Semana Internacional thoughts: -Perverse thrill to see a NJ Strong tag title defense, not to mention HoT w/out Togo, but it's still Yujiro out there. -Soberano needs no plants to get besos. -Titan remains hugely underrated outside lucha circles. Always works hard & makes young guys look great.

People talk a lot about the causes of declining birth rates, but it's really simple. People used to need enough kids to put on a touring Shakespeare production - maybe six, even eight. But with the rising popularity of Samuel Beckett? Two is sufficient.

Random G1 thoughts: -Moloney's match with Wolf was better than Uemura's match with Wolf. -Tsuji/Oiwa is my MOTT thus far, just edging out Take/Oleg. -By and large I liked Tsuji/Ice but have about a dozen matches ranked higher. -Moloney/Uemura's my pick for most underrated match, at least per CM.

Have we considered the possibility that Willow was simply Jeff Hardy's very poor attempt at a Rozz Williams impression?

Watching El Phantasmo wrestle in Van for the gazillionth time and I can't decide whether to boo him cuz of the Jake Lee match or cheer him cuz of the Fletcher one.

Stop Calling Me Frank@stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 5d ago

You have a month to write a 33 1/3 book about the album of your choice. Which record are you going to write about? (No previously covered albums allowed; new shit must come to light: see below.) (For all books in the series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_1/3) (H/t @monostich.bsky.social

Eric and I talk about a pair of easy to watch G1 shows featuring New Japan's most audacious match of the year.

POST Wrestling@postwrestling.com · 5d ago

Bruce Lord & Eric Marcotte review Night 8 & 9 of NJPW G1 Climax 36, headlined by Yota Tsuji vs. Yuto-Ice and Yuya Uemura vs. Aaron Wolf. Match recommendations within! www.postwrestling.com/2026/07/31/g...

Kate and I get tied into knots trying to suss out the mechanics of the Continental Cup and are almost as confused as poor Schiavone by the end.

POST Wrestling@postwrestling.com · 6d ago

Bruce Lord joins Kate from MTL to review a special Thursday #AEWCollision featuring the debut of MCMG, Death Riders vs The Bang Bang Gang, and Daniel Garcia vs Will Ospreay. www.patreon.com/POSTwrestlin...

Had a great time gassing on with Wai about some of my favourite Hokuto matches and just why I love the Dangerous Queen in general.

POST Wrestling@postwrestling.com · 6d ago

In a companion to our Manami Toyota Retrospective, Wai Ting & Bruce Lord explore Akira Hokuto’s career, from an early neck injury to her rise as the legendary “Dangerous Queen” of 1990s All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling. www.postwrestling.com/2026/07/30/a...

Talking a pair of very easy to watch G1 cards with Kate, featuring lots of tourney arc advancement for the young core.

POST Wrestling@postwrestling.com · 2w ago

Bruce Lord and Kate from Montreal review Night 4 & 5 of the G1 Climax 36 with Oleg vs Shingo and Newman vs ZSJ in the main events. www.postwrestling.com/2026/07/23/g...

I’m sorry if this sounds smug but I don’t care anymore: I would like to be wrong and surprised once. Just ONCE. It’s exhausting to expect the worst and RECEIVE IT again and again 🫤

Economic benefits of Canada’s World Cup hosting gig were muted, data show

Experts say there was no major economic boost from the tournament

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Okay, back to the tournament that's not a total work. G1 Nights 2 & 3 ratings: Kidd/Drilla: 3.25 SANADA/GOK: 1.25 Lee/Take: 2.25 Oleg/Yuto: 3.5 Shingo/Oiwa: 3.75 Tsuji/Goto: 4 --- Drilla/Henare: 3.25 Kidd/Oskar: 3.5 Narita/Newman: 1.75 Uemura/ZSJ: 3.75

Richie seeing Simon Gotch skulking around the Performance Center wearing the jacket.

TAPE@tapemachines.bsky.social · 2w ago

Heard he's gone Hollywood and uses an autopen these days.

Alex Reed@salexanderreed.bsky.social · 3w ago

Shopping for cat food, I reel at the implications of Morris’s signature

"Disco Elysium", 2019, ZA/UM.

this is probably the most important thing i have ever made

Hello Baby

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This Thursday! Riz and I spinning goth, darkwave, yaddah yaddah at Ritual, the pub night with immaculately laid back dark vibes at The Lido.

Riz@trebuchet.horse · last mo.

Thursday, July 16, @contrasoma.bsky.social and I will be DJing at The Lido on Broadway, Vancouver. Come along! I'm going to do a full set of just kiwi and Aussie stuff! No cover!

G1 season is here! @karensensei.bsky.social and I kick off @postwrestling.com's coverage with a review of last night's show in Chicago. We talk Wrestle Kingdom rematches, the spread of young(ish) talent across both blocks, and which G1 competitor would be well served by a jaunt over to JCW.

POST Wrestling@postwrestling.com · 3w ago

Bruce Lord and Karen Peterson review the opening night of NJPW’s G1 Climax 36 in the USA. www.postwrestling.com/2026/07/12/n...

An immortal highspot. The drag equivalent of Elix Skipper's cagewalk rana.

Eric Ansley Díaz@geekboyeric.bsky.social · 4w ago

RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...

The “Freedom Rock” guy, 1988 Topps style

Just finished watching a whole slew of Akira Hokuto for a @postwrestling.com episode later this month. Pumped to talk some Dangerous Queen with the lads.

Fifteen years of this nonsense.

I Die: You Die@idieyoudie.bsky.social · last mo.

The first post went live on idieyoudie.com 15 years ago today. Feels like fitting happenstance that a record by a local industrial percussion collective is today's post.

My therapist: "....I see. And is this 'surplus value' in the room with us right now?"

Fantastic stuff from both women. Everyone in my group living and dying with those closing minutes.

Ok, I think there's more of a chance that SLK wins this than most are giving credit for.

Felt great to get out and join this today. People old and young in our city standing up for jobs, the environment, and the human spirit.

My dad had never seen "The Long Good Friday" so that was our Father's Day watch. Still an effectively perfect movie, an underrated source of inspiration for "The Sopranos" (especially in its humour), and good lord Francis Monkman's prog-giallo-disco score crushes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB98...

Francis Monkman The Long Good Friday Theme (Stereo)

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In terms of cross-promotional intrigue and engagement, the Thekla/SLK program is by far the best built program in Forbidden Door's history. Danielson/Okada, Mox/Naito, and maybe Mone/Vaquer would be distant runners up. Says a lot about its failure to capitalize on its concept over five years.

Made out like a bandit. Very well curated stuff from loads of the Euro labels I love but can't pull the trigger on shipping. Big swathes of techno and ambient, too.

I Die: You Die@idieyoudie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excellent haul from a new shop across the street which carries a slew of the EBM, darkwave, and post-punk we cover. Dive - st Ortrotasce - Dispatches From Solitude Jäger 90 -Rückspulen Noj - Waxing Moon Tryphème - Odd Balade Curses - Another Heaven Give em a look, Van folk: paranoise.store

Seriously, Lego, what the fuck.