#Marty Ross

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Monkeeing Around- New Monkee Marty Ross Part Two - Episode 26

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Monkeeing Around- New Monkee Marty Ross Part Two - Episode 26

This week we’re still MONKEEING AROUND with New Monkee Marty Ross!

In part two of our talk with Marty Ross we discussed Marty’s early childhood band, his transition from a pariah in the Monkee Fan community to host of MonkeeMania Radio, the thirty year secret behind the song Affection, how the New Monkees saved a woman’s life, and much more! Don’t miss Marty’s upcoming show at Shank Hall in Milwaukee on April 21, 2023!

Monkeeing Around is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber.

[gizmocrate-werecrow]

New Monkees members

These are the new monkees, they only had one album and are an interesting point in monkees history.

the members are:

Jared Chandler: Guitarist, singer and also has a dog called Poochie

yes I know it’s low quality but still

Marty Ross: pianist and cloudcuckoolander (one of their best episodes is about Marty cloning himself)

Larry Saltis: Gutarist and both a mommas boy and a lover boy, rocks a great mullet.

Dino Kovas: Drummer and not the smartest out of the four

The Show only ran for 13 episodes due to backlash from the Monkees fandom. It is however an interesting show to look at and observe.

[happy74827]

People need to be have more hype for all my favorite characters. I’m tired of going to look for fanfics and being forced to write because there’s LITERAL CRUMBS

Populate those fandoms people 👏👏

[renegadesstuff]

THE FOREHEAD KISSES 🥺❤️

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BHOC: SUPERMAN #333

Like with ACTION COMICS, I had also taken a three-month hiatus from buying SUPERMAN. I don’t really remember why–possibly a feeling that my money was better spent on other titles. So there was a little gap in my collection. But as off-handedly as I left, I returned right as 1978 was on the way out, purchasing this issue, #333, from my local 7-11. What brought me back? Beats me. It really could…

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𝒩𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝑒'𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓁𝓎 1980'𝓈, 𝒶 𝒻𝒶𝒷𝓊𝓁𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓎/𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝓎𝓅𝑒 𝒸𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓂𝒶 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝒷𝓎 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎, 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓉. ℳ𝓎 2 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝒶𝓇𝑒 "𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓣𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓞𝓿𝓮𝓻" 𝒻𝑒𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝒹𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒽𝓊𝓈𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹, 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐓𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓊𝓅 𝒾𝓃 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓃𝒶𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒶𝓃𝓈. ℐ 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓈𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝑜𝓁 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝐓𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎 𝒶 𝒹𝒾𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝓎𝓅𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑒𝓇. ℳ𝓎 2𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒷𝓈𝑜𝓁𝓊𝓉𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 5 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹 "𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮." 𝒜 𝓈𝑜𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒰𝓃𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒻𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑜𝓇, 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗿𝘂𝗽 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝐇𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒷𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝒷𝓊𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝓊𝓈𝒽 𝓌𝒾𝒻𝑒, 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗮 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗿𝘂𝗽. 𝒩𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝑒'𝓋𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝐀𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝒶𝒹𝓁𝓎. 𝒯𝓇𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 3 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓁𝓊𝒹𝑒𝒹, ℐ 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓁𝓁 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂.

[idontgiveaflyinggrayson69]

Two fights in the first 8 seconds? Sexy

[laderniereseancedecedrique]

ZOMBIE : LE CREPUSCULE DES MORTS-VIVANTS (1978)

Dans le monde entier, les morts sont revenus à la vie et attaquent les vivants. Une fois mordus, ceux-ci se transforment à leur tour en zombies. Les autorités tentent d'endiguer l'épidémie. Le seul moyen d'éliminer un zombie est de lui tirer une balle dans la tête.

Fran se réveille après une courte pause dans le studio de télévision où elle travaille. Le chaos y règne. Les équipes envoyées pour réparer les stations relais disparaissent les unes après les autres, ce qui provoque la colère de l'équipe contre la direction. De plus, le personnel chahute l'invité, un officiel qui annonce des mesures radicales et autoritaires pour lutter contre les morts-vivants. Steve, pilote de l'hélicoptère du studio et petit ami de Fran, propose à cette dernière de s'enfuir en volant l'appareil.

