Happy library of Congress Day to my next book, The Texas Rasslin' War(s) of the 1950s. See you in Iowa in July!

Trump's playbook has a name: Strongman takes power Crushes govt, buys the media & controls the arts It worked for Putin, Orban & Erdogan It's not working here This week we fought back on all four fronts — here's how on @contrariannews.org -TN

As discussed (briefly) on this week's pod. Sometimes Willie G. & Jack P. are the best of friends. Other times, like this June 25, 1960 letter, well ... From the Jack Pfefer Collection at UND's Father Ted Hesburgh Library

Just sitting here, watching the Oscars, fingers crossed that we don’t have a reason to make a “Where’s Wallace?” joke later tonight. We all know where Wallace should be.

GKOSRT Ep. 92, The Gorilla Position is up where we speak all things Gorilla Monsoon with the great wrestling writer and historian Brian Solomon. www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...

GKOSRT Ep. 92, The Gorilla Position is up where we speak all things Gorilla Monsoon with the great wrestling writer and historian Brian Solomon. www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...

Cora Combs 1953 letter in defense of Mildred Burke during her messy split from Billy Wolfe. From the Jack Pfefer collection at UND's Father Ted Hesburgh Library.

Meanwhile, in other news. Not far now! Never did get a foreword. Of course, I kept asking people for a forward, so ...

A five star review for The Made by New York Women Film Festival from Grammy winner Ted Nash! If you get the chance to see his film Resonancia, you should. It is amazing!

Meanwhile, in other news. Not far now! Never did get a foreword. Of course, I kept asking people for a forward, so ...

A five star review for The Made by New York Women Film Festival from Grammy winner Ted Nash! If you get the chance to see his film Resonancia, you should. It is amazing!

What an amazing weekend we had with some of NY's greatest filmmakers. Congrats to our award winners & thank you to all the filmmakers who made it special. We can't wait to see you again. Thank you @foothills & @socialeatscafeny for hosting us & @cfotsego for picking up the tab.

Day 1 of our 2nd annual The Made by New York Women Film Festival was amazing, w/a packed house. Tonight we have drama night, w/6 great shorts, followed by 3 amazing "how did they do that" docs. Doors open at at 6 pm w/free food, shorts start at 7 & the doc block begins about 8:45. Tickets are free!

To-night! is the night. Day 1 of the 2nd annual The Made by New York Women Film Festival begins with doors open at 6 pm at the Loft at Foothills. Free food, cash bar & 6 great comedic films, headlined by the feature The List. And did we mention tickets are free?!?! See you tonight!

The IWC is on day three of mask-gate and I am on day three of being glad I don't follow the current stuff.

Mid South fans will want to listen to this: Ep. 91 of GKOSRT, Every Dog Needs a Bone to Chew On, where we discuss MSWA action f/May 1984 & let's just say it, Butch Reed is out of control. + some of the best matches, angles & interviews of the golden era www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...

I got a private deal on 3 Houston Wrestling programs from 1953, filled with autographs. Two were from Sept. 4, 1953. And ... I now appear to own two autos from Whiskers Savage.

Steve Johnson found some 1948 PAN wrestling magazines from LA and sent them out to the IWC historians on his list. There were some great Dizzy Davis pages within. Also, how would you like to meet for a drink at O'Mahoney's Irish Whip?

Steve Johnson found some 1948 PAN wrestling magazines from LA and sent them out to the IWC historians on his list. There were some great Dizzy Davis pages within. Also, how would you like to meet for a drink at O'Mahoney's Irish Whip?

A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories. Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.” You can’t make this shit up. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...

Episode 90 of the podcast A Decided Highlander is up where I speak with the great wrestling author Ian Douglass about his new book and so much more. Check it out where you get your podcasts. www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...

Corpus Christi Sept 16, 1953. Jack Irwin is Ed McLemore's promoter in Corpus Christi during the Texas Rasslin' War. Moolah was a hit in Texas which may have extended the war. Corpus Christi was the one town where both promotions did well. Irwin had big crowds throughout. He got screwed in the end.

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated. I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2062...

Once a carny ...

When my worlds collide, Dec. 27, 1955, Dallas Sportatorium: Otto Kuss vs Tommy Phelps, loser cannot work in Dallas for two months. I think Kuss wins, as he often did in these ref vs ref battles.

