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Stuff and the Such….

So busy I don't have time to write about the past weekend until the following week is almost over.

Friday was PWA Invasion in Calgary. We headed out with the ring early in the morning and got set up in Ogden and then just hung out until show time.

The show was stellar, as I thought it would be. The Battle Royal was good, Avery and Phoenix were very good and Joe and Styles was amazing. Poffo was interesting but I will keep my opinion to myself.

The ride home was interesting to say the least. What About Ivan was behind the wheel doing 160 in the rain with one hand changing cd's. I don't want to die directly behind Slammer….. And the fucker didn't play one complete song the whole way. It was 20 seconds of every song from about 7 or 8 discs. Bizarre, but he is a good man.

Got in about 2 I think and slept until 10 and then Chantal and I went shopping. I got my quarterly bonus from work the day before so we tried to knock off as much of our Christmas shopping as we could. We did a pretty good job, except for the nasty buffet of doom we had for supper.

Then it was off to PWA Fright Night 2007. It was nice that a lot of folks from work etc came out except for Jessica who apparently ran over some old womans dog on the way, I still need to hear that whole story.

The show was excellent, better then the night before. Casket match kicked ass, everyone in the cage was steller and Joe and AJ lit the place up. After the show it was Dennys time which my stomach disagreed with and then home to bed.

Sunday we decided to do some personal shopping which I always like. Chantal got a really nice necklace that she really loves and I got a 160 GB iPod classic which I am very excited about.

Currently the Flames have come back from a 3-0 deficit to tie Minnesota in the second and I am watching Game 1 of the World Series. The Red Sox look unstoppable.

There was more I wanted to write but as usual I forgot it all….

BBB’s Notebook: Rey Mysterio – Biggest Little Man Disc 1

-I forgot he was on the AAA When Worlds Collide show. Every tape trader has that show…..

-Rey and Psicosis's stuff from ECW is good but its been released on so many commercial dvd's over the past few years its a bit overdone.

-I don't think I've ever seen this ECW match with Juvi. I'm disappointed with myself.

-Dean Malenko was so good. Never got the credit he deserved.

-Did WCW lose a load of money on those Hog/Road Wild pay per views? I'm sure no one paid to go to those shows.

-Oh Ultimo, how I love thee…..

-I miss WCW. Its nice having TNA as an option to watch other then WWE, but its not the same.

-Super Calo clap clap clapclapclap! (Amazing finish to that match.)

The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of ECW

Follow the bouncing ball….

- WWE.com is running a story, which can be read here, where they explain that ECW GM Armando Estrada and acting Smackdown GM Vicky Guerrero are having negotiations which would lead to talent from Smackdown appearing on ECW and talent from ECW appearing on Smackdown. Smackdown and ECW already run joint house shows.

- The reason for this is that Sci-Fi is not committed to continuing to air the ECW show. In the best-case scenario they hope to make ECW more appealing to Sci-Fi so that they do pick the show up at the end of 2007. But if not, WWE is preparing themselves in case they lose the one hour on Sci-Fi and have to run the ECW brand as part of Smackdown. [Credit: F4wonline.com]

-As reported earlier, WWE has decided to start having ECW and Smackdown talent appear on both ECW and Smackdown starting soon. With ECW ratings dropping, WWE is hoping that having Smackdown talent appear on the show, as well as having ECW guys get more exposure on Smackdown, will improve ratings. The thinking is that talent is being wasted since both brands are at the TV taping anyway. There is some concern about the future of ECW. Credit: WrestlingObserver.com

-WWE has announced that all future episodes of ECW on Sci-Fi will now stream for free on WWE.com. This is obviously a sign that WWE is preparing for the possibility of losing the ECW timeslot on Sci-Fi Network. This, coupled with the decision to have Smackdown and ECW talent now appear on both shows, has many concerned about the future of the ECW brand.
Interestingly enough, Shane McMahon (who pushed heavily to bring ECW back in the first place) originally wanted the show to stream online. The network deal with Sci-Fi didn’t enter the picture until Vince McMahon got behind the idea of bringing ECW back. Credit: PWInsider.com

Well, it’s a slow and painful death (again) for ECW. Stay tuned….

Damn

I caught the end of the Flames game last night and I’m very glad I didn’t watch the whole thing.

They coughed up a 4-0 lead and lost in a shoot-out. As soon as overtime ended I knew we would lose. Kipper, as much as I love him, is weak 1 on 1. Its quite a liability as far as I’m concerned but I guess time will tell how much of a factor that will be. Anyway, it was junk.

