Author: Matthew.marcone
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Bowks Talking Bouts #24: Henry Corrales
I spoke to Bellator featherweight competitor and former KOTC champion Henry Corrales. We talked about his upcoming fight with Noad Lahat, respecting Noad’s judo and jiu jitsu acumen heading into their Bellator 182 fight, thoughts on a rematch with Emmanuel Sanchez (1:45), breaking from his three fight losing skid recently to get his first Bellator…
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How Vanessa Collier Met Her Shadow and Brought Light To Others
Vanessa didn’t grow up with musicians in the family but music was always on. Fleetwood Mac and Prince were among some of the oft played artists in the Collier home. Jazz and country were also go-to’s that left an indelible mark on Vanessa. The catalyst for her life as a musician began when seeing he…
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Marcone’s Mind – Seasteading: The next frontier?
By: Matthew Marcone Could the next stage of economic and political evolution take place on water? That’s the goal of the Seasteading Institute, a group aiming to create small floating cities that are exempt from the government rules and regulations that exist on the mainland. It’s a concept that I’ve learned about recently and think…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #23: Georgi Karakhanyan
I spoke with Bellator featherweight Georgi Karakhanyan and we got into quite a few topics: His fight with Daniel Pineda at Bellator 182, thoughts on his last fight (1:50), where he sees himself in the Bellator featherweight picture (3:13), thinking James Gallagher is a chump (3:47), not having much love for mma presentation in…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #22: Dunsh
In the latest BTB episode, I spoke with battle rapper Dunsh about quite a few topics: -First exposure to hip hop (0:44) -First exposure to battle rap (2:26) -Getting introduced to Lexx Luthor at his tryout battle…..Big shouts to Lexx (3:24) -The alternative, smaller room vibe of I Battle (4:08) -How the…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #21: Darren Metselaar
I spoke with Vice Chairman at Grande Prairie Combative Sports Commission and veteran Manitoba wrestler under the pseudonym Steve Stryker, Darren Metselaar! We discussed XFFC 15 and G1 Climax 27 primarily and it was a blast. (1:10) the winner take all fight that Darren almost didn’t let go forward, (2:06) the amateur mma scene in Canada, (5:00) the…
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The Gospel According to Slim
All Slim wanted to do was have fun with music and that largely remains the goal to this day. At least that’s how things began to take shape for him as a youth. Slim’s father was big into gospel music but also introduced a lot of Johnny Cash to the fold. Quality country/ americana sounds…
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KOTC Canada 73: Then and Now
KOTC 73 Canada was a hybrid card that got the Lethbridge faithful fired up. A combination of amateur mma/ muay thai as well as professional mma/ muay thai drew in a raucous crowd to Exhibition Park. The allure was so strong that I trekked 12 hours one way from High Level to Lethbridge to see…
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Video Games + The Simpsons = The Spinto Band (?)
Keeping it fun and light hearted has been a running element of Thomas’ efforts. The Simpsons was what set Thomas Hughes on his musical journey. His appreciation for Lisa Simpson led him to first playing saxophone. Also, Do The Bartman was the first CD that Thomas ever owned. This set the tone for many more…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #20: B Man
On this week’s episode I have the rare boy B Man on to break down the full WWE Battleground 2017 card. B Man also calls out Sam Roberts for a match at Summerslam and does not hold back in his promo. Check it out!