some comic history! Reviews Antick Musings – RoamingComic Attack – ScrapperThe Beat – Total Suplex of the Heart

[comatosebunny09]

kindle | leon k.

genre(s): romance, friends to lovers, modern au

warning(s): language, mutual pining, soft boi leon, stream of consciousness

Leon does these things that confuse the hell out of you while you’re on missions or around the office. You’re his partner—work partner—but sometimes you feel like a little more. More than the younger sibling caught beneath the shadow of an overbearing brother. 

You don’t really know where things are going because he’s made it glaringly obvious in the past that he doesn't mix work with pleasure. However, something’s clearly shifted in your relationship as of late. Yet, you can’t, for the life of you, pinpoint what it is or when it happened. 

Oftentimes, you catch him gazing at you in your peripheral, a fondness inhabiting his eyes like you’ve never seen with the slightest quirk to his lips. That softness remains when a battle-worn thumb swipes blood from your cheek or rubs grime from your jaw. 

Sometimes, he holds your chin between his fingers and tilts your head this way and that—much to your chagrin—to make sure you’re devoid of injuries. Though, you never miss how his irises glitter like the sunset against sea waves, and his lips part a little as he relinquishes the softest, most relieved sigh to the air. And sometimes, you stand like this for eons, confused yet enamored, until the wet garble of a zombie springs you two apart. 

You never miss how a cautious hand finds the small of your back while you’re hunched over paperwork at your desk. How it burns through the thickness of your blazer, causing your heart to work overtime. And Leon beams so boyishly, bowing over to swaddle you in his warmth and cologne as he quips how “you’ve got your work cut out for you.” Yet, as much as he hates filling out reports himself, he stays until the moon sits high in the sky to help you finish. 

He always walks you to your car afterwards, arguing that, shit yeah, you can handle yourself. You suplex the undead for a living. But he’d fling himself off a cliff if his dear partner got snatched up in the parking garage. And he always lingers around a little longer after you pull off, a tender smile cresting across his lips in your rearview mirror. 

But he’s your partner. He’s supposed to do things like that, right? 

Like, he’s supposed to bring you food when you forget to eat—which is quite often. He’s supposed to show up to your apartment to check on you on your days off, promising his company, booze, and terrible romcoms. Supposed to hold you in your bed until you surrender your consciousness to the pretty little girls of slumber. And maybe, just maybe, it’s standard for your partner to kiss you quietly behind your ear and embrace you tighter when you squirm and chuckle and sigh wistfully in your sleep.

Through the wispy haze and the grogginess and the darkness inhabiting your bedroom, you shift to gather his cheeks in your palms—maybe you’re awake. Perhaps you’re still lurking below the shadowy depths of sleep. Who knows—and you kiss him. Cautious, but you kiss him. And though he’s initially thrown off kilter by the suddenness of it all, he relaxes against the suppleness of your lips. And his brows furrow as if he’s waited millennia for this moment. And his throat crackles with a quieted, hoarse sound as his hands perch on your hips, drawing you ever closer until your wrists cross behind his neck, and—

And…

Well, this is totally normal. Right?

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[probablybadrpgideas]

I feel like this is the right place to share the story of Post Apocalyptic Macho Man Randy Savage, the one time where my bad idea was telling a player "Hey, that might be a bad idea for this campaign"

Maybe 10 years ago I dusted off d20 modern for a Fallout-inspired post apocalyptic two-shot, a lot of what I'd DMed to that point was your typical D&D and I wanted to start trying different settings. I'd imagined this to be a pretty gun-heavy few games, so when my buddy decided that he wanted to make a grappler, I told him that I didn't think that was a great idea. My buddy took that shit personally.

