For a while, I've heard some people joke (or be serious) about how Arthur (in the episode "Meet Binky") predicted Hatsune Miku, a Vocaloid software and a popular virtual idol. But I felt like it wasn't really the case.
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So I did some digging, only for the research to confirm my suspicions. It turns out that the first virtual singer in the '90s was Kyoto Date, an A.I. virtual idol created in 1995 by Japanese talent agency Horipro (it gained attention in both Japan and internationally before her debut in 1996 as a CGI idol), followed by South Korean tech company Adamsoft creating Cyber Singer Adam (Adam for short) in 1998. I guess someone who worked on the episode "Meet Binky" happened to come across Kyoto Date and thought it'd be a good inspiration for the episode to expand upon BINKY's lore. The first hologram concert tour took place in 1998 by South Korean music company SM Entertainment's H.O.T. (albeit it was a failure).
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That said, by the time Hatsune Miku was released in 2007, Arthur would be on its 11th season, making it 9 years since "Meet Binky" had aired. But I guess the point is that there were virtual idols that predated Miku by 3 decades, although they were forgotten due to limitations that were out of their control at the time.
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I know this may be somewhat irrelevant, but if you want to learn more about virtual idols and singers (in relation to the episode), feel free to check out these links:

• Kyoko Date
• Virtual band
• The history of virtual concerts - from K-pop to ABBA Voyage
• A Brief History of Virtual Pop Stars

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Hi! I have never sold on Reddit before, but over the years (15+) have sold on other platforms/apps/forums etc...If you would like proof let me know.
I'm not in a rush, but I'm happy to see stuff go to new homes to be cherished! Everything you buy will help fund extra adventures/outings for my 2 toddlers. I also just need to make space in general on the shelves and in our office, so there's more space for us to both work from home in the future, and well, I also have other hobbies.....
My home is clean smoke free; with 2 cats but they are not like cats who read anyways so...
Most books will be G4&5, [minor sun/paper aging, age appropriate aging/ shelf wear etc..]; a couple I will rate G3 if the spine/glue is very stiff/ feels brittle, big corner damage or is wrinkly, etc.. G1/2 if it's falling apart.....
Please keep in mind some of these are VERY OLD....I'm getting old now too I guess :(.
Majority are going to be 1st editions/prints or OOP/hard to find now. I mostly collected in the mid to late 90s-about 2015-ish.

• Buyer pays shipping. [US] shipping will be on average between $3-$12; depends on weight and size. -For other countries I will need the country to give a estimate.
• Shipping will usually be via USPS: PP, MM or Priority, FC etc. tracking included of course.
• Please be aware of your countries taxes/tariffs and your responsibilities with what you have purchased.
• Additional shipping insurance coverage at buyers request and cost.
• I wrap and pack everything appropriately.
• You have 36 hours to pay invoice once it is sent; you will be notified via DM & a comment to the thread when it is sent.

ALL SALES FINAL and AS IS; if you require additional photos/proof, I'm more than happy to oblige the request before you purchase.
Please go by the post listings & use the template* below in your comment\* , not everything will be for sale that is in the pictures.
PICTURE ALBUM HERE, there is about 700 photos already uploaded; many angles of most items.
^\Pictures may not be in order; imgur is weird....and you may see some repeats, there's been various times I've taken photos over the past year as well, I posted them all cause some have better lighting etc... but I made sure to take new photos with the HW Time stamp but the lighting isn't great since most of my free time now is once my kiddos go to sleep.)
*TEMPLATE:
• SHIPPING US or Country:
• WANT INSURANCE?:
• USERNAME:
• ITEMS/LOTS/SERIES WANTED:
• BUYERS QUESTIONS:

BY CLAMP:

• The Exhibition of Clamp's Works 1989-2004: CLAMP NO KISEKI G5 Vol 3-6. [No Chess Pieces]$40 or $12ea
• CLAMP SOUTH SIDE 1989-2002 Art Book G5 $25
• CardCaptor Sakura Illustration Collection, Clow Cards [Japanese] G5 $45
• CardCaptor Sakura single issue comic #19 G4/5 $5
• X-1999 Single issue comics #1,2,3 G5 $15 set.

MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH:

• MKR #"4" [Orange one] Bottom has white "scuff "[coloink fade] G4 $8
• MKR [ Japanese] #3 G5 $12
• MKR 2 [ Japanese] #2 G5 $12
• MKR 3 book "Box*" set w/ Bonus Booklet. $30 [*Cardstock box is G3/4 and books G5!]

WISH:

• WISH Vol. 3 TP. G5 $10
• WISH [Japanese] Vol. 1&2 G5 $28 set
• WISH [Japanese] Art Book G5 $30

BY RUMIKO TAKAHASHI: (Mostly individual comic issues btw)
INU-YASHA, A Feudal Fairy Tale: Part 7 #2-7 $5ea
RANMA 1/2: pic, pic

• [Japanese] Vol. 1, 14 &15 $12 set
• Ranma 1/2: All color Comic #3. $10

Ranma 1/2: Regular Comic Issues $6ea

• Part 1 #5.
• Part 3 #2.
• Part 4 #2,3,7
• Part 5 #1,2,6,11.
• Part 6 #1,4.
• Part 8 #1,2.
• Part 11 #11.

LUM:

• LUM, Urusei Yatsura: #3, 6. $6ea
• The Return of LUM, Urusei Yatsura: $6ea
• Part 1 #2.
• Part 2 #4.
• Part 3 #4, 5, 6, 8.

MERMAID'S: $7ea

• Mermaid's Promise:#1,2,4.
• Mermaid's Mask:#2
• Mermaid's Dream:#3
• Mermaid's Gaze:#3

Maison Ikkoku: $5ea

• Part 1 #3.
• Part 3 #2, 6.
• Part 4 #7.
• Part 5 #2.

