I
am fresh off of my first major event since The Illness took me and
I’m feeling pretty great, despite the fact that I am at work.
I was sweating last
night’s Monstrosity Championship Wrestling show more than any I
have since the first one. I’ve been sick for nearly a month now and
have only been feeling for-real better for about a week. I don’t
want to recount the whole story because that’s not why I’m here
today (and who cares, really), but after multiple trips to various
doctors I ended up on cephalexin (antibiotic) and prednisone
(steroid). I have decided I will refuse azithromyacin in the future
if it is prescribed because it seems to do jack-shit for me.
I finished up my steroids
a couple of days ago, but still have plenty of antibiotics left to
go. Thanks to the longevity of my illness I have been nervous about
doing anything that might exacerbate the illness. I need to get
better, and soon. I have a life to get back to and the longer I have
to put things off, the less I am going to be able to do over the next
couple of months. And the next couple of months are going to be –
and need
to be – busy. I’m building an empire here, people. And part of
that empire involves hosting Monstrosity Championship Wrestling.
After the work schedule
scare I had last month (where it seemed I might have to drop MCW
completely), there was no way I was going to miss Friday night’s
show. Not only is it very important to me to be at every regular
in-house show (the ones at Club Famous – I just have to accept that
the one-off shows tend to fall on days I have to work), this show was
also The Casket Creatures’ album release party.
But I felt pretty good
and made it out and had a great time. I had intended to bring the
remainder of my Needless Things t-shirts:
to sell (“remainder”
meaning all of them since not a one sold at TimeGate), but I decided
to not get overly ambitious. If I could just make it through the
night and do a good job I’d be happy. I didn’t want to have any
extraneous bullshit to deal with.
I had a blast working
with Hollywood and Professor Morté and received a lot of positive
feedback about my performance. It was great to have people notice a
couple of specific little character things I did; and it was even
better to know that there had actually been come concern about my
ability to continue with the promotion. After the show a couple of
the boys asked me about my situation and made it clear they thought I
was a valuable part of MCW. That was awesome on two levels – first
it meant that they appreciate what I’ve been doing in the ring and
the fact that I am even able to use the phrase “what I’ve been
doing in the ring” is a thrill; let alone that people dig it.
Second it means that they’re reading Needless Things. And if you’re
reading Needless Things that makes you one of the very best people on
the planet.
And if you are really
and truly
one of the very best people on the planet, then you are not going to
want to miss
17-13-2013
Needless
Things Podcast Episode 6: LIVE from Odin’s Cosmic Bookshelf
Featuring
An
Artistic Exhibition
By
The
Belligerent Monkey
And
A
Personal Appearance and Book Signing
By
2013
Pulp Ark Award Winner Bobby Nash
That’s right,
Phantomaniacs – I will be hosting the next episode of the Needless
Things Podcast LIVE and in person from Odin’s Comics, located in
scenic Lilburn, GA. I will be joined by my official co-host Mr. Beau
Brown, as well as artist Jay Hornsby (known to Needless Things
enthusiasts as The Belligerent Monkey) and writer Bobby Nash (known
to me as The Conscience of ESO). We’ll be talking about how we all
got into our various arenas of dorkery, as well as discussing the
current state of DC Comics and their various media branches.
I am SUPER EXCITED about
this thing. Since hosting MCW and appearing on various panels over
the past couple of years, I have discovered within myself a need to
interact with and perform in front of people. I love it. And the
panel format is the ideal situation in which to do it. There are
multiple guests, a set topic, and audience interaction is feasible
and can be controlled. Everybody gets a little something out of it.
Combine all of that with my desire to keep the Needless Things
Podcast on some kind of regular schedule (even if it is only monthly)
and this all seems to make good sense.
I suppose we won’t know
for sure if I’m right until after Saturday.
The greatest thing about
all of this is that the idea came from Mrs. Troublemaker. From the
venue to the format; she is the one behind this. Technically she’s
the one behind pretty much everything that I do, as it was her
prompting that got me to talk to Bobby Nash (and as a result the rest
of the ESO Network) in the first place.
The party kicks off at 2
PM with Monkey and Bobby signing and selling. There will also be a
Nerd Sale in the Odin’s parking lot if weather permits. Various
folks will have tables of all kinds of wares available for sale at
rock-bottom prices. I plan on having a ton of older, loose toys that
I just don’t have room for anymore.
This Saturday is certain
to be an entertaining experience for all in attendance. I’m sure
I’m going to learn a lot about running a live show. No doubt there
are things that I am not even considering right now, and if you’re
there you’ll get the privilege of seeing me deal with them
firsthand!
To close this thing out, here are some of my favorite examples of Monkey's art:
-Phantom
Rock on bro! Wish I could make it out but I have a pipeline to run
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know all about your pipeline.
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