Now, I was used to silliness at my table. I encouraged it, in fact! This campaign also had characters based on Squidward, Shrek and the Sanik meme (to anyone that knows Fallout lore, imagine Sonic hooked on Jet), so when my friend came to me with Macho Man Randy Savage I tutted a bit, but didn't bat an eye. What I hadn't realized was that my friend had spent the three days in between our conversation and the actual game building the perfect character to make me eat my words. The Post Apocalyptic Macho Man could grapple, he could evade and he could talk his ass off and that's it, but with these three ingredients- plus the bounty of the Dice Gods- this character derailed everything I'd had planned.

Band of raiders that have a caravan held up? Suplexed into each other before they could even get their guns. Super mutant? Nothing that can't be solved by suplexing a propane tank into the mutant (plus a well timed shot from Sanik). Mirelurk? More-a graps! Wave of bullets flying towards him? That's okay, just do the trademark Randy Savage tippy-toe walk to the nearest cover, then wait for the earliest opportunity to throw cocaine in their eyes and suplex the son of a bitch that thought they could snuff out the Madness (Oh, I forgot to mention that he spent literally all his starting money on cocaine, which he used in much the same way that Dale Gribble used sand). I really go out of my way to stop one character from becoming the capital-P Protagonist of the game, but my other players quickly figured out what was happening and they leaned into Macho Man's bullshit HARD, so they'd started setting up bad guys to get suplexed! By the end of the evening, my friend sat me down, flashed me the most shit-eating grin I'd ever seen to this day, and asked "So is the grappler still a bad idea?"

To tl;dr the rest, I furiously re-wrote the plot for the second night (again, two-shot) to make the bad guy Hulk Hogan, and the final encounter boiled down to a wrestling match between the two with the other players electing to "sit in the crowd and boo the Hulkster", before ultimately the two settled their differences and decided that the easiest way to rebuild society (and get decent blow again) was to reform the WWF and found a city called WrestleMania. Sanik was on board for the blow, Squidward was convinced to join them when he was told that the wrestlers would need entrance music and, so long as they kept away from his swamp, Shrek promised to help them find a suitable place to build Wrestlemania (though it totally ended up in his swamp). Anyway, that's how I learned to never tell a player that their idea for a grappler won't work, a grappler will work in any setting if you've got enough spite in your heart

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[fbfh]

Hey! Could you please do some headcannons of cuddling with Jay from descendants?

Thank you!

oh fuck yes baby boy NEEDS a snuggle so fuckin bad. Jay is SO motherfucking - his full name is Janasheen Lagmani Mufti btw (successor, born at nightfall, one who gives council or legal advice) - Jay is SO motherfuckin touch starved that he'll get injured on purpose just so he can feel you touch him up. After a while you start to catch onto this because you don't have the heart to tell him he's not quite as slick as he thinks he is. So OBVIOUSLY I have a medieval game OBVIOUSLY I have a jousting game the only way you're gonna get him to turn into your snuggly lil bunbun (yes he does insist you call him that after you say it once as a joke and he loses his mind) is to make him think YOU'RE really the one who needs cuddles. like of course you're feeling kinda sad and tired from all your schoolwork so of COURSE you need a big strong tough cool guy star of the tourney team to make you feel all safe and cozy. obviously it's TOTALLY for your benefit. not at all because Jay was not hugged once as a child! that's hilarious and true and totally not the reason at all! I just washed my hands that's why they're wet! no other reason!

but yeah once you actually start cuddling with him it's going to take approximately less that six seconds for him to become a total and complete velcro boyfriend. it takes longer to watch any vine in existance than it does for Jay to latch onto you like a small baby bird. he did not know that touchy feely stuff could be so... nice. especially when it's with you. he tried giving Carlos and Evie and Mal bear hugs between classes when he's away from you and it was good, but it wasn't the same. Maybe it's because Carlos still thinks he's going to get suplexed whenever Jay grabs him like that or maybe it's because Mal keeps asking if he huffed her spraypaint and that's why he's so huggy out of nowhere (Evie doesn't mind too much as long as he doesn't wrinkle her outfits or mess with her hair and makeup. she actually approves of you two and likes that you're bringing out Jay's more affectionate side. she makes a mental note to give you the friends and family discount on any future designs you order from her.) but shortly after that first time you snuggled up with Jay and had him tell you all about the video games he's been playing and about tourney practice he's full on addicted to your touch and cuddles. Coach sometimes has to pull you off your extra curriculars to give Jay hugs and kisses during practice when he cops an attitude or gets too rowdy. you're known as the Jay whisperer immediately and believe me the nickname sticks. Carlos asks what the hype is once and you give him head scratches and he understands.

