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<span style="font-size:220%; font-weight:bold;">Welcome to the Carl Bird Universe Wiki</span><br />

<span style="font-size:115%;">The definitive encyclopedia of ~~sleazebags, bands, wrestlers, promoters~~, ~~incidents, and bad decisions~~.</span>

<span style="font-size:115%;">The definitive encyclopedia of Carl Bird's life and every notable person, band or wrestling promotion connected with him.</span>

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== About ~~the Carl Bird Universe ==~~

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.

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.

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]]'''.

~~Recurring themes include:~~

* Petty crime

* Small-time scams

* Shifty lawyers

* Failed attempts at earning an honest living

* Disputes in parking lots

* Violent altercations

* Businesses that probably should not exist

~~This wiki documents both major continuity and the deeply unnecessary details.~~

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== 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.

~~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".~~

'''[[~~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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== Explore ~~the universe~~ ==

== Explore ==

* '''[[:Category:Characters|Characters]]'''

* '''[[:Category:Bands|Bands]]'''

* '''[[:Category:Wrestling promotions|Wrestling promotions]]'''

* '''[[:Category:Wrestlers|Wrestlers]]'''

* '''[[:Category:Promoters|Promoters]]'''

* '''[[:Category:Albums|Albums]]'''

* '''[[:Category:~~Songs~~|~~Songs]]'''~~

* '''[[:Category:Events|Events]]'''

* '''[[:Category:Venues|Venues]]'''

* '''[[:Category:Businesses|Businesses]]'''

* '''[[:Category:Incidents|Incidents]]'''

* '''[[:Category:Locations|Locations]]'''

* '''[[:Category:Organizations|Organizations]]'''

* '''[[:Category:Vehicles|Vehicles]]'''

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* [[Darnell Watson]]

* [[Mike Jorpa]]

* [[~~Taco Chavez~~]]

* [[Juan Gonzalez]]

* [[Tony "No Nose" Catellini]]

* [[Larry W. Cashdollar]]

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== Getting started ==

New to the ~~universe~~?

New to the Carl's world?

Start with:

# [[Carl Bird]]

# [[Carl Bird legal troubles]]

# [[Redline]]

# [[Tony Bulsara]]

# [[Chorbo]]

# [[Darnell Watson]]

~~# [[Trabajo Bone]]~~

Or browse the '''[[Timeline of the Carl Bird Universe|timeline]]'''.

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The Carl Bird Universe Wiki is an ~~unofficial fictional~~ encyclopedia documenting the complete continuity of the Carl Bird Universe.

The Carl Bird Universe Wiki is an encyclopedia documenting the complete continuity of the Carl Bird Universe.

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 <div style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:1em;">
 <span style="font-size:220%; font-weight:bold;">Welcome to the Carl Bird Universe Wiki</span><br />
-<span style="font-size:115%;">The definitive encyclopedia of sleazebags, bands, wrestlers, promoters, incidents, and bad decisions.</span>
+<span style="font-size:115%;">The definitive encyclopedia of Carl Bird's life and every notable person, band or wrestling promotion connected with him.</span>
 </div>
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 <div style="border:1px solid #aaa; background:#f8f9fa; padding:1em; margin-bottom:1em;">
-== 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.
-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.
-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]]'''.
-Recurring themes include:
-* Petty crime
-* Small-time scams
-* Shifty lawyers
-* Failed attempts at earning an honest living
-* Disputes in parking lots
-* Violent altercations
-* Businesses that probably should not exist
-This wiki documents both major continuity and the deeply unnecessary details.
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 <div style="border:1px solid #aaa; background:#fff; padding:1em;">
 == 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.
-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".
-'''[[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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 <div style="border:1px solid #aaa; background:#f8f9fa; padding:1em; margin-bottom:1em;">
-== Explore the universe ==
+== Explore ==
 * '''[[:Category:Characters|Characters]]'''
 * '''[[:Category:Bands|Bands]]'''
-* '''[[:Category:Wrestling promotions|Wrestling promotions]]'''
-* '''[[:Category:Wrestlers|Wrestlers]]'''
-* '''[[:Category:Promoters|Promoters]]'''
 * '''[[:Category:Albums|Albums]]'''
-* '''[[:Category:Songs|Songs]]'''
+* '''[[:Category:Events|Events]]'''
-* '''[[:Category:Venues|Venues]]'''
 * '''[[:Category:Businesses|Businesses]]'''
 * '''[[:Category:Incidents|Incidents]]'''
 * '''[[:Category:Locations|Locations]]'''
 * '''[[:Category:Organizations|Organizations]]'''
+* '''[[:Category:Vehicles|Vehicles]]'''
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 * [[Darnell Watson]]
 * [[Mike Jorpa]]
-* [[Taco Chavez]]
+* [[Juan Gonzalez]]
 * [[Tony "No Nose" Catellini]]
 * [[Larry W. Cashdollar]]
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 <div style="border:1px solid #aaa; background:#f8f9fa; padding:1em;">
 == Getting started ==
-New to the universe?
+New to the Carl's world?
 Start with:
 # [[Carl Bird]]
+# [[Carl Bird legal troubles]]
 # [[Redline]]
 # [[Tony Bulsara]]
 # [[Chorbo]]
 # [[Darnell Watson]]
-# [[Trabajo Bone]]
 Or browse the '''[[Timeline of the Carl Bird Universe|timeline]]'''.
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 <div style="text-align:center; margin-top:1.5em; font-size:90%; color:#555;">
-The Carl Bird Universe Wiki is an unofficial fictional encyclopedia documenting the complete continuity of the Carl Bird Universe.
+The Carl Bird Universe Wiki is an encyclopedia documenting the complete continuity of the Carl Bird Universe.
 </div>

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