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The last time I went through the NXT roster was right after the August 6 cuts, which heralded the end of Triple H's super-indy vesion of NXT and the rise of NXT 2.0. Since then another 15 performers left this brand, either to move up to Raw/Smackdown or in the November 4 cuts.
NXT 2.0 officially began on September 14. Two months later, the 18-49 demo is at a record low, and the median age viewer is 62 years old. The shakeup can only be considered a success in terms of one metric--the brand is now more directly focused on developing wrestlers to be what Vince McMahon wants to call up to Raw or Smackdown Whether that's worth it remains to be seen.
Men's singles division - babyfaces
Tommaso Ciampa (NXT men's champion)
Bron Breakker
Johnny Gargano
Dexter Lumis
Cameron Grimes
Odyssey Jones
Solo Sikoa
Grayson Waller
Xyon Quinn
Boa
Men's singles division - heels
Pete Dunne
Carmelo Hayes (NXT North American champion)
Roderick Strong (NXT cruiserweight champion)
Tony D'Angelo
LA Knight
Joe Gacy
Andre Chase
Trick Williams
Duke Hudson*
Unranked: Draco Anthony*, Edris Enofe*, Malik Blade*, Ru Feng*
*Not listed on WWE.com's official NXT roster
One improvement in NXT 2.0 is that I can actually come up with 10 faces and 10 heels to rank in the men's singles division. (It's only 19 here because Santos Escobar disappeared for a while, but he just came back.) Instead of just pushing 4-6 "real" stars and treating everyone else like losers, we've got some actual depth. For instance, it's easy to see the wide gap between Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams, as opposed to Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs (who have a similar partnership but fewer guys between them in the pecking order).
The elder statesmen of this brand now are Ciampa, Gargano, Dunne, Strong, and Kyle O'Reilly. Those are the guys that best exemplify the "What if WWE bought Ring of Honor?" era of NXT, and their futures will be very interesting to follow. Gargano and O'Reilly have contracts expiring in December, and there's a lot of buzz about whether they'll jump to AEW. Dunne recently signed on for another few years, which surprised me, but I guess we'll see if he's rewarded for his loyalty.
Men's tag team division - babyfaces
MSK - Nash Carter & Wes Lee*
Kyle O'Reilly & Von Wagner
Jacket Time - Ikemen Jiro & Kushida
Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs
Men's tag team division - heels
Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel (NXT men's tag team champions)
Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde
Brutus Creed & Julius Creed
Grizzled Young Veterans - Zack Gibson & James Drake
*Not listed on WWE.com's official NXT roster
WWE has recently gotten their act together about keeping the website roster up to date, which certainly makes it easier on someone like me. One weird oversight, though, which I only recently noticed, is that Wes Lee isn't included in the NXT roster for some reason. I'm sure it's a mistake, but I am kinda curious how long it will take for them to catch it.
It's difficult for me to believe that O'Reilly and Kushida will have any lasting value with the company beyond helping Wagner and Jiro get started. I don't see either team lasting very long. I'm also not bullish on Gibson and Drake, whose big story this week was that they swiped the women's tag belts to pose with because they wanted to pretend they'd won the men's tag title.
The new mandate for NXT is to recruit younger and younger talent, and to avoid long-term commitments on anybody that isn't developing quickly enough. So the window to start with the company is shrinking, and so is the window to convince them you have what it takes. And it'll be worse for the women, because the age limits are said to be even lower for them. I would expect a lot of turnover in this division.
The big direction for NXT 2.0 is Toxic Attraction (Mandy Rose, Gigi Dolin, and Jacy Jayne), with the idea that they're incredibly evil about being incredibly hot. Which is the same gimmick Carmella has, and that Eva Marie had until she got cut. I don't know how you can do this same gimmick with five different women in the same company and not figure out that it isn't working.
They're doing an eight-woman WarGames match for December 5, with Rose & Dolin & Jayne & Kai vs. Gonzalez & Shirai & Jade & TBA. With Zoey Stark on the shelf there aren't a lot of women left to put in that last spot unless you dip into the jobbers. So this might be a way to see who they're looking to push next.
Women's tag team division - babyfaces
Kayden Carter & Kacy Catanzaro
Indi Hartwell & Persia Pirotta*
Women's tag team division - heels
Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne (NXT women's tag team champions)
*Not listed on WWE.com's official NXT roster
Zoey Stark's injury has put her team with Io Shirai on hold, so NXT only has three women's teams left. Astonishingly, that's still more active women's tag teams than Raw and Smackdown put together.
