Bray Wyatt’s release is absolutely a result of WWE’s deficiencies and not anything Bray did or didn’t do > @MacDara #tweet
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Date: July 2021
Bray Wyatt’s release is absolutely a result of WWE’s deficiencies and not anything Bray did or didn’t do > @MacDara #tweet
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If only Greg Ginn were more like Lisa Fancher… > @Bandcamp #tweet
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Both a pale shadow of its influences (almost entirely absent the ‘mild peril’ that makes them so memorable) and so close to the Platonic ideal of a theme-park movie. The blatant artificiality of the environment even helps in regard to the latter. More…
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Someone on the road outside has the kind of cough that makes me want to wear a hazmat suit #tweet
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Haven’t paid attention to baseball this year for various reasons but I’ve just seen the Mets are having a winning season and I’m tempted to sub to MLB.tv again #tweet
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John Brutal. I mean Bruton. But seriously, who looks to Irish establishment politicians for examples of leadership and management? 🤣 > @jonnyfallon #tweet
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Ugh, why didn’t I document how to renew my SSL cert when I installed it the first time last year? #tweet
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Watching this week’s AEW Dynamite, the only wrestling show anyone needs to be watching right now #tweet
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Even if you don’t, your favourite musicians probably love ZZ Top. RIP Dusty Hill > https://youtu.be/sWPh4ZnZE1I #tweet
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Fell into watching Japan dismantle the USA in the softball medal game. Literally the first thing I’ve watched this Olympics bar a moment here or there #tweet
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The term for it wasn’t in the mainstream cultural consciousness at the time, but toxic masculinity is exactly what it is, and it was all over this event like the mud and shit on the ground — from the organisers down. More…
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Best thing about the new Jackass movie is Watt and Georgie cashin’ those cheques #tweet
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That “Aha!” moment when you realise your website looks weird b/c a plugin dev changed an ID to a class #tweet
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Jokes don’t come much funnier than Jackie Mason’s one about Frank Sinatra. But also, his politics were reprehensible. So there you go #tweet
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Deeply unpleasant experience at the Avenue Rd @lidl_ireland trying to avoid a blatantly unmasked couple (one of them pregnant ffs) #tweet
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She’s a street fighter, alright, and also a house fighter, a dungeon fighter, a mountain fighter, a rope-bridge fighter…there’s never a dull moment. And it’s ridiculously well composed for what’s essentially an exploitation cash-in. More…
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Just tried and failed to buy a Bob Mould ticket on Tickets.ie; says my card info is invalid even though I just updated it > @MacDara #tweet
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Okay, you twisted my arm, I’ll add one more Liger fig to my collection > @RingsideC #tweet
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Do I wanna get tickets to see Bob Mould in January? #tweet
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Turns out, making tutorial screen recordings is really hard #tweet
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Only got my second shot four days ago and they’ve already sent me my travel cert. That’s jumping the gun, isn’t it? #tweet
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This weather has me craving Starburst Joosters something fierce #tweet
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First WWE PPV with a live crowd in 16 months and it’s not quite the same without Long-Haired Simon in the front row. Never thought I’d say that… #tweet
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Looks like the Arrow Player is available in Ireland now, as I just subbed without issue #tweet
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If this were a Wayans-esque parody of the John Wick action flick era, that would explain a lot. Alas… More…
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Turns out, it only made my arm useless for 24 hours and the soreness is mostly gone > @MacDara #tweet
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The heat’s really got to me: I just impulse-bought a salad spinner #tweet
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Solid analysis on WWE’s mindset vs AEW’s momentum > @TrevorDame #tweet
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It’s a bit warm #tweet
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Three hours after shot #2 and, like clockwork, my arm starts hurting. Guess it’s gonna be useless till Monday, so #tweet
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I’m delighted to be getting my second vaccine dose tomorrow, but it’s not the panacea everyone thinks it is. Still a 10-20% chance of catching Delta? Let’s get real > @MacDara #tweet
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Is there a reason why macOS Chrome has become unbearably slow since a couple of weeks ago? > @MacDara #tweet
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“For the vaccines!” More…
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Despite its many and varied excesses, this remains one of Takashi Miike’s more accessible Yakuza-themed crime thrillers. No, I’m deadly serious. Just think of the ending as a metaphor. More…
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First impressions of I Think You Should Leave: the wholesome stuff (biker aliens!) is way funnier than the surreal social transgression stuff > @MacDara #tweet
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Picked up three box sets in the current Arrow sale. Curious to see what the VAT bill will be > @MacDara #tweet
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I was so not in the mood to watch this; my attention waned from time to time and it took me a while. Some stories require the right mindset more than others. Nevertheless it’s a beautiful film in its appreciation of nature, in its raw simplicity (that invites multiple readings), even in its agonising sadness. More…
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Remember when Weasel Walter was in xbxrx? Well the new Flying Luttenbachers sounds a little, tiny bit like that > theflyingluttenbachers.bandcamp.com #tweet
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Treated myself to that new collab by The Body and BIG|BRAVE that’s out in September #tweet
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Just got some great news that’s lifted a huge cloud of uncertainty. Isn’t it great when that happens? #tweet
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Soaked right through in a cloudburst. There go my plans to hit the shops for groceries later #tweet
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Revenue wrecking my buzz with an email reminder to pay and file my tax return. It’s not due till November, chill! #tweet
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Hangman Page’s story is a simple one, really; simple stories work best in wrestling. It’s the commitment that makes the difference > @ChrisBrosnahan #tweet
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This could have been a cheap cash-in on the rock ’n’ wrestling craze. Instead it’s…a mockumentary? Like if Paul Bartel made This Is Spinal Tap but about the Los Angeles territory. So, more surreally, blackly humorous than laugh-out-loud funny, then. And it gasses out before the climactic battle royal, alas. But there’s such effort here for a subject that wasn’t accustomed to respect when The Wrestler came out in 2008, let alone when this appeared in 1985. That’s absolutely fascinating to me. More…
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I’m watching Grunt! The Wrestling Movie and I’m fascinated; it’s like if Paul Bartel made This Is Spinal Tap but about the LA territory #tweet
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Made my version of a Vietnamese iced coffee: moka pot espresso and condensed milk over ice #tweet
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My erstwhile @thumped colleague @ianmaleney worked on this documentary podcast about the youngest person to enter witness protection in Ireland > thewitnesspodcast.com #tweet
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Half this movie is dreary combat porn for FPS heads. The other half’s a bunch of cut scenes to spout dodgy totalitarian philosophy. Threaded through it is a plot that rips off everything from the Alien prequels to Arrival, of all things. The whole endeavour’s calculatedly cynical, without an ounce of wit to it. More…
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Needed more unhinged machete-zombie action, I’ve gotta say. More…
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If I still had my Hitman shades I would’ve worn them today in his honour #tweet
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