Au même moment, une unité du SWAT investit un immeuble occupé essentiellement par des Afro-Américains et des Portoricains précaires, qui refusent, comme l'exige la loi, de détruire les corps de leurs proches. L'intervention tourne mal : des policiers et des civils sont tués, notamment parce qu'un des membres des forces de l'ordre, ouvertement raciste, ne se contrôle plus et se fait abattre par Peter. Après avoir éliminé les zombies qui étaient parqués dans la cave, Peter fait la connaissance d'un de ses collègues, Roger. Celui-ci, ami de Steve qui doit s'enfuir avec lui, propose à Peter de les rejoindre. Le groupe des quatre fugitifs quitte donc la ville pour trouver un refuge.

Après avoir assisté du ciel à des scènes de massacre par la Garde nationale, et échappé de peu à des zombies en faisant le plein de carburant, le groupe se pose sur le toit d'un centre commercial. Leur objectif est au départ de se ravitailler, ce qu'ils arrivent à faire, même s'ils ont dû laisser Fran seule, sans armes, et qu'elle a failli se faire tuer par un zombie. C'est la raison pour laquelle elle est réticente quand ses compagnons lui proposent de s'installer dans le mall. Elle se laisse finalement convaincre.

L'installation et la cohabitation ne se font pas sans mal. Fran doit s'imposer auprès des hommes, qui prennent des décisions sans elle, notamment après qu'ils ont découvert qu'elle est enceinte. Il faut éliminer les zombies qui errent par automatisme, souvenir inconscient de leurs anciennes habitudes, dans le centre commercial. Il faut ensuite bloquer les portes, au moyen de camions citernes. Au cours de cette opération, Roger, à qui la chasse aux zombies fait perdre toute prudence, se fait mordre.

Le petit groupe profite, pendant quelque temps, du centre commercial. Fran semble peu satisfaite de cette vie dévolue à la seule consommation. Elle apprend à piloter l'hélicoptère. Peu après, Peter doit abattre Roger, qui s'est transformé en zombie. Les trois survivants continuent leur semblant de vie, jusqu'à ce qu'une troupe de bikers pénètrent dans le mall pour le piller, ouvrant les issues aux morts-vivants. Steve ne supporte pas cette invasion dans ce qu'il considère être sa propriété, chèrement acquise. Il tire sur les bikers. La fusillade qui s'ensuit signera la fin de certains d'entre eux, dévorés par les zombies, mais aussi celle de Steve, qui se transforme en zombie.

Fran décide de s'enfuir en hélicoptère. Peter décide d'attendre les zombies et de se tirer une balle dans la tête, mais se ravise et rejoint la jeune femme. Dans la dernière scène, Fran constate qu'il lui reste peu de carburant.

[millyrocking]

a summary (with some colorful commentary) of great rivalries: bret hart and shawn michaels

-i have to mention that bret is wearing a black button down that’s open enough for you to see his chest and shawn’s button down has no sleeves.

-bret’s hair has lightened up to a nice honey brown here. it looks good.

- bret and jim liked working with rockers from the start because they were fast and had great athleticism

- shawn thanked bret for being nice abt his past as a rocker.

- the rockers bad behavior was often excused because they were great in ring performers.

-shawn comes off as very anxious to me. i don’t know if it’s because of bret or having to speak about his past behavior but he’s fidgeting a lot.

- shawn always looks to bret when he’s talking but bret looks at jim ross almost the entire time. he glances to shawn here and there.

- bret remembers EVERYTHING. im so sorry but i take his word over shawn’s any time.

- bret: “shawn and marty had that sexy boy kind of look”

- shawn said that the rockers and hart foundation were a good pair up because hart foundation didn’t down them for being small like the other guys did

- bret could do a verbal telling of the history of wwf from 84-95 seriously. his memory is impeccable.