No TV matches in 30 days: Danny Burch, Dante Chen, Guru Raaj, Hachiman, Ivy Nile, Mei Ying, Santos Escobar, Timothy Thatcher
I don't want to do the whole "I bet somebody gets cut next" bit, but I am genuinely surprised Burch and Thatcher made it through the August 6 and November 4 releases. Hachiman is also a weird case, where he was introduced as sort of an enforcer-looking guy for Roderick Strong's Diamond Mine stable, and he still hasn't had a single NXT match yet.
Another oddity of WWE's website is that Guru Raaj is only listed on the 205 Live roster, which is really just a remnant of when 205 Live was treated as a fourth brand for cruiserweights. Not that it makes much difference, since he hasn't been on any WWE show in months.
Part-time/semi-retired: Beth Phoenix, Brian Kendrick, Robert Stone
I'm starting to give up on Kendrick ever returning to full-time action. He hasn't appeared in a match in over a year, which I remember because it was his return from being away for a whole other year. I assume he's taken a producer job or something, and WWE just can't be arsed to update his website profile.
Robert Stone is a weird case because he was a full-time wrestler before he came to NXT, but they stuck him in a manager role, and now everyone in the Robert Stone Brand has been cut except for him. So I guess they'll repackage him as a full-time wrestler, but if there was any future for him in WWE doing that, they wouldn't have made him a manager in the first place.
Inactive
Candice LeRae (pregnancy)
Samoa Joe (undisclosed injury)
Saurav (visa issues)
Zoey Stark (left knee - torn ACL and meniscus)
To my knowledge, WWE has never provided an update on Joe's status or given any indication that they'll pick up on him trying to regain the NXT men's title after being forced to relinquish it. I'm not sure if Saurav will ever make it back into a WWE ring at this rate. I don't think anybody knows when LeRae's contract is up, but since Gargano could be leaving in December, there's been a lot of unfounded speculation that she'll end up wherever he goes.
I haven't seen a timeframe for Stark's recovery, but with knee injuries you can usually figure it'll be somewhere in the 6-12-month range.
George Floyd
Breonna Taylor
Tamir Rice
Michael Lorenzo Dean
Eric Reason
Christopher McCorvey
Steven Day
Christopher Whitfield
Atatiana Jefferson
Maurice Holly
Jordan Michael Griffin
Nicholas Walker
Bennie Branch
Byron Williams
Arthur Walton Jr.
Channara Tom Pheap
Patricia Spivey
Stephan Murray
Ryan Twyman
Dominique Clayton
Isaiah Lewis
Kevin Leroy Beasley Jr.
Julius Graves
Marcus McVae
Marzues Scott
Bishar Hassan
Kevin Bruce Mason
Mario Clark
Jimmy Atchison
D’ettrick Griffin
George Robinson
Andre Horton
William Matthew Holmes
Jesse Jesus Quinton
Anthony Antonio Ford
Mahlon Edward Summerrour
Charles D. Roundtree Jr.
Chinedu Valentine Okobi
Charles David Robinson
Antone G. Black Jr.
Darrell Richards
Botham Shem Jean
James Leatherwood
Devin Howell
Joshua Wayne Harvey
Christopher Alexander Okamato
Cynthia Fields
Rashaun Washington
Herbert Gilbert
Anthony Marcell Green
Antwon Michael Rose II
Robert Lawrence White
Thomas Williams
Marcus-David L. Peters
Terrance Carlton
Aries Clark
Juan Markee Jones
Danny Ray Thomas
Stephon Clark
Trey Ta’Quan Pringle Sr.
Ronell Foster
Corey Mobley
Arthur McAfee Jr.
Geraldine Townsend
Warren Ragudo
Thomas Yatsko
Dennis Plowden
Jean Pedro Pierre
Keita O’Neil
Lawrence Hawkins
Calvin Toney
Dewboy Lister
Armando Frank
Stephen Gayle
Antonio Garcia Jr.
