The Trash Gentlemen List - Vol. 3 - Duos

April 19, 2026 by Blake Morneau in Trash Gentlemen List

When we came up with the prompt for this playlist, there was no parameters apart from “duos.” That was it. So when the Trash Gentlemen sat down for our playlist build session we quickly realized that we had approached the content build completely differently with one culling tracks from one-off collaborations between artists and the other selecting from established, official duos. It doesn't really matter how or why artists get together, just that they are together. Mutual creation is one of the great joys of human existence. Honestly, so is mutual curation, hence the existence of the Trash Gentleman Playlist. As always, we hope you find something new to enjoy or maybe something to remember while you're sitting back listening to this one. Or driving your car listening listening to this one. Or riding the bus listening to this one. Or battling the police in a standoff listening to this one.

Hot Plate
Boldy James & Rome Streetz – Manhunt

This song was a late addition for me, mostly because it only released on 27 February 2026. However, this album hit me so hard that one of the tracks needed to find a place on this duos list. Boldy James, Detroit’s wordsmith, joining forces with New York’s Rome Streetz, feels like something we don’t deserve but we are very happy to receive. This isn’t the first time the two have worked together, especially since the two have very strong ties to the Griselda Records universe, but a full project from the two was unheard of until now. The project is incredible and it also includes a solo song from each of them. Hot Plate, one of the first official tracks on the project, stands out. Running at just over 2 minutes, Boldy and Rome go bar for bar throughout this very Griselda influenced beat. The two are lyrical geniuses, so you already know there is absolute heat when it comes to the picture these two paint on this song. Now I’m not greedy, but after this project, I need more. The chemistry from these two is on a whole other level and hopefully a tour of some sort comes from this.

I’m Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman
The White Stripes – White Blood Cells

I can’t believe White Blood Cells turns 25 this year. I remember someone leaving this album for me in my auto-downloads on Audiogalaxy (IYKYK) and being enraptured pretty quickly. On an album that’s basically no-skips, I can’t tell you exactly why “I’m Find It Harder To Be A Gentleman” was the first song that came to mind when I sat down with the DUOS prompt. I even gave the album a full re-listen before I put my selection in stone, just to make sure. But there it was, standing tall, at the end of my first full run-through of White Blood Cells in approximately a decade. Lyrically, the song definitely hasn’t aged entirely well. It’s rotten with woe-is-me views of relationships held by many a loser. Lousy with the infantile notion of CHIVALRY. But in the end it’s a just a helluva blues rock song written by a young guy who seems to have aged pretty well in the intervening years. I actually find it easier to be a gentlemen every day as I age, so maybe this song just makes me nostalgic for a time of the unearned selfishness youth.

Also, I really hope Meg White is having a good day, wherever she is.

From the Front Row - Pro Wrestling Holland (PWH) - Rotterdam, NL - 14.03.2026

March 22, 2026 by Blake Morneau in From the Front Row

I just got back from my honeymoon in Europe with my wife. As soon as we booked the tickets last summer, I started looking for some indie wrestling for us to see in one of the cities we were visiting and the promotion I kept coming back to was Pro Wrestling Holland (PWH). Luckily for us and our love of independent wrestling, PWH announced they were running a show in Rotterdam while we were scheduled to be in Amsterdam. Let me tell you friends, it was more than worth the day-trip to Rotterdam to see Pro Wrestling Holland in all its glory. What a fucking time.

You can absolutely cover up holes on in-ring product with great production and you can cover up lack of production with great in-ring product, but the sweetest space - shockingly! - is when an indie promotion has a high level of production that matches their incredibly high standard of in-ring action. And that sweet spot is exactly where PWH is. From the first entrance to the last bell, PWH delivered on seemingly every level I can think of as a guy who frequents small wrestling shows and has pretty strong opinions about what I like and don't like. (Saying this knowing that I am amenable to a much wider swath of what wrestling has to offer than a lot of my wrestling friends.)

From the Front Row - 365 Pro Wrestling Recape - 27.02.2026

March 02, 2026 by Blake Morneau in From the Front Row

I know that there are no guaranteed of 365 shows. You get a Front Row ticket or general admission ticket and it’s first come, first serve for seats. There are very few people who come and sit in the front row for every single Victoria show 365 throws, but the Front Row Crew does. At any given Victoria show, there is a group of crew members who will be there, cheering and buying things (Beer, shirts, 50/50 tickets). We’re almost always the first ones in the door, to get the SAME SEATS WE SIT IN EVERY SINGLE SHOW. So we were a tad rattled when we were once again the first people through the doors only to find that seats had been blocked off the middle of the row we call our wrestling home. Like, we still had seats and it was all fine in the end, but we weren’t able to sit together and it started our night on a pretty sour note. And while we got some good wrestling, the overall show was one of the most lacking 365 shows I’ve ever been witness to. It was a show where mic-time was equal to in-ring time. This one was NOT one for the sickos, as we say.