One-Pound Gospel: #1. $5
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: Mostly Individual Comic Issues

• MSG 0079: Part: 1 #6, Part 2: #2 & 5. G4 $12ea
• ​

MSG 0083: The Albion Irregulars #3 G5 $15

• MSG WING: The Art of Gundam Wing. G5. $35

MSG WING: pic

• MSG WING: #6 $15 1, #12 $35.
• MSG WING: Endless Waltz: #2. $20
• MSG WING: Episode Zero: #1-3 & 5-8. $70
• MSG WING: Battlefield of Pacifists: #2&3. $8ea
• MSG WING: Ground Zero: #3&4. $8ea
• MSG WING: Blind Target: #2. $8

Random info but I have a Gundam Wing Pinball machine.... and yes it works and is a lot of fun; but like I never have time to play it anymore :(.
SAILOR MOON:

• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Illustration Art Book Volume 5, Pub.9-26th,1997. G5, $750(It's in amazing condition. I used to have all 6...but I sold some to see L'Arc-en-Ciel a long time ago lol)
• Meet Sailor Moon Hard Book Pub. October 1995 G5 $10
• Sailor Moon Individual Comic Issues: #2,3,4,21,23,24,26,26*2 copies&34. $25ea*.

*Conditions: They are G4 or 5, with the exceptions of 23&24 are like G3/4 .*^(\(2nd copy of 26 is G2, its wrinkly and $12)*
By Yukito Kishiro

• Aqua Knight Comic issue #1 w/poster G5 $8
• Battle Angel Alita, Angel of Redemption G4/5 $16

Battle Angel Alita Individual issues: G4 -$8ea

• Part 3 #9.
• Part 4 #1, 2, 6, 7.
• Part 5 #3, 5, 6.
• Part 6 #4, 5, 6.
• Part 7 #1, 2, 3.

Neon Genesis Evangelionby Yoshiyuki Sadamoto/Gainax-comic issues: G4 $7ea

• Part 1 #2, 4, 6.
• Part 5 #1, 5, 6.
• Part 6 #1.

NO NEED FOR TENCHI by Hitoshi Okuda Individual Comic Issues:G4 $6ea

• Part 3 #6, 8.
• Part 4 #11.
• Part 9 #2.
• Part 10 #2 & 5.

Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura:

• Blade of the Immortal Volumes G5*, $13ea (read L-R)
• Blood of a Thousand[G4*]
• Secrets
• The Gathering
• The Gathering 2
• Beasts
• Autumn Frost

Blade of the Immortal individual issues: All G3/4 but closer to 4. $6ea

• Genius #1.
• Dream Song #3, 5, 6.
• Secrets #4

Bio-Booster Armor GUYVER by - Yoshiki Takaya: pic

• Bio-Booster Armor GUYVER G4 $95
• Bio-Booster Armor GUYVER, Revenge of Chronos G4/5 $100
• buy both volumes for $170

Bio-Booster Armor GUYVER Individual Issues: All G4/5.

• Part 3 #3, 6, 7.
• Part 5 #3, 4(2copies), 6.
• Part 6 #3(2copies)

By Tomoko Taniguchi:

• Call me Princess G4 $12
• Aquarium [Individual Issues]G5 #1-3$ 15 Set
• Aquaruim [Individual Issue] G4/5#3 $5

By Kōsuke Fujishima: Individual Comics G3-5. Buy All for 25

• You're Under Arrest! #1*,4,6 [2 copies of #6,2nd one has corner damage]*#1on back corner has wearing down.
• Oh My Goddess! #4 & 6.

GUNSMITH CATS by Kenichi Sonoda. All G4 $60set/$7ea

• GSC: #3-7,& 9.
• GSC The Return of Gray: #3 & 4.
• GSC Bad Trip: #1.
• GSC Goldie VS. Misty: #1-2, & 7.

POKEMON: individual comic issues: All G4/5 except where noted.

• The Electric Tale of Pikachu#1-4 [2 copies of each!] $30 each set. -
• Electric Pikachu Boogaloo#1, #3 -2 copies*, &4. $45 set [3pc] or $18ea *2nd copy of 3 is G2/3$10*]
• Surf's Up, Pikachu #1. $18
• Pikachu Shocks Back #2 & 3. $30 set or $20ea

Nintendo Power "Pokemon Power" Like G3/4. [You had to cut them out/open from the magazine if I recall. the buyer can finish trimming or I can [I have good blades]. I just never bothered to re trim.] Both for $80

• Volume 2, September 1998 $45
• Volume 6, January 1999 $45

By Akira Toriyama: All G4/5. $14ea

• Dragon Ball:
• Part 2: #9,10,13.
• Part 3: #6.
• Dragon Ball Z:
• Part 2: #13.
• Part 3: #9&10.

By Johji Manabe:All Range from G3 and up. $7ea

• Outlander#17, #18
• Drakuun, Rise of the Dragon Princess #5
• Caravan KIDD Part 2 #6, Part 2 #7, Part 2 #8, Part 3 #8

BY Yoshihisa Tagami:

• Horobi Individual Issues G4: $8ea
• Part 1: 1,3,4,8.
• Part 2: 3,4,5.

Grey: Vol. 1 &2 G4 $60set or $40ea Additional Pictures
Grey Individual Issues G4: #5,6,7,8. $8ea.
By Yu Watase:

• Alice 19th G4/5 Vol.1, 2,4. $8ea

Ceres, Celestial Legend [Individual Comic Issues] G4: $6ea

• Part 1 #5.
• Part 3 #1,2.
• Part 4 #2 [2 copies]

By Junji Ito: The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection: G5 [comicsone pub. reads L-R]

• Flesh Colored Horror $500
• TOMIE volumes 1&2 $200

SOME HW TAG PICTURES ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR -AGAIN HERE'S THE PICTURE ALBUM

1. Crayon Kingdom By Reizo Hukunaga G5 Parts 4-8 illustrated Novels, all posters attached.$45 ea.
2. Angel Sanctuary by Kaori Yuki G4/5 Vol. 1-9 $100

-Art Book Angel Cage, Japanese Sold -$35ea]

