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DECEMBER DIARY
December went by in a blur!
I started the month at the retirement/farewell of a lovely colleague at Pippys. A good time was had by all.
I did my final radio gig for the year, reviewing Richard E Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness. I always love this gig, and look forward to more in 2023.
Dad has his birthday and we celebrated with a family dinner at the local pub, followed by cake and frivolity.
Because I am still without a car I pared back my social occasions, but the few I had were really enjoyable.
A work dinner at The Bavarian at Charlestown.
Lunch with Jen at Cardiff Bowling Club where we had a great meal prepared by The Blind Chef.
Brunch with Cathy at Poppys which is such a beautiful venue. It is an amazing cafe inside the Garden Centre out at Gateshead of all places. A little piece of paradise tucked away.
Our Belmont team got together, at The Gunyah, to celebrate another successful year.
My gorgeous gals came out to collect me and we had a lovely celebration at Sephardim Tappas. The food was amazing!
The weekend before Christmas I headed to Sydney to meet Andrew and we went to see Nick Cave at the Sydney Opera House. We had a great dinner at Rossini prior to the show and breakfast in the city the following day before heading home for that final week before christmas.
And that week went fast, before I knew it I was at my sister's property for our Christmas Eve tradition, BBQ, snacks, drinks, chats, and a few games of Pool.
The next day was a blur of presents, breakfast, naps, lunch, collecting Andrew in the late afternoon and then supper at my parents. It was all quite lovely.
My birthday was a quiet affair, a laid back day filled with greetings, love, and a visit from Mary. I felt the love. We headed out for a family dinner at The Gunyah Hotel. Always a great meal.
After a days rest, Andrew and I headed back to Sydney. We visited family and watched tele and napped.
NYE was quiet but lovely as Andrew prepared a roast, I read my book, and we watched some tele and movies with the fireworks (outside and on tele) finishing the year.
Here are my reviews for December.
Stay tuned for my year wrap up and my lists for 2022.
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Labels: Christmas, Eating, friends, Nick Cave, Sydney, Sydney Opera House
Hand Of God: having your soul touched by Nick and Warren
Nick Cave touring with Warren Ellis?
There is no need to think about that, you know it will be brilliant.
And they were coming to Newcastle at our glorious Civic Theatre. However, it was mid-week, and Andrew and I wanted to see it together so Sydney it was.
The Opera House!
The day of the ticket buying came and it was a shit show, I was something like 10,000th in a queue, or so it seemed. But I scored us tickets, shitty nose-bleed tickets, but tickets all the same. So you gotta be grateful and blessed and all the things the kids say!
When it came to sitting in those seats, all the gratefulness went away and I was bitterly disappointed. I felt I had let us down big time, but Andrew didn't care.
He said he was just happy to see Nick Cave with me.
I should have known better, because as soon as the band graced the stage it felt like you were there in the palm of his hand.
And the sound in the newly renovated concert hall was second to none!
The sound was magnificent in fact.
Now I should admit I have only seen Nick once previously and only a few years ago at that. Yes, I know!
So I knew to expect brilliance. But this concert was something else.
The energy lifted right up to us at the very back of the theatre like we were much closer than we really were.
The band were tight, Nick sounded amazing and Warren added that particular 'Warrenness' to the event. They were also backed by this wonderful group of 3 gospel singers and their stunning voices lifted everything.
Seeing Nick live is very much a spiritual or religious experience, so the gospel singing really added to that.
I am not religious at all, but a good concert in a great venue is my religion, my church, my spirituality. And some acts are transient, you really feel like you are bowing at the knees of something godly. Nick Cave is one of them.
They opened with The Spinning Song from Ghosteen which I love and it was perfect.
The setlist was mostly songs from the last 2 albums, Ghosteen and Carnage. I love them both so was pretty happy with that. There were a handful of older songs scattered throughout. And songs you wouldn't usually hear. We loved that so much. I love being surprised by a setlist, not knowing what is coming up and thinking YES!
Warren and Nick were playful and had fun, their exchanges full of simpatico and love. They were obviously loving every minute of their performance, which resonated throughout the evening. We laughed a lot, which you wouldn't think of at a Nick Cave concert, but he IS funny.
After a particularly rousing cover of T-Rex's Cosmic Dancer the unthinkable happened.
Nick played my favourite song of his, from my favourite album, The Lyre of Orpheus.
Breathless!
To my knowledge it is not a song he plays live often, and it has a quirky flute opening, so having Warren there to play it made it all possible.
(Aside: Nick tells the tale of that flute solo in the Red Hand Files, it is a great story. Also Warren did his upmost best to replicate the solo and he did great)
He introduced it saying it was one of his more upbeat songs and everything would be downhill from here so to make the most of it and have a dance.
As soon as Warren started playing that quirky intro I was beside myself.
It was one of those perfect moments that feeds your soul, and dance I did after squeezing Andrew's arm so strongly I am sure I left marks!
Next up, to counterbalance the joy, was Hand of God. And if we didn't think the concert was spiritual or moving before then ( hint: we did! ), we certainly did now.
Hand of God is a song only Nick could write and perform. He came out into the audience and waded through the audience like a god walking on water, moving through and touching the audience members with his hand. It was a supreme moment, glorious to watch. It sounds intense and I guess it was but it was also done with irreverence and cheek. And whilst it would have been amazing to be in amongst the audience and 'getting touched' the view we had of it was something else. It was like looking down on some kind of wonderful miracle.
The final song before the encore, Balcony Man, was destined for us up the back too. With Nick amping up all the balcony and top sections, we all felt the love.
After a brief break, they were all back on stage for the fantastic encore. Beginning and ending with songs from Ghosteen, the small list in between was gold.
The ever wonderful and dark, Henry Lee from The Murder Ballads, with one of the gospel ladies stepping in for PJ. The Weeping Song and Jubilee Street, both faves of mine, and a song he says they have not played live before, a lovely dark ballad from Tender Prey called Watching Alice.
And a few hours after it started, we were making our way out of the beauty that is Sydney Opera House. The privilege of seeing great art in that great building will never tire me.
The music was utterly brilliant, Nick and Warren were god-like, and yet whimsical and amusing, chatty and fun. This will easily end up in my top 5 concerts of all-time.