- bret being so upset abt the rope breaking during the rockers vs hart foundation title match — telling the ref and everybody to stop the match so they could fix it

- the match went to hell and bret said it was the first time he was lost in a match — bret was so sick about the rope 😭

- bret and shawn had the first ladder match in wwe history plus fun fact it was bret who brought ladder matches to wwe bc they did them in stampede wrestling

- bret was camera shy when he was starting out in wwf

- the way shawn looks at bret when he’s talking aww he’s locked in

- from 80s to early 90s — bret said it transition from the dinosaurs to the mammals

- bret always gives shawn props on how good he was in this interview which is nice bc i guess shawn really needs to hear that specifically from bret

- before wwf — shawn was taught to destroy rivals and be cutthroat but wwf was more obsessed with how big you are — the bigger you are in size, the more status

- shawn and bret got along from day 1

- it was curt (hennig), bret and shawn as a little trio back in the early 90s

- bret said him, curt and shawn used to play baseball with an axe handle when they had down time 🥺

- bret considered shawn one of his besties, shawn visited his kids (early 90s) — i posted an interview excerpt about this from bret

- it’s scary that back then wrestlers were all drug addicts to varying degrees — bret and shawn have lost so many friendships over drug use and death wow

- bret often went to bat for shawn to upper management— always put in a good word for him to vince

- bret said shawn was one of the best athletes to come into wrestling

- bret always wanted to pass the torch to shawn. it was always in his plans.

- i think maybe shawn was so pissed with bret because he wanted to be bret’s equal in the business and not the guy who’s running behind him to get the baton?

- shawn and bret drew close to each other because they shared a common value: no matter the crowd and circumstance, work as hard as you can

- shawn: “people would be surprised at how many events there were where it was shawn and bret celebrating together”

- while bret was winning belts, shawn was struggling with drug issues — then the kliq formed

- iron man match — bret and shawn were still friends but drifting slowly

- bret liked kevin nash and thought he supported him during his tenure at wwf

- shawn turned babyface and came in bret’s babyface lane — a spark of friction here

- bret felt that him being champion meant nothing to wwf, felt he was a placeholder for someone else to get the belt and felt disrespected because he’s turning out classic matches and getting nothing for it - yet shawn put out less work and gets handed the belt — animosity kinda started there — bret felt upper management wasn’t treating him right even though bret thought he was more over than he ever was

- so bret sorta left

- bret didn’t feel like shawn was interested in sharing the wealth, wanted to keep it for the kliq — told bret he had plans to basically only work w the kliq — shawn doesn’t remember this convo allegedly but doesn’t doubt he said this

- shawn: the futurist — the business needed to get edgier — he’s kinda tony stark coded to me

- bret: the traditionalist — VERY steve rogers coded like i can’t make this shit up 😭

- bret felt he was the leader of the locker room — most wrestlers voiced their concerns to him — bret the den mother

- what kinda pisses me off is i feel like bret never got to be the super megastar that he should’ve been like the rock, stone cold, hulk hogan, john cena were — he should’ve been THE quintessential 90s superstar wrestler (he probably was and since i wasn’t born yet i just dont know)

- hitman fans are an oppressed group. they were always screwing over his character 😭

- bret and shawn choreographed the iron man match together— bret’s so happy abt this match because it went perfectly. went exactly the way they planned.

- shawn called bret the next day or so to thank him

- the 2 min overtime was a work — we should all know that

- shawn’s attitude after the iron man match — pushing earl away when he’s clipping the belt, no handshake was a work

- shawn told earl to get bret the hell out of the ring — bret didn’t have a problem with this, just felt it was a speed thing — just something that came out to get things moving and keep time

- after the match — owen called bret and said the locker room really thinks you and shawn hate each other bc you didn’t shake hands — bret loved this heat because it would create good money for the both of them

- shawn and bret had a convo abt their heat being a work

- bret was proud of shawn’s champion run in 96 — thought he did a good job

- bret planned to throw jabs at shawn when he returned in oct 96 as a work so he could play the bitter and disgraced ex champ who’s coming back to get what’s his

- clip of a fan calling bret a pretty boy (i agree)

- i swear shawn never finishes a sentence. real.

