Please join me in congratulating “visionary bass clarinetist” Dr. Kathryn Ladano on her recent win of the 2025 K-W Oktoberfest Rogers Women of the Year, in the category of Arts & Culture. Dr. Kathryn, a professional musician and former teacher, suffered a devastating concussion that required five years (and counting) of therapy to function again, and the fight is still not over.
Hear all about it in her acceptance speech below. It’s not just about her.
They even pronounced our last name right. You can feel the emotion in the room.
GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man Episode 88: Musical Odds n’ Sods: A Grab A Stack of Rock Collection
We have had our first bump in the road with our 50 Years of Iron Maiden series: Mike had come down with his second case of Covid. Fortunately, we have been prepared for occurrences such as this, and we have already pre-recorded an episode to buy us a week if necessary. This is that week: Welcome to Musical Odds n’ Sods!
In this episode you will see topics including:
Fake KISS Autographs
Vertigo Records in Ottawa and Japanese Deep Purple imports
Record Store Tales
A Day in the Life of a Record Store Guy
Tom’s frozen winter beater car
Hot Wheels ZZ Top Eliminator car
Beat Up in a Mascot Suit
Metallica’s Fan Can #4
Secret method for unwrapping CDs
Record Store Photo Gallery
Unboxing 7 Japanese import CDs from Discogs
Unboxing Sloan Twice Removed box set
Dr. Kathryn Ladano “Evil Kirk” animation attempts
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son MuchMusic interview (1988)
Easter eggs
I have to admit, I enjoy watching this episode myself. There is so much variety here to enjoy. Join me in the comments tonight!
Friday January 31 at 7:00 P.M. E.S.T. / 8:00 P.M. Atlantic. Enjoy on YouTube.
It seems like a lifetime ago, that I co-wrote and recorded the only song I’m on that has ever been officially released. On August 6 2010, I sat down at my computer and wrote the lyrics to what would become one of the strangest songs on Kathryn Ladano’s CD, Open. And yes, you can buy it on iTunes or on compact disc. Just search for Ladano!
Kathryn performs mostly improvised instrumental music, and “Evil Kirk” was to be the only spoken word piece on the album. I had been bugging her for a while to appear on one of her albums, but considering that I’m not a very good singer, and she doesn’t use vocals, it seemed all but impossible. I had thrown around an idea of doing an “Optimus Prime Trilogy” – the life, death, life, death, life, and final death of the Marvel Comics version of the character. This didn’t click with her, but eventually she thought of doing something about Captain Kirk. “Evil Kirk” refers to the original Star Trek episide “The Enemy Within”, in which a transporter accident splits Kirk into good and evil halves. Kathryn loved the episode (probably because there was an alien puppy dog with a horn and antennae), and she really loved William Shatner’s hilariously overwrought performance.
We had an idea of doing the lyrics as a rough series of favourite Kirk quotes. We’d avoid the obvious stuff like “Khaaaaaaan!” and focus on some of our personal favourites. On a personal level, I wanted to honour all eras of Kirk to date, which meant the Chris Pine movies too. Today, Paul Wesley plays an excellent modern take on the character in Strange New Worlds, but when we recorded “Evil Kirk”, Chris Pine was the guy.
We did four takes. I present to you the lyrics to “Evil Kirk” as they appear in my notes, with notations on the origins of each Kirk quote. This is not exactly word for word how it went on the album, but how I wrote it initially. Minor changes are a part of improvisation!
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Message, Spock?
The Wrath of Khan takes place on Kirk’s birthday. Spock gifts his friend an ancient printed book of A Tale of Two Cities. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” is Kirk reading the opening sentence of the novel. He then asks Spock if there was a hidden meaning to this gift. None except “happy birthday, surely the best of times.” But Kirk is not happy getting old and fat behind a desk. This theme of aging runs through the film.
Of all the souls I have known His was the most Human.
I truly believe that Spock’s funeral scene in The Wrath of Khan is some of Shatner’s very best emoting in his long career. This line comes from his eulogy for his best friend. When he stumbles and pauses before the word “human”, you can feel the grief as if it were real. The way his face wrenches up before he says the word…I admit it brings tears to my eyes!
No more blah, blah!
