Lots of people are complaining about how bad this part of AEW has been lately, and it has been some of the worst parts of the shows (or at least majorly disappointing).
The Revolution PPV ended with a string of five matches all rated 4 or more stars (out of 5), and then the Moxley/Copeland match, which was… fine. It actually was just fine. They did some decent stuff, but it dragged on a bit.
Then, Dynasty ended with the Young Bucks coming back, which was cool, I guess. (I’m not the biggest fan, but they’re good.) They helped Moxley retain the world title, but mainly to try to get Hangman back on their side by interfering with Swerve. Now that they’ve been back, they aren’t working with the Death Riders at all.
Now, the Death Riders have lost the trios titles, and things are breaking down. If you think it’s taken too long to get here, that’s probably true, but this angle isn’t bad.
So we’ve got a world title scene that is kind of interesting, some big returns, and a women’s scene that’s stealing every show. (Yeah, the AEW women’s scene is ridiculous.) It’s fine.
So Japan, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia happened since China. Max won a race, and then Oscar Piastri won the other two. We do appear to have a one-team season like we have in the past, but this year it’s McLaren. The Red Bull is still fast, but they’re a one-car team, so McLaren gets to run away with it. Mercedes and Ferrari are consistently scoring points, but not tons of them.
So yeah, the big story of the season is which McLaren wins the World Championship. If you asked most people, they would probably say Lando Norris, but Oscar is ahead right now, and he just seems to have that edge that separates contenders from champions.
Between the McLaren battle and the rookies starting to get it together (somewhat), there should be some more fun coming this season. It’s fine.
Here’s where we see how far this page reaches…
Anyway, a few weeks ago, I went to see Starset do an acoustic set at a brewery in Baltimore. It was fun; they were really chill and Starset is, to me, a pretty big band to be doing a show for like a hundred people in the back of a brewery. They’re pretty good; I’ve been into their singles for most of their tenure, but never listened to their albums until last September when I saw one of their demonstrations and I got hooked. They put on a good show, and I’m looking forward to their next stuff.
However, some of their songs are just sort of there and the whole “sci-fi space thing” is just kind of shoved in. (Now, don’t get me wrong, some songs absolutely nail it.) They make good music, but I’m not going to draw fanart of them or get things tattooed onto me.
When I first had the idea of writing a post about Starset, I wanted to say something about how excessive and weird their fans are, but honestly, I think that’s just the nature of fandoms now, and I just wasn’t really involved before. And they all signed my copy of their book. They’re fine.
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