1. Alichino by Kouyu Shurei G5 Vol. 1-3 $35
   
2. Bride of the Water God by Mi-Kung Yun G5 Vol. 1-7 $150
   
3. REDMOON by Mina Hwang G3/4 [The glue spine is stiff & delicate on vol 1] Vol. 1-6 $50.
   
4. Il Gatto Sul G by Tooko Miyagi G5 $10
   
5. You & Harujion by Keiko Kinoshita G5 $12
   
6. Here Is Greenwood by Yukie Nasu G5 Vol. 1&2 $25
   
7. YuYu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi G5 Vol. 1, #294 of 5000 Foil $950
   
8. Gravitation by Maki Murakami G5 Vol. 1 & 2 $12
   
9. I.N.V.U. by Kim Kang Won G4/5 Vol.1-3 $24
   
10. DOLL by Mitsukazu Mihara G5 Vol.1 Hardcover $25
    
11. Earthian by Yun Kouga G5 Vol.1 $28
    
12. LOVELESS by Yun Kouga G4 Vol. 1-4 $35
    
13. Fakeby Sanami Matoh G5 Vol. 7 $8
    
14. Flowers of the Deep Sleep by Yuana Kazumi G5 Vol.2 $8
    
15. Your and My Secretby Ai Morninga G4 Vol. 1 $8
    
16. 50 Rules for Teenagers by Na Ye-ri G4 Vol. 1 $5
    
17. The Vampire DAHLIA, Death is a Kiss by Narumi Kakinouchi G4 $15
    
18. Kare Kano, His and Her Circumstances By Masami Tsuda G5 Vol.1&2 $20
    

-Japanese G4/5 Vol. 1&2 $12

1. KILL ME KISS ME by Lee Young Yuu G4/5 Vol. 1&2, 5. $7ea
   
2. [Descendants of Darkness] (https://imgur.com/SGJrBpv) [Yami no Matsuei] by Yoko Matsushita G5 Vol. 1 $8
   
3. Roureville by E.Hae G5 Vol. 1 $13
   
4. Oyayubihime Infinity by Toru Fujieda G5 Vol. 2 $8
   
5. Lagoon Engine Einsatz by Yukiru Sugisaki G4 $10
   
6. Princess AI By Courtney Love & D.J. Milky Art by Misaho Kujiradou G5 Vol. 1 & 3 $20
   

-Roses and Tattoos G4 $15

1. Juline by Narumi Kakinouchi G3 Vol.3 $8
   
2. Ogre Slayer, Love's Bitter Fruit by Kei Kusunoki G4 Vol. 2 $23
   
3. ICE BLADE by Tutomu Takahashi G3 Vol. 2&3 $20
   
4. Azumanga Daioh by Kiyohiko Azuma G5 Vol. 1,2 & 4 $15ea
   
5. Aquarian Age, [Juvenile Orion] (https://imgur.com/P0FlQ1T) By Sakurako Gokurakuin, Box is G2/3, books G5 Vol. 1 & 5 $22
   
6. Blue Inferior by Kyoko Shitou G4 Vol. 1 $5
   
7. Hoshin Engi by Ryu Fujisaki G4 [Japanese] Vol. 19 $5
   
8. The Demon ORORON by Hakase Mizuki G5 Vol. 1-4 $40
   
9. Wolfs Rain by Bones, Keiko Nobumoto & Toshitsugu Iida G5 Vol. 1&2 $24
   
10. SHADE BY Tamayo Akiyama [Japanese] G5 $25
    
11. OFFERED by Ryoichi Ikegami & Kazuo Koike G5 Vol. 1&2 $110
    

Individual Issue Comics Assorted:

1. Love Hinaby Ken Akamatsu G3/4 #2 $13
   
2. Vampire Princess Minuby Narumi Kakinouchi: G3/4. #4, & Vol. 2 part 1. $7ea
   
3. Dominionby Masamune Shirow:DCNMN #1, DS Phantom of the Audience.$10ea.
   
4. Ghost in the Shell Wizard "ashcan" Preview $20.
   
5. Macross II Issue #1 $7.
   
6. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Windby Hayao Miyazaki: Part 5 $18
   
7. Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch & Deedlit's Tale $6ea
   
8. Justyby Tsuguo Okazaki:G3 #1 & 6. $8 set.
   

MANGA MAGAZINES: psp
Japanese:
Chara: April 2007[BL] G4/5 $10
BE Boy March 2012 [BL] G4/5 $10
NEWTYPE: Will post these soon...
English
Pulp February2002 Vol.6 No.2 [cov-Metropolis] G3/4 $12
Smile April 2001 issue 3.5 [cov-Clover,Clamp] G3/4 $14
Animerica Extra: G3/4 $14 ea pic,pic, pic

1. Animerica Extra Vol. 4 No 8 [Video Girl Ai OC]
2. Animerica Extra Vol. 4 No 9 [R.G. Utena on cover, baseball OC]
3. Animerica Extra Vol. 4 No 11[R.G. Utena on cover, Halloween OC]
4. Animerica Extra Vol. 4 No 12 [Steam Detectives OC]
5. Animerica Extra Vol. 5 No 7 [Chicago OC]
6. Animerica Extra Vol. 5 No 9 [Video Girl Ai OC]
7. Animerica Extra Vol. 5 No 10 [Fushigi Yugi]

MANGA VIZION All G3/4 $12ea pic , pic

1. MANGA VIZION Vol.1 No 4 [Ryoichi Ikegami OC]
2. MANGA VIZION Vol.1 No 5 [Moto Hagio A,A Prime OC]
3. MANGA VIZION Vol.1 No 6 [Rumiko Takahashi EELH OC]
4. MANGA VIZION Vol.1 No 9 [Ogre Slayer Kei Kusunoki OC]
5. MANGA VIZION Vol.2 No 4 [Love song Keiko Nishi OC]
6. MANGA VIZION Vol.2 No 10 [Rumic World OC]
7. MANGA VIZION Vol.2 No 12 [Blink, Blink-Keiko Nishi OC]

ARTBOOKS/Others: Might have some more to post in the future perhaps..
DVDs/CDS/MEDIA: meow

1. Mushi-shi Anime Vol. 1-3 G5 $40 w/ extras included.
2. Blue Submarine No. 6 G4 Vol. Minasoko, Hearts, & Pilots. $15
3. LAST EXILE [eps1-8] G5 Vol. 1-2, $10
4. Haibane-Renmei G4, Vol 1,2 and 4, plus box, comes with pencil boards.$60
5. Kai Doh Maru $10 [Sho-u Tajima [MPD Psycho etc] is the character designer]
6. Macross II VHS Vol.1 in a Vol. 2case...oops. [I think this was a used rental I bought; it has one of those weird cut and paste the box cases..] $5
7. Please Save My Earth VHS, The Moment's Mem'ry & Memories of the Moon $15
8. Sailor Moon R, The Movie, The Promise of the Rose VHS, $12 box case has some sun/ age damage.