- shawn’s wild asf for saying “stu hart is dead and walked around calgary as if he’s still alive” in 97. im sorry if i were bret id wanna beat his ass any chance i got too 😭

- i think their worked heat turned into a shoot (using all the terminology) in summer 97 bc of their promos — they were talking too much shit about each other it started to get kinda real

- bret negotiated the biggest contract in wcw at the time

- shawn and his “knee injury” — no one believed it and im sorry i dont either 😭 — bret was upset bc he thought shawn was being selfish and putting more work onto the guys to carry the company while he does backflips in his shorts and loafers

- my theory is shawn faked this knee injury to get out of dropping the belt to bret at wrestlemania xiii — probably felt pissed about him having the biggest contract, hailed for saving wwf ratings, being able to take a long ass break (even though technically bret’s previous contract ended) and come back to be top of the card

- but its okay because bret vs stone cold at wrestlemania xiii is a classic — my second favorite bret match — i think him and shawn’s iron man match is my all time fave

- bret said something about shawn’s parents being embarrassed about the playgirl shoot — this set shawn off

- shawn said for some reason he really wanted bret’s pat on the back, his validation and affirmation

- bret thought him and shawn were always on the same page about their fake heat

- bret felt shafted by shawn for the wrestlemania switch, felt shawn let the company down

- all the things bret ever said about shawn was strictly about his character

- bret and shawn would work out what they were gonna say about each other (in 97) and shawn would be like “great 😄👍🏼” but then bret would come back into the locker room and shawn would be like “😢” while everyone was like “great work bret! 😁” — shawn smiles and laughs as bret says this

- bret thought the “pat on the back” that shawn was looking for was incoming, all he wanted to do was build up shawn and make him even bigger than he was. bret knew his time was coming to an end and always had plans for shawn to be his successor but bret admits that he was way too realistic with the heat and it ruined his and shawn’s relationship

- shawn felt that him and his character were one, attacking shawn michaels the wrestler, the kayfabe was attacking shawn the person

- bret didn’t like shawn’s stripping in the ring as a babyface then him bringing kids in the ring to dance with him — bret felt it was wrong — they had a light disagreement here

- shawn didn’t have the capacity at the time to put his feelings aside for business because he felt insecure about his public perception

- bret just wanted to get money with shawn, he feels horrible for damaging the trust between them — didn’t understand how much heat he had with shawn until the sunny days promo

- bret probably wouldn’t care too much about the sunny days comment if his kids and family weren’t asking him if he’s cheating w sunny

- i think the actual start of the real beef was “bret’s announcement” promo where shawn sweet chin musics bret into his wheelchair —- bret went on too long because he couldn’t hear his cue in his headset due to the noise of the crowd so he made them go off air and shawn didn’t get to do the kick before the cameras cut. shawn was LIVID about this bc he felt bret did it on purpose to humiliate him and be able to berate him live with shawn not being able to retaliate.

- shawn says him and bret would have convos where bret would say “just trust me” but felt bret had it out for him and this promo was proof so now shawn was talking the gloves off and refusing to respect bret —- then he did the sunny days promo

- “the cat fight in hartford” as bret calls it came after the sunny days promo

- apparently after all this, they were still on decent terms. (also random fun fact that was not told in this interview: the costume ladies stopped making bret’s ring attire because he beat up shawn in hartford). bret was told him and shawn had a wrestlemania spot (xiv im guessing shawn says he didn’t know that) so he told shawn he had no problem putting him over. shawn said “thank you and i appreciate that but i would never do the same for you”— neidhart and ken shamrock were there

- bret says the next day, he goes to tulsa, ok tv tapings (its crazy that he remembers such details) and vince says bret you have to drop the belt in montreal to shawn but bret tells vince what shawn said about not putting him over

- vince said im gonna get shawn and you’ll repeat what you just said, vince finds him and just says “im gonna put the belt on you shawn” and shawn starts acting fake and praises bret

- so bret did not want to put shawn over because he disrespected him

- one thing that people always get wrong about the lead up to the screwjob that pisses me off is that they think bret had a huge vendetta against shawn and didn’t want to drop to him or anyone, wanted to carry the belt to wcw and he didn’t wanna lose in canada EVER and that bret was being a difficult bitch in the midst of this when bret has said time and time again this was not true:

1. bret had no problem dropping the belt to shawn initially. he was happy to do it but shawn telling bret he wouldn’t put him over is what ruined it.

2. bret had no intention of bringing the belt to wcw ever. he and vince went over many ways that he could drop the belt — on raw, the next in your house, ss. it was never an issue. and he said he would’ve dropped it to ANYONE. so no the screwjob was not a “business decision” like triple h, stone cold and undertaker claim. i could get that it was supposed to be business as in they needed to start the attitude era and shawn was supposed to be the face of the company for that and needed the belt but stone cold could’ve gotten it and have a stone cold vs shawn match and spend more time beefing up dx. drop to undertaker — shawn vs undertaker again in a rematch after that in your house hell in a cell. there were ways. plus the way they went about it kinda breached bret’s contract but thats another post (i could really do a montreal screwjob post if anyone is interested because i know basically EVERY public detail about it now).