From the things I find file ... : The two-graph story worth thousands of words. This is from the Wichita Falls Record on Oct. 30, 1953. TIL cards like this were common in the 1930s to 1950s era in (wait for it) Texas and the Deep South.

From the things I find file ... : The two-graph story worth thousands of words. This is from the Wichita Falls Record on Oct. 30, 1953. TIL cards like this were common in the 1930s to 1950s era in (wait for it) Texas and the Deep South.

I appreciate how many of these stories include Brody raising money for Minneapolis. He doesn't just wear a t-shirt & people need to know that.

Been a while since I dipped into the Pfefer files so here is a BS exclusive for the six other IWC people here: Jackie Fargo & country music legend Eddie Bond.

The second annual The Made By New York Women Film Festival returns to Foothills in Oneonta on Friday, March 6 & Saturday, March 7, with a night of comedy & a night of drama. Tickets are free! Thank you to the Community Foundation of Otsego County for the grant funding.

Episode 89 of Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk is a banger, Two Refs Enter, One Ref Leaves, a we discuss Dallas wrestling in 1954, which is post-war, unless you count the feud between Otto Kuss and Jim Blood. www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...

Episode 89 of Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk is a banger, Two Refs Enter, One Ref Leaves, a we discuss Dallas wrestling in 1954, which is post-war, unless you count the feud between Otto Kuss and Jim Blood. www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...

My editor sent me some pages from "Hey Boy! Where'd You Get Them Ears?" so I can find some Paul Boesch quotes for the book, and I am in the happy place.

Today at the office. Just a couple of center fielders joining the crew.

Seriously. I am watching a 1978 match between Dale Valentine (aka Buddy Roberts) and Cowboy Bob Ellis. Ellis is 49 here, still has all his hair, and has Vaquero on the backside of his trucks.

If you are also having a bad football weekend, here is something to cheer you up. If you need me, I will be watching Southwest Championship Wrestling.

Working on posters and editing today. Go Texans!

Gino Hernandez in random places in 1977: Feb 3 in Flint, Michigan, March 20 in Canton, Ohio, and Oct. 26 in Seattle.

Houston Chronicle Jan. 24, 1980. Houston Wrestling got a lot of good press in the early 80s.

Episode 88 of GK's Old School Rasslin Talk, 2 IIs on One is up where we discuss April 1984 in the Mid South Wrestling Association & how the promotion built on the Last Stampede, a Superdate & which star is 2nd to none, even if we keep messing up his name. www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...

Remarkable: David Shor's firm is circulating a memo among Dems that finds footage of ICE shooting significantly drives up Trump's disapproval. I obtained the memo here. It also finds broad support for Dem plans to rein in ICE. If even Shor's firm is finding this... newrepublic.com/article/2052...

Gun rights advocates have long argued that the 2nd Amendment would serve as a check on an authoritarian government. But now that there are indeed “jack-booted government thugs” and “masked, massively armed mobs of screaming, swearing agents” attacking Americans, the NRA seems rather quiet. 3/5🧵

I am not finding the stuff I seek today but the stuff I am finding is 🔥 TIL Lawman Don Slatton had a good relationship with the Abilene Reporter-News. And also a bail bond company. Look at his 1980 good press! Classified ad is from 1981.

Brody King being on #AEWCollision is AWESOME. For those in the broader BlueSky community, this man showed up in Mexico City wearing an ABOLISH ICE shirt on international television, and then he and the AEW community raised over $30K for families affected by ICE raids. ❤️✊

BlueSky exclusive. The Houston Wrestling annuals project has been updated. The first 80% as 1972 takes the lead, 77 shoots up the charts with a bullet and the 80s start representing. Also, too, I have a lot of doubles to sell if anyone wants a look before Ebay.

Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone

The protests will grow. All it takes is a spark. 6 years ago it was the murder of George Floyd, caught on camera, just a mile from where this happened. Now it's ICE murdering Renee Good. Both times, MAGA and Trump sided with the murderer. Enough. We have the numbers.

Hmmm.

TIL the tragic story of Taylor Joe Blanchard, Tully's younger brother, who died in a car accident in 1978. Here, his mom gives him a eulogy two years later.