Washed Weekly: Gluggers Only
Someone's on solo dad duty Friday night...
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How About The Absolute Glugger Becks Has At This World Cup Game?
by Will deFries
So, you guys see this thing or what?
No, I’m not talking about last night’s World Cup game or any geo-politics or anything; I’m clearly talking about the absolute glugger David Beckham had at the Scotland versus Brazil on Wednesday night in Miami.
It would be an understatement to say that I’m still in awe at the size of this glass. Going burgundy glass from the owner’s box is true “there’s levels to this” stuff that I didn’t know existed until now. More often times than not, these are TSO situations (“Thick Stems Only” for the uninitiated).
I mean, what do we think he has in this pale? A 2015 Sylvain Cathiard Vosne-Romanée? Seems too expected. Maybe a Domaine Roumier 2015 Échezeaux or even a 2021 DRC Romanée-Conti. I mean, it’s the World Cup after all, right? When you own the team, you might as well bust out a 1945 DRC Romanée-Conti just to show everyone that you do, in fact, have it like that.
I want to pretend this was a candid moment because Becks is naturally cool enough that he doesn’t have to manufacture moments. But I also identified a moment where I’m pretty sure he’s just staring into the camera. See here:
Like, is he joking here? Just slugging back a bowl of red in a packed stadium with Vini Jr. on the field like it’s nothing. Everyday stuff. Just a walk in the park, business as usual. Remarkable.
Sure, I’ve been told about some of the drama surrounding he and his son. I don’t care much for it. And unfortunately, I never scored 121 Premier League goals in N64’s FIFA ‘99 with Beckham’s son. Conversely, I did score 121 Premier League goals with David Beckham in FIFA ‘99. I think you see where my allegiance is beginning to fall. And for that reason, we slug on.
There’s also a part of me that feels like he’s posturing here. He’s on the world stage in front of all his boys. You know he’s rubbing elbows with the bigwigs too, so he has to flex with all eyes on him. Despite owning a club featuring the best player in the history of the beautiful game, it’s still an MLS club which I know he thinks about in the back of his mind. You may be able to afford a Bentley, but it still ain’t a Rolls.
He’s even popping some kettle with the goldest watch you’ve ever seen. The stems on those glasses are thin enough that you could breathe on one and it would break, but he’s essentially swinging a golden hammer by that thing with every reach for the glass.
We haven’t even gotten to the clothes yet! Our earth tone king! Haven’t seen an athlete look this good in all brown since Adam Scott at Augusta. I could never be a t-shirt under a jacket guy, but I also don’t have the chest structure of David Beckham so I won’t judge. What brands do we think he’s wearing? Loro? Or probably something we’ve never heard of from Italy? Either way, I’m betting he can afford more of it should he accidentally spill some of the absolute glugger he’s got up there.
I mean, just look at the size of that thing! It’s huge!
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What I’m Cooking, Drinking, And Watching This Weekend
by Dave
What I’m Cooking
The chatter behind the scenes is that somebody is going to be on solo dad duty Friday night. Interesting. I wonder what a 41, soon to be 42-year-old father of two boys would do in that situation? Well, guess what? That father is me. I guess option 1 would be order food. There’s a decent chance that the boys remember that Friday night is traditionally a JET’s Pizza night in our house. The boys will split a cheese, maybe a pepperoni, if they’re feeling it. But that leaves me to take down a 4-corners all by my lonesome. That’s not in my playbook anymore. I have a hard cutoff at two slices of JET’s famous Detroit style. I think the move is strapping them both into their car seats and taking a little trip to pickup their ‘za. Their ‘za. Not mine.
My evening is tracking a little differently. The current models are showing an increasing likelihood of a nice cut of beef, salted the night before, that will be removed from the fridge to warm closer to room temp as the boys are going down for the night. It’s Dave time. It’s a thing, and it’s catching fire.
This comes to us from our sub-reddit. The user, who is my undisputed Backer of the Week, really put on a clinic with this one. Were the eggs over the asparagus necessary? Aren’t 12 extra grams of quality protein always necessary? To some that might be viewed as “extra,” but to real gainers that’s just the move.
I can’t promise I’ll be able to top this presentation. In fact, I can guarantee I won’t. I can also guarantee I won’t make my own chimichurri like my man did here. But what I can guarantee is that cast-iron skillet will get some work, and I’ll be eating good.
What I’m Drinking
I purchased a Brunello for the beach last week. I was fully committed to opening some grape on the coast, but when grape time rolled around (roughly 8:30 to 10 p.m.), I was gassed. No grape was opened. A disappointment, obviously, but now I have an unopened Renieri looking to get its corked popped. Yes.
What I’m Watching
How about some dragon fights? Yeah? Alright, House of the Dragon it is. It was immediately clear that I should have watched the season 2 finale, at a minimum. We had more than one pause moments to figure out which sigil was which, who was a bastard, etc. But I’m satisfied. Although I famously prefer epic battles to occur on land, and not the sea, I really enjoyed episode 1. What’s that dude sniffing? Ken Sniffey Jr. over here. Oh!
Your Feedback; My Takeaways
A few weeks ago I started a thread on the Circling Back subreddit titled ‘Give us some feedback.’ In this thread, as the title would suggest, I was asking for feedback. One hundred fourteen comments later, I received some feedback.
Below are my main takeaways.
‘Do You Know It?’
One of the most upvoted comments in the thread is about bringing back ‘Do You Know It - a gameshow podcast by Randy Trembacki.’ I co-sign this one. I think this is one of my favorite shows Washed Media has done. It’s so good, so fun, well-prepared, and even though I usually embarrass myself with my lack of music knowledge, I still like to compete.
People forget I did win once.
More Guests
You guys like it when we have guests on. Noted. Please keep in mind that we record at 11 am Monday through Thursday, so getting a guest in the office during peak workday hours is a challenge. We are always looking for and willing to bring guests on, though. The Kelly Keegs episode was fantastic, as were every one when we’ve had Dan, Micah, Ross, or KJ join the show.
It’s Not Visual
Quite a few of you pointed out that you don’t love mentions of “it’s a visual show,” since you only listen to the audio and never watch it on video. I get it. You probably feel a little left out if we’re talking about a picture on the screen, playing a video, or maybe Randy does something super zany that only video watchers get to enjoy.
I don’t know what to tell you here other than the episodes are still probably 95% audio-forward, plus we do make a little more skrilla with Spotify views than we do from strictly audio listeners. But I promise you that fact has not caused us to game the system by including more visual-only content. Honest. We will stay mindful of you audio-only people moving forward.
More Off-Pod Videos
Is there a better way to say this? Native videos? In-office? Organic? Whatever you want to call them, it’s clear you all want more videos of the guys doing shit other than sitting in front of a microphone recording a podcast. I wholeheartedly agree.
To me, this one needs to take top priority, and it’s something we’ve talked about for so long. It doesn’t just need to happen; it has to happen. Cooking at home, behind the scenes in the office, stupid challenges, etc. We have to do much more. No excuses. We might even add a member of Washed that would take on this project.
A Lady
Some of you want a female presence at Washed. In the office, on the episodes, all of it. I don’t disagree. I just mentioned that the Washed family could possibly grow by one in the not-so-distant future. We’ll go with the best candidate. If that’s a female, yuge.
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