3. “ooh bret just didn’t wanna lose in canada!!” okay is that so bad? that’s his biggest audience and home country. plus they don’t run that many shows there anyway so why can’t we let bret have that? also bret said he would’ve dropped the belt in ottawa and where is that? okay then.

-triple h having a say in this decision is very weird to me. hunter said “fuck bret not wanting to drop the belt to shawn. if he doesn’t wanna do business, we’ll do it for him” he egged on the double cross. im also confused as to why shawn and triple h are in the management room like they’re execs and why are we going over finishes without the second party of the match? thats not how its supposed to be done.

-for bret, it was all about respect. for shawn, it was about validation. i just don’t get why it was so important to get it from bret. maybe because bret’s a vet? he knows the business in and out, has played almost every role central to pro wrestling, from a wrestling royalty family — possibly bret not validating shawn felt like a burial of his talent? like the expert who has seen almost all the greats can’t recognize that same greatness in him which makes him feel like he’s not as good as he thinks he is?

-if im hearing this correctly, shawn didn’t know how the double cross was going to go. he knew it was going to happen but not exactly how.

-bret and shawn had a final heart to heart the day of or hours before the screwjob, talking about their problems, how they were fucked up in their connection and trying to reestablish some trust going into the SS match — shawn starts crying a bit here because he feels so guilty about his involvement in the screwjob

-shawn felt he had a huge weight on lap with the decision to carry out the screwjob or change the finish— he said he did what he was told because he felt like a little soldier for the company (for vince)

-shawn said this was easily one of the lowest points in his career

-vince wanted to take full responsibility for the screwjob but shawn is ?? abt that bc shawn is gonna be the one in the locker room and the matches so who’s really gonna feel the heat?

-bret didn’t punch or rough up shawn after the screwjob because he didn’t know if shawn was really involved or not and would feel bad if he physically hurt him while he was innocent. bret said he would feel bad about it for the rest of his life.

-bret had 275 days in his contract for 97 but did 310 days

-bret was devastated about this double cross — bret holds back tears after he says this

-bret felt more betrayed by shawn than vince. he said if it were the other way around and they wanted bret to screw shawn, “there would be nothing they do or say to get me to do that”

- bret categorizes himself as “one of the boys” not a “company guy”

-even after everything, bret still had respect for shawn

-i understand why bret was so absolutely pissed about the double cross because 300 days for 14 years — sick, hurt, missing family, leaving on christmas just for them to say fuck you and get the fuck out

-side note: bret tells shawn canada doesn’t hate you because of the screwjob but because you dry humped the flag

-not to be extra but there’s an interlude here where wwe sums up their lives post screwjob and bret’s section is just absolutely devastating (becsuse his life after really was) — owen’s death, his concussion, his mom died, davey boy died, his stroke, his dad dies after (thats a LOT of trauma over the span of 6 years) while shawn’s section is just like yeah he broke his back but had an amazing, spectacular, spiritually fulfilling journey where like fine wine he got better with time like alright…

-bret says he was so angry about everything related to wwe that he felt like “parachuting in[to raw] with a machine gun”. he wondered how he could arrange it 😭

-tyson kidd told bret that shawn still feels bad about what happened (i think this was 2009?) and wanted to call bret to talk. bret told tyson to give shawn his number. bret waited for shawn to call for a year and asked tyson why he hadn’t.

-the big motivator for bret to reach out to shawn was the wrestlemania xxv match with shawn and undertaker— bret was so proud of him and undertaker and wanted to call shawn to congratulate him.

-shawn didn’t call bret because he was scared (shawn says this so bluntly). he wanted to make up with bret so badly that he couldn’t handle bret being closed off to reconciliation.

-the make up in the ring was very genuine.

-shawn is very torn up about the fact that he didn’t have the ability back then to…not be an asshole. he wished he was a better person and he got a little worked up and choked up about the fact that he was not. it devastates him that his poor decisions and emotional stability ruined his connection with bret.