Katlin Smith vs Eddie Osbourne (c) – 365 Pro Wrestling Championship
Eddie comes out to a chorus of boos and “No More Beer” chants, fully embracing his heelness now. Katlin, a beloved member of the 365 family, came out fired up for this one. Before the bell rang Eddie once again pointed to the audience to pre-emptively blame us for the violence he was about to inflict. And inflict violence Eddie did. Osbourne hit Smith with deadlift jackknife powerbomb that hurt me watching it. Then he hit Smith with some chops that echoed through the halls of Valhalla. Katlin fought hard and got more offence in on the big man that anticipated, including a fucking lovely top rope clothesline. But in the end, Osbourne was just too overwhelming, finishing off Smith with his driver. Luckily for Smith, Eddie wasn’t in the mood to do that thing he does when he continues delivering drivers after the match ends.

From the Front Row - 365 Pro Wrestling Recap - 20.02.2026

February 25, 2026 by Blake Morneau in From the Front Row

Another Friday, another 365 Pro Wrestling throwdown. Apparently there's been a round robin tournament for the 365 Cup that a bunch of us were unaware was happening. Luckily we got some clarifying announcements and the round robin is nearly done. The winner will win the 365 Cup and get a title shot, I believe? I could be wrong on this. I have a hard time hearing a lot of the mic work from years of working at and covering concerts. Protect your fucking ears, kids.

DJ Kash vs Sawyer Stein

Very stoked for this one as I'm always a big fan of a Face vs Face opener and these two are both big time good guys. Starting out with some solid grappling – haven't seen headlock-trading look so good in a minute. Kash hits a shockingly large shoulder block on the much thicker Stein. Stein responds with a thunderous clothesline but misses a splash right after. Kash comes off the ropes while Stein is down and hits a very strange low blockbuster. Around this point an incredibly mean fan in the crowd yelled at Stein, “You can't lose to a child!” After a huge vertical suplex from Stein sends Kash crashing into the mat, the two trade some pretty hard-hitting forearms to each other. Single-knee Codebreaker from Stein (I'm sure this move has a proper name, but damned if I know it!) shows Kash whose knee is the boss. Kash eventually gets his momentum back and goes up to the second rope to finish Stein off but is met with Sawyer's lovely and devastating superkick. 1-2-3. Stein wins! (365 Cup Match win = 2 points)

From the Front Row - 365 Pro Wrestling Recap - 13.02.2026

February 18, 2026 by Blake Morneau in From the Front Row

Maybe you've been thinking “Where the fucking are my 365 recaps?!” Probably not, but maybe. Anyways, the music festival I work for and help book recently announced its lineup for this year and getting that pretty took most of my energy and attention. I was in the building for the last couple of weeks of 365 Victoria Fridays, but I took those in just as a fan and not as a writer. But after this short break, your boy is here to relay the details of another week of 365 action. You want graps? We got 'em. You want chaos? We got it.

DJ Kash vs Josh Cadwell
It's been a minute since we've seen DJ Kash between the ropes and it's nice to have him back, coming to ring accompanied by his father, Rad Dad. Excited to see what Son Dad has in store for this one. Cadwell comes out second and as usual, is excellent at making people hate him. Kash comes flying out of the gate with a flurry of offence. A second-rope bulldog. A nice snap suplex. Springboard elbow! Over the back Famouser! Cadwell weathers the storm and scores with a greasy powerbomb. But, as he does, Cadwell lets himself get distracted by Rad Dad resulting in an unsuccessful rollup from Kash. Cadwell goes to work with some pretty vicious stomps and a brutal slingshot into the turnbuckle on Kash, who eats that shit fully with his face. Cadwell follows up with some heavy, heavy chops and a nice crisp suplex with a float over pin. Kash won't be kept down though, scoring shortly after with a lovely running knee in the corner and then a crazy flipping DDT into a guillotine-like choke. Josh escapes and starts going for the leg – the limb he previously injured on Kash. But just as things are looking real grim for Kash, he gets a rollup out of nowhere for the win. Whoa! A shocking end.