Yo

For anyone who’s interested, Indigo! Has the Rise and Fall of ECW book for $7.

Chantal picked me up the Bischoff book which was awesome. Looking forward to digging in to it.

It’s Early

I just got in from my night shift in time to hear Richard smell Sal's foreskin….. God bless Sirius.

Markys birthday was fun….. Stamps won a thriller this afternoon….. Flames have strung together a couple of wins….. H.I.M. Is sold out but I'm hoping to swindle my way in….. Rockies continue to cruise on their way to the Series…… Ummm…. I think that's it….. Oh yeah, shitpipe.

Some NIN Stuff

Here’s some information on Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D.

We are releasing it on Interscope Nov 20th through the traditional retail outlets. There are three different formats:DIGITAL DOWNLOADiTunes, I assume Amazon’s MP3 store (I’m the last to know about these things) and maybe others. This should be priced “regular”, whatever that now means.track listing for these:

1. gunshots by computer: saul williams

2. the great destroyer: modwheelmood

3. my violent heart: pirate robot midget

4. the beginning of the end: ladytron

5. survivalism: saul williams

6. capital g: epworth phones

7. vessel: bill laswell

8. the warning: stefan goodchild featuring doudou n’diaye rose

9. meet your master: the faint

10. god given: stephen morris & gillian gilbert

11. me, i’m not: olof dreijer

12. another version of the truth: kronos & enrique gonzalez müller

13. in this twilight: fennesz

14. zero sum: stephen morris & gillian gilbert

VINYLA

nice package with three discs. Good quality vinyl, blah blah blah – really it’s just cool. The package is a six-panel gatefold vinyl jacket to match Year Zero along with an insert.track listing for this configuration:Side 11. gunshots by computer: saul williams2. the great destroyer: modwheelmood3. my violent heart: pirate robot midget4. the beginning of the end: ladytron5. capital g: epworth phonesSide 21. the warning: stefan goodchild featuring doudou n’diaye rose2. meet your master: the faint3. god given: stephen morris & gillian gilbert4. vessel [mix 1]: bill laswellSide 31. capital g: switch2. me, I’m not: olof dreijerSide 41. the good soldier: sam fog2. vessel [mix 2]: bill laswellSide 51. capital g: ladytron2. another version of the truth: kronos & enrique gonzalez müller3. in this twilight: fennesz4. zero sum: stephen morris & gillian gilbert(no Side 6)

PHYSICAL CD / DVD ROMThis costs a bit more than “regular” and contains a CD that has exactly the same track listing as it’s DIGITAL DOWNLOAD counterpart (see above). The package is a six-panel digipak to match Year Zero along with an insert. It also contains a DVD ROM (not a movie) that contains every track from Year Zero in multitrack format for you to do with what you please. Mac or PC.We’ve included:Pre-formatted for Apple GarageBandPre-formatted for Ableton Live (Mac or PC)Demo version of Ableton Live (Mac or PC)Generic WAVE files at 16 bit 44K that can be loaded into any audio editorI can make this easy for you: if you just want to hear the tracks as cheaply as possible, get it digitally. The highest fidelity will likely be Amazon (through legal means).If you want something that’s aesthetically cool and will enhance any collection, get the vinyl. Trust me, it looks great. The extra tracks are fairly minor embellishments to the whole (and surely someone will upload them instantly).If you want higher quality tracks legally, a nice package AND a complete multitrack of the whole record, get the physical CD / DVD ROM.**insert comment from NINSUX: “I thought he said all the multitracks were going to be posted online, now he wants us to PAY for them??”Relax, friend. One second after this package goes to the manufacturing plant someone will kindly upload those missing multitracks and everything will be OK. If they don’t soon enough for your liking, just yell loudly out the window and I’ll do it myself.As for the record itself, I’m very pleased with the way it turned out. Remix records can be disposable garbage (of which I myself have been guilty of to some extent) but this collection feels good to me. I reached out to heroes, friends and strangers. I encouraged those I approached to do anything and insert themselves as much as possible into the track. Some of the stuff that was done earlier led me to choosing other people to balance things out. The Pirate Robot Midget mix is a fan’s work – I thought it was great, it filled a need and I asked permission to use it here.It’s always interesting for me to hear my work reinterpreted – I hope it is for you as well.Upon the release of this, we will be launching the first portion of the new nin.com atremix.nin.comWe have been working on this quite a while now and I think you’ll like it. It will begin as a home for listening to, sorting through, discussing and uploading remixes the community has made. Hopefully it will be as elegant, useful and fun to use as we envision.

TR