Brian Easley
Euree Lee Martin
DeJuan Guillory
Aaron Bailey
Joshua Terrell Crawford
Marc Brandon Davis
Adam Trammell
Jimmie Montel Sanders
DeRicco Devante Holdon
Mark Roshawn Adkins
Tashii S. Brown
Jordan Edwards
Roderick Ronall Taylor
Kenneth Johnson
Christopher Wade
Alteria Woods
Sherida Davis
Lorenzo Antoine Cruz
Chance David Baker
Raynard Burton
Quanice Derrick Hayes
Chad Robertson
Jerome Keith Allen
Nana Adomako
Marquez Warren
Deaundre Phillips
Sabin Marcus Jones
Darrian M. Barnhill
JR Williams
Muhammad Abdul Muhaymin
Jamal Robbins
Marlon Lewis
Ritchie Lee Harbison
Lamont Perry
Bill Jackson
Julian Dawkins
Terry Laffitte
Jermaine Darden
Marlon Brown
Kendra Diggs
Deion Fludd
Clifton Armstrong
Fred Bradford Jr.
Craig Demps
Dason Peters
Dylan Samuel-Peters
Russell Lydell Smith
Willie Lee Bingham Jr.
Clinton Roebexar Allen
Charles A. Baker Jr.
Anthony Dwayne Harris
Donovan Thomas
Jayvis Benjamin
Quintine Barksdale
Cedrick Chatman
Darrell Banks
Xavier Tyrell Johnson
Yolanda Thomas
Roy Lee Richards
Alfred Olango
Tawon Boyd
Terrence Crutcher
Tyre King
Levonia Riggins
Kendrick Brown
Donnell Thompson Jr.
Dalvin Hollins
Delrawn Small
Sherman Evans
Deravis Rogers
Antwun Shumpert
Ollie Lee Brooks
Michael Eugene Wilson Jr.
Vernell Bing Jr.
Jessica Williams
Arthur R. Williams Jr.
Lionel Gibson
Charlin Charles
Kevin Hicks
Dominique Silva
Robert Dentmond
India M. Beaty
Torrey Lamar Robinson
Peter Wiliam Gaines
Arteair Porter
Kionte DeShaun Spencer
Christopher J. Davis
Thomas Lane
Paul Gaston
Calin Devante Roquemore
Dyzhawn L. Perkins
David Joseph
Wendell Celestine Jr.
Antronie Scott
Peter John
Keith Childress
Bettie Jones
Kevin Matthews
Michael Noel
Leroy Browning
Miguel Espinal
Nathaniel Pickett
Cornelius Brown
Tiara Thomas
Richard Perkins
Jamar Clark
Alonzo Smith
Anthony Ashford
Dominic Hutchinson
Lamontez Jones
Rayshaun Cole
Paterson Brown Jr.
Junior Prosper
Keith Harrison McLeod
Wayne Wheeler
Lavante Biggs
India Kager
James Carney III
Felix Kumi
Mansur Bell-Bey
Asshams Manley
Christian Taylor
Troy Robinson
Brian Day
Samuel Dubose
Darrius Stewart
Albert Davis
Salvado Ellswood
George Mann
Freddie Blue
Johnathon Sanders
Victo Lorosa III
Spencer McCain
Kevin Bajoie
Kris Jacksons
Kevin Higgenbotham
Ross Anthony
Richard Gregory Davis
D’Angelo Reyes Stallworth
Dajuan Graham
Brendon Glenn
Reginald L. Moore Sr.
David Felix
William Chapman
Norman Cooper
Darrell Lawrence Brown
Walter Scott
Eric Courtney Harris
Donald Ivy
Phillip White
Jason Moland
Denzel Brown
Brandon Jones
Askari Roberts
Bobby Gross
Terrance Moxley
Anthony Hill
Tony Terrell Robinson
Naeschylus Vinzant
Charly Leundeu Keunang
DeOntre L. Dorsey
Thomas Allen Jr.
Calvin A. Reid
Terry Price
and countless of hundreds of others have lost their lives to systemic racism and police brutality in the united states. THIS MUST END. “normal” shouldn’t be citizens afraid of those charged to protect them. “normal” shouldn’t be weapons banned in wars used on peaceful civilians. “normal” shouldn’t include the continued abuse of those who are treated as less than by the system. WE HAVE THE POWER TO INACT CHANGE. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD AGAINST RACISM AND POLICE BRUTALITY.
A huge card highlighted the go-home show before Halloween Havoc.
Matches:
Odyssey Jones vs. Andre Chase: Jones won with a Splash in a squash.
