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Beyonce Backs Ronda Rousey

Beyonce

Beyonce

Perhaps as a response to Taylor Swift’s uncomfortably vampiric need to bring famous women onstage as part of her concerts, the Queen B Beyonce recently shared a bit of gal power from the stage in Philadelphia with another strong woman — MMA fighter Ronda Rousey.

Now, Rousey didn’t actually appear on stage with Beyonce. But Beyonce used Rousey’s increasingly iconic “Do Nothing Bitch” speech to introduce her song “Diva.”

Sarah wrote about this natural coming together of elemental forces for Fightland.

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Sherlock Holmes’ Bartitsu Is A Thing At Music Festivals Now

Bartitsu

Bartitsu

Master detective Sherlock Holmes also happens to be the master of a fighting style called bartitsu.

This relatively unknown martial arts style is experiencing a moment right now, in part because it’s getting programmed at music festivals.

Sarah wrote about this emerging phenomenon for Fightland.

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Gary Busey, Some Sort Of Fight Expert

Gary Busey

Gary Busey

Professional actor and slightly odd fellow Gary Busey also happens to be an expert in the fighting arts.

Maybe.

Sarah explored the star of Valley Of The Wolves: Iraq and Motocross Kids‘ punch-kicker credentials in a story for Fightland.

Read the whole thing at the Fightland website.

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Karate Kid’s Real Villain

Karate Kid

Karate Kid

Y’know that film Karate Kid from 1984 with the wax on, wax off and the story of a plucky youngster named Daniel LaRusso overcoming his adversaries through karate?

It turns out Daniel was the bad guy and we’re only now just figuring it out.

Sarah wrote about why for Fightland.

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I Saw $400 Worth Of Concerts Thanks To Ontario Taxpayers

The TORONTO sign as part of Panamania.

The TORONTO sign as part of Panamania.

As a person who a) appreciates high-level athleticism, but b) also understand that many international sporting organizations are amoral-to-outright evil, I knew that when the Pan Am Games came to Toronto this summer that regular citizens like myself would to a certain degree be fucked.

After all, I’m not part of some overtures-covered, politically-connected contractor circle jerk, so none of that grift was going to come my way.

Instead, knowing that as an Ontario taxpayer I was paying for this shit, I was going to have to earn back its value the hard way… by extracting personal entertainment from the whole thing.

Which is exactly what I did to the tune of about $400, mostly in the form of checking out the free Panamania concert schedule.

I explained all about how I came up with this number in a math-y article for AUX.

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