Author Archives: Aaron Brophy

Film Studies: Great Trash Film, Sundance, Golden Globes

Classic cannon canon

Classic cannon canon

Sarah and her film nerd friends at Consequence Of Sound have been at it some more, making their weird list-y articles about their weird film-y things.

Some of these collaborative stories Sarah and the CoS crew have worked on recently include:

The 10 Most Anticipated Films at Sundance 2016

The 50 Most Anticipated Films of 2016

Golden Globes 2016: Who Should Win, Who Will Win, Who Was Snubbed

The Cannon Canon: The Top 20 Cannon Films

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On Holly Holm And Conducting Yourself Like A Champ

Holly Holm

Holly Holm

Holly Holm may have lost the UFC Women’s Bantamweight title belt in her first title defense at UFC 196 this past weekend, but in the lead up to the event she presented a master class in how to navigate awkward media encounters and the peculiar societal expectations and scrutiny that high profile female athletes — especially ones connected to the aggro dude world of mixed martial arts — face.

Sarah wrote about Holm’s conduct for Fightland.

To read the full story click here.

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RIP Tony Burton, Rocky’s Trainer

Tony Burton in Rocky

Tony Burton in Rocky

Tony Burton, the actor who played Tony “Duke” Evers, Sylvester Stallone’s frequent coach in six of the Rocky films, died recently.

Sarah wrote an obituary about him for Fightland.

To read it click here.

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Shahin Jahanvash: Advice For Young Fighters

Shahin Jahanvash

Shahin Jahanvash

Sarah’s ongoing feature series on martial artists for Asian World Of Martial Arts continues with fighter Shahin Jahanvash.

Jahanvash’s a karate instructor whose father runs COMPETE International Martial Arts Championship, one of the biggest tournaments on the west coast.

To read the full story click here.

 

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Ditch TV Playlists: Public Enemy, The Cure, Snoop And More

Public Enemy

Public Enemy

For whatever reason I continue to be allowed to curate playlists over at Ditch TV.

I know so much about YouTube now.

Here are 10 of my recent Ditch playlists:

Be Sad With The Cure

Touched By The Hand Of Justin Bieber

Snoop Dogg Does a Lot of Features

Brilliant Rap Songs From 1991

Block Rockin’ Big Beats

A Short History of Nardwuar & Snoop Dogg

Brilliant Rap Songs From 1992

The Importance of Public Enemy

Brilliant Rap Songs From 1993

Remembering Trip Hop

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