Gratitude to Kevin / Buried On Mars for helping me get started with Streamyard. Thanks to the insightful Mr. Mars, and thanks to the perseverance of Mr. Books, today we accomplished a few goals:
Successfully test streamed with the one and only Aaron of the KMA on board, full video and audio, for the first time ever.
Cleared up some other issues when streaming with a co-host, such as mirrored images and working from a PC.
This test stream went on for an hour as our impromptu chat developed. We talked music, guitars, the Community, Covid, school, Paul Rudd, and Skip the Dishes. This little unofficial bonus episode is now available for you to watch below. But the significance is huge to me. Now I can have up to five additional co-hosts on future shows. The game has changed. The sky is the limit!
Thanks to Rob Daniels for this episode’s title! This week, I took a trip back to 1980 to discuss some 40 year old albums, in a little more depth than usual. We each chose three to reminisce on. There are dozens of critical albums we could have picked from that year, so we each chose three that we important to us on a personal level.
The stories flow like beer, and the laughter can be heard from one side of Ontario to the other. Join us as Mike mocks the Leafs and talks music.
Points of interest:
To start with some unboxings, go to 0:02:55 of the stream
The 1980 retrospective starts at 0:09:45 in the stream.
Attention: Geoff Stephen!! 0:14:00.
For the Back In Black shenanigans skip to 1:28:20.
There’s some audio lag on the latter part of the video; sorry about that. I hope you enjoy this chat as much as we did!
Too exhausted to write after that white-knuckle drive home. I am disappointed that the camera footage doesn’t convey the sheer terror of 5-6 feet of visibility in near non-stop rain.
So this is what you get, no metal reviews today, just a video of the drive home set to music. After editing (I slowed the video down in some of the small towns so you could get a better look at rural Ontario) it came to be the exact length of a song that I can use called “A Beautiful Day” by Tempted Fate, a Raw M.E.A.T band. Contrary to the lyrics though, it was thankfully not a beautiful day to die and we made it home in one piece although exhaused from the effort.
Sunday was what we call an “indoor day” at the lake. This is what I did with my indoor day.
The video took me most of the day, because my poor old laptop (10, this year) couldn’t handle all of the large files at once. So I started over from scratch and figured out a workaround until I was done about 7 hours later. I cooked, I went outside, I played with action figures, and I drank coffee until it finally saved without errors.
This video should scratch itches for a variety of people including:
1) Max the Axe fans – the full song “Randy” is included.
2) Dr. Kathryn Ladano fans – the full song “Masked” is included.
3) Those who enjoy driving videos. This is my first extensive use of my dash cam.
4) Nature buffs. You will hear real lake noises, rainstorms, and waves. You will see more cool underwater footage from the beaches of Lake Huron, and the legendary Greatest Sunset in the World.
5) Marvel / action figure fans. Look for a special “Build A Figure” Hulk.
You will not get:
1) Audio of me singing “Kissing Time” by Kiss; this was lost with the first version of the video.
2) Any of my pork chops.
But you can freely:
1) Live vicariously through me and absorb the good vibes through your monitor and speakers.
While visitors showing up on our little private road was not unexpected on a long weekend, it is disappointing when they show such little respect for the people who live here. A guy parked his ATV on our grass and said “Don’t get your knickers in a bunch” when my mom asked several times for him to move it. This came after arguing that he had the right to park there due to a “snow allowance”. There is no such thing.
Then we had Kenny the fireworks guys shooting off a “truck bed” full of firepower at 9:30 Saturday night. That was…distracting. As much as I love this place it certainly has changed in the last 45 years. Enjoy the video — the good the bad and the ugly!
That was intense! What follows is two hours of stories, friendship, music, hardship, music, childhood, Record Store Tales, music, and emotion. I don’t think I’ll be able to do a show like this one again. But I’m glad I did it and thank you for watching.
This episode may not be for everyone and I will warn you right from the start that there are some serious heavy, raw emotions about to outpour. This is your trigger warning. There is very little in this live stream that I have not written about in the past so if you have been reading Record Store Tales and Getting More Tale, then you’re all caught up anyway.
You gotta give Aaron from the KMA credit for several things. One, for bringing the Community together. Two, for his thoughtful and generous nature. And three, apparently, for clairvoyance.
Long before I decided on this week’s KISS theme, Aaron sent me a birthday gift. You won’t believe it. Clairvoyance? Obviously!
This was an action-packed show and to help you navigate, here are the highlights:
I included the pre-show portion of the stream in this video. To hear two awesome Max the Axe tunes, “My Daddy Was a Murderin’ Man” and “Magnum P.I.“, go to 0:01:20 of the stream.