-shawn also says with the utmost conviction: “for whatever reason, i just wanted bret hart to like me”

- there’s a very cute clip here from the interview day (theyre in some other room) where bret makes some joke, shawn laughs and grabs bret’s arm while bret smiles 😊

-clip of bret and shawn strolling the dock, just chatting

-bret on forgiving shawn: “it pulled this weight off of shawn. it set him free which in turn set me free”

-clip of bret showing shawn something on his phone

-shawn is just so happy to have made up with bret. you could tell he missed him.

-the final line of the interview from jim ross is “hope lives. thank you.” the drama of it all.

[tinkabelle24]

Raph's Workout Playlist

I remember curating one of these early on into my old TMNT-centred blog; figured I'd bring it back cos I remember having a lot of fun 😊

For those on Spotify, here's the playlist. Not all songs listed below are on there however, as they weren't available.

This should go without saying, but...

This list contains songs with explicit language.

UPDATED: Aug 29th, 2024

Act a Fool - Remix (S-BEATS MUSIC, BLAZZE BEATZ)

AIN'T SO (thatboykwame, Arno Faraji)

Astronaut in the Ocean (Masked Wolf)

Bass (Merkules, Tech N9ne, Hopsin)

Bate Forte e Dança - Super Slowed (DJ Ritmo55)

Beast - Southpaw Remix (Bob Bailey & The Hustle Standard, Busta Rhymes, KXNG Crooked, Tech N9ne)

Bezerk (Big Sean, A$AP Ferg, Hit-Boy)

Big Dawgs (Hunumankind, Kalmi)

Big Gangsta (Kevin Gates)

Break Ya Neck (Busta Rhymes)

BRODYAGA FUNK - SLOWED + REVERB (Eternxlkz)

Can't Be Touched (Roy Jones Jr., Mr Magic, Trouble)

Cinderella Man (Eminem)

Come On (Bonecrusher)

CLOUDS (NF)

Confident (Tasman Keith)

Crank That (Soulja Boy) [Travis Barker Remix] (Soulja Boy, Travis Barker)

DNA (Kendrick Lamar)

Erbody But Me (Tech N9ne, Bizzy, Krizz Kaliko)

Get Up (50 Cent)

Godzilla (Eminem, Juice WRLD)

Go Get It (T.I.)

Goosebumps - Remix (Travis Scott, HVME)

Grindin (NF, Marty)

Higher (Eminem)

HUMBLE - SKRILLEX REMIX (Kendrick Lamar, Skrillex)

I Don't Dance (DMX, mgk)

If I Can't (50 Cent)

IV. Sweatpants (Childish Gambino)

King Sh*t (Yo Gotti, T.I.)

Kings Never Die (Eminem, Gwen Stefani)

Kumbaya (Hopsin)

leavemealone (Fred again.., Baby Keem)

Leave Me Alone (NF)

Let's Go (Trick Daddy, Twista, Lil Jon)

Like I Ain't (Tech N9ne)

Lucky You (Eminem, Joyner Lucas)

Mask Off - Marshmellow Remix (Future, Marshmellow)

MIDDLE CHILD (J. Cole)

Mount Everest (Labrinth)

Movin' Bass - GTA Remix (Rick Ross, JAY-Z)

Never Enough (Eminem, 50 Cent, Nate Dogg)

New Level (A$AP Ferg, Future)

No Excuses (NF)

NO NAME (NF)

NOTHIN' TO IT (ON THE HUNT, Chandler)

Not Like Us (Kendrick Lamar)

Numb / Encore (JAY-Z, Linkin Park)

Outcast (NF)

Phenomenal (Eminem)

POWER (Kanye West)

Push It (Rick Ross)

RAMPAGE (GRAVEDGR)

Real (NF)

REEL IT IN (Aminé)

Reptile's Theme (Skrillex)

Rip Your Heart Out (Hopsin, Tech N9ne)

Ruff Ryders' Anthem (DMX)

The Search (NF)

Shell Shocked (Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla Sign, Kill The Noise, Madsonik)

SICKO MODE - Skrillex Remix (Travis Scott, Skrillex)

THAT'S A JOKE (NF)