1. Spinning Song (Ghosteen)
2. Bright Horses (Ghosteen)
3. Night Raid (Ghosteen)
4. Carnage (Carnage)
5. White Elephant (Carnage)
6. Ghosteen (Ghosteen)
7. Lavender Fields (Carnage)
8. Waiting for You (Ghosteen)
9. I Need you (Skeleton Tree)
10. Cosmic Dancer (T Rex cover)
11. Breathless (Lyre of Orpheus)
12. Hand of God (Carnage)
13. Shattered Ground (Carnage)
14. Galleon Ship (Ghosteen)
15. Leviathan (Ghosteen)
16. Balcony Man (Carnage)
17. Hollywood (Ghosteen)
18. Henry Lee (Murder Ballads)
19. The Weeping Song (The Good Son)
20. Jubilee Street (Push the Sky Away)
21. Watching Alice (Tender Prey)
22. Ghosteen Speaks (Ghosteen)
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Labels: Live Music, Nick Cave, Sydney Opera House, warren ellis
DECEMBER REVIEWS
What I've Been Reading
Love Stories by Trent Dalton
As soon as I started this book I knew it would be special and possibly on of the best books I have ever read. And I was right, this will be my book of the year without a doubt and will fly easily into my all-time top 10 reads.
I started this early in 2022 and finished it in the late stages of the year. That does not mean it is a difficult book to read, quite the opposite. I could have devoured this in one evening, easy! But it was so magnificent I didn't want it to end, so by reading it in dribs and drabs I made it last the entire year.
The premise of this book is simple, stories of love!
However, it is not trashy or sniffly or twee in any way...phew!
Trent Dalton, National Treasure and one of Australia's finest writers and humanists, inherited a typewriter from the mother of a close friend when she died. She had championed Trent's career as a journalist and a writer.
He wanted to do something grand with it, so he plonked himself down at Brisbane City Mall, with a card table and 2 chairs with the typewriter and a sign asking passers-by to tell him a love story for 2 months.
From this simple set up he located gold.
But the book is not simply him writing the stories as told to him. Trent has a gift of seeing people, seeing right through to their soul. He is a brilliant observer and describer of people. I have watched him in action and it comes from a genuine curiosity and love.
He retells their story, and adds in glimpses, smiles, body language, exchanges, and more. Their stories, already brilliant, come alive. You can picture each exchange, feel the mood, and it shoots straight to the heart. The stories take on all forms of love, always real but never sappy. They are sad, funny, weird...like life. The characters are indeed that, and some reappear. He describes his feelings and thoughts after some stories, and adds some of his own stories.
It was the kind of book that makes you want to read it again as soon as you finish it. It is the kind of book you can dip in and out of easily as each chapter is a fresh set of stories. It is the kind of book that makes you want to write and tell Trent your love story. He encourages this, and I did!
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It makes you realise for all the bad in the world, there is far more good. If you haven't read it, you simply must.
Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis
This is one of the most remarkable and unique books I have ever read. 20 years ago Nick Cave curated a concert in London and Nine Simone was one of the acts. She was in her 90s and it was her last live performance. When she arrived on stage she took a piece of chewing gum out of her mouth and stuck it under the piano. At the end of the concert Warren Ellis clambered over the seats in front of him to the stage to swipe that piece of gum. He placed it in the towel she used that was still laying on the piano and popped it into a Tower Records bag he had on him. He has had it ever since.
This book is the tale of the gum.
Really!
It is the most brilliant read, Warren is a great writer and storyteller as we all know. There are some stories of how Warren came to be Warren, his relationship with Nick, tales of music and musicianship, and of Nina herself. But mostly it is about the gum, and the life and legacy of it, and what actually happened to this crazy but important piece of history.
You don't have to love and appreciate Nina Simone or even Warren Ellis to enjoy this book. For those that love (and in my case worship) them both, you will just radiate joy reading this. It will make you smile and also bring a tear to your eye!
I will be surprised if this does not make my Top 5 books of the year.
Ciao Bella!: Six Take Italy by Kate Langbroek
This is a great read about the 2 years Kate Longbroek (comedian, radio personality, The Panel) took her family to live in Italy.
After a wonderful holiday with her husband, 4 children and mother-in-law, Kate decided she would love to live in Italy.
They spent time working out where to live and decided on Bolgona, and the books tells the story of their time there. The ups and down, the town they lived in, the people they met, the food they ate.
This book will make you want to live in a foreign city, and make you hungry. It made me so homesick for Italy, I say that about countries or cities I have visited and loved. This is really well written too, covers a little bit of Kate's work life on the radio, an interview with Madonna, and covid. It is quite the read, I loved it.
Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here: a memoir of loss and discovery by Heather Rose
I am a huge fan on Heather's last two books, and feel a small connection to her after spending time chatting with her about The Museum of Modern Love at The Sydney Writers' Festival. This is a memoir of her spiritual life and is very unexpected but quite amazing. It is difficult to write about this book without giving too much away. I think the book is more appreciated going in and not knowing much.
After a life changing event early in her life, Heather goes on a long journey of spiritual healing, and this is quite the revelation, and at times uncomfortable and even hard core. Don't let this description turn you off, because this book is really something. She also delves into her writing journey, her family life and whilst this is not a proper autobiography, you do get to the core of this amazing woman.
It is a page turner, you simply want to know what happens next, all the while shaking your head at some of the things she participates in. I loved this so much, it made me think about a whole range of things spiritually and I wish I knew all of this when I had my conversation with her, as I have so many questions!
Alchemy: Art by Wendy Sharpe and Words by Kate Forsyth
This book is simply stunning, I have been a fan of both Wendy and Kate for a longtime. After meeting they felt they needed to collaborate together and a perfect partnership was born. Kate wrote the prose, mostly beautiful poetry and Wendy featured her art. Some of the paintings and poems have been previously published but most of it is new content, one artist inspiring the other. This forms a beautiful coffee table style book that is pure joy to take in.
Pretend You're in Paris by Alice Oehr
This was a cute little book about how to feel like you are in Paris wherever you are!
What I've Been Watching
White Lotus S2
White Lotus S1 was perfection, and this comes very close. A reset, with an almost brand new cast at a new resort. Again, there is tension forming, through the actions of mostly painful, self-involved people and the music adding additional intensity. But the real tightly wound up feel of S1 is missing. It follows the same line with a dead body being revealed very early on, so you are trying to work out who died from the get go. But there is more to this story than death. There is a lot of imposters within this story, and who will find out what or who about these people. Or do they even care and want to know who those around them really are?
