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| == About the Carl Bird Universe ==
| | {{:Carl_wiki:About}} |
| The '''Carl Bird Universe''' is an interconnected fictional world centered on degenerates, crappy musicians, overconfident hustlers, local-and-staying-that way wrestlers, zealous security guards, slightly racist promoters, and other fixtures of mid-America mediocrity and unmet expectations.
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| At its center is '''[[Carl Bird]]''', who has been described as "Big Bird's older, meaner cousin with a prison record". Carl is a reprobate habitual offender with a criminal rap sheet the length of Long Island whose sheer luck (and lifelong free legal help from an indebted lawyer) has more-or-less kept him out of very serious trouble.
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| Carl's world includes bands such as '''[[Redline]]''', '''[[Chorbo]]''' and '''[[Trabajo Bone]]''', promoters such as '''[[Darnell Watson]]''' and '''[[Zutroy Zagreb]]''', lounge entertainers such as '''[[Tony Bulsara]]''', attorney/fixers such as '''[[Tony "No Nose" Catellini]]''', security personnel such as '''[[Mike Jorpa]]''', and shameless shysters such as '''[[Larry W. Cashdollar]]'''.
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| Recurring themes include:
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| * Petty crime
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| * Small-time scams
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| * Shifty lawyers
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| * Failed attempts at earning an honest living
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| * Disputes in parking lots
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| * Violent altercations
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| * Businesses that probably should not exist
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| This wiki documents both major continuity and the deeply unnecessary details.
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| == Featured band == | | == Featured band == |
| === [[Trabajo Bone]] === | | === [[Beef Drain]] === |
| [[File:Trabajo bone logo.png|thumb]] | | [[File:Beef drain.jpg|150px]] |
| '''Trabajo Bone''' is a Mexican-American glam/norteño heavy metal band known for distorted accordion, shredding guitar work, cowboy boots, leather, chrome, and an overwhelming commitment to skull imagery.
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| The band's logo consists of stylized bones arranged into the words '''TRABAJO BONE''' and a skull logo in the center of the "O" in "BONE".
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| '''[[Trabajo Bone|Read the full article →]]''' | | '''Beef Drain''' was a short-lived rock band from the Chicago area that was signed to [[Orange Van Records]]. They played what they styled as "hard Southern rock", which was reportedly three-chord blues rock with frequent references to underage girls. The band is known to have performed twice, only one of which was documented in any capacity. |
| | '''[[Beef Drain|Read the full article →]]''' |
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