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Total Suplex of the Heart character designs by Ornella Greco

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Baaabe HCs yaaayyyy

- Clean freak x100

- Has the BEST wardrobe in the entire cast, listeners included. They don’t have as many shoes as Milo by a longshot, but the shoes they do have are IMMACULATE.

- Only reason Sweetheart said they could outdress David and Angel at their wedding is because it would be impossible to outdress Baaabe.

- Their favorite character is Edna from The Incredibles

- Both them and Angel grew up from humble beginnings, only difference is when they got with someone who had enough money to retire early *cough cough Asher cough cough* they IMMEDIATELY took advantage of the situation

- And no I don’t mean they were only with Asher for his money, I mean whenever they saw something they wanted the puppy-dog eyes and baby voice were activated instantly.

- They’re street smart. But academically? …it’s a miracle they got an office job.

- They take like 40 minutes to get ready in the morning

- Hates, hates, HATES chocolate ice cream.

- Chocolate ice cream specifically, too. They’ll eat chocolate bars, chocolate cupcakes, chocolate milk, chocolate covered strawberries, whatever. But chocolate ice cream? NO.

- Also hates mint ice cream, and mint in general, including mint gum and peppermint candycanes

- Them and Asher follow the Olive Theory. He hates olives, they don’t, so he gives all of the olives that are ever in his food to them.

- Except they don’t actually like olives, or believe in the olive theory, but they think it’s cute that Asher does so they eat the olives he gives them to make him happy.

- Best thighs in the game sorry not sorry

- Never was into sports but they’ll go on a run from time to time

- Was one of those students who never participated in PE but still passed

- Owns at least one pair of heart-shaped sunglasses

- Whenever the pack goes to a beach or pool, they play chicken against each other. (In case you don’t know the game, pairs of people stack on each other and try to push the other players off their partner’s shoulders). Asher and Baaabe are the only couple where the mate is carrying the shifter.

- Baaabe and Madelyn LOVE to trade embarrassing stories about Asher.

- They own a fur coat.

- They owned a pet ONCE in their life. It was a stray cat they found on their way back from elementary school.

- They managed to keep it hidden from their parents for 3 months before it found out how to open their room door. The parents gave it away instantly.

- They prefer cookie dough ice cream, or normal vanilla.

- Used to like rollercoasters, then heard of the Surge, and never went on one again.

- When Sam was added to the Mates GC, they were the only normal one who actually introduced him. Sweetheart and Angel were busy trying to do an “initiation ritual” by spamming the witch emoji.

- Baaabe was usually known as the only normal mate, until Tank and Sam started dating officially.

- BEEFY.

- Can suplex Asher and David.

- They don’t actually know if they can David, they just say they can.

- But they have suplexed Asher before.

- Has called David “Davey” on purpose once.

- David knows them as the “normal one”, and thought he was just hearing things, so he asked them to repeat themselves. They were going to call him Davey again, until they saw Arden, Angel, and Asher all signaling behind him to stop. They called him David.

- Pink and red otter pops are their favorite.

- Has a total of 5 siblings. All younger by more than 3 years. 2 girls and 3 boys.

- When meeting Asher’s parents for the first time, Frank taught them how to fish, and Asher’s mom asked them to read a preview of a book she was working on. It was the most heartwarming experience they’ve ever had.

- Asher’s never met their parents.

- Only on good terms with 2 of their siblings.

- When running, they run slow, but they can run for a long time.

- Only sport they personally say they’re not shit at is Tennis.

- They saved up for months to buy the ring they wanted for Asher, and he’s a light sleeper so it was a PAIN getting his ring size, but it was worth it.

- They would’ve proposed in the indoor date night audio if they knew they were going to have an indoor date night in the first place.

- Can hold secrets like their LIFE depends on it. Want to tell someone a secret but don’t want them to tell anyone else? Baaabe is your best friend.

- Will work overtime (I’m talking double shifts) without telling Asher on accident. Earlier in the relationship, they’d come home to 5 cop cars outside their house, and Asher (in his mom’s old robe, a green facemask, and plastic curlers in his hair) crying to a police officer about his “missing mate.” He never got charged with misusing 911 since technically their whereabouts were unknown for an unusual period of time, but they’ve learned to let him know that they’ll be home late so he stops blowing shit out of proportion.

- Will be overdressed for the SIMPLEST shit. Going across the street? Not in pajamas they’re not. 

- Uses the sandwich method to eat cupcakes.

- Actively and routinely goes to the gym with Asher

- Works at Vesta Distribution Co.

- Tips Guy over 15 bucks each time he delivers their food to compensate for Asher’s…existence.

- Eats Oreos the correct way. (without taking off the cookie bit and licking off the creme)

- Can effortlessly blow bubblegum

- Can’t swim, so if they’re at a beach or a pool, they either stay on land, or just walk in the water and stay standing.

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[doctor-badadvice]

Something I really like about Fast Forward is that it's doing a bit and you know it's doing a bit, just not the one you may think.

At first, it tells you that this is the world to come after the Shredder(s) has been defeated and all evil has been banished:

But then it does a backflip and goes "ACTUALLY, this is what happens when Bishop is left unsupervised for fifty years!"

Which is the funniest thing they could ever do.

I admit I wasn't entirely sold on the president thing at first. Bishop is so unapologetically a piece of shit up to his appearance in FF that it just can't be, right? But then the show goes on to introduce more details about this supposed bright future and it starts to really sink in that it actually has Bishop written all over it.

As much as I love the idea of Bishop finally going to therapy, what's really implied is that one day he stopped trying to create the perfect genetic abomination and started to study vertical urbanization. New New York exists on multiple levels, all resting on the old city, with different lanes for hovercars and basically several mini atmospheres. Unless common people were suddenly perfectly fine with aliens showing up to reshape everybody's homes, someone who already had experience with alien technology had to be involved.

This is also probably one of the last major operations of the EPF as such before it was converted in, I guess, the first elite security force for the PGA. It's a shame they had to start dressing like mini Megatrons, but they had to curate their PR like the soon to be president. From this point onward, Bishop probably had a saying in just about everything else. He sponsored the alliance and probably suggested androids should be allowed to vote at some point. As he had come to believe that dialogue was an option, he definitely pushed to sell the idea that welcoming aliens was the way into the new utopia in ways his old self would have never dreamed of.

Logistics aside, it’s clear that Bishop has worked to make himself a central piece (pun intended) of this new system which is definitely an improvement, as he won’t make his fear of total annihilation everybody else's problem anymore, but it's also much worse than it was before.

And this is where not even rocking a dress will hide that he's still the same old bastard at heart. Yes, he's the president and he's very popular. But he's still the guy who complimented the Slayer's looks too and his ego hasn't vanished overnight. It's safe to say the president of the PGA would have the power to avoid having his name being put on the goddamn Moon but no, he's definitely gloated about Moonbase Bishop more than once.

Which brings me back to this damn statue again.

This is not healthy.

And a little surprising. I mean, I get the joke. This is the Prometheus statue that's at that one ice skating rink in New York but it's Bishop at the zero gravity rink. It's also funny in contest considering Prometheus is one of the Titans in Greek mythology and it's featured in the episode Clash of the Turtle Titans and I love that Bishop has supposedly sworn off violence and isn't playing preferences but still managed to suplex a guy in spirit.