Jennifer Coolidge returns as the unlucky Tania, and gets some more scene stealing scenes. But to say any more would be spoilers. Actually to say any more about anything would be spoilers. Everyone involved in this season are brilliant, Sabrina Impacciatore as Valentina the resort's manager is outstanding, and Michael Imperioli's hair deserves its own Emmy! Aubrey Plaza and F Murray Abraham bring their star quality to the ensemble. I hope Mike White can keep it up for S3.
Colin from Accounts
This is a tight and wonderful Australian comedy. Colin is a dog that is the catalyst of bringing the main two characters together. Ashley (Harriet Dyer) is a student doctor and a little bit ditzy, Gordon (Patrick Brammall) is a Micro-brewery owner and a little ditzy himself. They meet when he accidentally runs over Colin the dog whilst checking out Ashley crossing the road. They take the dog to Yvette the vet (yes!) and decide to share the ownership and care of the dog until the owners are found.
This is a proper screwball comedy, Gordon and Ashley (married in real life) are wonderful together, the supporting cast is hilarious, and the dog cute. Darren Gilshenan, as a vile step-father is a stand-out. The comedy is fast paced and also quite black and a little bit wrong at times. I really hope there is another series.
Upright S2
I was unsure about a second season of this show. The first was so perfect, I wasn't sure where it could go. And whilst it is not as good as S1, it is pretty close. ( I feel like I am repeating myself lol). Time has moved on and Lucky and Meg have not seen each other during this time. Lucky's star has risen, he's a big star with a big attitude. Meg has been up to no good but determined to find her mother, and re-enters Lucky's life for his help.
The pairing of Tim Minchin and Milly Alcock is still perfection, and you soon find yourself very much hanging off their every move. A really great supporting cast add to the drama and comedy, and the stunning location of Far North Queensland gives lovely visuals. This is great Australian TV.
House of Dragon
I loved Game of Thrones, but found this ok. It started and ended strong, but the middle was slow and boring. The action when it happened was very much needed but with more dragons than its predecessor (although not as many as I had hoped - you really cannot have enough dragons!) it was worth watching. Just a little disappointing.
Significant Others
This was a great Australia Drama miniseries. When their sister (Jacqueline McKenzie) goes missing at sea, her siblings (Rachel Blake, Alison Bell and Kenneith Moraleda) return to their family home to be with her children and find out what has happened. Secrets are uncovered, new and old, and the family need to work together, despite many differences to find out where their sister is and if she is even alive. Stunning performances from the cast, and great storytelling.
This was Weird, and beautifully so! Daniel Radcliffe was perfection as Weird Al. It is a fictionalised version of Al's life, that is to say, complete fabrication which gives them license to be totally weird. There are cameos aplenty, so look out for them. The music is fab, the comedy is great, it is everything you want in a Weird Al movie and more. Big shout outs to Rainn Wilson, as Doctor Demento and Jack Black as Wolfman Jack.
Secrets of Dumbledore
Look this wasn't bad, but boy it has crawled up it's you know what! I found it meandering and far-fetched and couldn't really follow what it was trying to do. I love Jude Law as Dumbledore but also Eddie Redmayne as Newt, and would prefer more of him and his Fantastic Beasts. Maybe it was me, maybe I need to rewatch.
This was a great documentary, having recently read an updated autobiography, there was not a lot of new information, but it was great all the same. Watching Tina at her first peak with Ike was remarkable enough. Stunning, those dance moves and that voice, but when she shook off those shackles boy did she up things. Whilst her 80s music doesn't do that much for me, I really appreciate her tenacity and craft. This is s great doco, celebrating a great woman.
Iceland with Alexander Armstrong
This was a great 3 part travel doco on Iceland, from Volcanos to Icebergs and everything in between. Give me more thought to traveling there one day!
Pilgrimage: Road to the Scottish Isles
I love these Pilgrimage shows, a group of B/C grade celebs of varying faiths set off on a pilgrimage. Usually in a lovely place/country with plenty of amazing scenery and stopping at monasteries, churches, synagogues etc along the way, either testing their faith or trying to find it. Absolutely fascinating to me!
What I've Been Listening To
I really love Fleetwood Mac, and felt the death of Christine McVie deeply. She was the quiet Mac, her voice stunning, her songs strong and brilliant, the heart of the band. She was Perfect, and if you don't get that, you are not a lover of Fleetwood Mac or Christine! I listened to a lot of her stuff, but mostly Mirage (underrated album) as it has my favourite song of hers on, Love in Store.
The 80s Sunday Brunch compilations have moved from 1980 to 1981. This means less disco and more electronic music, and still loads of fun!
In the lead up to the Nick Cave/Warren Ellis concert I listened to some Nick. Mostly Henry's Dream, as that was my newest Nick vinyl purchase.
The Clouds - Penny Century
Can't sop listening to the 30 year reissue of this. I love it now as much as I did back in the day. Produced on a stunning blue vinyl, they hold up (and then some) beautifully.
First Aid Kit - Palomino
These girls are so wonderful and they just get better as they get older. This has more rock and pop than their previous albums of mostly folk/country. Their songwriting is showing the beauty of ageing and the hurt of life and it is glorious.
Bjork - Fossora
Wow, just wow. Bjork gets better and better. I am now normally a fan of electronic music, but Bjork gives it so much heart and soul, how can I not love it. Her albums are fully formed concepts, usually in touch with nature. This time mushrooms are key, and also the death of her mother. Both form inspirations for the music. It is soothing and harmonic, and those beats get into your head in the very best way. It is a double album, with deep plum vinyl, and stunning pics of Bjork.
Labels: Book Reviews, Books, Documentaries, Film reviews, Movies, Music, podcasts, reviews, television
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER DIARY
It was a busy couple of months, hence my diary being so late.
September commenced with an interstate girls weekend away. Athena, Jayne, Linda and I headed to Brisbane to see the play of our dear friend, Anita. It had been adapted from her book, Tiddas, which I project managed her tour in Lake Macquarie some years back.
We made a long weekend of it, staying in a lovely b'n'b, a converted church. We brunched and lunched and dined, and indulged.
