Leonard Cohen
Here are another batch of video playlists I curated while Ditch TV was still actively a thing:
#TBT Wicked Coachella Performances
The Black Angels: Psych’s New Kings
Lollapalooza 2004: The Tour That Wasn’t
Leonard Cohen is Still Cooler Than You
’90s British Shoegaze You Should Know
Why You Need to Know Basement Jaxx
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Gegard Mousasi
UFC fighter Gegard Mousasi’s first fight wasn’t exactly a fair one.
He and another friend double-teamed someone in their school they didn’t like.
Mousasi has since graduated to more fair fights.
He told Sarah about this for Fightland.
To read the story click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Honor Blackman
One of the intriguing characteristics of early-1960s television show The Avengers was the fighting prowess of Dr. Cathy Gale, the character played by Honor Blackman.
Blackman was tasked with learning judo for the British spy series and she’d even turn her combat knowledge into a self-defense book.
Sarah wrote about Blackman in a feature for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
Tura Satana
Tura Satana’s badass character in the Russ Meyer film Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill came by her fightiness naturally.
Satana, you see, had solid martial arts training and she wasn’t afraid to use it on people who wronged her.
Sarah wrote about Satana in a feature for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
John Dodson
Rising UFC fighter John Dodson was a decorated amateur wrestler, but he was more interested in pursuing his education than becoming a pro fighter.
That all changed when he was convinced to actually train at elite MMA coach Greg Jackson’s gym.
To Dodson, that was his first real fight.
He explained why to Sarah in a feature for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 