I don’t do much print design for clients, mainly cos I think I don’t know enough about it. To save a bit of money on designer costs I generally handle the print work for RollDaBeats if there’s time to fit it all in. We needed some flyers for the next party – November 21st @ Lockside Loungue with Nookie, DJ Lee, Equinox , Madcap & me – so I got Photoshop out and tried to get something decent done.
They turned up recently and I was pretty happy with the results!
Namely Brett Hart, Mr Perfect and Ted DiBiase, The Million Dollar Man. I saw them, they were cheap and now they are in my flat. I quite like how they’re a bit busted up and everything and am totally impressed by Mr Perfect’s orange hue
As a little treat for quitting the day job and starting up as a full time freelancer I decided to treat myself to lunch from Franco Manca, my favourite pizza place in town which also happens to be a couple of minutes’ walk from my flat.
A special treat was in store – pancetta, radiccio, pine nuts and onions on the incredible home made sour dough base…check this out
The only crap thing is that the restaurant is only open during the Brixton market operating hours which means they close at 5pm every day and aren’t open Sunday…BOOOOOOO 🙁
The WWE is still kinda fun to watch but every time I see it it just reminds me of quite how wicked this stuff was in the ’80s and ’90s. A time when ridiculous stereotypes and shocking lycra outfits ruled the day and there was still a massive element of fun involved. The wrestling’s never been about the actual in ring bit for me, just the promos where big fellas who couldn’t act their way out of a paper bag shout a lot and say some of the most mind numbing crap I’ve ever heard.
My favourite wrestler was definitely Ted DiBiase, the Million Dollar Man. He kinda looks like a cross between British singer Chris Rea and a Lion and like many at the time he doesn’t share the steroid enhanced physique that pretty much every wrestler has now.
His promos were so good…classic stuff here. The shot at 0:39 cracks me up every time.
Looking back, it’s unbelievable that they gave this guy a slave, Virgil, who happened to be a black fella. Goes to show what you could get away with in more naive times!