TOYS n other-

1. DeathNote RYUK Figurine like new $15

Just in case you missed it, Pictures. POST is CURRENT AS OF 10-10-2023

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44	5 comments	[1998] Soul Coughing - Circles
35	1 comments	[1992] Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
28	2 comments	[1992] Alice In Chains - Them Bones (Official HD Video)
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2 years ago today, I did a write-up of non-album Linkin Park tracks for those who wanted to hear some "new" Linkin Park that they might not have heard before. In that post, I discussed doing another post of collaborations, covers, and non-Linkin Park work that Chester had done.
It's late, but here it is. While I'm sure I missed a bunch, I hope this will suffice.
Please note: To make this list a manageable one, I've restricted it to being only efforts where Chester was involved. I could make a whole other post of collaborations and non-LP stuff that Mike Shinoda has done on his own.

1993-1998: Pre-Linkin Park Bands

Sean Dowdell and His Friends? was a short-lived band formed in 1993. They recorded a three-track cassette, which has been linked. The band played around 50-70 shows around Phoenix before the band broke up, due in part to Chester constantly being late to practice.
After that break-up, Sean Dowdell would start a new band named Grey Daze with Jonathan Krause, employing Chester Bennington once again as vocalist. The band put out two records: Wake Me, which came out in 1994, and ...no sun today which came out in 1997. The band found minor success, but after receiving no meaningful looks or calls from major label executives after doing showcases in California, they eventually broke up.
Personal Recommendation: What's In The Eye off of ...no sun today

2001-2002: Hybrid Theory Live Covers and Guest Appearances

Fast forward to 2001, and Linkin Park is in full tour mode. At this point, the band had one album out and, depending on where they were playing, either needed to pull earlier songs out (these were gone over in further detail in my post linked above) or play covers. In the early part of 2001, Bennington would do an acoustic rendition of Jane Says by Jane's Addiction to start encores, although this cover was dropped after 5 shows. Infamously while vamping for some time after a song at Rock Am Ring, the group jokingly went into a 30-second cover of Sweet Child o' Mine by Guns N' Roses, the headlining band at the festival.
During the 2001 Family Values tour, Bennington would get to join Stone Temple Pilots on stage for a few songs. One such guest appearance, Wonderful, was recorded and placed on the Family Values live album. Chester was also known to come out and perform Dead & Bloated with the band, trading vocals with Scott Weiland. This would be interesting foreshadowing for later in Chester's career.
He also joined Disturbed on stage during Ozzfest to perform Pantera's Walk several times.
In late 2001, Chester would again do an acoustic rendition of a song during a Linkin Park encore. This song was an original of his, titled Morning After, would eventually become a song for his side project Dead By Sunrise 8 years later.
In 2002, Linkin Park would lead their very first headlining tour named Projekt Revolution. For this string of shows, the band added a cover song full-time to the set, My Own Summer (Shove It) by The Deftones. During this song, Mike Shinoda would often try (and many times fail) to get the crowd to yell the "shove its" during the chorus while Chester screamed himself crazy.

2001-2002: Studio Collaborations/Appearances

In 2001, DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit fame was working on a solo album. While the project was pushed back many years and eventually shelved, we did get snippets and eventually a full web release of his track featuring Chester. The track went under the working title "State of the Art" before finally becoming Cry To Yourself.
In 2002, Chester would lend his vocals to two tracks. One was the track Karma Killer by Cyclefly. Cyclefly toured with Linkin Park several times, both in the US and in Europe. Another one of Linkin Park's touring friends, Korn, would be the source of the second track. The Queen of the Damned soundtrack was written and performed by Korn's lead vocalist Jonathan Davis. However, his contract with Sony prohibited him from singing on the album (although his voice can be heard singing the soundtrack in the movie). To get around this, guest vocalists were brought in to perform the songs originally sung by Davis. Of these tracks, Chester sang System, the third track on the record.
2002's Reanimation occurs in this timespan as well, but being a very popular remix album (the 4th best-selling remix album of all time, in fact), we will move in.

2003-2005: Meteora Era

In 2004 during their European tour, Linkin Park started playing a cover of Nine Inch Nails' track Wish. This would be a regular addition to the set for the rest of the year, even warranting inclusion on one of the band's fan club Linkin Park Underground albums. An uncensored version of this release can be found here (please note the video portion of this is identical to the previous link, only the audio is different.. Also in 2004, Dan the Automator (of Gorillaz, Deltron 3030, and Kool Keith production fame) and Prince Paul (of De La Soul and countless other production fame)'s project Handsome Boy Modeling School released their second album. The feature guest look is unapologetically insane. RZA, Pharrell Williams, El-P, comedian Tim Meadows, Jack Johnson, The Mars Volta, Mike Patton, John Oates of Hall & Oates, Linkin Park, and more. The track Linkin Park featured in was Rock and Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) Part 2 and was comprised of four movements similar to the Four Seasons by Vivaldi, which is heavily sampled. Mike Shinoda raps in the second movement, while Chester sings in the fourth. It should be noted that a fan remix of Chester's section is often misattributed under the name "Hardly Breathe".
2004 ends with the very highly regarded EP Collision Course, a mash-up EP of Linkin Park and Jay-Z. Meant to be the first in a series of MTV-sponsored mash-up albums, Collision Course ended up being the only effort in the "series."
2005 would see three studio collaborations for Chester. The first is a track by DJ Z-Trip entitled Walking Dead off Z-Trip debut album Shifting Gears. The second would be guest vocals on Nine Inch Nails' Head Like A Hole by Korn for a cover album titled Korn Kovers. This never saw release, but has been discussed by members of Korn as recently as last year. It has since become the Chinese Democracy of nu-metal albums. The third was a recording of Home Sweet Home by Chester and original artists Mötley Crüe to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Speaking of Hurricane Katrina charity benefits, the second Chester Bennington original song, Let Down, debuted live at ReAct Now: Music & Relief on cable television. However now the side project had a name, Snow White Tan, and was known to include members of the band Orgy as a supporting cast.