But still, Atlas would have been more appropriate. Bishop is absolutely convinced that he's the PGA the way he was EPF. It would be more fitting, but I understand the world just isn't ready for the President's bare chest.

[artofkhaos404]

Sk8 the Infinity Headcanon:

You know these fools bump something when they skate together on odd weekdays at 3 am in undisclosed locations. This is how I think that turns out for them...

Miya is into only hyperpop and electro pop and anything poppy that sounds like it could be in an anime intro. Which is fine. But he also stands religiously by his taste and claims it's the only thing that actually qualifies as music and everything else is just "noise." Thus, he lost aux privileges on account of being a condescending little biscuit. And on account of Shadow threatening to suplex him if he didn't switch it off immediately.

Reki listens to whatever's trending or some chill gangster rap. Or, at least, that's what the playlist he shows everyone and claims he listens to consists of. In actuality he is obsessed with Ariana Grande, Katy Perry and most girly and trendy artists you can think of. Total fanboy.

If everyone were to find out, it would surprise no one. Reki oftens ends up on the aux by default.

Langa, to everyone's shock, is into very deep and emotional pieces. His playlist is full of meaningful and powerful lyrics with a variety of different music styles. A large portion of his playlist is actually emo. Shadow is very proud of him for this. Reki teases him to the ends of the freaking earth for this, which leave Langa confused (he has no idea what "emo" even is). Langa is rarely given the aux since he has no ability to "read the room" on what type of music is the current vibe and will play heart wrenchingly sad tracks during friendly races.

Shadow, to no one's surprise, is a punk rock fanatic. He knows so many rock bands it's actually a little scary and will shout enthusiastically any time someone plays a song from a band he's into. He steals the aux often and refuses to return it. No one really complains though. Except Miya but meh.

Cherry used to be a devout emo kid, but now primarily listens to instrumental pieces filled with obscure flutes and whatnot. He never even attempts to claim the aux, for he knows what his fate would be. Plus he's smart enough to know the shakuhachi isn't the vibe.

Joe has no music taste and will find something nice to say about anything you put on. He's annoying like that. The one time he was given the aux he just shuffled a random playlist and next thing they knew Froggy Fresh was playing.

He never was given the aux again.

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Geek Cave Podcast 167.1 | COMICS | Don't throw a dog if you live in a glass house

This month, Justin tells us about a woman who can turn things into glass (Glazer), Darrin reviews a wrestling book (Total Suplex of the Heart) and a comic about villains (Minor Threats), and Chad has yet another Aquaman-related question. 

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ComicBuzz Chats With Joanne Starer

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An exhibition and book release featuring original setlists written and performed between 2006 and 2024. ⁣ ⁣ 🗓 𝟐𝟐 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 – 𝟐𝟏 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒⁣ 📍 72 Records, 72 Rue du Midi, 1000 Brussels⁣ 🕑 Monday-Sunday, 12pm-7pm⁣ ⁣ 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨: 22 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 / 5𝘱𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. ⁣ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 ‘The Setlist Collection’ follows the paper trail left behind by 70 bands across different genres from rock’n’roll, garage, punk and psychedelic soul to post-punk, wave and alternative indie - a personal anthology of setlists stretching out over 18 years, 40 venues, 8 festivals and 13 countries, featuring⁣ ⁣ !!! • A Place To Bury Strangers • Acid Baby Jesus • Allah-Las • Asphalt • Atomic Suplex • Babyface Clan • Bass Drum Of Death • Bazooka • Beach Coma • Bikes • Black Lips • Cheveu • Control Freaks • Crash Normal • Demon’s Claws • Deus • Dragster • Fryd Chikin • Giuda • Henry Fiat’s Open Sore • Hollywood Sinners • Ice Age • Jack Of Heart • Kaiser Chiefs • Keeper Volant • King Automatic • King Khan And The Shrines • Les Lullies • Mind Rays • Mountain Bike • Mudhoney • New Bomb Turks • Peeping Tom • Permanentz • Proto Idiot • Regal • Reverend Beat-man • Sects Tape • Shannon And The Clams • Sic Alps • Slander Tongue • Sore Points • Sultan Bathery • The Bedstars • The Cavemen • The Dirtiest • The Equals • The Female Troubles • The Good, The Bad & The Queen • The Gruesomes • The Monsters • The Noise Figures • The Pacifics • The Parkinsons • The Raws • The Revelators • The Rip Offs • The Rippers • The Shivas • The Spits • The Wands • Thee Gruesomes • Thee Marvin Gays • Thee MVP’s • Thee Oops • Total Control • Turquoise Days • Unkle • Useless Eaters • Viagra Boys⁣ ⁣ ‘The Setlist Collection’ is a project by Blood Becomes Water published in the very limited edition of 100 copies. ⁣

