Amplify.ph has an interview with Filipino competitive eater Kelvin Medina, Guinness record holder for the fastest time to eat a 12 inch pizza, which contains his competitive eating training playlist.
CBS Local has an interview with Matt Stonie about the music he listens to during contests. He says that being a guitarist would be his post competitive-eating dream job.
Eric “Badlands” Booker on Fink Beats the Stomach
Eric “Badlands” Booker interview on the Fink Beast the Stomach is now available. Some notes:
- He says he used his payment from Wife Swap for a down payment on a house and that Charles Hardy, Cookie Jarvis and Joe Menchetti were finalists for that program
- He plans to collaborate with Crazy Legs Conti on a “hip hopera” set in the competitive eating world
- He would like to see the release of Stick to Blogging 2 by Brian Seiken, which he claims is 50% finished
AllKPop.com has a post about Yura of the k-pop group Girl's Day finishing a spicy pasta challenge.
Aaron Ybarra has a blog entry about his competitive eating career which mentions his appearance on the competitive eating episode of Bones and recording a song with Mary Bowers.
Newshopper.co.uk has an article about the series of dessert eating contest videos produced by London rapper Joe Grind.
One of the members of the Japanese "Battle of the Big Eaters" team was pop singer Moeno Azuki. She has a blog and twitter.
The Otago Daily Times has an article about New Zealand composer Jeremy Mayall, who claims to possess 15 competitive eating world records.
The Riverfront Times has a blog entry about Cannibal Corpse singer George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher reportedly eating 112 hot dogs at the Gathering of the Juggalos' Hot Dog Eating Challenge.
Pro Sound Network has an article about the audio setup for the Nathan's finals.
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal competed in a spicy eating contest with a field of local celebrities at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas today and lost to his wife, Jennifer Thal.
Crazy Legs Conti makes a cameo (at second 39) in the Bare Handed Bear Handlers entry for the jingle contest run by Dat Dog in New Orleans.
U-31 in San Diego will hold a pizza eating contest on Friday awarding over $300 in prizes in conjunction with a concert by The Pizza Underground, a pizza-themed band featuring child star Macaulay Culkin.
Odilon Green is producing a competitive eating concept album titled The Gormandizer Ascetic. One of the songs is the anthem for a sinister competitive eating federation. (via Phil Norman)
The Sheckies have a track titled Eating Competition Girl on their new album. The song was reportedly inspired by Stephanie Torres.
Tim Janus is currently attempting to watch Pharrell Williams' 24 hour music video for Happy without stopping. update Dec 10 PR Leap has a press release about the marathon.
The Korean girl group Crayon Pop competed in a hot dog eating contest while wearing hats with hot dogs on them.
The Australian boy band Five Seconds of Summer attempted the 28 inch pizza challenge at Russo's New York Pizzeria in Houston during their US tour.
The Detroit band Wilson will hold a wing eating contest at every stop on its upcoming 8 city tour starting tomorrow.
Spin.com has a gallery of rock singer Andrew W K participating in a spicy wing contest at SXSW in Austin.
The Syracuse University student newspaper has an article about Eric "Badlands" Booker accompanying ToTs, a peformer who bills himself as the "potato rap pioneer".
Johnnie Excel qualified for Wing Bowl 21 by eating 20 grilled cheese sandwiches in under 12 minutes. In other Wing Bowl 21 news, Rick "The Manager" Russo has a new video for his anthem and the mini-profiles of the competitors have been updated. (The DC representative "Large" Todd King, won the 2012 Washington Wing Bowl.) update Philly.com has an article
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Rick "The Manager" Russo has produced an anthem and music video for Wing Bowl 21. (via Craig Reed)
Stacy "Eatorama" McCarthy has produced a song called "Hungry Man" about his 2013 Wing Bowl quest.
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