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TWI #17 Ticket Rage And Barbed Wire Nights
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The mic warms up fast with holiday chaos, sharp humour, and a plan for two more shows before the year winds down. We jump from a country car show with family—airbrushed villains, chocolate strawberries, and easy laughs—to a brutal barbed wire main event where experience, timing, and trust turn danger into a story you can feel in your ribs. There’s no glory-mongering, just blunt respect for the toughest competitor in the room and the strange pride of still lacing up near 48 while the crowd roars.
The heartbeat shifts to home as Josh hits orientation, walks across a grade-six stage, and pockets a courage award. That small ceremony carries more weight than it seems, because courage threads through everything here: the will to referee another wild night, the patience to plan a Christmas special that might misbehave, and the backbone to confront a music industry that treats loyalty like a luxury tax. We put numbers on the table—Anthrax at Festival Hall at $180 versus Foo Fighters in a stadium starting at $99—and ask the only question that matters: what’s fair, and who decides? Between venue capacity, promoter games, and dynamic pricing, the math doesn’t add up for fans who’ve kept the flame alive for decades.
So we draw a line. No GoFundMe, no gifts, no guilt. Love the records, skip the show, and keep your dignity when the price tag feels like an insult. We close with a grin and a track that nails the mood—If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough—because resilience is the only encore that never gets old. If you’re into honest stories from the ring, real talk about live music value, and the kind of dad pride that sneaks up on you, press play, subscribe, and tell a mate. And if you’ve been priced out of a show you love, drop your take—what’s your breaking point?
A Chaotic Welcome And Year-End Plans
SPEAKER_05According to Kobeok's stupidity, masquerading has a podcast. Critics have hailed it as everything from and welcome everyone to the worst podcast ever. Hey buddy, I'm not paying you to hear your thoughts on life. Well, I have a microphone, and you don't.
SPEAKER_04So you will listen to every damn word I have to say.
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Life Updates And Family Car Show Trip
SPEAKER_00Hello there, welcome back. We are at episode 17, and you know what? I have one more episode planned until the end of the year. It's gonna be the Christmas special, which I don't know how special it's gonna be, but it's gonna be Christmassy, and um yeah, I have this vague idea of how things are gonna go. So you know what? We've got two to go. This one and the next one, and you know what? Who knows? Maybe I'll get a day to myself and I might do something else. You just never know with me because all sorts of shit could happen. So I forgot to mention, I am your host Dave Morgan. This is the Team Winged podcast, and um yeah, I just got a little over excited right there at the start. So for all the new listeners, welcome. Hello there, how are we all going? For the return listeners, oh you poor bastards, oh you silly bastards. But yes, thank you very much for your ongoing support. I appreciate it.
SPEAKER_02Crackers, 12 months I've waited for you. 12 months with a broken arm, in and out of hospital, multiple surgeries, but the time has come. I've got no fear about my arm on a hundred percent. I'm coming for you, crackers. December 5th, Friday, BCW. I'm gonna push your face into that wire. I'm gonna gauge your fing eyes down, I'm gonna tear your ear off like nothing. See you Friday, December 5th.
SPEAKER_05I crippled mad dog. And I did feel terrible actually momentarily. But then, after all the surgeries and the setbacks and the challenges of him having the worst year of his life, it's too tight to not take pleasure in. So, mad dog, I'm gonna break your other arm. I'm gonna break your legs, I'm gonna stuck your ridiculous beard inside your mouth and I will defeat you once again. In that barbed wire road screen. And then I will take a big gold down your Christmas stocking, and I'll f off from BCW to have a wonderful Christmas without any of you.
Refereeing A Barbed Wire Main Event
SPEAKER_00So let me tell you what's been going on a bit lately. A couple of weeks ago, like the last weekend I had with Josh, we went to a car show at a strawberry farm up in Bumfuck Whoop Whoop, somewhere up in the hills. Settled I don't know, Diamond Creek, I don't know, some bunch of hillbelly places up there. And to tell you the truth, it was a lot better than I thought it was gonna be. And um, because Leanne's brother-in-law has this really, really cool Commodore with its airbrushed like Spider-Man, Great Goblin, Dr. Octopus. And so yeah, we went up there and hung out with Leanne's family there for a bit. And as I've told you in the past, I went to high school with Leanne's sister Jane, and we were best friends through there, so yeah, it was actually really cool. So Josh Leanne and I went up there and met them, looked at the cars, ate some good food, yeah, and bought some nice fruit up there. Ate chocolate, strawberries, I ate burgers. And um yeah, no, it was actually pretty cool. Um, what else have I done since then? And at the end I had a pretty relaxed weekend this weekend. Oh, wait a minute, I refereed Pro Wrestling last Friday. Yes, I did the whole show as per normal. And considering I'm really, really fast approaching 48, I'm still doing this and I'm having a lot of fun. And the main event which is where they pulled down the barbed wire and uh sorry, pulled down the ropes and put up barbed wire instead between Mad Dog and Cracker Jack. That was interesting. No one got seriously injured this time, which is a complete bonus. And um no, it was so much fun. I loved it. I was in the middle of these two lunatics as they carved each other up with barbed wire and all sorts of shit, so they stab each other with scissors and stuff. You know, just sounds like just a fun Friday night. After that, yeah, Leand I had a pretty quiet weekend. And then this week it was Josh had his orientation day for high school. So Tuesday I had off, dropped him off there. He was there till two, picked him up, and it was time to get him ready and then take him to his grade sixth graduation. So that was alright. Um, grade six graduation, not a lot. They did some speeches and awards and shit. He got an award for courage because he's happy to try new things. So good on him. I was very, very proud of him. And then the parents got told to piss off, and the kids went and had dinner, and then they had a disco, so I had to come back, pick him up between 9 30, 10 o'clock. And he complained that they were just playing normal pop music and not heavy metal. Which that's my boy. Other than that, I haven't really had a lot going on. I know that sounds like a lot, and we are approaching Christmas, and I have a party to go to this weekend at my friend Viv's. So Josh Leanne and myself will go there, make an appearance. Probably won't stay too long, cause yeah. I'm done with people. Far too many people.
