rzombie1988 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Am I just old or are those not really celebrities? I saw Chris Hero in there. Can't really say, but it is way easier to be a celebrity now and have most people not know who you are than ever before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProducerMatt Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Am I just old or are those not really celebrities? I saw Chris Hero in there. There's Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Haley Joel Osment (The I see Dead People kid) and Arquette that would count as actual celebrities and not just vaguely famous. Unless you're referring to the people playing the roles of various wrestlers, where you'd have a point. They're more internet famous I guess, in the nerd fandom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parties Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Mountain Goats' Beat the Champ drops April 7th and is pretty incredible. I'd be hard pressed to name cooler art that anyone's made "about" wrestling. Even just musically speaking, this is the best Darnielle guitar of his career, and Jon Wurster's never sounded better on drums. Kind of an amazing achievement if you're a fan of both wrestling and good music. http://www.npr.org/2015/03/29/395108044/first-listen-the-mountain-goats-beat-the-champ "The Ballad of Chavo Guerrero" and "Heel Turn" are now both on Spotify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I interviewed him a few weeks ago, and it was a bit amusing since he briefly mentioned the Apartment Wrestling ads in old pro wrestling magazines. So hoping he writes something about that subject in the future. Loved the album, initially overlooked "Unmasked" but came to really love that track. So good. Also "The Ballad of Bull Ramos" is a sweet little tribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Love the album, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Schneider Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 I was listening to a tour audio https://soundcloud.com/robert-risperdal-wright/easter-mountain-goats-concert And he plays the Hard Times promo as his walkout music. Seeing him in DC Wednesday, over the moon excited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Article on John Darnielle going to a Chikara show... http://www.stereogum.com/1788418/we-took-the-mountain-goats-john-darnielle-to-his-first-pro-wrestling-show-in-35-years/franchises/cover-story/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Conversation I had with John Darnielle: http://pharrfromheaven.blogspot.com/2015/04/conversation-with-john-darnielle-of.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childs Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 I really wanted to like the album but found the music mostly dull and Darnielle's voice grating. The Goats just don't hit my musical sweet spot, though I've always dug his sensibility. Maybe I'll try his novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 It's the first album in a long time I have liked from him. My favorites will always be the old Darnielle and boombox albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexoblivion Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Judging by some of his artwork and insults, it seems Raymond Pettibon is a fan. Wonder if Nick Mundy was ever a member of DVDR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I bought Beat The Champ the other night and it's fucking tremendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/features/rick-rubin-on-wrestling-and-how-roddy-piper-turned-the-beastie-boys-bad-20150420?page=3 I had no idea Rick Rubin helped bankroll SMW. He must've felt pretty awesome hearing some of his work used in WWE, specifically his Johnny Cash credits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 https://youtu.be/GAN_O9xRkf4 Killer Mike's "Ric Flair" video. Pretty great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Got to see the Mountain Goats live Tuesday night. My wife was dying when she heard the Dusty Rhodes "Hard Times" promo before they came out. I was super excited to get to meet Darnielle after the show. He signed my copy of The Sunset Tree and I got to tell him how cool it is that Al Madril has been name-checked in a song in 2015. I had on a Macho Man t-shirt and he told me he loved it. Great show with a nice selection of stuff off the new album and many old faves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachchaos Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Bob Dylan mentions an idea he had for a music video involving Jerry Blackwell portraying the "Neighborhood Bully". Starts at 7:13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Ewiak Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Joe Manganiello (of Magic Mike and True Blood fame) pulled the ultimate 'bring the gf to a random wrestling event' by bringing Sofia Veraga to last night's PWG show. ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Tom Petty said something kind of profound in Rosanna Arquette's documentary about the music business, about rock and roll being like pro wrestling, that it's fake and the fans know it but don't care anyway. It's made me wonder all this time whether or not he was a fan himself growing up in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Bob Dylan mentions an idea he had for a music video involving Jerry Blackwell portraying the "Neighborhood Bully". Starts at 7:13. Holy shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 I've heard Adam Sandler is a fan, which could explain the reference to Chief Jay Strongbow in Big Daddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotJayTabb Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 British singer/songwriter Sam Duckworth, formerly known as Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, is a big wrestling fan. I know he did a couple of Spin Cycle's for TNA on their UK tours, and the video for "The Real McCoy" (a song about Kid McCoy) featured Austin Aries and Alex Shelley wrestling in black-and-white. I once DJed a show he was headlining in London, and knowing the above, played Mark Henry's ring music as he came onstage, which he enjoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Bob Dylan mentions an idea he had for a music video involving Jerry Blackwell portraying the "Neighborhood Bully". Starts at 7:13. Bret Hart wrote in his book about meeting Dylan at a jazz festival in New Orleans (introduced to them by mutual friend and probably a famous fan himself Aaron Neville). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Fez from the Ron and Fez show is a huge fan. His on air name is Fez Marie Whatley which he admits he based on Pistol Pez Whatley. He also would talk numerous times on air about Florida wrestling in the 70a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted June 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 Kevin Smith had Mick Foley on one of his podcasts and at one point talked about going to Garden shows in the early 80's, and TP'ing Sgt. Slaughter's house leaving trash on Sgt. Slaughter's front lawn, spelled out "Gomer". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Fez from the Ron and Fez show is a huge fan. His on air name is Fez Marie Whatley which he admits he based on Pistol Pez Whatley. He also would talk numerous times on air about Florida wrestling in the 70a.Don’t know how I just saw this now but, yeah, there was a lot of wrestling influence in general on R&F. Fez would do Flair promos all the time. Ron was/is a big fan of carny stuff. They also did the whole East Side Dave “Midnight Rider” saga that was probably my favorite thing ever. The “ECW Zombie” was a big fan of the show, as well. I miss Ron & Fez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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