2006-2008: Rap, Weeds, and Sadness

Over the next 3 years, Chester would be recruited for guest vocals on a handful of rap tracks. Interestingly, the first would be a live performance by Linkin Park co-member Mike Shinoda's project Fort Minor. In 2006, both Fort Minor and Linkin Park were scheduled to play Japanese festival Summer Sonic. Fort Minor's hit song Where'd You Go would get a live performance in 2006 with Chester taking lead on the chorus. In 2007 Chester lent his vocals to another chorus, this time in the studio for at-the-time G-Unit member Young Buck, on the track Slow Ya Roll. The last track in this span is Busta Rhymes' 2008 track We Made it, which would lead to the two touring together under the Projekt Revolution banner before Busta was dropped by his label, necessitating him to drop out of touring as well.
Now, for the sadness: That 2008 Projekt Revolution tour also had Chris Cornell on the bill. Chris at the time was touring in support of his Timbaland-produced solo album Scream. Throughout this time, Chris would perform Temple of the Dog track Hunger Strike with Chester joining in. Temple of the Dog was a project Chris Cornell made with the surviving members of Mother Love Bone after their lead singer died of an overdose. It should also be pointed out that July 20th, the day Chester died by suicide, is also Chris Cornell's birthday. So yeah. Sadness. I'm sorry.
There's a better version of Hunger Strike available, I just wanted to link a version that had concert footage.
During this tour, Chester would also join touring band Ashes Divide to perform a rendition of A Perfect Circle's The Outsider.
And as a palette cleanser, Linkin Park did a very short cover of the track Little Boxes, most well-known for being the theme song to Showtime's Weeds. Season 3, which aired in 2007, had a cavalcade of artists covering the track for each episode. Other artists to join in this include Ben Folds, Death Cab for Cutie, Elvis Costello, Rise Against, and Regina Spektor.

2006-2012: Camp Freddy

Camp Freddy was an all-star cover band with a revolving door of people jumping in for random cover songs of their friends, or even their own band. The most constant members of the band were Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction, Matt Sorum of Guns N' Roses, Billy Morrison of Billy Idol, and Chris Chaney of Jane's Addiction and Alanis Morissette's band.
Examples of revolving guests? Slash of Guns N' Roses fame, Chad Smith of the Chili Peppers, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Ozzy Osbourne, Lana Del Rey, Brandon Boyd of Incubus, and, of course, Chester Bennington. Here is a list of some of the songs I've been able to find of Chester performing with Camp Freddy.

• AC/DC's Highway To Hell with Slash
• Run DMC and Aerosmith's Walk This Way with Mike Shinoda
• Smashing Pumpkins' Bullet With Butterfly Wings
• Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love with Slash and Joe Satriani
• Guns N' Roses' Paradise City with Slash and Duff McKagan.
• Live's I Alone with Travis Barker
• Alice Cooper's I'm Eighteen
• Jane's Addiction's Mountain Song
• Motörhead's Ace of Spades
• Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone
• Beastie Boys' Fight For Your Right (To Party) with Mike Shinoda

And, while not related to Camp Freddy (or even a full song), I felt this needed to be included. In 2006, Chester would get on stage with a band named Metal Skool and perform a cover of Dio's Rainbow in the Dark. This band would later change their name to Steel Panther. This is the only clip that apparently exists of this appearance.

2007-2009: Dead By Sunrise

Chester began working on his solo project in earnest, with the members of Orgy that played alongside him for the Hurricane Katrina relief concert. These musicians would form the band Julien-K, who toured under Linkin Park in 2007. As such, Bennington would frequently join them on stage for their songs Technical Difficulties and Kick the Bass. Ironically, it's the latter song that has technical difficulties, and that's the only version of this live rendition that exists online.
Chester's solo project, now known as Dead By Sunrise would release their debut (and only) album, Out of Ashes in 2009. The album includes studio versions of previously mentioned songs like Let Down and Morning After, with the latter being a bonus track for the Japanese release of the album. In 2018, demo versions of half the songs were found on a restrict release watermarked CD that was released by fansite LPLive. This CD also includes a cover of 20 Eyes by The Misfits.
Personal Recommendations for Out of Ashes: Fire, Let Down, Give Me Your Name, Walking in Circles, In the Darkness. Honestly, everything on Out of Ashes except for My Suffering and Condemned. Personal Recommendations for Demo CD: The demo of My Suffering is a HUGE recommend. It's so much better than the album version. Also, the cover of 20 Eyes.

2010-2012: Covers

The next few years were defined by covers. In 2010, Bennington would lend his vocals to Santana's cover of Riders On The Storm by The Doors. This was part of a cover album titled Guitar heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time and featured guests like Chris Cornell, Yo-Yo Ma, Pat Monahan of Train, and Nas.
The covers would continue in the form of Linkin Park's live shows. In 2011, the band would go viral with their performance of Adele's Rolling in the Deep at the iTunes Festival becoming a radio hit in the UK. In 2012, the band would incorporate a portion of Sabotage by the Beastie Boys into their live shows in honor of the (at the time) recently departed MCA. Generally, they would put it into the bridge of their closer Bleed It Out.

2013-2015: Stone Temple Pilots

The story that began with Chester's guest appearances with Stone Temple Pilots in 2001 comes full circle in 2013, when he joined the band as their lead vocalist. In interviews predating this, Bennington had stated that being a member of STP was a lifelong dream. An EP named High Rise was released by the group and they would tour proper for a few years, before Chester left the band due to Linkin Park commitments.
Personal Recommendations: Out Of Time, Same On The Inside, Tomorrow

2013-2017: Carpool Karaoke, Steve Aoki, Lonely Island

In 2013, Linkin Park would begin a music partnership with EDM artist Steve Aoki. The first track to come out of this is A Light That Never Comes, which falls more on the Linkin Park side, musically. This track would be included in Recharged, Linkin Park's remix album for Living Things. The second track in this partnership comes out in 2015 and is named Darker Than Blood. As hinted at by my first sentence, this track would fall more on the Aoki side of the spectrum.
After a string of successful viral hits, The Lonely Island made a movie in 2016 titled Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. One of the tracks, Things In My Jeep, were made featuring Bennington and Shinoda. While the version in the movie does not include their contributions, the album version of the song in full includes Bennington's chorus, complete with back-up screams.
In 2017, Chester, Mike, and Joe Hahn of Linkin Park would join Ken Jeong for an episode of Carpool Karaoke. While it was delayed due to Chester's death, the episode was eventually released on Facebook. It includes the group singing Hey Ya by Outkast, Under The Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sweet Home Alabama, and I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing.
Yeah, it's all really silly stuff. But sometimes you just need silly stuff.

2017: Jane Says

At the beginning of the post, I shared an old acoustic rendition of Chester performing Jane Says by Jane's Addiction. It seems fitting, then, that we wrap up with Chester performing the song again in May of 2017. In this video he is showing off the new guitar he had purchased that would becoming his touring guitar for the One More Light tour. Comparing the two versions of the cover is like a night and day experience. I highly recommend going back to listen to that first version before playing this one.

