It’s Thursday, 3:33pm. Writing from our living room. The sun is bright and the cicadas are singin’. Doing my best to wrap up my list before an extended weekend. Carrie and I are taking a few days off for the first time in several months, and as I would guess many of you reading now might understand, it takes a significant amount of extra time and effort to truly be “off”, even if just for a few days. I am beyond excited to unplug, see a show, sit by a pool, and have some serious downtime. There will still be an episode dropping next week!
The last couple months have been crazy, busy, and fun. We attended a huge May the 4th celebration at Steve’s Hot Dogs where we got to co-host Star Wars Trivia with Steve Ewing, paired with our extensive How To Star Wars episode and resources we created by partnering up with Carrie Clark Design. Back in April we had a stellar time at 4 Hands Field Day. Logan Winter Cosplay came back onto the show, along with One Night of Queen creator Garry Mullen, artist Steven Walden, and we are now able to send ourselves and our fans (like you) to see movies early. We’re giving away tickets to live shows at amazing St. Louis venues like The Factory, the City Winery, The Pageant, and more. And we are being approached with new opportunities every week. I am just so proud of where we are and where we are headed.
Yes, we are Mostly Superheroes, and yes, I am obsessed with X-Men ‘97 and Deadpool & Wolverine right now. I have been rewatching the Singer X-Men films and any film featuring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine (so fun). And, while we are in the superhero genre, I have to shoutout the last five episodes of Spider-Man The Animated Series Season 5 for providing an epic, fun, Avenger-level event that holds up even after 27 years.
I rewatched ‘The Truman Show’ last week as I do from time to time. LOST is back on our TV now for my 13th or 14th time, truly LOST count years ago. Still the best series to date. It is perfect. And Carrie (and me kind of) has been watching The Challenge All Stars, Daria, 48 Hours, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, The Jinx Season 2, and Black Beauty (1946).
The Giggler’s graciously hosted Carrie and myself to our first ever STL City Match this past weekend and wow… An absolutely beautiful Saturday night watching @stlcitysc at @stlcitypark. The atmosphere is electric. The architecture and overall design is so unique and visually stunning. If you’re like me, you’ll continuously be amazed at the height of those columns. The match was amazing to see in person. The supporters section was a force. The flags. The drums. The chants. The @mostlysuperheroes crew can’t wait to go back!
Live music, course! Recent shows: Tom Petty Tribute Band at the Pageant, Better Lovers at Off Broadway, and The Steve Ewing Band at The City Winery. Shows coming up: Alien Ant Farm at Bottom Lounge, Taking Back Sunday at The Pageant, Washed Out at The Pageant, and more I hope. You can also check out Samba Bom at a number of their upcoming shows!
I also want to share a brand new podcast that just dropped on YouTube called “It’s Still Here” hosted by Luke Blackburn. In this video series, join host Luke, as he explores timeless wisdom traditions and practices to deepen our understanding of ourselves and our place in the world. Three episodes are now streaming now on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@ItsStillHere
Also locally, here are some of my favorite St. Louis coffee shops that are great for coffees, treats, meetings, or good times:
Blueprint Coffee at High Low Coffee Bar in Grand Center
Black Lab Coffee inside TechArtisa in UCity
Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea in The Grove
Any Park Avenue location
And last, definitely not least.. Some big news that I have not even announced on the podcast until now: I am getting married! Yep. If you listen to the podcast, you know that I refer to Carrie as “my partner” or “fiancée”. So now, with us getting married, I will of course now be able to call her “a huge pain in my ass” LOL jk. That one was for you, baby. I love you. My future wife AKA my very best friend and I get married later this fall! I am overwhelmingly in love. Still a total shock and surprise, even after almost 5 years. So, I am currently co-producing one of the biggest days of my life. And yes, I am feeling pretty damn lucky!