We went on an evening Art River Cruise.
Checked out Eat Street
Visited the Art Gallery
Went on a day River Cat Cruise
Caught a fun play.
And of course Anita's amazing adaptation, that made us laugh and cry.
It was a packed but fun weekend
The following weekend, Andrew and I headed to Sydney to stay in the city and see the Hoodoo Gurus and Dandy Warhols with friends, Alex and Alastair.
You can read about it here.
Whilst there we saw Moonage Daydream, the wonderful David Bowie Documentary. It was perfect full of footage and music and images and I just know Bowie would approve.
I had my yearly Breast Cancer check up and was all clear - that's 4 years now!
Headed to the Civic to see Hannah Gadsby, finally after many delays due to covid. She was great and funny and it was just the tonic we all needed.
And at the end of the month I headed to Andrew's and we flew to Melbourne for stage 1 of our trip, Melbourne.
We did a lot! Roamed the streets, ate great meals, shopped, checked out the new ACMI, visited the Hellenic Museum, saw Hamilton, checked out the Music Vault, the Picasso exhibit at the NGV, visited St Kilda, caught up with lovely friends, and my sister.
We returned on October 1 only to drive to Port Macquarie for stage 2 of our holiday. This was very laid back, lots of coastal walks, we visited a koala sanctuary, and Ricciardos Strawberry farm.
The two trips formed my first holiday with Andrew and we had a blast.
Sadly, I had a bingle on the roundabout leaving Port Macquarie, which left us stranded. Luckily my beautiful sister and brother-in-law headed up to rescue us, there are no words to describe our appreciation. At writing I am still without a car and been busing it for a few months. I am managing fine, but missing the freedom a car gives. What a privilege, I am humbled by this.
We checked out the Van Gogh exhibit, which was great but a little overrated.
Lachlan turned 20
I finally got to use my 50th birthday present from my gals, and we all headed in to Picasso and Pinot and painted the Newcastle Ocean Baths.
We headed to Brown Sugar for our 2nd anniversary.
Celebrated Mal's 50th at Honeysuckle
Towards the end of October, another weekend in Sydney, seeing the wonderful Richard E Grant. I have loved him forever and he was jubilant and an utter delight on stage, telling tales of his life, films, tv, and people he knows. Much laughter and fun!
I caught up with Di at Emilios.
And here are my reviews, September/October and November.
And some additional pics.
Labels: brisbane, friends, Hamilton, Hannah Gadsby, Hoodoo Gurus, koalas, Melbourne, Moonage Daydream, Picasso, POrt Macquarie, Richard E Grant, Sydney, Sydney Opera House, The Dandy Warhols, Tiddas, Van Gogh
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A Brief History of Donald Trump's Obsession with Models on Television
by Stephanie Eckardt
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Donald Trump does not have the best track record when it comes to getting up-close with models, from the allegations that resulted from his curious wanderings into teen pageant changing rooms to the time he sat next to the model Vendela Kirsebom at the 1993 White House Correspondents dinner and conducted such a downright objectifying conversation that Kirsebom fled the scene in tears. She couldn't even make it through dinner with Donald.
Still, that's not to say Trump doesn't have his talents. He's a noted master of presenting his unsolicited opinions on women's appearances, and a self-styled baron of Nielsen ratings—two qualities that have seen some overlap in the last two decades of Trumpian entrepreneurial forays. Amidst his namesake modeling agency's apparent impending failure—and his defense of Bill O'Reilly, that other onscreen predator—a new piece of information about another of Trump's TV ventures has emerged: He once pitched a fictional Dynasty-style show for which, even before a script existed, Trump had a specific prerequisite: The big-haired cat fights of '80s yore must take place between real models, not actresses.
Given Trump's history, that specification was hardly a peculiar request. Trump pitched The Tower, about a group of models living in a Manhattan skyscraper (Trump Tower, probably), to the then-head of NBC Entertainment Jeff Zucker. Because The Apprentice was doing so well ratings-wise then for NBC, Zucker told his team to purchase the show, even though he had zero intention of ever putting it on the air.
But that wasn't the only model-centric TV pitch Trump ever made: In 1993, he wrote a letter to the then-ABC News president Roone Arledge, proposing a slightly more clunkily titled show: Donald Trump Presents the Most Beautiful Women in the World.
There, too, Trump insisted on "the real thing," asking for the participation of Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, and more prime-time supermodels (whom Trump helpfully insisted would ensure the show yuge ratings).
That one didn't pan out, either. But, clearly undeterred by rejection, the formula became stuck in Trump's mind. In 2013, he got the ball rolling on Trump Town Girls, a show about beauty pageant contestants tapped to work at Trump International, which Trump allegedly came up with in order to create some on-screen time for his daughter Ivanka.
Fail! The show never saw the glow of a TV screen, falling apart due to network worries about the size and, well, quality of the cast.
To be fair, though, Trump did at one point find some success. Aside from his Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants (some winners of which he signed to Trump Models), as well as the Trump models who have appeared on The Apprentice, he was also an executive producer on the reality show Pageant Place, a series that followed the lives of three pageant winners and found reasonable ratings on MTV. That utter triumph came in 2007—a full six years after Trump appeared in Zoolander. In that movie, he played himself, an industry expert.
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PWM Matchguide | August 2022
Welcome all to the first ever edition of the PWM matchguide. In this edition we take a look at some of the best matches that took place around the wrestling world in the month of August. Seeing as this is the first ever edition I am going to use this introductory piece to explain a bit about the aims of these articles and also how the matches are selected. If you want to skip straight to the match recommendations please feel free.
In these articles I plan to recommend a total of ten matches a month from around the world of wrestling. You may notice that this edition includes ten matches from ten different promotions, while that is not a strict rule it is something I'd like to aim for where possible. I hope to not only recommend high profile matches but also to help put a spotlight on matches that people may not be aware of and hopefully encourage people to check out a wrestler or a promotion for the first time. For each match I will try to explain why the match is happening, give some context and help people understand the story heading into the match in case that they are completely unfamiliar with the wrestlers or promotion in question. I will also give out some information on the genre of match and recount some of the action while making an effort not to spoil the result. These are match recommendations as opposed to reviews, so I want to write enough to get you interested in watching the match without spoiling the result as knowing too much will likely diminish your enjoyment of the match should you choose to watch it.