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Joanne Starer and Ornella Greco Deliver a Total Suplex of the Heart This March 2024

Joanne Starer and Ornella Greco Deliver a Total Suplex of the Heart This March 2024 #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel

[dealgemeneverwarring]

De Algemene Verwarring #112 - 13 May 2024

Episode one hundred and twelve of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday, May 13, 2024, and you can listen to it by clicking on the link below that will take you directly to the Mixcloud page:

Pictured below is Big Black, of course. In general, I don't like having to put pictures here of musicians who have died, and especially not when they are heroes who helped define my musical tastes. Steve Albini was one of those guys. I was introduced to Big Black in the eighties when I was listening to the legendary radio show Domino, presented by Luc Janssen. It was an immediate match. My first visit to Pukkelpop was one year too late to see Big Black Live (they played the festival in 1987, my first visit was in 1988), but later when I saw Shellac for the first time at De Effenaar in Eindhoven I was pretty much blown away. Seen Shellac several times throughout the years, I was also at the All Tomorrows Parties festival curated by the band (here they played every day as first band) - legendary times. And of course all the records that Albini engineered. Contrary to what rumor says, they weren't all good, but still, a lot of them were pretty good and there's of course some all time classics. Steve Albini died at the age of 61 which is just so unfair. People just shouldn't die like that, all of a sudden. A huge blow for all of us underground music lovers, but even more for his family, friends and bandmates. There's a new Shellac album out right now. They made six albums in thirty years.

We've got other music in this episode from Karp, Lowercase, Sonic Youth, Vaag, Your Funeral, Unit 4, Isolation Ward, PIL, UV Pop, HTRK, Jon Collin and more! And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for the show. Enjoy!

Playlist

Big Black: Texas (LP “The Hammer Party” on Homestead Records, 1990, originally released on the “Bulldozer” EP on Ruthless Records in 1983)

Barkmarket: How Are You (CD “L.Ron” on Play It Again Sam, 1996)

Karp: Get No Toys (When You Pay The Money) (CD “Suplex” on K Records, 1995)

Lowercase: Surefire Solvent (CD V/A “Multi-Vitamin Comp” on Punk In My Vitamins, 1999, originally released on a 7” on the same label in 1994)

Sonic Youth: Ca Plane Pour Moi (CD V/A “Freedom Of Choice (Yesterday's New Wave Hits As Performed By Today's Stars)” on City Slang Records, 1992)

VAAG: Living Lie (EP “Paniek” on Eat Dust Records, 2024)

Your Funeral: I Wanna Be You (LP V/A “Killed By Deathrock Vol. 1” on Sacred Bones Records, 2014, originally released on 7” by Local Anesthetic Records, 1982)

Isolation Ward: Dangerous (LP V/A “FM-BX Society Tape 001” on S-S Records, reissue 2010,; originally released on cassette by The FM-BX Society Label, 1981)