Josh’s Graduation And Small Joys
SPEAKER_05BCW, Cracker Jack versus Mad Dog. Barb Wire Robes 2, 3, 3. Did I win? No. Do I feel good about it? Also, no. Did I give as good as I got? Also no. Would I do it again? Yeah, if the money was right. The important thing is that Mad Dog is the toughest son of a bitch. Walking the face of the earth, and there is no shame in losing to that man. But that's not gonna stop me from being a real small piece of shit and taking it out on the next person I wrestle. So whoever you are, I can't remember, I'll look at my calendar. But whoever you are, you are fucked!
Note: Moved due to constraint
Wrestling Aftermath And Grit
Ticket Prices: Anthrax Vs Foo Fighters
SPEAKER_00Radio, now let's talk about the main thing that's been pissing me off this week. And I had to wait till this week to record this because I had to find out something before I started talking about shit that I don't know about. Last week, last Friday, I believe, or was it the Friday before I can never remember. I have a really, really bad sense of time and memory and shit. But I spoke last episode about anthrax coming to town in March next year, I believe. At Festival Hall. So I waited and I waited and I waited, and then I found out.$180 for a ticket for Festival Hall. Right. Hmm. I don't know about you, but I don't think they're worth that. And they're one of my favourite fucking bands. But then the Foo Fighters got announced, and they're playing a show in Launceston, Tasmania. Now everyone knows who the Foo Fighters are. It's very hard not to play and to listen to some like Triple M or something or other for an hour and not hear a Foo Fighter song. So it's a case of mm-hmm. Let us compare the two, shall we? Because this has just pissed me the fuck off. So we have Anthrax playing a festival hall with a capacity of four and a half thousand. We have the Foo Fighters playing at UT UTAS Stadium in Launceston, which depending on the setup can hold between 15 and 20,000. Anthrax have sold 15 million albums. Foo Fighters have sold 35 million albums. Anthrax started in 1981. Foo Fighters started in 1994. So Anthrax have been going for 45 years when they arrive here next year. Foo Fighters, 32 years. Now, can you tell me why Anthrax, a band that very few people would know these days, can charge$180 for a run-down fucking dilapidate oh dilapidated dilap, what's that word? Shit fucking pile of rubble that they call Festy Hall. Festival Hall, really, but Festy fucking hall. Last time I went there I saw System of a Down the Butterfly Effect, and I was down on the floor, and you could feel the fucking building move underneath everyone jumping around. So if that place is still standing, I'll be fucked. And anyway, so$180 for there. Foo Fighters tickets for a stadium in Tasmania. Sure it is Tasmania. And it is a stadium. So it would hold more, so therefore they can get more money. So I understand that sort of thing too. But the tickets start there at$99. And the most expensive is$199. I don't get it. I don't I Now, don't get me wrong. So they always up the price on fucking everything, too. So I blame them just as much as I blame the promoters, just as much as I blame everything. Because don't get me wrong, I love the Foo Fighters. This is not a knock on the Foo Fighters. I saw them the day after my 40th birthday, and I had a fucking blast there. I was too hungover to drive. Managed to get a ride in with some friends, so that was one good thing. But that was one hell of a fucking stadium show. Dave Grohl knows how to hold an audience. Now the whole anthrax deal, I would love to go. But I swear to God, if anyone Oh wait, maybe I should start a GoFundMe. No. If I cannot get there by myself, I will not be accepting anything. I do not want people to buy it for me. I do not want money to go towards it. If I cannot afford it, fuck Anthrax. I will still listen to the albums, but I will not go see them live. And don't get me wrong, considering they start in 81, been gone 45 years, I think this is the last time that they will be coming out of here. Especially at those prices. I don't think they're gonna fill that place. Only four and a half thousand, I doubt they're gonna fill it. And I did look, everywhere else around Australia is around the same price. So it's not just Hillsong and Festi Hall. They are charging that all over the goddamn country. So as much as I'd like to I would like to say fuck you, anthrax, fuck you promoters. If a big band like Foo Fighters can have cheap tickets for$99, and considering that's cheap. Yeah. It just fucking annoyed me this week.
SPEAKER_01I don't give a fucking more, a fucking more, a fucking more. I don't give a fucking more. A fucking more fucking more.
SPEAKER_00Alright, this has already gone on way longer than I thought it was gonna be for such a quick episode. And um I found a song I like I first heard it on TikTok. Um had a really cool video to it. Just people doing stupid shit. It's called If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough. And it's by Roger Alan Wade. And um yeah, I just listened to this and I think I made a lot of stupid decisions. Don't know how I survived most of them. I'm not just talking wrestling, I'm just talking in life, just doing stupid things. And um yeah, it's actually kind of a funny song, so I thought, you know what? I've grumbled enough. It's time to end something funny. And um, yeah, I'll be back in hopefully next week with a Christmas episode. And people who know me should know what to expect. If you don't know what to expect, take a listen. Could be fun. Or you may just shake your head going, oh god, that why is he not medicated? Who knows? So I guess we'll wait and see. Alright, on that note, I will see you all next episode, and um yeah, thanks for listening.
SPEAKER_03If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough. When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up. I ain't the shop as nothing to draw, but I'm doing nothing. If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.