As I mentioned above ten matches will be selected each month. These are not necessarily what I think are the best ten matches that happened during the month but rather the ten I want to recommend the most while also making a conscious effort to include matches from a variety of promotions that fall into different genres. Each match will be accompanied by my own personal star rating. These ratings are not meant to be objective and are reflective only of my personal enjoyment of the match. Cagematch ratings will also be provided to help try and give a more objective rating. Each month I will also attach a file of my full list of 4 star plus rated matches. Every month the list will start off with some quick recommendations and then as we go further down the list I'll take a deeper dive into the matches. That just about sums it up so without further ado let's get into the list!
10. Giulia vs Starlight Kid, Stardom 5STAR Grand Prix 2022 - Day 9, 27/08/2022
We start things off with the meeting between Giulia and Starlight Kid in the Stardom 5STAR Grand Prix. The 5STAR GP is an annual round robin tournament in Stardom where all matches have a fifteen minute time limit. These two women have a fierce rivalry with three previous singles meetings which were all won by Giulia.
The existing rivalry between the two stars became immediately evident as Giulia jumped Starlight Kid before she even entered the ring and a brawl on the floor ensued. Giulia goes straight for the mask of SLK again highlighting the hatred between the two athletes. As soon as both women enter the ring and the bell rings they spill back out to the floor and trade some nasty bumps. Both women employ the use of ferocious headbutts and strikes that contribute to one of the best sub fifteen minute matches of the year. An incredible brawl between two of Stardom's top stars.
My star rating: 4.25
Cagematch: 9.12
9. Jun Akiyama and Tetsuya Endo vs Kazusada Higuchi and Naomi Yoshimura, DDT Road to Peter Pan in Korakuen Hall - Let's Shout!, 14/08/2022
The road to Peter Pan saw an excellent tag team match between four of DDT's best. Peter Pan is the biggest DDT show of the year and this was the last stop. The main event of Peter Pan was reigning KO-D Openweight champion Kazusada Higuchi making his first defence against Tetsuya Endo. This show saw Endo team with his Burning stablemate Jun Akiyama against the team of Harimao, Kazusada Higuchi and Naomi Yoshimura in what would be a teaser for the Peter Pan main event. Endo beat Konosuke Takeshita to win the KO-D Openweight championship earlier this year but unfortunately had to vacate the championship due to injury. A tournament was created to crown a new champion which Higuchi won beating Yoshimura in the finals. In the process Higuchi and Yoshimura developed a respect for each other and formed a tag team winning the KO-D Tag Team Titles a few weeks later. Notably Higuchi also beat Akiyama in the semi final round of the tournament to crown a new KO-D Openweight champion.
The match definitely did it's job and got you amped up for Peter Pan as there were some excellent exchanges between Endo and Higuchi which left you wanting more. It was a great tag team encounter wrestled at a great pace. The match was also not just about Endo and Higuchi but the other men as well. Yoshimura is an up and coming star in DDT but Akiyama is a living legend and there are some great interactions between the two. The Peter Pan main event between Higuchi and Endo also happened this month and is recommended but I decided to write about this one instead as I believe it is every bit as good but may have fallen a little under the radar for some people.
My star rating: 4.5
8. Kenoh vs Go Shiozaki, NOAH N-1 Victory 2022 - Day 4, 17/08/2022
This was your classic NOAH style main event and in my opinion the best match of the N-1 so far. For those that don't know, the N-1 Victory is NOAH's annual round robin tournament, basically their version of NJPW's G1 Climax. Kenoh is the current GHC Heavyweight champion and his opponent is former five time GHC heavyweight champion, the ace of Pro Wrestling NOAH, Go Shiozaki.
The match was exactly what you'd expect from these two, plenty of brutal strikes particularly the kicks of Kenoh and the chops of Go Shiozaki. This match also saw some great limb work with Shiozaki targeting the leg of Kenoh while Kenoh attempted to soften up the arm of Shiozaki for his new armbar technique. The match was dominated by the hard hitting offence of both men as they tested each other's fighting spirit. If you're unfamiliar with NOAH this is a great match to watch as it features two of their best stars going head to head in an intense match-up that delivered even though both men were holding back in the tournament setting.
7. Alex Colon vs Rina Yamashita, GCW Homecoming Weekend Day 1, 13/08/2022
This match won't be for everyone but if you like death matches then this is highly recommended. I'm not a huge deathmatch guy myself but I thought this was brilliant, the best deathmatch I've seen this year. I believe that in order to be a great deathmatch wrestler you first have to be a great wrestler and that rings true for both competitors here, especially Yamashita. Some death matches to me feel like just guys hitting each other with weapons in a wrestling ring but this felt like a wrestling match aided by the use of weaponry. Alex Colon is a highly decorated deathmatch wrestler, a GCW regular and the reigning and defending GCW Ultraviolent champion. Rina Yamashita is a Japanese deathmatch star and prior to this match had only made a handful of GCW appearances but has already gotten very over with the GCW crowd.
The match is very violent which comes to no surprise considering it is for the Ultraviolent championship. Yamashita tries to get the better of her opponent by being creative and looking to outsmart him. Colon on the other hand used the weapons around to inflict heavy damage onto Yamashita making for some memorable spots that became hard to watch at times. If you are on the fence about deathmatch wrestling or have never watched it on the indie level then I think this is a great match to watch. Yamashita is really a master of her craft and is one of the very best deathmatch wrestlers around as far as I'm concerned.
6. Soberano Jr vs Templario, CMLL Super Viernes, 29/07/2022
Yes I know this match happened in July but it only aired on the CMLL Youtube channel in August so I'm going to cheat a little and include it. This match was the finals of the Leyenda de Plata tournament. The Leyenda de Plata tournament has been held regularly in CMLL since 1998 and was made to honour Lucha Libre icon El Santo. It is considered to be the most prestigious tournament in CMLL. The two finalists are no strangers to each other and have had ten previous singles matches including two previously this year, both of which were won by Templario.