Till I Collapse (Eminem, Nate Dogg)

U Don't Like Me - Datsik Remix (Lil Jon, Diplo)

Warm Up (NF)

The Way I Am (Eminem)

What's Up Danger (Blackway, Black Caviar)

When I Grow Up (NF)

Who Run It (SWIDT)

Wolves (Big Sean, Post Malone)

You Should've Known (Hopsin, Dax)

I'll add more as I go 😅

[doll-elvis]

to be fair, according to marty, elvis had firmly believed that blacks and whites should be separate romantically. he dated joan blackman and when marty asked about her, he said she revealed she'd gone on a date w/ a black man and it turned him off. elvis was known to be contradictory and hold other ppl to standards he didn't hold himself to and i think his attraction to black woman was another example. that's probably why marty claimed that about the flirting.

I mentioned Marty Lacker specifically because in the Alanna Nash book whenever race is mentioned, it just seems like it is always him who has something to say about black people and Elvis. He just seemed hyper-fixated on race and that’s why I believe he may have held some prejudice and wanted to extinguish the idea that Elvis found black women attractive because he didn’t agree with that himself. Like for example when asked about if Elvis dated Maggie Smith (a black woman) Marty alluded that she wasn’t attractive enough for Elvis, and then also telling that Diana Ross story and saying that Elvis found her unattractive… it just comes off as strange to me personally

I’m not hating against Marty or saying that he lies about everything, I just wanted to point out that all of these men have their own biases and will only tell stories as they see them, even if it the situation had a different reality

but I have read that story about Joan Blackman and it was also what ended the relationship between him and Mindi Miller in the late 70s

“But then Elvis found out she’d been involved with black actor-football star Fred Williamson, and while it preceded their own relationship, he pulled the plug, just as he had on Joan Blackman when he heard she’d dated a black man, too. “He wasn’t a racist person,” Mindi Miller clarifies. “That’s just the way he was raised.”

(excerpt from BLPH by Alanna Nash)

This is obviously a touchy and complicated subject, like Mindi clarifies I genuinely don’t believe he was racist however I’m not saying he wasn’t without his prejudices whether it was conscious or sub-conscious

And we also have to remember this man was born in 1935 in the conservative and religious south and was most likely just a product of his time/environment. I have also read every Memphis Mafia member and some girlfriends say that Elvis held homophobic views but again that can be attributed to his environment and something that was just sub-conscious because of how he was raised and what he was taught. But I don’t believe that he would ever mistreat a gay person or be outwardly homophobic against them despite what he was probably taught to believe

Billy Smith said “I hate to say it, but Elvis was prejudiced about homosexuals…He wouldn’t mistreat them for anything”

I think that having an opinion is very different from actively expressing it

So I don’t believe that he strongly thought that black and white people should be separate romantically because to my knowledge he never said an unkind word about Myrna Smith (a black woman) and Jerry Schilling (a white man) dating. If he was so against it, why would he still be friends with them?

But like you said Elvis could be contradictory and hold others to standards that he didn’t hold himself to

However I think that actions speak louder than words and I’ve never read a story where he mistreated a black person or publicly expressed any racist views. I want to remember him for the good that he did and there are so many beautiful stories where he helped the black community and uplifted and defended black artists

most notably when he threatened to pull out of playing at Houston as they expressed they didn’t want him to bring his black back up singers, the Sweet Inspirations.

Elvis was having none of that so he straight up gave them an ultimatum and of course Houston caved in and allowed the Sweet Inspirations to perform

And there is no doubt in my mind that Elvis loved the Sweet Inspirations and that they loved him. They have said nothing but good things about him and his character (also have y’all seen the video where he kisses them all before rehearsal in Elvis on tour <3 ?!?!)

Like Elvis once wrote “To judge a man by his weakest deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave”

[happy74827]

I just took a long look at my masterlist that’s been growing for the past couple of years… I’m both very proud of myself and also concerned that I have TOO much free time on my hands 💀

[renegadesstuff]

WHEN THEY HAVE THE EXACT SAME SCENE 🥺🤍

[brokenanxiety]

marty looks so good here omg please sir let me breatheeeee

like kyle, i also wish to stand between the mat(t)s. why does kyle kinda look like ross here like just a little?