Co-Main Event Podcast Book Club: 'Bar Brawler'

The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast

Chad Dundas

Sports, Leisure

4.8 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2013

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

The logo for the first meeting of the Co-Main Event Podcast book club really sets the tone, don’t you think? Racy, exciting, a little bit dangerous. The truth is, the whole thing is kind of a blur. What we know for sure is that Ben, Chad and Sir Nigel spent an hour and change breaking down “Bar Brawler,” the debut novel from David Lee “Tank” Abbott and the first volume of the purported “Befor [sic] There Were Rules” trilogy. After all that time, did the guys come any closer to understanding the nature of the work? To ferreting out the intent of one of the more enigmatic pieces of “fiction” to cross their desks in some time? Probably not. What did happen, though, was a good deal of pre-tuning and a whole lot of fun. Frankly, this episode was all about you, as this was without a doubt the strongest showing ever from the CME Universe. The listener contributions to this show were flat-fuckin’-outstanding, so kudos to you. Ben and Chad provide their theories, Sir Nigel performs some dramatic readings (both from this text and others) and the guys play a Brawler-inspired game dubbed “Begging for It or Not Begging for It?” Final verdict: Was Tank’s book bad? Of course it was, but nobody could’ve anticipated the surprising and wonderful ways it would prove to be bad. Next time, if there is a next time, the CME pledges to pick a better book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Co-Main Event Podcast Book Club, the world's first and finest book club, hosted by Chad Dundas and Ben Fawkes.
0:25.6	Well, Ben, I hope that the sound of the ice cubes, tinkling against the glass of our sirens,
0:32.2	do not too terribly distract the listener from the first ever installment of the co-main
0:38.1	event podcast book club as we are here this week to discuss the novel bar brawler by
0:46.4	David Lee Tank Abbott.
0:48.7	Part one of a trilogy, the Before There Were Rules trilogy, there's no E at the end of
0:54.1	before. I assume that's on purpose
0:56.8	because it's in the damn title it's in the title it's on the cover and it's also in the legal
1:03.1	uh uh fine print at the end of the book so you have to think that it's on purpose and done for effect
1:09.6	to what end we do not know.
1:11.8	But we have embarked upon this journey.
1:15.4	Those of you who are just joining us here and have no idea what this book club podcast is all about.
1:22.1	Take a number because we don't really either.
1:23.9	Yeah.
1:24.4	We just decided we were going to do it.
1:26.9	We read the entire thing. Both of us. Yeah. We just decided we were going to do it. We read the entire thing.
1:29.4	Both of us. Yeah. We mixed up some sirens. We invited our good friend Sir Nigel Longstock. Say hello, Sir Nigel.
1:36.0	Good day to you, sirs. Now, Sir Nigel, we should clarify, has not read this or to my knowledge any book.
1:42.5	No. But is here to provide both dramatic readings, of which there will be plenty.
1:49.9	And, you know, he's kind of a control group.
1:53.2	Because he doesn't know what the fuck is going on either.
1:55.1	Nonetheless, I feel like Sir Nigel's commentary on Bar Brawler, it's going to be true in spirit.
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