Both men share a very similar style and it is clear from the first exchange that they are rivals. The match has an intense start displaying rapid fire headbutts and it keeps a fast pace throughout. Both men are very evenly matched and trade big moves and dives with neither man able to achieve a long period of offence against the other. This match is just a barrage of big moves delivered one after another at a frantic pace until the finishing sequence where there are some great near falls. This match is also helped greatly by a molten hot Arena Mexico. The crowd are deeply invested making plenty of noise and stamping their feet. If you're a fan of lucha libre you should enjoy this match. If you've never watched CMLL before I think this is a great way to start and the show is free on the CMLL Youtube channel so it's easy to watch.
5. Ricky Knight Jr vs Will Ospreay, Revpro Ten Year Anniversary - Day 2, 21/08/2022
Revpro's ten year anniversary show saw Will Ospreay defend his Revpro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title against Ricky Knight Jr. Ospreay's reign with the title reached a whopping nine hundred and nineteen days on the day of this match and during his reign he successfully defended twice against Ricky Knight Jr, once in 2020 and again in 2021. This was RKJ's third and final chance to dethrone Ospreay which set the table for a very dramatic title match. RKJ is a 22 year old third generation wrestler who is regarded by many as the future of British wrestling. This match was RKJ's chance to prove that he is not the future of British wrestling anymore and is instead the present.
The match started quickly with both men charging at each other in front of a white hot York Hall crowd. Both men displayed great athleticism as expected and delivered some breathtaking sequences which showed both athletes familiarity with one another. It was really hyped up on commentary that this was RKJ's last chance at Ospreay and so the desperation really began to show in RKJ as he fought to win the title that he had been chasing for so long. The desperation of RKJ made for a very dramatic contest as he tried everything in his power to end the near one thousand day reign of the Commonwealth Kingpin. Revpro currently have a great crop of young talent and in my opinion RKJ is the pick of the bunch. This is a fantastic match to watch if you want to see just how good he is. One of the best matches of European wrestling this year and a great way to cap off Revpro's excellent two day ten year anniversary celebration.
4. Josh Alexander vs Alex Shelley, Impact Emergence 2022, 12/08/2022
Alex Shelley is widely regarded to be a legend of Impact wrestling and is very highly respected by fans and people from within the business around the world. His influence will be felt long after he retires but one thing he has never done is win the big one on a major stage. He is a multi-time Impact tag champion, a former x division champion, a three time IWGP junior heavyweight tag team champion and has held countless independent championships. The one thing that has eluded him throughout his legendary career is a major world championship.
In the build up to this match it is noted that this is Shelley's first ever Impact World Championship match. Eighteen years after his Impact debut his chance has finally come to win the big one. It is clear from his mannerisms, facial expressions and approach to the match that Shelley feels the gravity of the match and understands that this is a huge moment in his career. This could be his one and only chance to win the championship and that makes for a dramatic encounter. The man standing across the ring from him is the reigning world champion Josh Alexander. Alexander is on the run of his life and is perhaps the only man on the Impact roster that can match Shelley technically. In his title reign thus far he has successfully defended against Moose, Tomohiro Ishii, Eric Young and Joe Doering. Each of these men presented a unique challenge to the champion and Shelley is no different. Shelley will test Alexander's technical skill like no one else is capable of. It is no secret that Shelley is an inspiration to Alexander and therefore Alexander has studied his moveset and has counters ready.
The match itself follows a structure that we've come to expect from Alex Shelley in recent years. Starting with a slow pace and full of technical exchanges before ending with a much faster pace with quick submission transitions and counters. Shelley's selling is masterful as he desperately tries to evade falling victim to the ankle lock or C4 spike. Shelley cleverly attacks the limbs of Alexander in order to make it difficult for Alexander to lift Shelley up for the C4 spike. This match was centred around Shelley doing everything in his power to avoid the finishing moves of the champion and Alexander knowing the playbook of Alex Shelley and using that to his advantage by executing counters and even using his own offence against him. This was a very dramatic and highly technical affair that resulted in an Impact MOTYC that I think is well worth going out of your way to see.
3. Miyu Yamashita vs Miu Watanabe, TJPW Tokyo Princess Cup 2022 Day 6, 13/08/2022
If you've only seen Yamashita perform on AEW or the US indies and you don't quite get the hype yet I'd definitely recommend this match. Miyu is often labelled by many as one of the best "final bosses" in wrestling and this match displayed that perfectly. While not currently holding the Princess of Princess championship Miyu is the well established ace of TJPW and because of that is the woman to beat in TJPW. Her opponent Miu Watanbe is 22 years old and has never held a singles title in TJPW. She is considered to be a future pillar of the promotion and this tournament was seen as an opportunity for her to establish herself as the present of the promotion as opposed to the future. In order to reach this semi final match Miu beat the current Princess of Princess champion Shoko Nakajima in the quarter final round. This victory over the champion obviously gave Miu a massive wave of momentum and it began to look like this tournament could be her chance to establish herself within the upper echelon of TJPW.
The Korakuen Hall crowd came alive for this match creating a great atmosphere within the current covid restrictions. The crowd were steadily behind Miu as she showed great heart and fighting spirit against the ace. Miu looked to gain control of the match by using power moves and her strength advantage but struggled to cope with the tremendous striking prowess of Yamashita. Yamashita is a notoriously skilled kicker and she used her kicks to great effect here to knock Watanabe off her feet on numerous occasions. Miu tugged on the heartstrings of the crowd as she displayed a never say die attitude and kept coming back for more. Both women played their roles to perfection and the wondrous selling from Watanabe made for a very emotional match that really draws the viewer in. Overall this was a great match with rich storytelling that I think is definitely one to watch if you wish to achieve a greater understanding of the appeal of TJPW.
2. Bryan Danielson vs Daniel Garcia, AEW Dynamite #150, 17/08/2022
Bryan Danielson vs Daniel Garcia is in my opinion the best AEW Dynamite match of the year so far. Both men hold one singles victory over the other with Danielson beating Garcia last year and Garcia pulling off the upset thanks to JAS interference only three weeks earlier. This time they met for two out of three falls to find out who is the better fighter. Danielson has made his admiration of Garcia no secret, even naming him when listing guys that the Blackpool Combat Club could help. Garcia has also made it known that Danielson is a hero of his even going as far as to wear Danielson inspired maroon trunks in his recent ROH Pure Title match. Despite a bitter hatred existing between both men's respective factions it is clear that both men hold great respect for the other.