Julius and Brutus Creed w/The Diamond Mine vs. Imperium: Fabian Eichner and Marcel Barthel: Ikeman Jiro and Kushida cost the Creeds the match. Soon enough MSK hit the ring and beat on Imperium.
Elektra Lopez w/Legado Del Fantasma vs. Cora Jade: Jade…
Guy Fieri would be one of the highest paid athletes in the NFL, NBA or MLB
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These 17 athletes need to call their agents.
Guy Fieri is bringing the fuego to Flavortown with a new Food Network contract that is paying him an astonishing $80 million over three years. I’m not going to hate at all, the dude is the MVP of Drivers, Dine-Ins, AND Dives — three essential skills every TV host needs.
That said, it’s beyond hilarious that Fieri’s $26.7M per year makes him higher paid than some of the biggest players in the sports world. I’m mentioning this not to shame the incredible athletic ability of these players, but rather as a bargaining chip in negotiations so they can tell a team “you gotta pay me more than Guy Fieri.”
For the purposes of this we’re going to put in a few provisions. Firstly, the player needs to have appeared in one All Star game, or equivalent — at a skill position in the case of the NFL, because defensive players tend to be underpaid. Also, we’re going to focus solely on NFL, MLB and NBA here — just because the money needs to be in the same ballpark. Finally I’m looking at overall contract value as a comparison, not veterans who gave their teams a one-year salary break before it skyrockets.
NFL
Alvin Kamara (5 years, $75M)
George Kittle (5 years, $75M)
Julio Jones (3 years, $66M)
Christian McCaffery (4 years, $65M)
Dalvin Cook (5 years, $63M)
Davante Adams (4 years, $58M)
Travis Kelce (4 years, $57M)
Derrick Henry (4 years, $50M)
NBA
Zach Lavine (4 years, $78M)
Julius Randle (3 years, $62.1M)
DeAndre Jordan (4 years, $39M)
MLB
Hyun-Jin Ryu (4 years, $80M)
Lorenzo Cain (5 years, $80M)
Marcell Ozuna (4 years, $65M)
Dallas Keuchel (3 years, $55.5M)
Andrew McCutcheon (3 years, $50M)
Jose Abreu (3 years, $50M)
I tried to limit this to guys who were at least in the same region as Fieri’s contract, just so they could have a fighting chance in negotiations. If you made the list it’s time to call your agent and say “I’m making less than Guy Fieri.”
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I'm sad to see the official Boyd Rice page gone. Is it possible that you could repost his reading list? Thanks...
• BOYD RICE'S Recommended Reading List •
"When confronting ideas / beliefs, bring an open-mind and critical thinking. Extract that which is most beneficial to you, and ignore the rest. All these books contain an element of pure gold, and varying degrees of lead. I leave it to you to sort-out which is which."- Boyd Rice
Social Theory / Study:
The Republic, by Plato
Gobineau: Selected Political Writings, by Arthur Gobineau
Essays and Aphorisms, by Arthur Schopenhauer
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler
Man and Technics, by Oswald Spengler
The Myth of the Twentieth Century, by Alfred Rosenberg
Might Is Right, by Ragnar Redbeard
The Crowd by Gustave Le Bon
The Lucifer Principle, by Howard Bloom
Imperium, by Francis Parker Yockey
The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Art of War, by Sun Tzu
Sun & Steel, by Yukio Mishima
Man into Wolf, by Robert, Eisler
The Hunting Hypothesis, by Robert Ardrey
The Territorial Imperative, by Robert Ardrey
With Charity Toward None, by Florence King
Homo, 99 and 44/100% Nonsapiens, by Gerald B. Lorentz
The Lightning & The Sun, by Savitri Devi (out-of-print?)
Essays and Aphorisms, by Oswald Spengler (out-of-print?)