The Morning After

The years following his death would see a small trickle of music relating to Chester Bennington come out. Most notably, Mark Morton of Lamb of God released Cross Off, which Chester on lead vocals, in 2019.
In 2020, Sean Dowdell and company would dust off, remaster, and add new instrumentals to old Grey Daze tracks and release the remix album Amends.
And this year, Slash previewed a snippet of a track called Crazy that featured Chester but was not used for his solo album due to label issues. The track eventually became Doctor Alibi, which was a collaboration with Lemmy of Motörhead. Per Slash, it is up to the Bennington estate as to whether they want to release Crazy.
And that's it for this post. I hope you had a good time going through a little bit of history and listening to some music today. I'm thinking next year I will do a similar post for Chris Cornell as my username, after all, is a portmanteau of my two vocal heroes: "Fell on Black Days" being a Soundgarden track and "Grey Daze" obviously being Chester's old band. If this is something you'd be interested in, please let me know.

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Going through old issues of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and posting highlights in my own words. For anyone interested, I highly recommend signing up for the actual site at f4wonline and checking out the full archives.
PREVIOUS YEARS ARCHIVE: 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998

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• The WWF began hemorrhaging advertisers this week, as the Parent Television Council (PTC) continues their crusade against the company. On top of Coca-Cola dropping them last week, this week they got dropped by the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, M&M Mars, and AT&T. Earlier this year, Wrigley quietly dropped WWF also and there's said to be many other sponsors who are on the fence. A lot of people thought Eric Bischoff was out of touch for refusing to copy WWF's style and for predicting that WWF's content would eventually alienate advertisers, but now the dominoes are starting to fall and he doesn't look so crazy now. With all this bad publicity hitting and with rumors of a negative Wall Street Journal story forthcoming, the WWF publicly and loudly announced that they would be toning down the product. The decision was made due to how the negative publicity and potential loss of more sponsors could seriously hurt the stock price. "You'll see less aggression, less colorful language, less sexuality. Some of the more controversial characters may not appear on a regular basis on Smackdown," McMahon told the WSJ. But this week on Raw was the same as usual, and for a company that talks about how they don't do rape or murder, Dave says the Triple H/Stephanie marriage, where Triple H talked about how many times he "consummated the marriage" with a drugged and unconscious Stephanie McMahon is basically the textbook definition of a rape storyline (at least until you find out she was in on it).
  
• In the same Wall Street Journal article, Linda McMahon noted that Raw probably won't be toned down as much because it's a cable show and these PTC people seem to only be targeting Smackdown since it's a network show. The PTC doesn't even seem to realize Raw exists, as all their complaints seem to be about Smackdown only. In the future, Smackdown will be labeled TV-PG although there's no independent group that monitors this stuff, so the rating doesn't really mean anything. UPN was so concerned over this that they (without consulting WWF), rated last week's Smackdown TV-MA. WWF is in a position of trying to tone down their product to please advertisers, but not tone it down too much because they don't want to alienate fans. The loss of Coca-Cola amounts to several millions of dollars per year, and they have increased their spending with WCW instead. WWF was particularly upset by that because WCW in the last few of weeks (since Russo jumped ship) has been openly copying WWF's more adult-themes. Anyway, Coca-Cola has said they would reconsider advertising with WWF if they changed the product. RC Cola signed a deal with WWF in their place, which sounds like WWF couldn't strike a deal with Pepsi either. From here, Dave lists all the official statements from the various companies. "After review, we have determined that yada yada doesn't meet the moral guidelines our company supports, etc. etc." and whatnot. On Smackdown, WWF urged fans to write to various sponsors and listed their addresses and phone numbers online. Burger King is sticking with WWF so far. In the midst of all this, Vince McMahon wrote a letter to all the WWF advertisers that read:
  

"The Parents Television Council is not about parents and is not a council. It is a fictitious name utilized and controlled by a right wing zealot named L. Brent Bozell III, to masquerade his personal extreme views under the ruse that the "council" is a representative group of parents monitoring television on behalf of children. Bozell is the son of the speech writer for former Senator Joseph McCarthy, and evidently has appointed himself some finely-tuned calibrator of what is fit for all to see.
Using McCarthy smear tactics, Bozell has attacked programs like the cartoon show Captain Planet and the Planeteers because it "seeks to indoctrinate children and scare them into leftist political activism," has stated that the media panders to gays, that Bryant Gumbel is an "insufferable leftist," and that Nelson Mandella is "the leader of a terrorist movement." Bozell has been on a holy jihad for over a year attempting to get Howard Stern off the air, all the while writing a column for a newspaper owned by the Moonies. Bozell's actions have caused at least one advisory board member to resign, calling him "overzealous" and "out of line."
We at the World Wrestling Federation find Coca-Cola's decision to be discriminatory, hypocritical and an affront to free speech. This is based on Coke's continued advertising support as reported by Neilsen Adviews of the TV-14 rated World Championship Wrestling, The Man Show, MTV's Real World, Ally McBeal, Baywatch, Silk Stalkings, Dawson's Creek, Saturday Night Live, etc.
The World Wrestling Federation believes that turning off a devoted and consistent television viewing base of tens of millions across the nation who watch the WWF week after week is a huge marketing mistake, especially when according to MRI (Mediamark Research, Inc.), those fans index significantly above average for the consumption of carbonated beverages. This decision runs counter to Coke's stated marketing goal of increasing sales volume and could be the worst marketing decision since the fiasco introduction of New Coke."

• Steve Austin got some good news on his neck this week. He's expected to undergo a neck/spinal surgery soon that may save his career. The surgery is to remove a bone spur on his C-4 vertebrae, similar to a surgery baseball player Cal Ripkin Jr. recently had (same surgeon also) and it's believed Austin should be able to return to wrestling if all goes well. Once the bone spur is removed, he will be reexamined to see how much permanent damage has already been done, which will determine when/if he can return. The original long-term plan was for Austin, as champion, to turn heel and then drop the title to Rock at Wrestlemania. But that's out the window now. Even if Austin does make it back before WM, it would be too short a time to make him champion and turn him heel. Plus, he'll be a sympathetic babyface when he returns so a heel turn would probably not work out well anyway.
  
