Empty Checking with Derek Brink: Episode 5: Yelling, Crying, and a Pick of the Week

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Episode 5: Yelling, Crying, and a Pick of the Week

In this week's episode I yell about not saying things in arguments that you can't back up, I come very close to crying while talking about something that happened in pro-wrestling, and I give my first and possibly only ever "pick of the week" to Ray Davies' super new album "Americana." Plus a whole bunch of other stuff. Check it out at the player below, with an outline and photos following!

Stuff I discussed:

Music:

A brief "RIP" to Walter Becker of Steely Dan.
Deep Purple's "InFinite"
(Briefly) Alice Cooper's "Paranormal"
Roger Waters' "Is This the Life We Really Want?"
Ray Davies' "Americana"
Steven Wilson's "To the Bone"

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Brief rant about being called a sexist and being told the phrase "batshit crazy" is a sexist thing to say.
30 Rock
MASH

Pro Wrestling

Strowman/Big Show
Balor/Wyatt
Women's Division

SmackDown:

Mahal
Shane/Owens
Orton/Nakamura

And Connor's Cure damn near makes me cry.

Print Media:

Paul Auster's "New York Trilogy"
My friend Jim Ousley's awesome comic book/kickstarter campaign for "The Dead Palace." Click this link to check out the Kickstarter!

Here are some pictures. Going to have a guest on the podcast next week, I think! So look forward to that!

Connor's Cure represents the human side of the WWE and it's by far the best thing they've ever done as a company. I'm proud to be a contributor.

Jim Ousley's a good friend, a good guy, and an incredibly talented musician and author. Please check out his Kickstarter. The new comic book promises to be spooky-scary and fun!

Lots of music to listen to this week!

Batshit crazy show. You heard me. BAT. SHIT.

I'm like three chapters in and I love it. Paul Auster's great.

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