He's the weakest candidate on the entire ballot, but we've got historians (albeit non UK ones) voting for him. I can't understand it.

If you'd like to be part of the #BigDaddyHoF2030 campaign team please let me know. I'll be looking to start conversations early 2026.

Back on the ballot. He fell off due to the 15/50 rule and bullshit propaganda. What if I told you I have a hugely famous wrestler who supports the case. I'm working on getting them to publicly advocate for Big Daddy to be brought back on the ballot.

I'm going to get a Big Daddy Battle Bus. (The Lex Express but cooler) and travel around the provincial towns in the UK, stand in the high street and ask folks the same question. "Name a famous wrestler" 25 years after his death, 40 years after his peak. They'll say Daddy, followed by Haystacks.

Get him on the ballot and I will gladly vote for him!

At his peak, Big Daddy wasn’t just a wrestler. He was one of the most recognisable faces in Britain, more people could identify him than could name the Prime Minister. 🧵

I'm going to start to build the most watertight case to get Big Daddy another shot on the Observer Hall Of Fame ballot. The idea is to write my finest ever written piece for my substack, then a series of podcasts with different guests explaining why for them he should be back on the ballot.

Well done to VOW for their observer hall of fame coverage in 2025.

Based on the tracker, a ton of folks I voted for could go in. Now we wait for the pros and ex pros to ruin it with their mental votes.

The lads.

@tatfink.bsky.social welcome back brother. Missed chatting last night. Are you back on X too?

Thank god for the Snowy White guitar solo in Richard Wright's wonderful Summer Elegy from his 1978 masterpiece, Wet Dream. One of my favourite guitar solos ever.

I chose the wrong night to go to the pub for a quiet pint.

Early in Harley Race's career he wrestled as Jack Long for Nick Gulas & Roy Welch in Tennessee. Here's Jack Long (Harley Race) & Johnny Long in 1963 when Harley was 20.

My 2025 Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame Ballot

Bruce Ambrose Edwardious Hart

Bret Hart doing an impression of a middle aged New Jersey woman is my new favourite thing.

1980 St. Louis Payoffs: 🧵 Jan 4: Harley Race = $3,512.24 David Von Erich = $3,433.02 Kevin Von Erich = $742.50 Bob Backlund = $844.50 Tom Andrews = $462 Dick Murdoch = $624.50 Leilani Kai = $512.25 Judy Martin= $512.25 Winona Little Heart= $512.25 Alfred Hayes = $571

This photo of Terry Funk climbing on top of a steel cage from a 1976 NWA Worlds Title match vs. Gene Kiniski from St. Louis is fantastic.

Terry Funk's dog Cooter Brown interrupts an interview with Between the Ropes from 2008.

The Heavyweight Champions, drawn in a Sauna

I just listened to Flammende Herzen (song) for the first time by Michael Rother. Excellent track, I'm really enjoying this dive I'm doing into Krautrock assortedness.

I finally got around to watching this documentary. Lots of interviews from folks who were around the Cambridge and London scenes at the time. Syd really had "it". But "it" consumed him. A flawed genius who faded away into obscurity. (Collecting trolleys in Sainsbury's carpark) #MusicSky

Working out what I should be focusing on searching for when in Den Bosch at the world's biggest record fair next month. Pointless looking for items easily available in the UK. I am really hopeful I can get an original pressing of Spirit Of Eden by Talk Talk and some Japanese music and Kraut Rock.

Kendo Nagasaki documentary with Peter Blake is available on BBC iPlayer, airing on BBC 4 on Monday at 10pm

In the shadows there is talk of getting Big Daddy back on the hall of fame ballot in 2027. The dossier is being curated. For now, I am hopeful the strong candidates will get in now or next year, at that point I've got the germ of a super convincing argument with evidence why he should go back on.

That WWE agent Nick guy can get the fuck outta here. He and his five head have been all over my timeline for weeks now trying to smear Dave Meltzer to the point of extreme oddness. I'm not one to dislike folk, and rarely publicly, but fuck that guy. Also he's mocked by folks in WWE.

Zozaya, Mike D and Aigle Blanc are all super super talents. I hope they all get what they want out of going this route.

It's the time of year to revisit Squeeze. What a band. Are they pop? Kind of. Bloody love them. Started with No Place Like Home from Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti, very underrated track!

An exclusive David Gilmour 7" LP packaged with the French version of the November issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Go on then.

I miss working for Paul Stewart. Some of the tales he'd tell me were amazing. Just little nuggets when I was work, but if I got him on the sauce it was like a HTM shoot interview.

"Which is the best wrestling bear of all time, the bear that drew the best over the longest period? Was it the one that lived under the Hart house in Calgary on the hill overlooking the city? What was his name? Ted, Victor?" These are the type of thoughts that go through my head at times. (Ted)

Eugene with Macaulay Culkin

Tangerine Dream - Cloudburst Flight sounds very similar in parts to the music used on Dark Side Of The Ring. youtu.be/i4Ni-HsWldg?...

Sarah Stock is making me consider changing my surname to Black as I don't want to be associated to her in any way, shape, or form based on whatever the fuck she's going on about on X.

I've sold my 50p 7"single (67¢) that I got from a carboot sale in 2022 for £180 ($240). Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses. Released June 17, 1991 You'll know the song if you've watched Silence Of The Lambs. The UK pressing is super rare for whatever reason, and it's not for sale on Discogs. #MusicSky

Really enjoying discovering more of Manuel Göttsching's work outside of Ashra (Tempel). #NowPlaying Manuel Göttsching Dream & Desire 1977 #MusicSky

The Midnight Express: Fashion icons.

Muhammad Ali and Robert Gibson.

I reckon Abbey Arthur still walks amongst us. Also someone did a show on her earlier this year. open.spotify.com/episode/6zhr...

I wish Broken China by Richard Wright would get a re-release, maybe with Steven Wilson doing one of his remix gimmicks.

I am extremely apathetic towards modern pro wrestling at the moment.

Just remembered the time Kelly tried to text Nelly using Microsoft Excel

Define my musical taste in eight artists? Pink Floyd Talk Talk Squeeze Fleetwood Mac Roxy Music The XX The Blue Nile The Cure #MusicSky

Today's vinyl purchases from the Great Northern Record Fair. Steve Hackett - Defector Deacon Blue - Raintown Texas - Southside David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock Steve Hillage - Green Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother 🔓achievement unlocked - I now own every Pink Floyd studio album on vinyl #MusicSky

This release is absolutely brilliant. #MusicSky

Hoping to see Public Service Broadcasting next month in Amsterdam

The Great Northern Record Fair at Bolton's ground on Sunday. What treasures will I uncover? I'd very much like to get Atom Heart Mother to complete my Pink Floyd album collection. I'm holding out for a copy south of £20 And anything Talk Talk I don't currently own, which isn't a lot nowadays.

Fat Old Sun 🌞 Absolutely amazing version on the new Gilmour live LP