• On the flip side, Mick Foley is planning to wind down his career, due to all his injuries over the years. There's been a lot of talk this week about doing a retirement announcement. Foley appeared on TSN's Off The Record and said he didn't want to use the word retirement because he wasn't discounting the possibility that he may return for one or two big matches in the future, but that overall, he's pretty much done and will be stepping away soon. He said he's happy to be getting out now because he doesn't want to end up a vegetable. Foley had decided quite a long time ago that he probably wouldn't last much longer than the end of this year. His in-ring ability has declined significantly in the last year, which he's been open about admitting, especially after having double knee-surgery in August. The idea is to do an angle in the next month or two to basically send him off into retirement and at some point, he'll return as the on-screen commissioner, the same way Shawn Michaels was awhile back.
  
• Legendary Japanese wrestler Hiro Matsuda passed away last week from cancer and Dave gives him the usual long obituary, covering his years training under Rikidozan, first becoming a star in Mexico, then in the U.S. where he worked the territories, becoming the first Japanese wrestler to win an internationally recognized world title when he beat Danny Hodge for the NWA Jr. Heavyweight title, which was a huge story in both the U.S. and Japan because of Hodge's legendary status. Matsuda also became famous outside of the ring for basically being a locker room policeman in the Florida territory, and any wrestlers or fans who got out of line had to deal with him. Anyone who came into the territory wanting to be a wrestler pretty much got the shit beat out of them by Matsuda first and if they took it and came back the next day, then he would train them. After that, he mostly worked behind the scenes with Crockett and later with New Japan until his death.
  
• Keiji Muto's knees are still shot as a result of doing moonsaults for the last 15 years. He has had 2 sets of cortisone shots in his knees and he has trouble even walking these days. It's believed he may only have a year or so left to wrestle (as I type this, 17-and-a-half years later, on March 15th, Muto just had a match where he performed his "final" moonsault because he's getting knee replacement surgery soon. And he still hasn't ruled out making a comeback afterwards).
  
• Former wrestler Buddy Rose was arrested on second degree assault charges and unlawful imprisonment after a domestic incident with his wife. He was released on bail, but had reportedly made threats to kill his wife, so the judge ordered him back into custody and raised the bail amount. His wife told police that Rose had relapsed back into a cocaine addiction and that she had recently filed for divorce. In the apartment they still shared, she claims he came up behind her with a knife and said, "You're not leaving me" and he only let her go after she begged him not to kill her. Rose then reportedly threatened to kill himself before he was ultimately arrested.
  
• Dave thinks Danny Doring is gonna be a big star some day. Well hey, you can't get 'em right all the time.
  
• Update on Elektra in ECW: she apparently manages several strip clubs in the Jersey area and has trained under Fabulous Moolah (uh-oh) and Johnny Rodz. She also appeared on WWF TV not too long ago as one of Godfathers hos and was splashed by Viscera and taken out on a stretcher.
  

WATCH: Elektra as one of Godfather's hos

• The buyrate for WCW Mayhem looks to be a 0.45 which is a near-30% drop from last year's November WCW PPV.
  
• Notes from Nitro: the former Ryan Shamrock debuted in WCW as Symphony, the valet for Maestro. Juventud Guerrera beat Jushin Liger to win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight title, which Dave says will go down as a low-point the history of the title. Not because of Juvi, he's great. But it took place on Nitro, so it was a 5 minute match, the belt wasn't even brought out to the ring, no introductions or ring entrances, and the announcers totally ignored the match while Brad Armstrong was doing his stoned gimmick on commentary (Liger wins it back on Nitro again a week later). Kevin Nash threw the TV title in a garbage can. Dave thinks they might as well do that with all the WCW title belts, for as much as they're worth these days (Duggan would find the title a month or so later and be crowned the new TV champion). The Revolution (Shane Douglas, Dean Malenko, Asya, and Perry Saturn) are all going by new names: Rattler, Python, Boa, and Trouser, respectively (this didn't last too long). Jerry Only, from the Misfits, beat Steve Williams in a cage match and Dave says it's a worst match of the year candidate and was worse than Kennel in a Cell. In fact, as Dave recalls this shit-show, it seems like every segment is crazier and dumber than the one before it, and fans are booing it all. You can really start to see Vince Russo getting comfortable in his new job now, and as a result, the show is already spiraling out of control with more plot holes and stupid ideas than you can shake a stick at, shot rapid fire at the screen for 3 straight hours. Dave can't shit on this episode enough. God help this poor man's sanity in 2000....
  
• Torrie Wilson has been taken off TV for now in a contract dispute. She's wanting $250,000-per-year for 3 years and they don't want to pay her that much. Dave says if WCW had any clue how to market her, she would be a steal for that price. You can literally track how the ratings go up when she's on TV already, so considering how much they pay other people who don't move the needle at all, Torrie is more than worth $250,000-per-year. But WCW apparently doesn't agree.
  
• Speaking of Torrie, there was supposed to be an angle last week where Eddie Guerrero would kiss Torrie, causing Kidman to spaz out and get pissed. On TV, they did the angle, but you never saw the kiss, it was meant to be implied. At the time, Dave thought the camera just missed it happening because this is WCW and production mistakes like that happen weekly. But turns out Eddie refused to do the kiss because he didn't want his children to see him kissing another woman besides his wife on TV, so they did it like that.
  
• Rey Mysterio got knee surgery this week for a torn ACL. He actually injured it during the filming of the Ready To Rumble movie but didn't want to get surgery because he felt like he was actually getting a chance to be a star under Russo, which is something all the previous bookers never gave him, but Russo insisted he get the surgery because he didn't want Mysterio making it worse and they want him at 100%. So he'll be out for awhile.
  
• Bret Hart wrote a Calgary Sun column talking about Dynamite Kid's book. He wrote, "As great a wrestler as he was, I'm saddened to realize that in addition to injuring his elbows, knees, shoulders and back, he's broken his brain, too." Bret Hart has taken extensive notes and journals throughout his career (which later helped him write his own book) and he used those notes to point out many factual errors in Dynamite Kid's book. Dynamite Kid has responded to the allegations, standing by everything he wrote.
  
• DDP reportedly asked for his release from WCW recently and was turned down. He's also spoken to Big Show about jumping ship to WWF. WCW is trying to make budget cuts and DDP has more than 2 years left on a pretty huge contract. But they haven't been doing much with him lately, so he figured they may be willing to let him leave. With Bischoff no longer around to protect his spot, he pretty much sees the writing on the wall. Dave thinks WWF would be glad to have him, since taking a top star from the enemy is always a big goal, but DDP isn't going to make near as much money in WWF as he does in WCW right now. But DDP is also 44 years old and the time and effort spent on pushing someone like DDP as a top star in WWF would probably be better spent on pushing someone like Edge.
  
