Gone Tomorrow
This particular music video by Lambchop is filmed at a genuine amateur wrestling night at a hotel called the Stadium Inn in Tennessee with peeling walls, wandering dogs and lino floors. Lambchop are the long-standing alt-country group fronted by Kurt Wagner, are often portrayed as thinking-hicks. The wrestlers in the video are Jocephus Brody and Woflie D, real stars of the amateur wrestling world in the US. As chalk dust fills the air and the lights scream luridly, the wrestling match becomes pure theater. Kurt Wagner appears to be a trainer, watching his boy nervously on the screen in a back room.
This particular music video has various similarities to that of a wrestling documentary that we had watched previously in class with a guy called Louis Theroux about wrestling and finding out how they train, what is real and fake, etc in the USA. I can't help but feel that the incredibly consistent singer/songwriter, now a cancer survivor in his mid 50's, has never gotten his due despite receiving plenty of critical praise over the years although this particular song has helped him reach a well earned wider audience, if not a bit of the late career glory.
Lambchop - Gone Tomorrow
A good start here Roxy, but you disappointed me today with your disruptive behaviour. I really think you need to knuckle down and get on with the work you have missed recently. You have not been here on the Weds and Thurs but you have on a Monday. You did say in our tutorial today that you would be back on form so I was disappointed with the outcome and attitude of the day. PLease work hard to catch up in the classroom as well as at home. Cam
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