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April 8th, 2001 'Art-of-the-day' hopefully will begin Monday. I have had someone working on recovering all of the MP3 files that consist of a majority of the CONCERTS I have listed, and there may be some progress soon. Now playing... 
Listen to this live version of Karma Police by Radiohead live 1997 in Glastonbury.
CONTACT me to get yourself a copy of the entire show. The 'Rat Squad'... If you're wondering why the links to my auctions aren't working, I'm working on it. I'll be spending all night reworking the html for my ebay auctions. God forbid my auctions also look interesting and send my website links and business...its not like the devil (ebay) doesn't get more than its fair due from me in fees and percentages. Or that these cheap-fuck ebay bidders ever pay what something is actually worth. Some asses went and turned me in for using my auctions as a forum for selling my own merchandise outside of ebay and for having banner ads and other trivial small-time shit. I'm not sure if these were the C.I.A-holes who use ebay and have to cause problems for others by reporting every little infraction they see, or if it was ebay themselves that caught it. It hadn't even occurred to me but someone pointed out that it could also be one of the miserable losers that I used to be friends with who has nothing better to do with their day (because they never get laid and have a lot of anger in them because they keep fighting their homo tendencies) than to keep tabs on those they hate and do their best to disrupt the lives of others...you know who you are, and this describes you fairly accurately. I'm not really accusing anyone, but extra work sucks and if someone other than ebay put this in motion, then you suck too. I could really care less, this is pissant small-time shit. I can handle the redundant work involved and can't be bothered getting my hands dirty with petty people. In the works... The first location has been selected, more information will come as the details become finalized. 
April 5th, 2001 Ebay, still evil, but necessary... I have a few auctions up and running this week. Buy something so I can afford to eat. One is a SIGNED PRINT of one of my black and white ink drawings of some model in a Maxim magazine. Another is a NAPKIN & COASTER imprinted with the logo of the 'Eager Beaver'. They were props from the strip club scenes I was in as an extra for the movie Striptease starring Demi Moore. You might be able to get a deal on a SIGNED BUSHWACKERS 8x10 I am also auctioning this week. Its a good day when your WOW magazine subscription finally runs out... 
They will never see another dollar of my money EVER. April 4th, 2001 I've seen the future, and it is Extreme Catfighting... 
If you're into watching the PRIDE and Extreme Fighting matches that are on PPV every now and then, and aren't totally gay you need to visit EXTREMECATFIGHTING.COM
The guy that started this is my all-time hero. He's essentially found strippers and trained them to fight. They then beat the crap out of each other in a ring just like guys like Gracie, Shamrock, and Ortiz except with a lot more tits and ass flying around. Pure Genius. From what I can gather, these things are totally unsanctioned and have to be held in secret locations. You have to be on the list of select individuals who are given the locations of these fights. I also believe they're primarily held somewhere in California. Don't fear though, if you can't weasel a way to go and see these fights, they have tapes you can buy. The web site also has tons of pictures of the girls...fighting, posing, naked, etc. as well as some video to watch. I am seriously considering raising the $5,000 it costs to sponsor a girl in a fight. I believe with that you get your logo, name, business, whatever to be worn on the clothing of the chick fighter and the people who work in her corner. I don't know why, but it sounds too fun not to be a part of. Well, below I have some pics from the website, and also some clips that were on ALLTRUE.COM.
April 2nd, 2001 When the hell is 1WRESTLING.COM going to stop with all those pop-up ads? They're really fucking annoying. They're my favorite site for daily news but after about 10 minutes clicking pages I'm ready to shoot up a McDonalds and kill me some fat people. I like video clips that end the way THIS ONE does Now playing...
Listen to this live version of One Step Closer by Linkin Park live in Orlando.
CONTACT me to get yourself a copy of the entire show. Wrestlemania last night was simply awesome. The crowd was really into the matches. Austin turning heel and aligning with Vince was a great surprise (can they get the fans to boo him though?). The Benoit/Angle match was really fun to watch and I think we're going to see Angle go insane over him now tapping out to Benoit 3 times ("it never happened"). HHH surprised me by putting over the "Fattytaker"...I don't think that one's over...Notice how HHH really uses his own strength to put over the Undertaker's chokeslam by making it look like Taker is effortlessly holding him in the air with one hand? It was stupid for Taker to bleed as it took some of the impact away from the bloody ending with the Rock/Austin match. The TLC match had a lot of great action. Shane McMahon is a bump machine. I am guessing Trish Stratus and Mick Foley may be on the new WCW show? I loved watching all the guys come to the ring for the gimmick battle royal (although I wanted to see the Red Rooster in it). I was at the Supermarket buying some drinks to bring over to my friend's house where I watched WM17, and while I was being rung out this huge black guy started heading right toward me. All I could think was who the hell is this guy collecting for, and how much do I owe them? Anyway, he starts talking to me about WCW and the NWO and after my heart starts beating again, I realize that I'm wearing an old Outsiders shirt. He's bought everything NWO over the years that you can imagine, he's a big WCW fan (even through the last few years), and he's all confused about Shane buying WCW (I guess he believes what happens on the show for the most part is reality). I gave him my business card with the website address on it hoping he'll buy something in the future. I think its interesting when fans will just start talking to you about wrestling simply because you're wearing an old NWO shirt, but I've come away realizing that most of these people are more than a little strange. Jay & Silent bob fans, visit the official Kevin Smith website... 
March 31st, 2001 Now playing...
Listen to this live and acoustic version of Shimmer by Fuel live at the Green Room.
CONTACT me to get yourself a copy of the entire show. The king of cool... If there's only one more thing you're able to do before you die, you have to see Christopher Walken dancing and flying on wires in this Fatboy Slim VIDEO. Coincidentally, it's Walken's 58th birthday today. Rock/Mummy 2 stuff... I've read reviews from 2 people who have seen The Mummy 2 and they both put it over as being better than the first. The Rock's parts are at the beginning and end of the movie and from what I understand, he doesn't even have one speaking line in this one. Imagine paying a guy $5 million do be the star of your third movie in their new franchise based from his dailies from 2 weeks of filming...with no spoken lines. You can read a detailed account of the movie HERE. 
March 30th, 2001 Andre the Giant has a possee... 
Maybe you've seen this sticker somewhere before.
On someone's notebook or skateboard, or in an airport or on a street sign.
You may have seen it, but do you know what it meant?
Well you really should visit the WEBSITE and find out for yourself.
Shepard Fairey, the creator of this simple sticker, went to my school. I remember as a freshman at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) when he put a huge Andre the Giant head over a billboard for Buddy Cianci...a goombah (supposedly connected???) who was running for mayor. The rumor was that Cianci had once put a cigar out in someone's eyeball. I remember Shep was friends with 2 guys (Justin & Chris...I think) who lived on my floor of the freshman dorms and I used to walk by the open door where they were cutting huge sheets of sticker paper with this image silkscreened on it into the individual stickers. They'd then distribute probably thousands of these out to others and through the traveling that college students do, within a year's time those stickers could be found in the strangest places anywhere and everywhere throughout in the country. I remember he had turned it into a cool little operation where he was selling all kinds of Giant T-Shirts. Everyone had one. I remember after graduating, visiting a college friend in NYC and seeing posters up for a gallery showing of his Giant stuff. I missed the opening as my flight home was the day before. A year or two later I did a search and found his web site. He's turned this into an interesting setup and has created a vast variety of cool clothing and posters all featuring the 'OBEY' propaganda theme and incorporating this same image of Andre. Go visit, and buy a Giant 'OBEY' poster...or at least some stickers to distribute. Football players... I was at the Ale House last night and 2 of the NFL's young super studs were there. Sitting at the table next to me were JEVON KEARSE and TORRY HOLT. I have no idea what they were doing down here in Ft.Lauderdale, or why they were together... They were with this little white boy that may have been their agent??? I don't know but it was cool to see them in there. Holt is a little guy and Kearse is huge. Ebay, Satan's favorite online tool... I have a few auctions up on ebay right now, maybe you can get a good deal on something. I have 3 signed 8X10's up right now of SPIKE DUDLEY, MOLLY HOLLY, and 3 COUNT. I also have a golden age Green Hornet Comics #2 HERE. And some Brian Pillman and Steve Austin ACTION FIGURES. March 29th, 2001 I have a feeling that there won't be much WCW stuff on WWF until after Wrestlemania. Unfortunately, I think a lot of fans will be expecting Smackdown to be a show as big as Monday's Raw was. I heard Shawn Michaels showed up and was sent home and not used for Smackdown because he wasn't in the proper shape for TV. I wonder what Michaels' problem is since he's known for awhile he was coming back and it wasn't like he was ever huge when he wrestled before. I don't think he's committed to this comeback. He needs to be, he missed the Austin and Rock phenomenon by months when he got injured and if he hopes to get some of that success and ride the lightning he had better realize he's going to have to work as hard or harder than those who have already achieved the household name status and gotten the $5 million movie contracts. Going to some of the sites I visit regularly a few of them had some interesting updates... JOEROGAN.NET Is featuring an experiment by Joe where he is trying not to jerk off for a month. Good luck...It's funny stuff as always. ALLTRUE.COM Videoclips: This clip is of RVD, Sabu, and Fonzie posing for a High Times photo shoot. See Sabu speak...click HERE I love Beetlejuice...see him partying and being tossed click HERE Any clip titled "bouncydancer" I have to CHECK OUT 1WRESTLING.COM had a link to Vince Russo's statement concerning his future, the wrestling business, and the WWF/Vince McMahon. Click HERE to read it. They also had a link to KINGLAWLER.COM where they have posted the letter Jerry Lawler letter written Saturday, March 3 2001 and faxed to Vince McMahon (which I believe has gone unanswered). I found it to be very interesting and worth the time to check out. Click HERE to read the entire thing or check out a few of the excerpts I pasted below: I've racked my brain and tried to find out what exactly caused Stacy's release and if it's something as simple as her attitude, please understand that it can change. She's willing to apologize anyone she's given a problem to or an apology to the entire staff of the WWF and ensure to everybody, she will be easy to work with. I feel personally responsible for her actions. From the first day I met her when she was 19 yrs old until now, I have been the one to shape and mold her into what she is today. So her actions are a reflection of me. She really feels bad about the situation and is blaming herself and I know that I'm as much to blame as she. Vince, I have been in the WWF since 1993. I've seen people with worse attitudes get second and third chances. I do not want to work anywhere else because you and the WWF are like family to me. So I'm asking, is there anyway this can be fixed? Can Stacy and I come back in any form? Work more, less? We are willing to make this into an angle, business wise, whatever. I think they should be given a their jobs back with WCW. It would be great to work this as an angle where Shane hires them after being fired by Vince. Napster alternatives... Anyone upset about the restrictions they've encountered on Napster might want to check out the following sites that the Miami Herald wrote about as still flying under the radar offering the same services (some with videos as well): WWW.LIMEWIRE.COM WWW.BEARSHARE.COM WWW.FILENAVIGATOR.COM 
March 27th, 2001 One of the best things about the timing of this merger is that maybe we'll get to see the Red Rooster in the gimmick battle royal at the Wrestlemania PPV this Sunday. Well one of the biggest events ever in the history of professional wrestling took place last night as Vince McMahon appeared on Nitro and announced that he was buying WCW. I almost wish I didn't know the inside story and could have been as surprised as some fans were when they turned the tv on at 8 for Nitro or 9 for Raw. When Shane McMahon actually showed up in Panama City at the end of the show and told Vince he owned WCW and that they were going to kick his ass as they had in the past they set up what should be years of great telavision. Shane McMahon is all over the front page of WCW.COM with a letter to the fans. The WWF.COM page has a similar image of both McMahons from last night. Its not so much how they set up Vince wanting to fire everyone and destroy WCW or Shane taking control and feuding with his father that were the most interesting parts of last night though, I started thinking about everyone else at WCW and what roles they would have in the new company. It seemed fairly obvious that guys like Jeff Jarrett, Lex Luger and Road Warrior Animal would be hitting the highway while Vince seemed open to having Big Poppa Pump, Booker T, and Sting work for him. Even though overdone and over the hill at this point, the Sting Flair match last night was nice to see and Sting couldn't stop smiling as it was obvious he was enjoying himself and what might be his last opportunity to perform with Flair in the WCW he has known and been loyal to all these years. For a "night of champions" though, it was a weak show without the clips of Vince McMahon spread throughout the evening. The matches were pretty good, but it was a lineup you could really have had at any Nitro, to me it didn't even feel like it was at the caliber of one of their pay per views. Wasn't it cool how big some of the pops were for WCW wrestlers like Scott Steiner from a live WWF audience when Vince started polling their names? It was really weird to hear a WWF audience start chanting Goldberg, I almost thought Vince was going to go the distance and have him come out from backstage. I'm sure there will almost certainly be some WCW wrestlers showing up at the WWF PPV. Speaking of which, I don't think they could have a better lineup of matches for this Sunday. They've got 3 or 4 main event level matches...I think the TLC match, Benoit/Angle and HHH/Undertaker matches all have the potential to be as good or better than the main event. I know I'm missing a lot of wrestlers, but from the roster listed on the WCW web site, the following are of a priority for Vince to keep ... Sting, Goldberg, Booker T., Kanyon, Flair, DDP, Ernest Miller, Konnan, Lance Storm, Kidman, Midajah, Scott Steiner, Mike Awesome, Lance Storm, Norman Smiley, Rey Mysterio Jr., and Stacy Kiebler. If you watch Jackass, check out ALLTRUE.COM they have the same sort of video clips and even a bunch of stuff submitted by Steve-O (seen on Jackass). 
March 26th, 2001 The WWF bought WCW at the end of last week. Monday night should be interesting. I can only imagine what the WWF has planned for the final Nitro show and for the future of WCW. I assume they're trying to keep as much of an element of surprise as is possible in their business. I will probably stay away from the news sites today and try to enjoy whatever they have planned as much as possible. From what I've heard, the WWF has only bought those contracts that were short term and reviewable after 90 days with a 30 day advance warning. The big guaranteed pay days for those who don't like to work are over. We'll now see who loves the business and is willing to keep working hard at their job. Its not like the Rock, HHH, or Austin don't make a lot of money or aren't hundreds of times more popular than anyone in WCW, but they have to earn it through working the house shows and by getting over to help sell merchandise (of which they receive a percentage). I really don't expect to see guys like Nash, Goldberg, and Sting willing to work hard to achieve the fame the Rock has earned but I could be wrong. Instead, I see guys where its obvious that they love what they do getting their chance to really succeed in this new environment. I think of wrestlers like DDP, Ric Flair, and Booker T. doing some great things with Vince, Paul, and the rest of the WWF creative team.
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