• Speaking of DDP, he got into a backstage scuffle with Buff Bagwell last week before Nitro. Page got one good shot in before the fight was broken up and it seems that Terry Taylor (shoulder) and Doug Dillenger (hamstring) suffered more injuries in stopping the fight than either Bagwell or DDP did. That being said, a lot of people think it's those guys working an angle. DDP and Bagwell are long-time friends and the fight was allegedly over something involving Kimberly, which seems ripe for a juicy angle. Plus, from those who witnessed it, it didn't seem like that real of a fight. So right now, the big theory is that it's all a work and that, yet again, WCW is trying to trick all the people backstage (no idea if it was or not but I don't think anything ever came of it if it was).
  
• Recent WCW house shows in Texas this past week had too many no-shows to even bother naming and it didn't matter because attendance at all house shows is abysmal these days. WCW is paying for their sins for things they did when they were on top, when they killed half their towns by advertising top stars who never showed up. They had a lot of fan goodwill built up back then and Bischoff took it for granted and now that they're no longer on top and desperate to win some of that goodwill back, it's not there.
  
• WCW Injury Report: Kidman's got a messed up neck, Eddie Guerrero has a messed up elbow, and Roddy Piper is only going to be a referee and do interview segments right now because he's so banged up from decades of injuries that he may never wrestle again, or it will be very rare when he does. Vampiro has a concussion and rib fractures.
  
• Former ECW valet Kimona is expected to start with WCW soon. Terry Taylor has been trying to get her hired and at first that was in WWF, but when he switched companies, now he's bringing her in there.
  
• Insane Clown Posse met with WCW officials about returning but the meeting didn't go well. They're still trying to return, because they've burned their bridges with WWF and ECW, so WCW is the only possibility left.
  
• WCW Saturday Night is changing and will feature matches taped before and after the Tuesday night Thunder tapings. Jimmy Hart had been pushing to change the show into its own small-time territory type show, with its own championship belts, feuds and wrestlers that aren't part of Nitro, and Paul Orndorff as its commissioner. But although he kept pushing for it, it never happened.
  
• Tony Schiavone apparently got some death threats this week. No more details given.
  
• Mick Foley's book has officially topped the list to become a New York Times #1 bestseller in the non-fiction list. Dave ponders whether or not this copy of the New York Times will be a collector's item to wrestling fans in 20 years. It's been 19. Anybody got a copy?
  
• Dave breaks down some WWF financials (spoiler: they're doing pretty good right now) and also has some info on the stock. WWF employees were allowed to buy as many shares as they wanted before it went public for $17 a share, but with the clause that they basically can't be cashed out for 3 years and it's dependent on staying with the company for 3 years. In the cases of some of the top stars who bought a lot, this probably equals up to several hundred thousands of dollars. Dave says it was clearly done as a big incentive to keep the top stars from jumping ship because then they'd be giving up all that money if they leave.
  
• Raw featured the planned wedding of Stephanie McMahon and Test and, well, of course things went awry. At one point when recapping it, Dave says "The director of this TV show is the bomb. The way they shot the faces and shot this wedding, WCW on its best day couldn't touch this production." So, yay Kevin Dunn I guess? And of course, it ended with Triple H showing video of him marrying a drugged and unconscious Stephanie McMahon and talking about how many times they consummated the marriage. At the Smackdown tapings the next night, despite still being a crying babyface, Stephanie was booed out of the building.
  

WATCH: Triple H marries Stephanie McMahon

• Totally useless personal note: I got married at that same wedding chapel in Vegas and I didn't even realize it until I got there. I went to the chapel earlier in the day to finalize some stuff and when I got there, I was like, "This place looks familiar..." and I looked it up and yup. Same one. I got married inside though, not at the drive-thru. Turns out lots of famous people have been married at that place.
  
• WWF has signed fitness model Trish Stratus to a 3-year developmental deal, with the provision that she will be a wrestler and not required to do any kind of nudity. Apparently she has turned down deals in the past for nude fitness photos. She's been on the cover of a lot of fitness magazines and stuff in the past, but she has been trying to get into wrestling and wants to actually wrestle and not just be eye-candy. She'd had talks with Terry Taylor about going to WCW and was backstage at the recent WCW Mayhem PPV and had even spoken with Raven about going to ECW at one point before finally striking a deal with WWF.
  
• WWF wrestler D-Lo Brown and WCW backstage exec Mike Graham apparently ran into each other recently at an airport maybe and had a bit of a heated moment. Arn Anderson was there as well and they were all talking. At some point, D-Lo made some sort of joke saying something along the lines of "You old guys will do anything for a paycheck." Everyone who heard it recognized that it was an obvious joke and D-Lo was just poking friendly fun at Graham and Anderson. Graham didn't find it funny and responded by saying that he wrestled for 25 years and never crippled anybody. Needless to say, that's a sore subject for D-Lo after the Droz injury a couple months back. At this point, Arn Anderson pulled Graham away before the situation escalated and talked him down. Graham came back and apologized and he and D-Lo shook hands and that was the end of it.
  
• Speaking of, there's a lot of rumors that D-Lo is jumping ship to WCW. The WCW hotline claimed his contract is up in 2 months and he was close to coming in. Jim Ross went on the WWF hotline and denied it, saying D-Lo still has 18 months on his WWF contract. WCW sources say D-Lo has a loophole where he can get out of the deal in January (D-Lo wasn't going anywhere).
  
• In similar news, Gene Okerlund claimed on the WCW hotline that the Rock's contract is also running out and that he would be jumping ship to WCW. That, of course, isn't even remotely close to true and in fact, Rock still has something like 4 years left on his WWF deal and isn't going anywhere. Classic Mean Gene.
  
• Edge will be filming a role in the upcoming Highlander movie.
  

WATCH: Edge in Highlander: Endgame

• If WWF's Times Square restaurant is successful, they plan to open 2 more similar locations in Miami and Las Vegas (in case you're wondering if the Times Square restaurant was a success, you will note that there are not any WWE restaurants in Miami or Vegas).

WEDNESDAY: major Vince Russo interview, Smackdown toned down, more on Steve Austin's neck, and more...