petersheik replied to your audio post: Grimes - Oblivion I can’t quite tell what the…
New hipster shit: ELECTRONIC MUSIC ABOUT GRAPPLING. Gonna go make a song in Ableton called “Dislocation” about getting caught in a kimura lock. STANDBY, PITCHFORK.
I fully endorse this. With more detailed songs it’ll become quickly apparent who has no clue what the fuck they’re talking about. Or they’ll just pull off some nice sounding creepy shit like Grimes. Either way, TIME TO WEED.
Additional note: It’s like the Toadies came back and made some more creepy songs about small-town back country urban legends…
onefootinthegrave asked: 1. Dana White is a hack Vince McMahon wannabe. agree/disagree? 2. Vince McMahon is the only capitalist worthy of any respect because he makes no bones about doing "right" things and the Mr. McMahon character is the best/only critique of capitalism in modern American popular culture.
I’d say that the Dana White and Vince McMahon characters are two sides of the same Capitalist coin: The Company Head Who Will Stop At Nothing To….
White - The Boss Who Will Stop At Nothing To Elevate His Company
McMahon - The Boss Who Will Stop At Nothing To Elevate Only Himself
White is totally a sideshow and a hype-man with some talent at it, much like the McMahon character. But what’s essentially different is that White believes in himself as a promoter, not because he “believes in himself, period”. He believes in “good business” and not the criminal element. He did, in fact, have his chance to become involved with that element when he was a boxing promoter in Boston and had to leave Boston as a result of refusing to co-operate. One has to wonder though, at this point is he so against that element because of its dangers or because it had such a hand in ruining Boxing (and MMA in Japan) as a business? Of course, even in his efforts to be the best leader for his business, White can wind up supporting extremely idiotic and harmful things for everyone, his business included (see for example his crusade against online piracy and his support for SOPA)
The McMahon character is conversely a good promoter only incidentally, by way of the grandiosity of his shittines, the entertainment of his ludicrousness in his self-promotion. He is the charicature of the Boss. Sure he cares about the “bottom-line” but only in how it relates to himself. Performers may be (and have been) sacrificed along the way. Now, you may say “Yes but Dana White also….” but the sacrifices White allows he sees as “Part of the game that is Capitalism, you succeed if you’re the best” … he will let them “sink or swim” on their own. McMahon, meanwhile, will gladly sabotage anyone that he feels is “in the way”.
Have there ever been storylines with McMahon where he actually acts like a halfway decent guy who’s just trying to see the WWF/WWE and its “fighters/preformers” succeed ala Dana White? But by doing so he winds up still producing horrible outcomes for people just by virtue of running a business devoted, primarily, to making money? That would be interesting to see.
And of course, as we all know, deep down even the Boss who wishes to “elevate his company” wishes, mostly, to just bring reward unto himself. The aforementioned Capitalist coin is two-headed. So, taking these two characters together they become your mentioned “critique of Capitalism in modern American popular culture”, incidental as that may be.
Mirko Cro Cop’s Entrance Song
The end of an era, but you know who’s coming to the cage when this song comes on. Thanks for the memories Mirko!
Artist: Duran Duran
Song: The Wild Boys(Find more MMA Entrance Songs)
Still processing this.
not sure I’m mentally/emotionally prepared for the post-CroCop era…
hoping he stays involved in MMA in some prominent capacity. Wish I could head-kick these emotions…
This MMA Badass Braved the Fukushima Evacuation Zone Just to Feed Stray Dogs
Between Enson Inoue and Genki Sudo Japan’s got the greatest fighters in the world… because of what they’re capable of outside the cage, really.
(Source: Gizmodo)
feeling this lately, for better or worse… Off to train/teach.
