Episode 065 - More talk about recent news & current events… Len & Gary discuss some old Landmine Studios Patterson tales, Simone Biles & the olympics, covid variants & the vaccine, potential vaccine mandates in New York and the rest of the country, the first day of the insurrection committee hearings, connecting the dots with the actions of the Democratic Party over the last few election cycles, the death of Slipknot founding member Joey Jordison, hair metal festivals and more.

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Episode 064 - The Upgrade gets back into current events! Len & Gary discuss work crap, Judas & The Black Messiah and racist stupidity, the January 6th insurrection, the trio of recent books about Donald Trump, Trump’s continued (perceived?) power in politics, how close Cult45 got to an actual takeover and the similarities to the plot of The Handmaid’s Tale, climate change, the circus regarding an “investigation” into the insurrection, more police nonsense, covid & vaccination messes, the Tokyo Olympics, the disaster of the Olympic business model over the years, Japan’s mismanagement of covid, the anti-intimacy Tokyo Olympic Village beds, more shit talk about Conor McGregor & some other UFC talk.

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Episode 063 - Once again IT’S TIIIME! Len & Gary team up with John Wren to discuss the entire UFC 264 card from this past weekend, including Jessica (Third) Eye, a debatable poor stoppage by Herb Dean, and of course a tough break (get it?) for Conor McGregor. Plus plenty of the usual tangents, including the mathematics of a UFC card, MMA becoming “sports entertainment”, future fights and much much more

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Episode 062 - Often asked about and in this episode you get some answers: Len & Gary talk about the origins of their musical journeys. The show starts with Gary talking about attending recent wrestling shows and his love for independent professional wrestling. From there Len & Gary get into music: their family’s influence on their musical development, first music purchases and first instruments, early musical influences and much more including lots of talk about live shows (in arenas and small venues), discovering new music pre-internet, and lots of stories from 30+ years of loving music, playing music & working in the music business.

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Episode 061 - All about THE HANDMAID’S TALE. Len & Gary both recently binged the entire series, so they get into a deep discussion analyzing the show and its characters & world, how the story comes dangerously close to things in the real world, speculation about the future of the series, and lots more!

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Episode 060 - This week is another recurring special for The Upgrade. John Wren joins Len & Gary for IT’S TIIIME where the trio discusses MMA and related subjects.

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Episode 059 - This week is another POD SIDE OF THE RING where Len & Gary discuss more about DARK SIDE OF THE RING on Vice and plenty of other pro wrestling related stories. This time around the guys discuss The Collision in Korea, 2 Cold Scorpio’s gangsta status, Ric Flair’s plane crash in the 70’s, Japanese wrestling including Jushin Thunder Liger & The Great Muta, Arn Anderson & the scissors incident with Sid Vicious in 1993, Sid in ECW in the late 90’s, terrible injuries on live tv in wrestling & MMA, Len & Gary’s travel stories, Antonio Inoki’s history with Rikidozan and his work in both pro wrestling & politics, concerns about North Korea in today’s world and the “new” Cold War, upcoming Dark Side episodes & wishlists for future episodes, the beginnings of the Ring of Honor promotion, CM Punk, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Droz, and more.

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Episode 058 - This week legendary guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal joins Len & Gary on The Upgrade! Bumblefoot talks about international travel, his engineer & producer work (including working on records for Indecision, Most Precious Blood, Swashbuckle & more), his work with Sons of Apollo, Guns n Roses, Art of Anarchy & also his solo work, the wear & tear of touring, the current political/social climate, Idiocracy, covid and the vaccine, his hot sauce, and tons more!

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Episode 057 - In what will be a recurring theme on The Upgrade, Len & Gary do a deep dive into the current season DARK SIDE OF THE RING on Vice. The guys discuss some of the subjects discussed on the show and mix in their own thoughts and memories, including: the legendary career of New Jack, Gary’s memories of live ECW shows and the last days of ECW, the end of WCW & ECW and WWE’s role including the failed “Invasion” angle, Nick Gage and his work in CZW & GCW, deathmatch wrestling, wrestling deaths, Brian Pillman, Brian Pillman Jr & the rift within the Pillman family, Nick Gage vs David Arquette, Scott Steiner’s road rage promos, the madness of ECW in its prime, and more.

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Episode 056 - No guest this week so Len & Gary talk about some current events. Subjects include: thoughts on the recent Israel/Palestine conflict and the role of the United States in the conflict, Joe Biden living up to their (low) expectations, the US creating their own enemies, progressive thinking regarding money in politics, true reasons behind hatred of “The Squad” in Congress, lack of accountability in politics, government, and life in general (especially anything corporate), QAnon hypocrisy, differing views on the covid vaccine & vaccine hesitancy and how history has created this distrust, Trump’s role in the vaccine and the distrust, thoughts on “herd immunity”, the abandonment of medical privacy to promote vaccination, vaccine “shaming” and how “selfie culture” feeds into it further, beliefs & perceptions in the real world and how easy It is for intelligent people to believe questionable things, more “selfie culture” discussion, the US possibly becoming an oligarchy (look it up), sociopathy in America, dehumanization and racism, The Handmaid’s Tale and how much of that fiction is dangerously close to our current reality, and more.

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