Esotericism, Mysticism, Religion & Mythology:
Studies in Morals & Dogma, by Albert Pike
Hermes & Plato, by Edouard Schure
The Hermetic Tradition: Symbols and Teachings of the Royal Art, by Julius Evola
The Mystery of the Grail: Initiation and Magic in the Quest for the Spirit, by Julius Evola
Eros and the Mysteries of Love: The Metaphysics of Sex, by Julius Evola
Mystery of the Cathedrals, by Fulcanelli
New Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry (Two Volumes in One), by A.E. Waite
Encyclopedia of Religions or Faiths of Man, Part 1, by J.G.R. Forlong
Encyclopedia of Religions or Faiths of Man, Part 2, by J.G.R. Forlong
The Legends of the Jews, by Louis Ginzberg
The Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology, by Arthur Cotterell
The Bible As It Was, by James L. Kugel
The Greek Septuagint Bible (A Modern English Translation), by Paul W. Esposito
The Book of Enoch
The Antiquities of the Jews, by Flavius Josephus
Jesus the Magician, by Morton Smith
Traditions of Glastonbury, by E. Raymond Capt
The Nag Hammadi Library in English : Revised Edition James M. Robinson
The Encyclopedia of Heresies and Heretics, by Leonard George
Encyclopedia of Heresies and Heretics, by Chas S. Clifton
The Gnostic Religion, by Hans Jonas
The Gnostic Gospels, by Elaine Pagels
The Sacred and Profane: The Nature of Religion, by Mircea Eliade
Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises, and Defense
From the Ashes of Angels: The Forbidden Legacy of a Fallen Race, by Andrew Collins
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World, by Ignatius Donnely
The Destruction of Atlantis: Ragnarok, or the Age of Fire and Gravel, by Ignatius Donnely
The Holy Place: Discovering the Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World, by Henry Lincoln
Key to the Sacred Pattern : The Untold Story of Rennes-le-Chateau, by Henry Lincoln
Holy Blood, Holy Grail, by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln
The Temple and the Lodge, by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh
Makers of Civilization in Race and History, by L.A. Waddel
British Edda, by L.A. Waddel
(All works by L.A. Waddel are recommended)
Language, Myth & Man, by Joseph Reiss (out-of-print?)
Quinta da Regaliera (out-of-print?)
Biographies:
Tiny Tim, by Harry Stein
King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis, by Shawn Levy
Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey, by Blanche Barton
Isis & Beyond: The Biography of Cecil E. Nixon, by Doran Wittelsbach
The Aryan Christ: The Secret Life of Carl G. Jung, by Richard Noll
The Great One: Life and Legend of Jackie Gleason, by William A. Henry
D'Annunzio, by Tom Antongini
Dannunzio: The Poet As Superman, by Anthony Rhodes
The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler, by Robert George Leeson Waite
Hanussen: Hitler's Jewish Clairvoyant, by Mel Gordon
Edie: American Girl, by Jean Stein
POPism: The Warhol Sixties, by Andy Warhol
Rhodes: Race for Africa, by Antony Thomas
Out of This Century: Confessions of an Art Addict, by Peggy Guggenheim
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's, by Ray Kroc
Six Years With God: Life Inside Jim Jones' People's Temple, by Jeannie Mills
Le Petomane, by Jean Nohain & F. Caradec
The Dream King: Ludwig II of Bavaria, by Wilfrid Blunt
Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby, by Geoffrey Wolff
My America, Your America, by Lawrence Welk
Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince, by Marc Eliot
The Hellfire Club, by Daniel Mannix
Albert Pike: The Man Beyond the Monument, by Jim Tresner
The Modesto Messiah: The famous mail-order minister, by Lewis Ashmore
Sawdust Caesar: The Untold Story of Mussolini and Fascism, by George Seldes
The Four O'Clock Murders: A True Story of a Mormon Family's Vengeance, by Scott Anderson
The New York Dolls: Too Much Too Soon, by Nina Antonia
Too Much, Too Soon: Diana Barrymore, by Diana Barrymore
The Conquering Family, by Thomas B. Costain
Cocteau: A Biography, by Francis Steegmuller
Unity Mitford: An enquiry into her life and the frivolity of evil, by David Pryce-Jones
Killer: A Journal of Murder, by Thomas E. Gaddis & James O. Long
Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr., by Rudolph Grey
The Pied Piper Of Tucson, by Moser & Cohen
The Devil's Avenger (Anton LaVey), by Burton Wolff (out-of-print?)
King Rene D'Anjou and his Seven Queens, by Staley Edgecumbe (out-of-print?)
The World Of Walter Keane, by Walter Keane (out-of-print?)
One More Victim (Dan Burros), by ? (out-of-print?)
