Waking Life Espresso, a West Asheville staple for over 5 years, has recently come under fire by locals. Owners Jared Rutledge and Jacob Owens, have been collaborating online to produce a blog and podcast alongside a twitter account about their sexual conquests. “Putting the sweet D in the tender V since 2013” is the title of their online narrative, and includes charming entries such as this:

Their username online, Holistic Game, appears to have been pretty active in the Twitterverse, and included content such as this:

This information originally surfaced on Facebook late last night, and since then, the website and Twitter account have been pulled. Fortunately, the internet is forever and we can provide archived content of the Holistic Game Guys. Click here for Twitter, and here for archived content of the blog.

Now dear readers, you may be wondering how we can possibly know that the Holistic Game Guys are indeed Rutledge and Owens? A podcast under the same name, with 21 complete audio episodes published online, available both through their WordPress blog, Amazon, and iTunes. Thanks to an unnamed source, we have a copy of that podcast for you to listen to below.

Holistic Guys Podcast Episode 4

Holistic Guys Podcast Episode 3

Do the voices sound familiar? Check out this Youtube video, starting 38 seconds in, where Rutledge speaks to a local videographer Andre Mileti about Asheville coffee:

Additionally, we have a photo posted by the HolisticGame Twitter account, with a profile picture featuring Rutledge.

We will continue to offer up more information as it becomes available. If you wish to reach our staff about your experience at Waking Life, please email staff@ashevilleblog.com

Update 2:52 PM, Sept 19 2015

Jared Rutledge has made a statement via pastebin.

When I was in ninth grade, I looked at pornography on my Christian school lab computers. I got suspended for seven days, and walking into chapel the next Wednesday was hellaciously shaming. It felt white hot. To know that everyone in that gymnasium was disappointed and disgusted in me was almost unbearable. But I’d brought it on myself, and there was nothing for it. That’s the way I feel now. I know I’ve said and posted a lot of things that are offensive. Most of my life I’ve struggled with insecurities around dating. I felt like, in the past couple years, that I’d finally gotten a handle on this and experienced more success. So I made a twitter, blog, and got Jacob to podcast with me. We didn’t always say nice things, and sometimes we were downright mean. Sometimes I just vented about frustrating experiences in an immature, hateful, and foolish way. It was in particular a breach of trust to post intimate details about lovers. I was naive enough to think it’d stay anonymous, and I was wrong. So here we are. I grew up in West Asheville and have disappointed and brought shame to the community that raised me, and there’s not really anything I can do to make it right. There are no excuses to be made. The way I’ve phrased and framed my private conduct in a sad and tawdry public way is humiliating. There’s nothing to do but ask your forgiveness for any harm I’ve caused. I’m sorry folks. Jacob and I are both open to sitting down and talking to anyone who might have concerns to address one-on-one.

Update 2:58 PM, September 2015

Jacob Owens has made a public statement: