Happy Halloween! This year, my costume is Dan Rice. Picking up from where my esteemed colleague left off, the next show that I could find comes to us via the private stash of Tripping Balls, as posted to his YouTube channel. This is all filmed on one camcorder, with no commentary… but it does feature […]
David Foster Wallace, who wrote the sprawling, postmodern magnum opus Infinite Jest, is also responsible for some of the most deeply entertaining, and genuinely insightful pieces of journalism I’ve ever come across—writing that manages to be both profoundly enlightening and wholly human in a way that sticks with you long after you’ve finished reading. He […]
I need to kick off this special edition of Rotten Rewatch by discussing a writer far superior to myself. JR Goldberg is the mind behind Meth Lab Battlarts, which you can read some here and buy the zine version here. JR is the first person I remember extolling and cheerleading Ian Rotten’s grappling. He also […]
For the fifth week in a row, I bring you, the fine readers of Violent People, Rotten Rewatch. What’s that? It’s been a full month since the last column? Honestly I feel like I let the dozen of you that read this down. I could blame Violent People Radio, but that takes up about 2-3 […]
Welcome back to another Rotten Rewatch. I can’t imagine someone reading this that doesn’t know, but just in case I wanted to point out that” Firstly, We’ve announced Violent People Radio, a forthcoming podcast featuring the four original minds behind Violent People. Secondly, I’ve launched a solo podcast called Violent Volumes. The response has way […]
This week’s event is a much larger jump in the IWA Mid South timeline. We’re going four months and fourteen events from Happy Helladays, but at least we’re skipping to an important show. IWA Mid South is crowning their first heavyweight champion. What’s the best way to decide a champion? A good ole fashioned tournament. […]
The response to the inaugural Rotten Rewatch has been overwhelmingly positive! Well actually, I’m lying. I’m writing this before the first edition has even gone live on Violent People. Here’s hoping people liked it, though I’d settle for people reading it! We’re fast forwarding two months and three shows forward in the IWA Mid South […]
In 2001, my wrestling fandom transitioned from a casual interest to a passionate obsession. It’s where I went from “I like wrestling,” to “I should watch all the wrestling ever.” It’s when I became an indie wrestling fan. Ring of Honor was starting, ECWA was hot, CZW was terrifying and awesome to me. In the […]