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Cat Vs Dog Fight Game
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Fight in the Dog T-Shirt $17.99 Fight in the Dog T-Shirt. Back reads: Soccer; It’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog. Never underestimate! 100% cotton. Made in USA. |
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The Fight Game $12.78 Given the social relevance of the other radio ballads produced by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, and Peggy Seeger, on the surface The Fight Game seems as if it could be lightweight and indulgent. In point of fact, it proves to be a very weighty topic indeed, drawing on comments from fighters, trainers, and managers to offer a comprehensive portrait of a sport where the boxers themselves are simply people using the only skill they possess to escape the trap of poverty — a fact true for so many sportsmen across the globe (as one of the participants says, “Have you ever seen a millionaire’s son in the ring?”). But they’re exploited at every turn — the litany of a manager taking 20 percent of a fighter’s earnings is repeated often. Examining why boys become boxers — often through the encouragement of fathers who would beat them if they didn’t fight back or through a laissez faire playground culture at school — to the way they train, it’s engrossing, the mix of music and soundbites forming a complete documentary mosaic. It all inevitably culminates in the weighing-in, the anticipation and nerves in the dressing room, and the big fight itself, which ends in either victory or blinding defeat. It’s a place without a middle ground, with room only for winners and losers. For all the heartbreak, however, and the real riches only going to a rare few, those who’d been in the fight game looked back on it fondly. These aren’t the heavyweight champions, the famous names, either. They’re the lowly men who toiled on bills around Britain on a Friday night, picking up income from bouts as an alternative to working in a factory or going to prison, and they’re treated here with respect and sympathy. The Fight Game (whose musical theme comes from the use of trumpets throughout) shines a light on something not often seen, the life and times of the barely professional boxer, and in doing so it makes a strong statement about society and the culture of channeled violence and spectator sports. Call it heavyweight, in the very best sense of the word. ~ Chris Nickson, Rovi Performers: Alfie Kahn – Piccolo, Harmonica, Clarinet, Flute; Dave Swarbrick – Fiddle; Jim Bray – Double Bass; Alf Edwards – Concertina, Trombone; Bob Davenport – Vocals; Brian Daly – Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric); Ewan MacColl – Vocals; Gordon McCulloch – Vocals; |
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Dog My Cat $26.39 Slide guitarist Harry Manx was born in the U.K., raised in Canada, and lived and worked in Europe and Japan before spending five years studying Indian slide guitar under the great Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. This is his first solo album, and as one might expect, it’s a fascinating hodgepodge of differing musical traditions. Happily, Dog My Cat has none of the hippie-dippy multicultural piety that afflicts so many East-meets-West musical experiments — Manx’s approach to the blues is gritty and straightforward, his original songs are tight and tuneful, and when he pauses to play a raga (as he does twice on this album), he manages to imbue the Indian musical form with a soulful depth that somehow has nothing and everything to do with the blues. Highlights are hard to identify on this album because its quality is so consistently high, but his rendition of the Muddy Waters standard “Can’t Be Satisfied” is especially fine, as are his own “Love Ain’t No Game” and the traditional “Reuben’s Train.” ~ Rick Anderson, Rovi Performers: Harry Manx – Mohan Vina, Harmonica, Slide Guitar, Vocals |
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Fight in the Dog T-Shirt White M $17.99 Fight in the Dog T-Shirt. Back reads: Soccer; It’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog. Never underestimate! 100% cotton. Made in USA. |