For the epic Aaron Unboxing, check out 0:12:20 of the stream.
To begin 80s KISStory, go to 0:18:20 and rock!
For a sneak preview of a comedy bit that I recorded for Sausagefest 2020 (spoiler free), skip to 0:25:00.
To check out a host of cool ReAction figures, go to 1:26:00. They Live, Ghost’s Papa Emeritus, Aliens, and the Transformers.
The rest of the gang has the weekend off, giving me the opportunity to go solo, just like Peter Criss did in 1980! Join me Friday July 24 at 7:00 PM E.S.T. for this week’s live show.
We will be discussing 80s ! From Unmasked to H.I.T.S. and everything in between. Am I still wrong on Unmasked? Has my opinion changed further since my 2017 re-review? 80s Kiss is such a rich subject, with multiple lineup changes and a steady stream of polarizing music. I hope you will enjoy and participate in the topics I have lined up.
As an added BONUS there will also be a birthday unboxing! Who is this parcel from? You know him and love him too. Suffice to say he always sends something interesting….
Join me at 7:00 PM E.S.T. for your thrills in the night. Facebook: Michael Ladano
A great time was had by all, as I tackled the fallout of the 1990s in Lead Singer’s Disease: a live stream about all the singers and bands that parted ways in that decade. Motley Crue, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Anthrax and Skid Row are the focus.
Some minor technical issues could not hamper a great discussion. Enjoy the show!
Tune in tonight for another Live Streamin’ Weekend!
Forgoing the list format, it’s open discussion with your feedback. This week’s subject is called “Lead Singer’s Disease” and we will be discussing the tumultuous 1990s and the lead singers that found themselves replaced in major rock bands. From Motley to Maiden, some of these singers were fired, replaced, then those replacements were fired, and on and on! The 1990s were utter chaos. One minute your favourite band were releasing a new album, next minute the singer is gone. I will be revisiting this era with bands you knew about and a few you forgot.
There will also be, with any luck, improved audio due to a new microphone that tested out well in a test stream. There might even be visual effects!
We thought we were counting down the next 11 live abums of all time — Nigel Tufnel’s Next Top Ten, #12 to 22 — but I received so many lists from people new and old that we actually did plenty of 1-11 lists too. Confusing? Maybe. Fun? Absolutely!
You’ll find a tremendous variety of material in these lists, from several sections of the record store. Some truly out of the box lists here, and I hope you’ll be inspired to check out some of these albums.
I also did a new release unboxing from John T. Snow. To skip directly that, watch from 0:08:40 of the stream.
For the commencement of the lists, skip to 0:10:55 of the stream.
Attention Aaron: Go to 0:19:35 of the stream!
To see a neat video of underwater rocks that I was uploading as the stream began, check out 0:02:50.
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES!
After some viewer feedback and discussion, I’ve decided to make some changes for the next streams. While I’m thrilled beyond words that this has become a popular thing, 10 lists is a record. I’d like to scale things back again to the earlier days of the Nigel Tufnel Top Ten lists. Five lists? Six tops? That’s a good number, and it’s perfect for the viewer to absorb. The featured lists would belong to the two co-hosts, and the rest to contributors. There have been so many list submissions from such a variety of people that I hate to have to exclude anyone at all, but I need to keep it manageable.
I’m not sure how to decide what lists to use if 10 people want to submit lists again. When I do a show on soundtracks (this is being planned) then obviously I need to feature a Rob Daniels list. It’s also a delight to get new names included, so first-timers have to be considered too. Suggestions on deciding these things are welcome.
We have time to figure it out. Deke is an eager co-host, and I love the Thunder Bay perspective that he brings to his episodes. He has some cool ideas that I am excited about, and next week’s show could be a completely different format. There have been plenty of list idea submissions too — I think we have at least 10 or 12 more to do. There will be other co-hosts in the second seat as well. Glitchy as it may be at times, Facebook Live continues to be the best platform for these live streams. (Fortunately for the non-Facebookers, I can get the Youtube video up the next day.) I’ll be continuing to use it in the foreseeable future. The screen sharing ability is terrific. If Zoom can be used to stream openly on Facebook (which has my biggest audience) then please comment below. Otherwise I’m going to use the Facebook Live screen-sharing ability for cohosting duties. It seems only certain mobile devices have this ability; you’ll know if you see a green prompt informing you that you can join the stream.
Leaner. Meaner. Streamer. Let’s keep this summer rocking.
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