Thank you Tim Durling for asking me to sit with you on this special Steve Perry episode of Tim’s Vinyl Confessions!
Happy birthday Steve Perry!
Video Blogs
Sunday Screening: “Fort Max” unfinished clip
On Friday night’s LeBrain Train, G1 Fortress Maximus was my #4 favourite Transformer of all time. I don’t have a G1, but I have an (even better) Encore reissue. I mentioned during the show that although the figure is now in storage, I did film an animated Transformers movie starring the toy. He featured in a big battle scene with Galvatron, an homage to their original fight in Marvel’s Transformers #79. I filmed the whole thing on the May long weekend in 2013 but lost my script and never edited it together.
However I’ve dusted off a couple shots, edited them together and I present to you a clip from the unfinished film Transformers 4: Fortress Maximus.* Music is “Immortal” by Max the Axe, from Trillion Dollar Threats.
* The series is as follows:
- The Transformers: Death and Rebirth of Optimus Prime (unreleased)
- Transformers 2: Revenge of the Schnauzers
- Transformers 3: The Ghost of Starscream (unreleased)
- Transformers 4: Fortress Maximus (unfinished)
VIDEO: Dashcam Idiots #3 – Oh sure, you just go.
Went out for five minutes to get Jen a coffee. Came back to this thanks to an accident on Highway 8. This is the spilloff traffic.
Sunday Screening: LeBrain Train Season Three intro by Tee Bone, rev 006
We are nothing if not perfectionists! Tee Bone was determined to get every single guest* we’ve ever had on the LeBrain Train into this intro vid, and I present to you the new updated version that we’ll be using on the next episode. This time Tee Bone started using actual show clips in place of screen grabs in some shots, and I’ll tell you, seeing all that smiling and laughing brings warmth to my heart.
Can you spot everyone?
* caveat
- LeBrain
- Deke
- Patrick Gagliardi
- Greg Fraser
- Brian Hamilton
- Polychuck
- Frank Loffredo
- Kevin “BuriedOnMars”
- J.
- Sarca Sim
- Rob Barton
- Dr. Kathryn Ladano
- Steph Honde
- Trevor “Assthwaite”
- Jacob Moon
- Geoff Stephen
- Aaron “KeepsMeAlive”
- John “2Loud2Old” Dreyfuss
- Rob Daniels
- Gimli
- Max the Axe
- Eric “Uncle Meat”
- Brent Jensen
- Tee Bone Erickson
- Ryan Williams
- Robert Lawson
- Dravonous Helsing
- Tim Durling
- Marco the Contrarian
- Saige Weeping Willow Creations
- Martin Popoff
- Scott Peddle
- Mike Slayen
- Lana Music Forever
- Erik Woods
- Mike Fraser
- Andy Curran
- Sean Kelly
- Bonnie Ladano
- Phoebe
- Paul Laine
- Dan Fila
- Shawn Minden
- T-Rev
- Harrison the Mad Metal Man
- Michael Morwood
- and LakeCam!
VIDEO: Last weekend at the lake, music by Dr. Kathryn Ladano
VIDEO: Max the Axe – Oktoberfest Cheer (2021)
Today is the last day for Oktoberfest…but “Oktoberfest Cheer” goes on and on!
From the new EP Oktoberbest Cheer, written by Mike Koutis, here is the video for “Oktoberfest Cheer”. Have a schnitzel on a bun and a frosty cold one, and get your copy at Encore Records in Kitchener, or by dropping us a line here.
- Mike Koutis – guitar
- Eric Litwiller – lead vocals
- Mike Mitchell – bass
- Dr. Dave Haslam – drums
- Accordion by Catherine Thompson
Notes: Since Eric deleted the only rehearsal footage of “Oktoberfest Cheer”, I was forced to use the video for “Randy” live at the Boathouse somewhat ham-fistedly. However this works perfect with the punky off-the-rails nature of the song. Speeding things up and slowing things down hides a multitude of sins in the edit, and the Keystone Cops flavour of the high-speed footage lends a comedic profile to the video. Which is necessary for any song that contains lyrics like “don’t crush my smokes, don’t spill my beer.”
VIDEO: Misty Weekend (with Max the Axe )
A visual supplement to Record Store Tales #944: Mosquito Song
Playing around with faster editing to suit the musical track: “Thirsty and Miserable”, the new Black Flag cover by Max the Axe, from the Oktoberfest Cheer EP. Enjoy a good look at some wild (and probably poisonous) mushrooms! Cameo by Classic Loki.
VIDEO: Star Wars – Escape From Death Star reissue board game / Tarkin figure unboxing
VIDEO: Mail Call! 6 CDs from Robert
I thought these six CDs had been lost in the mail. I am so, so glad to be wrong.
VIDEO: Max the Axe – “Pygmy Blowdart” – vertical video performance !
“Pygmy Blowdart” (2021 Koutis)
- Mike Koutis – Guitar
- Eric Litwiller – Lead Vocals
- Mike Mitchell – Bass
- Dr. Dave Haslam – Drums
From the brand new EP Oktoberfest Cheer.
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