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Colette Arrand
@colettearrand.bsky.social
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An enigmatic warrior who marches to the beat of her own drum.
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A new fan-pressing tee memorializing the last shot of Burden of Dreams, available in blue or white. It’s $28. Pre-order runs until 12/3. Thanks to @meltycatart.bsky.social and @thelvac.bsky.social.

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Klaus Kinski looks up nervously at the mock-up of the new Burden of Dreams tee, which depicts a memento mori of the director Werner Herzog on the front and the title card of the film on the back, in white ink on a blue shirt. Klaus Kinski looks up nervously at the mock-up of the new Burden of Dreams tee, which depicts a memento mori of the director Werner Herzog on the front and the title card of the film on the back, in black ink on a white shirt.
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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It’s actually kind of wild that Funk’s later approximation of Leatherface (Chainsaw Charlie) was as shallow as it was, because Terry Funk really should have nailed it.
Let’s consider the conclusion of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. With Sally Hardesty speeding away in the bed of a pickup truck, soaked in blood and scarred for life, Leatherface stands in the middle of a two-lane road, swinging his chainsaw under the rising Texas sun like he’s dancing with it, horrible and beautiful to behold. This is the nature of the Terry Funk bump, a surreal gesture that at once seems to mock and reify everything about professional wrestling, an unreal act that makes what he’s doing seem painfully, inescapably real.
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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I have approximately 71529 coffee mugs and can’t wait for this @superchunk.bsky.social coffee mug to be #71530.

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A Superchunk coffee mug. It’s got a band logo, a bunch of kangaroos around the bottom, and the words “hyper enough” in stylish 90s font, in green on white enamel.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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started typing this up over the weekend, idk what it’s leading to or where I’ll be posting it but coming up with a new thing was fun in and of itself.
Google Docs save prompt with the file name “2026 Wrestling Blog Project”
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Tim Robinson at his dream Subway during the trip he takes after kicking a toad in the movie Friendship.
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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I think William Friedkin is neat
A five star review of To Live and Die in LA that just days “YEAH” with enough As and Hs to be annoying.
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Check out bump freak Macho Man Savage in 1998, driven by spite and willing to liquefy his jaw if it means getting a shot at Hulk Hogan.
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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YEAAAAAAHHHHHH
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I have watched 108 matches from WCW Monday Nitro so far, and as of this moment the best one belongs to Mongo.
Steve “Mongo” McMichael, a massive, ponytailed-Texan wearing sunglasses and a Chicago Bears jacket, walks to the ring on an episode of Monday Nitro.
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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You can almost always tell when you get to my section of a Merge staff playlist.
The playlist “Vampires, Ghosts, Zombies” which features ICP’s WWF theme song for The Oddities.
October 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Zine time is here at last.
A small stack of Colette’s zines, with the second issue of You Have to Deal With Me Breathing on top. The cover, which reads “Hard Times and Other Promos,” is a parody of the cover of “Howl and Other Poems.”
October 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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I’m at a gala.
Colette stands in front of a bunch of framed pin-ups of classic picadors. She’s wearing a masquerade mask that has slightly messed up her hair.
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Had the first one of these made earlier this year because I thought the design Merge’s art director made would look sick as a one sheet and now it’s merch. Still have the instinct, baby.
Merch booth at the Destroyer show, featuring a yellow and black movie poster-style one sheet for the album Dan’s Boogie. Dan Bejar is on it, staring forlornly into a vanity mirror.
October 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Dawg look at this card.
The CWF card from the Tallahassee Sports Stadium card in Garrett’s screencap from the film “Below the Belt.” From 3/1/75: Baron Scicluna vs. Frank Hester - Draw NWA Florida Tag Titles Dominic DeNucci & Tony Parisi (c) defeat The Patriots (Patriots #1 & #2) Bob Armstrong defeats The Red Shadow Lumberjack Match The Mongolian Stomper defeats Dusty Rhodes Elimination Six Man Tag Eddie Graham, Mike Graham, & Tony Charles defeat Bob Roop, Dick Slater, & Toru Tanaka
October 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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He fucking did, too.
A crowd sign at a 1998 episode of Nitro that reads "Piper blows pipes." Roddy Piper blowing the bagpipes on an episode of WWF television in the 1980s.
October 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Last minute Neko Case tix.
Emmett and Colette pre-show at the dpac
October 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Wrestling magazines are great because they’re full of pictures of insane-looking men getting kicked in the head.
Bruiser Brody gets kicked in the head by Antonio Inoki.
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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people give star wars episode one way too much credit for its politics but when it hits it hits
The Trade Federation’s Nute Gunray asks Darth Sideous “Is that legal?” about his plans to blockade the planet of Naboo and overthrow its leadership.
September 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Was gonna question the authenticity of the Bret Hart bar until I saw a drink called “The Summer Slam.”
The ‘Summer Slam’ - $15 1.5oz Compadre Vodka, 0.5oz St Germain, Lemon Juice, Strawberry Syrup, Soda
September 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I know the goofy camera I bought a few weeks ago has some sort of filter meant to make digital photos look like disposable film shots but I’m still gonna say this one is unedited, ripped straight from the flash card. It’s rad.
A crowd scene at Looking Glass falls. Groups of people doing various waterfall-related activities: a boyfriend poses for his girlfriend, a smiling woman wrapped in a towel approaches her family, people take pictures of each other near or in the water. Out of frame, a man with too many dogs explains his theories about how old the earth really is to someone who is politely trying to get out of the conversation. The vegetation is green and verdant and old. A waterfall makes its faint impression on the scene in the mist at the left. The photographer’s thumb makes its faint impression on the scene at the right.
September 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I guess Scott Steiner will not be at mystery wrestling 😔
September 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Saw a bunch of concerts and got this sick hat, Nashville is alright.
Colette wearing a purple, yellow, and gold Camel Racing “Smokin’ Joe’s Racing” cap bearing the signature of Hut Stricklin.
September 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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All I want in this life is a bunch of dumb toy cameras and something fun to point them at.
Tim Harrington taking off his tie mid-song. Tim Harrington taking photos of the crowd with a camera he has stolen from a photographer. Tim Harrington leading a chant on the ground of City Hall Plaza. Tim Harrington bellowing into the distance.
September 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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gahhhh
Tim Harrington precariously perched atop a tall ladder.
September 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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here’s their first encounter. incredible set omg
Four shots of Les Savy Fav’s Tim Harrington — a big dude with a shock yellow beard wearing a white suit — approaching a pink haired guy named Emmett. Tim is bellowing a song into the microphone as he struts Emmett’s way.
September 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM