Kayfabe is kind of a code. To break kayfabe is to let people know that the punch was not real and that the match was scripted.
John DarnielleGender relations are a sad story of men talking trash about women all over the world.
John DarnielleI don't like to say, "Oh, I don't like this kind of music." I like to listen to it and try to see what people who like it get out of it.
John DarnielleThe fact that somebody's telling you a story about people who didn't exist doesn't make the experience of the story any less real in your heart and mind.
John DarnielleIn wrestling, people just throw each other around, possibly actually bleed, and are still friends in the locker room afterwards. But there's a real glee - a feeling goes up in the arena, especially on non-TV days. If it's just people in a room and somebody starts to bleed, that's very exciting.
John Darnielle