As everyone expected this match consisted of excellent technical wrestling. The match took place at a 'House of the Dragon' special episode of Dynamite which was very apt. On one side you had the American Dragon Bryan Danielson and on the other the self proclaimed 'Dragon Slayer' Daniel Garcia. However during the match you could see the inner dragon awaken inside Daniel Garcia. Garcia began to show his true nature using Blackpool Combat Club patented offence such as the hammer and anvil elbows and the head stomps. Everyone knows that Garcia is far more naturally suited to the BCC compared to the JAS and this performance demonstrated that perfectly. The Danielson influence in Garcia's style was easy for everyone to see as both men fought a violent, technically brutal match. The post match angle that followed also greatly enhanced the match and the story being told. This was a classic display of excellent technical wrestling that was also incredibly rich in storytelling.
1. Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay, NJPW G1 Climax - Day 20, 18/08/2022
In my opinion this is the best wrestling match of 2022 so far. If you take anything from this article it is that you need to watch this match if you haven't done so already. This match was the finals of the annual NJPW G1 Climax tournament. Kazuchika Okada is a three time winner of the tournament and is out to prove that yet again he is the best wrestler that NJPW has to offer. Okada won last year's G1 via referee stoppage due to an injury suffered by his opponent, Kota Ibushi. Okada was not satisfied winning that way and wants to prove one year later that he is still the best by beating his opponent clean.
It was 2015 when Okada and Ospreay met for the first time in a Revpro ring. Okada saw the immense potential that Will Ospreay had and brought him into NJPW and recruited him into his faction, Chaos. Okada was like a big brother to Ospreay until Ospreay struck out on his own to cement his own legacy as one of the best and created the United Empire faction. There were 7 previous singles meetings between the pair with Okada winning six and Ospreay one. Crucially, however Ospreay's single victory over Okada was not a clean one. In this year's G1 final Ospreay wanted to beat Okada clean to prove definitively that he has surpassed him. Legacy is what motivates Ospreay and this was his chance to add to his. A win would make him the first ever Brit to win the G1 and the second ever foreigner after Kenny Omega.
The level that these two worked at in this match was out of this world. The opening minutes flew past as both men executed counters and looked to set up each other's big moves. Ospreay had previously stated in an interview that he had studied how some of Okada's fiercest rivals had beaten him in order to prepare for this match. Deep into the match Ospreay began to execute the finishing manoeuvres that these rivals had used to beat Okada. First he hit Tanahashai's High Fly Flow and then followed up with a Styles Clash. Okada kicks out and stumbles over to the ropes. Suddenly the crowd gasps as they realise what Ospreay has in mind. Ospreay runs the ropes and nails Okada with the V-trigger, the Nippon Budokan erupts as they know what's coming next. Ospreay attempts to hit the One Winged Angel but Okada reverses. The finishing sequence is utterly breathtaking with incredible counters. This match is widely considered as the best in NJPW since the pandemic began and there were moments during the match where the crowd simply couldn't stay silent which added so much. Watch this match.
My star rating: 5
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ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1942 distinctive insignia for the United States Army Air Forces 33rd Fighter Group. The DI shows a flaming sword at its center and reads FIRE FROM THE CLOUDS beneath. The DI is by Meyer. It was listed in Jay Massaro's book on USAAF DIs as #33B2, and he termed it "e;uncommon"e;.
SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in height and 1-3/16" in width.
ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with come-under locking swivel catch.
MARKINGS: N.S. MEYER INC. NEW YORK and raised shield mark.
CONDITION: 7+ (Very Fine+): The DI shows a few light abrasions.


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Shadowrun: Dragonfall – iPad Review
Shadowrun was a pen and paper RPG from the 80's, quite popular at the time it spawned a spin-off in the form of Earthdawn. Shadowrun wasn't the first Cyberpunk set RPG, but it was one of the most interesting. The game played with the concept of a dystopian future where corporations run the world and corruption is as common as the rain. Magic has been rediscovered and in the process, the year 2050, is now filled with not only jaded gangers that live in the slums but also elves, orcs, trolls and dwarfs. Shadowrun was turned into a game for the SNES and Megadrive in the early 90's and it has become a cult hit. If you try to buy a SNES copy in the UK with box and instructions you're looking at around £50, just the cartridge costs around £30.
Shadowrun Returns, Dragonfall's predecessor, was a modern take on the original SNES/Megadrive games as well as the pen and paper original. There was clearly a lot of love for the source material. It starts with you creating a character, you can choose any of the races I listed above and then you work on a class. In this game you can be the all rounder Street Samurai, a Decker, who is essentially a hacker who's vision goes all 'Matrix' or a magic user like a Shaman or Mage. There are other classes that show potential to be exciting like the Rigger, but for the starter like me, who maybe hasn't played an RPG in a long time, the more recognisable classes are tempting.
Shadowrun Returns launched with a campaign creator on the PC which produced some wonderful stories from clearly talented GM's and writers. Using their own, improved, engine Harebrained Scheme's have come out with their first stand alone DLC in their Shadowrun catalogue, Shadowrun: Dragonfall. Set in Berlin you start the game with your character, Denvir a street samurai in my case, joining a new crew of Shadowrunners about to break into a mansion. Things go south pretty quickly and as a team member get's her brain fried in a pretty horrific way you're lead into the a world of chaos, grime and a dragon in neo-Berlin's underbelly. The world of Shadowrun is run by corporations, organisations that do evil acts, but sometimes they need things doing that even they can't be caught involved in, that's when they turn to the mercs of the streets, Shadowrunners. When creating a character it's worth bearing in mind that the class you choose isn't a chain around your ankle, it's more of a guideline. When completing objectives and gaining points to spend on your character you can put them into any area, the initial Class selection just helps with an initial set up and idea of where to take the character. A minor annoyance has returned from the first Shadowrun Returns game, the character model. You are given the option of many different pieces of art that can be your character portrait, and they all look great and the variants of each standard picture means you can get the look you want for your avatar, but then when you come to customise the 3D model that will be in field and on the screen most of the time the choices of hair and facial hair don't quite match. It has been improved vastly since the first game but I still find this little niggle that creates a disconnect between the great avatar art and the model.