Die Egozentrischen 2: Der Aufstand Der Chemiker (LP “No Puberty” on Rush Records, 2018)

Unit 4: Hidden Faces (LP V/A “FM-BX Society Tape 001” on S-S Records, reissue 2010,; originally released on cassette by The FM-BX Society Label, 1981)

Public Image Limited: Flowers Of Romance (LP “Flowers Of Romance” on Virgin Records, 1981)

No Trend & Lydia Lunch: Your Love (10” “Heart Of Darkness” on Widowspeak Productions, 1985)

UV POP: No Songs Tomorrow (LP “No Songs Tomorrow” reissue on Sacred Bones Records, 2012, originally released in 1983 by Flowmotion Records)

k rt d br b nd r: Burn (LP “Totally”, self-released, 2024)

HTRK: Love Is Distraction (LP “Psychic 9-5 Club” on Ghostly International, 2014)

Jon Collin: A History Of Birdsong (LP “The Nature”, reissue on Early Music, 2024, originally released on the same label in 2017)

The Garbage And The Flowers: Eyes Of Johanna (LP “The Deep Niche” on Grapefruit Records, 2016)

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AEW Rampage 11/4/22

Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the AEW All Atlantic Championship -- HERE WE GOOOOOO!!! Shibata fakes a lock-up high and then goes low to lock in a Figure Four, but Cassidy gets to the ropes. Flurry of elbows from Shibata to Cassidy in the corner!!! Cassidy does his nonchalant kicks to Shibata in the corner. Shibata returns the favor in the center of the ring, mocking Cassidy's kicks, but ending the series with a stiff kick!!!!! Cassidy sits down in the middle of the ring, legs crossed. Shibata follows, sitting face to face with Cassidy! Cassidy gestures for Shibata to hit him!! Shibata gestures for Cassidy to hit him instead! Cassidy lays in some nonchalant strikes, barely touching Shibata. Shibata has had enough of the nonsese and responds with nasty palm strike to the face!!!!! Shibata with an absolutely vicious series of elbows to Cassidy in the corner, followed by his signature corner dropkick!! Shibata attempts a back suplex, but Cassidy lands on his feet and hits a back suplex of his own!!! Shibata tries the back suplex again, but Cassidy lands on his feet again! Both guys land a strike at the same time, and they both go down!! Cassidy is the first one up. Cassidy hits a PK!!! Shibata sits right back up!!!!!!!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!! POP FROM ME!!! Cassidy with another PK, but again, Shibata doesn't flinch!!!!!!! Cassidy hits a frantic series of kicks, but Shibata continues to be totally unaffected!!!!!!! Huge leaping elbow from Shibata to Cassidy!!!!!!!!Shibata locks in an abdominal stretch, then transitions beautifully to the flying octopus hold!!!! Cassidy gets to the ropes to break. Cassidy lands a stunner!!! Shibata responds with a Death Valley Driver!!! Shibata goes for a second DVD, but Cassidy counters into a stunner and then lands Beach Break!! Shibata kicks out!!! Orange Punch by Cassidy, but Shibata does not go down!!!! ANOTHER POP FROM ME!!!! Shibata is still on his feet, and he locks in a choke!!! Suplex by Shibata!!! Shibata runs for a PK, but Cassidy counters with another Orange Punch!! Cassidy covers and that's 1, 2, 3!!!! Wow. I loved the hell out of this!!!! There was some nonsense from Cassidy, but not so much that it ruined the match. And the nonsense set Shibata up for some badass moments. But mostly, this was just a great, back and forth match. My heart is overflowing with happiness seeing Shibata in that ring, looking so incredibly well and wrestling like the badass he always has been. I've missed him so much.

After the match, Shibata offers his hand to Cassidy!! They shake hands!!! Cassidy gives Shibata his sunglasses. Shibata wears them as they pose for the camera!! What a moment for Cassidy. What a moment for me!