Fiction:
Devil Born Without Horns, by Michael A. Lucas
Ozma of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
Impressions of Africa, by Raymond Roussel,
The Magic Christian, by Terry Southern
Portrait of Jennie, by Robert Nathan
The Portrait of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
Fantomas, by Marcel Allain & Pierre Souvestre
The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus, by Cornell Wollrich
Paradise Lost, by John Milton
Vril: The Power of the Coming Race, by Edward Bulwer Lytton
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
Nightmare Alley (Crime Novels: 30s & 40s American Noir), by William L. Gresham
Art:
Casper David Friedrich, by Jaqueline & Maurice Guillaud
Kingdom of the Soul: Symbolist Art in Germany, 1870-1920, by Ingrid Ehrhardt
The return of la belle jardini�re; Max Ernst 1950-1970, by Werner Spies
The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp., by Arturo Shwarz
The Visual Art of Jean Cocteau, by William A. Emboden
The Nazis, by Piotr Uklanski
It's a Man's World: Men's Adventure Magazines, the Postwar Pulps, by Adam Parfrey
Tamara De Lempicka: 1898-1980, by Gilles Neret
Von Stuck, Taschen
Warhol, by David Bourdon
Andy Warhol's Index Book, by Andy Warhol (out-of-print?)
Der Villa Stuck In Munchen,by Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker (out-of-print?)
The Carel Willink "Bible", (out-of-print?)
Arno Breker: A Life Of Beauty, by Dominique Egret (out-of-print?)
Sensor Sweep: Spears of Clontarf, Mech, Max Brand, Melee, Dresden Files
Robert E. Howard (Jeffro Johnson): This is a great story, a fascinating piece.
In the first place, it shows us up close the sort of peoples, Christian and pagan, that produced the bedrock of the myth and legends that would define our base concepts of fantasy and heroism. But it also presents the notion that we are descended from people that were every bit as heroic as Conan and Solomon Kane. And being written by Robert E. Howard, you can’t help but end up being persuaded!
So many good lines here:
My lords, it may be God’s will I fall in the first onset– but the scars of slavery burn deep in my back this night, and may the dogs eat my bones if I am backward when the spears are splintering.
Fiction (Rawle Nyanzi): It’s finally here. The project that myself, Brian Niemeier, and Bradford C. Walker set out to complete is under way. Three mech books — two currently released, one in pre-orders — can finally be purchased on Amazon. One even has a sequel out. These stories are very different from one another. Xseed is military sci-fi in the Gundam mold, very grounded in realism; Reavers is “Christian knights in space,” strongly modeled off of both chivalric romances and classic Star Wars. My own book is based strongly on Japanese-style superhero shows, specifically Power Rangers, while also taking place in an alternate history.
Authors (DMR Books): Frederick Faust, better known to millions of fans over the last hundred years as “Max Brand,” was born on this date in 1892. Awhile back, I wrote a post on H. Bedford-Jones where I called him “King of the Pulps.” I may need to change my mind on that one. I was following the opinion of Darrell C. Richardson–whose opinions and erudition I esteem greatly–in that instance. I think I’ll have to belatedly disagree with Darrell this time.
While Bedford-Jones is calculated to have written about twenty-five million words for the pulps in his career, Faust wrote at least that many in a shorter career–Faust died five years before Bedford-Jones, almost to the day. Both men wrote in various genres, but Faust appears to have made better money doing so.
Fiction (HiLo Brow): Ernest Hemingway‘s WWI adventure A Farewell to Arms. A hardboiled account — by a disillusioned American, Frederic Henry, serving as a paramedic in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army — of the horrors of WWI. “I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain,” Henry recounts. “I had seen nothing sacred, and the things that were glorious had no glory and the sacrifices were like the stockyards at Chicago if nothing was done with the meat except to bury it…” Our narrator is introduced to Catherine Barkley, an English nurse, whom he indifferently attempts to seduce; he gets to know Catherine better as he recuperates under her care, after being wounded on the Italian front; he is sent back to the front — leaving a pregnant Catherine behind in Milan.
Fiction (Eldtrich Paths): Grave Peril is the third book of the Dresden Files. I had no major problems with the first two books in the series, but I can see why many readers say the series picks up with this book. A lot happens. Harry Dresden has to deal with more characters, more problems, and more enemies are. The author really puts Harry through the grinder with this one, making it a great chapter in the series.
Fiction (DMR Books): The second installment in the serialized version of Tros of Samothrace is titled “The Enemy of Rome” and consists of what would become chapters 15 – 26 of the novel published in 1934. Set in the late summer/early fall of the year 55 B.C., this story tells of the aftermath of Julius Caesar’s first invasion of Britain and was first published in the April 10, 1925 issue of Adventure magazine.
