Hey, I love those pictures…
You can order them here: www.uwfusa.com
Also pictures from the spectacular year end “Season’s Beatings” at NWA Anarchy will be up soon…
And my year end blog where I throw out some totals, and wrap up some stuff…
To all the fans/wrestlers/promotions/promoters/friends/family/anyone else – All of us here at ringsidephotos.net would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy, Prosperous New Year. Thanks to everyone who supported us during 2007 and we are looking forward to 2008!
I still wish I had that color wheel for my aluminum tree!
My Charlie Brown tree:
Peace yawl…
If you are one of my friends, you have probably already heard me raving about “Schulz and Peanuts” by David Michaelis.
In my opinion – THE best book I’ve read this year. It had been on my “To Read” list since it was published, but what shot it to the top was the “American Masters” episode on PBS entitled “Good ol’ Charles Schulz.”
It profiled a man whose younger years firmly set the rest of his life, which can be said about us all. What can’t be said about us is that our fears, dreams and idiosyncrosies were displayed in black and white daily comic strips (color on Sunday). Watching the special and reading the book, you realize how cruel the strip could be at times. I never thought of the strip as cruel, but it displayed situations we all have experienced. I did not keep up with the dailies consistently, if I happend upon a paper I would glance over it. Now I wished that I had looked at it harder, searched for the D.H.M. (Deep Hidden Meaning-thank you Mr Preston).
Schulz never used an assistant, and he always controlled all aspects of the strip. In his interviews, he always retained his mid-western humbleness. He would seem surprised that people even liked his comic.
The biography is comprehensively researched. The author began work in June, 2000 – four months after Schulz’s death.
His first wife, Joyce was the inspiration for Lucy. While he worked in his studio, she built an array of entertainments for their family at their home in Sebastapol, CA called “The Coffee Grounds” located on Coffee Lane. The Schulz children enjoyed horse stables, trails, a pool, tennis courts, motorcycles and minature golf.
The last “Peanuts” strip ran on 13 February 2000, the day after Schulz died. In his last interview, conducted by Al Roker, after being asked if he had any words for his fans, Schulz said “It is amazing that they think that what I do is good – I just did the best I could.”
Complete Card for Season’s Beatings, December 29, 2007 in Cornelia, GA:
Slim J vs. Patrick Bentley in a steel cage
Shatter vs. Mikal Judas vs. Iceberg for the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Title
Awesome Attraction vs. Devil’s Rejects for the NWA Anarchy Tag Team Titles
Truitt Fields vs. the winner of Todd Sexton vs. Wes Grissom for the Anarchy Television Title
Kory Chavis vs. Jeff Lewis in a Dark City Death Match
Jeremy Vain & Rob Adonis vs. Jerry Palmer & a mystery partner
Seth Delay & Adrian Hawkins & Sal Rinauro vs. Anger Alliance
Here is a picture of the personalized M&Ms that my friend Eric and his girlfriend, Sabra got me for Christmas…I’m afraid to even eat them…
Just got my copy of the “Intensity: The Official Magazine of the AWA” in the mail today…and one of my pictures is in it! The pic is of Ricky Landell and Steve Corino in a match from CWA in Statesville…the magazine also has pages on our friends Ricky and Kirby Mack…order your copy here (if you are so inclined):
http://www.glorywrestling.com/PicOfDay.asp
as of 12/8, the pic of the day anyway….
Is it possible to get anywhere in Virginia without a long trip?
Had a blast with UWF this past weekend…Destry’s in Emporia is a true honkey-tonk, but the french dip sammich was good (and free!)…the Emporia Fairfield had the best continental breakfast I’ve had in a hotel so far…I did not find any Burton’s in South Boston…met a couple of nice sports guys from the local papers…got some awesome promo shots of Gail Kim and Daffney…got a picture of Team Macktion version two who came all the way from NC to see the originals…Good to see all the Highspots folks…thanks to everybody…looking forward to UWF next year…
Pictures from the show will be going up soon…
Coming up is the APW Cruiserweight tournament in Spartanburg this Friday…then closing the year out with NWA Anarchy…
