martyrshow | Banned In Germany

Craig recently started bogging again (which you can read by clicking this link) & one of his first posts of 2012 was supposedly about potential, but was actually just him telling me to get off my arse & do something. I thought about writing a sarcastic retort, filled with hidden meaning & witty remarks, but i won’t do it, I’m better than him…

So a forum called theDDT launched back in December & if you’ve found my site, you may as will visit it as well.

I’ve been thinking of ways to try & make it a fun place to be a part of & try & get the word out. One of them kinda ties in to Craig’s idea about me doing a wrestling-based show on youtube, where I talk about various shit things that are happening & how to stop them from being shit (just like every other wrestling fan on the internet) via the medium of moving pictures. TheDDT would get a plug at the start/end of each video (assuming James finds the videos worthy of association).

The problem with that is the same one i have whenever i’m asked “why don’t you write for insidepulse”. Assuming they’d have me on to begin with, i’d run out of things to say after about 3 weeks.

The majority of televised pro-wrestling is uninteresting. Smackdown , Raw & Impact are all hard to watch live (not just because they start at two in the fucking morning). Skipping 50% of the shows via the fast forward button makes everything better, but it means you lose a lot of the context & end up relying on video packages before PPV matches that make everything look fantastic. It took me 6 hours to write a recap of a 3 hour long episode of WCW Nitro &, even though the episode was good, I felt tired & unwell afterwards. Recapping Chyna’s Youshoot had the same affect on me, but that was a sacrifice I was willing to make. If I’ve prevented one person from wasting their time watching that, it has already served it’s purpose.

I might end up doing these wrestling video things & try to tone back the accent in order for Americans to understand it.

I might end up asking the guys at Pulse to put some of my stuff up again.

I might get round to making Down Here (the Pacino documentary) in a way that won’t get me humped with DMCA notices.

I might get round to recording a proper Season 3/4 of the podcast in a Radio 4 type style.

I might upload some more music.

Not good enough?

Do I need to make promises?

Here are some things i’m certain of:

I will try as hard as I can to make theDDT a success, so you should really join & help me with that.

I will encourage Craig to keep updating his blog, which you should also check out.

I will encourage Craig to finish the book he’s been writing off & on for the last 10 or so years.

I will keep the podcast going.

I will always make music in one way or another.

Finally, I promise to never write another post like this.