The game falls into three basic areas, the first is team management, familiar for anyone who has played a role play game before, you must keep an eye on who you're knocking around with and make sure people are tooled up and healthy for the job at hand. Secondly there's the combat; if you've played the Shadowrun Returns then you've familiar with this, each character has action points and each action costs a set number. Battlefield information is as essential and well presented as before with you being shown how much cover something is going to provide in a fire fight and what your percentage chance of hitting a foe is. Finally the third aspect of the game is my personal favourite and what will hopefully keep most people playing, the talking.
There's no two ways about it, this game is text heavy, but that is not a negative, this game thrives because of its writing. Something that got me so into the first game was the humour, it may not seem like a game where everyone is poor and steps away from death should involve chuckles but when Shadowrunners get together the quips seem to fly around like a Joss Whedon dream. Through dialogue trees with your fellow runners and other NPC's in the world you're drip fed a whole new lexicon to get behind and without realising it you're fully versed in deckers, cred, the matrix (not the film) and cyberjacks. It all becomes second nature, at no point does the game hold your hand, instead it points you in a direction and says 'go have fun over there Shadowrunner' and instead of making you read a book first or sit through training it assumes you're smart enough to work stuff out yourself, and if you've ever played a game before, then you are. You may not realise but you've consumed a lot of Cyberpunk over the years be it in film, comic, TV or games, you just always had it distilled, Shadowrun is here to put it straight on the rocks for you.
Graphically things have had a bit of a polish between the Returns and Dragonfall, the game has also had some much-needed UI tweeks and the game now has a working and useful save system. Although at a base level the graphics haven't changed that much the world is different, because this is set in Berlin, as opposed to Seattle, the team at Harebrained Schemes have added a joyous amount of assets to the game transforming the location from dirty neo-city to a well presented Germanic city with history behind it. Although there is no voice over for any of the characters the sound design is one of the strongest elements of this game, namely the soundtrack. Jon Everist has produced an awesome soundtrack that does just what it needs to, create tension, atmosphere and emotion without hogging the limelight from the player and the world at large. The soundtrack manages to be on loop for potentially a long time, thankfully with the tracks all feeling so ambient and an essential part of the scenery it just works wonderfully.
The game does have its couple of issues, namely problems I had with the previous installment of the series. For me the lack of pinch zoom is a nuisance in battle. Numerous times I would end a turn not realising that off-screen, but within range, an enemy was stood ready to mow me down with whatever multi-barreled and multi-bulleted device they were dragging around with them. Another problem with the inability to control zoom is trying to select an enemy. If someone is stood behind cover, shielding themselves from bullets, it actually also shields them from your tap meaning that someone with, how to put this, sausage fingers like mine, may struggle to get the game to recognise that they'd like to hurt the bad man now please. These qualms with the game are minor and only effect a small amount of the combat, overlooking the issues is easy when the rest of the experience is so good.
If you're on the fence about this game and came looking for a review to tell you one way or another whether to buy it, the simple response I have is, yes, buy this game. For a low price you're set for a very long and consistently well written experience. The chat between the crew of runners is funny and provocative, you feel for some characters and others you want to smack hard, with bullets, but the fact you have a feeling towards them at all is a testament to the writing. With a load of missions and locations you rarely get bored with a scenario, just be prepared for some fights to last at least 20 minutes, this isn't a pick up and play game, this is more of a pick up before bed and realise it's 4 in the morning game. Trust me, this game is worth being tired for.
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Image: Illustration of the NanoDLSay light scattering assay for detecting target analytes by measuring nanoparticle size change (Photo courtesy of Nano Discovery Inc.).
A rapid and simple gold nanoparticle-based blood test proved better at diagnosing prostate cancer than did the commonly used PSA (prostate-specific antigen) assay.
Investigators at the University of Central Florida (Orlando, USA) based their NanoDLSay test on the ability of gold nanoparticles to bind certain proteins from the serum and to increase in size and change their light scattering properties.
When citrate ligands-capped gold nanoparticles are mixed with blood sera, a protein corona is formed on the nanoparticle surface due to the adsorption of various proteins in the blood to the nanoparticles. Using a two-step gold nanoparticle-enabled dynamic light scattering assay, the investigators discovered that the amount of human immunoglobulin G (IgG) in the gold nanoparticle protein corona was increased in prostate cancer patients compared to healthy controls. Two pilot studies conducted on blood serum samples collected at Florida Hospital (USA) and obtained from the Prostate Cancer Biorespository Network revealed that the test had 90%–95% specificity and 50% sensitivity in detecting early stage prostate cancer, representing a significant improvement over the current PSA test.
The investigators postulated that the increased amount of human IgG found in the protein corona was associated with the autoantibodies produced in cancer patients as part of the immune system's defense against the tumor. Proteomic analysis of the nanoparticle protein corona revealed molecular profile differences between serum samples from cancer patients and healthy individuals. Autoantibodies and natural antibodies produced in cancer patients in response to tumorigenesis have been found and detected in the blood of many cancer types. Thus, the test may be applicable for early detection and risk assessment of a broad spectrum of cancer types.
"What is different and unique about our technique is it is a very simple process, and the material required for the test is less than one USD," said senior author Dr. Qun Huo, professor of chemistry at the University of Central Florida. "And because it is low-cost, we are hoping most people can have this test in their doctor's office. If we can catch this cancer in its early stages, the impact is going to be big."
The investigators have founded the biomedical company Nano Discovery Inc. (Orlando, FL, USA) to commercialize the NanoDLSay diagnostic test for prostate cancer.
The report was published in the March 10, 2015, online edition of the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.


In December 2009, the City of Amarillo, Texas, in conjunction with Panhandle Aquatics Inc. retained Brinkley Sargent Architects and Counsilman-Hunsaker to provide the viability for the design and construction of a potential new aquatic center in the City of Amarillo. With the recent closing of two indoor pools in the city, the study identified the aquatic program, activity, and service needs of the community. The study evaluated how the City of Amarillo could create a host facility for competitive training, venue programming, recreation, fitness, and water safety opportunities for people of all ages in an affordable and accessible aquatic center.
Working in a partnership, in 2016, the school district and city decided to re-visit the need for more indoor pool space for the City of Amarillo residents. Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects in association with Counsilman-Hunsaker were contracted by the City of Amarillo, Texas, to provide an update to the 2010 Amarillo Aquatic Feasibility Study. The purpose of the study was to refine the pool option to ensure it would meet the needs for both groups as well as provide an updated cost estimate for the school to use in the upcoming bond election.