Tros has won his first skirmish with Caesar and Rome: he has Caesar’s ship, his pay chests, his seal of office and all of his correspondence (not just military intelligence but much of his foe’s schemes and ongoing plans).
History (Don Herron): Recently I read A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell
Burnham by Steve Kemper. Here’s a paragraph from the book:
Apaches inspired terror for good reason. They were as harsh and pitiless as the landscape they roamed. For non-Apaches, the worst imaginable fate was to be taken alive by them. Captured children and young women were occasionally integrated into the tribe, but men were doomed to torments. Captives were often turned over to Apache women whose male relatives had recently been killed.
Fiction (Black Gate): The Wrath of Fantomas is a book I approached with extreme prejudice. It��s a graphic novel that seeks to present a new version of Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain’s Fantomas series, which proved so successful when it was introduced a scant 108 years ago. As a rule, I dislike the concept of rebooting a series.
When first discovering a book series as a kid, continuity was key. It made a property more meaningful if there were numerous volumes to find and devour. Scouring used bookstores for dogeared copies of the missing pieces in the narrative puzzle made such books far more valuable to me.
Fiction (Hillbilly Highway): You can imagine my interest then, when I discovered that an Appendix N and Weird Tales stalwart, Manly Wade Wellman, wrote an entire series of short stories very much rooted in the lore of my people. About John. At least that’s the only way his name is given in the stories. He is more usually known as John the Balladeer or Silver John. He may also be a parallel universe Johnny Cash. Or maybe John the Baptist. Or maybe both.
Games (Jeffro Johnson): This game is so rad.
I get it out to show it to people, as if to just explain what it is and show off the components…. But then, if you have time to explain it, you pretty much have time to play it. And once you play it, you gotta play it again!
The sample character cards from the recent Fantasy Trip “Monster” Set make this even easier. Just pick a card. Pick one at random, even. Man, it’s just so easy.
Games and Popular Culture (Wasteland and Sky): I’m unconvinced there is a Millennial who knows what an actual homage is. They should, but for some reason have discarded this definition from their minds. A “homage” is clearly not swiping passages of another writer’s work and not transforming it to a new form, such as comedy or parody, or attributing the original when doing so. But that aside there is a another quote that gives the game away.
Cinema (Sacnoth’s Scriptorium): So, the organizers of Tolkien Day in Kalamazoo arranged for a special showing of the new TOLKIEN biopic to a room full of Tolkien scholars. We were on the whole a skeptical bunch as to whether the filmmakers cd pull it off, but willing to see how it had come out.
The first thing that struck me was the trees. Tolkien famously said you can’t get much about trees into a play, one reason he considered drama inferior to fiction, but the filmmakers showed this is not necessarily the case for film.
Fiction (Classic Mysteries): I’m pretty sure that readers who enjoy some of the great classics of science fiction are already familiar with the name of Fredric Brown. I have particularly fond memories of several of his SF classics, such as Martians, Go Home. But I’m also fond of Brown as a mystery author. And, as a fan of Lewis Carroll, and the Alice in Wonderland books in general, I generally try to re-read one of my favorite Fredric Brown mysteries, Night of the Jabberwock, every few years. It’s funny, medium-to-hard-boiled, and I think its plot is both unique and brilliant. It’s not always available in the marketplace, but – as of May, 2019 – it looks like it’s out there at least as an e-book. So here’s what I had to say about Night of the Jabberwock when I reviewed it on the Classic Mysteries podcast several years ago. I’ve updated the information about the book’s availability, but otherwise it’s pretty much as I first wrote and recorded it.
Pulp Science Fiction (SF Magazine): The Debt by E. Mayne Hull is the third of her ‘Artur Blord’ series, and sees the return of the alien Skal from the previous story. This one starts with Blord coming upon a ravaged spaceship, where all the men are dead and there is only one hidden survivor, Ellen Reith. All the other women have been taken by the Skal’s henchmen to the Castle of Pleasure. Blord realises that they will soon deduce from the manifest that Reith is missing, and that they will return for her. He calls his office to organise a cover up.
Fiction(Paperback Warrior): Author Paul Bishop is a 35-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department. Receiving “Detective of the Year” accolades twice, Bishop starred as the lead interrogator on the ABC reality show “Take the Money and Run” developed by marquee name producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Along with his 15 published works, Bishop also is the writer and editor of the essential reference work “52 Weeks 52 Western Novels – A Guide to Six-Gun Favorites and New Discoveries”.
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Complete List Of NFL Players Disrespecting American Flag In Week Three
Trump warned the NFL players about the difference between respecting the flag and finding other ways to protest.
It is not an unreasonable request. And most players locked arms in a show of support that is ok with Trump and America because it does not dishonor the flag.
But there were a few malcontents who chose to continue to disrespect the American flag.
This list was compiled by ESPN.
Oakland Raiders: Most of the Raiders remained seated or took a knee during the national anthem.
Washington Redskins: Jamison Crowder, Josh Doctson, Brian Quick, Niles Paul, Jordan Reed, Ryan Anderson and Chris Carter took a knee.
Seattle Seahawks: The whole team did not come on field for the national anthem.
Tennessee Titans: The whole team stayed in the locker room.
Green Bay Packers: Lance Kendricks, Martellus Bennett and Kevin King sat in the bench.
Los Angeles Chargers: Brandon Mebane, Damion Square and Darius Philon sat for the anthem and Tenny Palepoi and Chris McCain kneeled.
New England Patriots: Adam Butler, Brandon King, Lawrence Guy, Alan Branch, Jordan Richards, Malcom Brown, Trey Flowers, Deatrich Wise Jr., Jonathan Jones, Devin McCourty, Elandon Roberts, Stephon Gilmore, Malcolm Butler, Brandon Bolden, James White, Johnson Bademosi and Duron Harmon, took a knee.
Miami Dolphins: Jay Ajayi, Kenny Stills, Laremy Tunsil, Maurice Smith, and Julius Thomas took a knee.
Detroit Lions: 8 players took a knee.
New Orleans Saints: Adrian Peterson, Mark Ingram Alvin Kamara, Cameron Jordan, Sheldon Rankins, Alex Okafor, Kenny Vaccaro, Rafael Bush, Chris Banjo and Brandon Coleman sat for the anthem.
Atlanta Falcons: Grady Jarrett and Dontari Poe knelt.
Denver Broncos: Thirty-two Broncos players kneeled like Kaepernick.
New York Giants: Damon Harrison, Olivier Vernon and Landon Collins kneeled.
Pittsburgh Steelers: Entire team stayed in tunnel except for one player. Alejandro Villanueva who was an Army Ranger.
Philadelphia Eagles: Malcolm Jenkins raised his first for anthem.
Cleveland Browns: 20 Browns players knelt during the national anthem.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Mike Evans and DeSean Jackson knelt for anthem.
Indianapolis Colts: Jabaal Sheard, Malik Hooker, Darius Butler, Rashaan Melvin, Jon Bostic, Tarell Basham, and Al Woods knelt.
Carolina Panthers: Julius Peppers stayed in locker room for anthem.
Buffalo Bills: LeSean McCoy, Jordan Matthews, Ryan Davis, Shaq Lawson, Lorenzo Alexander, Mike Tolbert, Shareece Wright, Leonard Johnson, Cedric Thornton and DT Marcell Dareus took a knee.
Baltimore Ravens: Terrell Suggs, C.J. Mosley, Tim Williams, Tyus Bowser, Za’Darius Smith, Mike Wallace, Carl Davis, safety Tony Jefferson, Anthony Levine and Lardarius Webb took a knee.
Jacksonville Jaguars: Jalen Ramsey, A.J. Bouye, Calais Campbell, Malik Jackson, Tashaun Gipson, Yannick Ngakoue, Dante Fowler, and coach Doug Marrone knelt.
favorite little detail or thing about marcel? or just little thing that he does that you think about a lot?
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Marcel’s a little clumsy. He’s a great flyer and he’s careful with holding objects and animals in his hands, but he trips over his own feet a lot. It almost gives the impression that he’s not as used to walking as he is flying.
Marcel’s the opposite of a picky eater. He will eat anything, it’s almost concerning. (He grew up in an orphanage so, presumably that’s where that trait comes from.)
Speaking of his upbringing; Marcel loves his mother so deeply. He never met his birth parents, and was raised by a woman in an orphanage alongside many other abandoned avians, and he calls her “mum” as he values her a lot. He is such a mama’s boy. He holds his friendship and family bonds very dear, and misses his mother everyday. Maybe he’ll go back and visit her sometime soon :]