From season one, episode eight: “Miri”. A planet of children frustrates Kirk with their chanting of “blah, blah, blah!” In a rage, Kirk responds “NO MORE BLAH BLAH BLAH!” I shortened it to “blah blah” because that’s the way it sounded to me. This is sort of a recurring chorus.
Did I ever tell you, you play an irritating game of chess, Mr. Spock?
From the second pilot episode, “Where No Man Has Gone Before”. In order to introduce the characters to the TV audience, Spock’s logical side is showcased here. “Irritation? Ah yes, one of your Earth emotions,” says Spock before Kirk checkmates him. “Sure you don’t know what irritation is, Mr. Spock?” smiles Kirk.
So why don’t you get some more guys and it’ll be an even fight.
The first Chris Pine line in the song. This is from the 2009 Star Trek movie, when a civilian Kirk gets into a bar fight with some Starfleet personnel.
You can whistle really loud, you know that?
Same scene, same movie. This is when Captain Pike breaks up the brawl and sits Kirk down for a little chat about his future.
No more blah,blah!
Of all things, a god needs compassion.
From the second pilot episode again. Kirk’s closest friend since the Academy, Gary Mitchell, has acquired god-like powers. As he goes slowly mad with power, Kirk reminds him of the fundamentals of godhoood.
What does God need with a starship?
From the much-maligned fifth Trek movie, directed by Shatner himself. The USS Enterprise goes to find “God” at the center of our galaxy. The “god” requests the Enterprise to be his chariot. The charade doesn’t last, as Kirk questions him why a god would need a starship.
Our missions are peaceful…not for conquest.
Season one, episode 18: One of our favourite episodes, “Arena”. Known to casual fans as “the one with the Gorn”, Kirk is sent down by the Metrons to do hand to hand combat with an alien lizard. You can bet, his shirt gets torn.
Worlds are conquered, galaxies destroyed…but a woman is always a woman.
A great line right out of the 1960s, from season one, episode 13: “The Conscience of the King”. Known as “the one with Kodos the Executioner”. This line is regarding Kodos’ beautiful daughter. Not a personal favourite episode, just a great line.
No more blah, blah!
Take me back! Please! I want to live!
I’m Captain Kirk… I’M CAPTAIN KIRK!
Also from “The Enemy Within”. The only way to fix the split good/evil Kirk problem is to re-combine them. Yet, the evil one doesn’t want that. He wants to live! This is a moral quandary that Star Trek would revisit again in episodes like “Tuvix”. A harrowing performance, if campy.
Yeoman, I owe you an explanation…The transporter malfunctioned, divided me, created a duplicate…The animal part of me came to your cabin…He even scratched me to make us look more alike…I’d like the chance to explain it to you…You don’t mind if I come to your cabin later?
A great line from “The Enemy Within”, as Evil Kirk tries to seduce Janice Rand, played by Grace Lee Whitney in season one of the show. The Evil Kirk is lying of course. He is up to no good!
No more blah,blah!
Second star to the right…and straight on ’til morning.
From Peter Pan, but also from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (“the one with Kim Cattrall”). On the Enterprise-A’s final voyage, they are ordered to return home for decommissioning. Kirk and crew decide to tell Starfleet to “go to hell”. When asked for course and heading, Kirk responds with the Peter Pan line. This is also something of a throwback to the ending of the very first Star Trek motion picture. When asked for a course, Kirk responds, “Over there…thataway.”
Everybody remember where we parked.
A funny line from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. The crew park a cloaked Klingon Bird of Prey in the middle of a park in Los Angeles, circa 1986. The film might be better known as “the one with the whales”.
How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life.
Kirk’s line of wisdom to Saavik, played by Kirstie Alley, in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. When she fails the Kobayashi Maru test, a no-win scenario, Saavik questions the purpose of a test where everyone dies, in every possible situation.
If Spock were here, he’d say that I was an irrational, illogical human being for going on a mission like this… Sounds like fun!
I felt I had to be inclusive, and I couldn’t ignore Kirk’s only appearance in a Next Generation-era project. Star Trek: Generations (“the one where Kirk dies”) is derided by many fans for a swirly-wirly timey-wimey plot and some continuity issues, which we will get to. This line here is a fan-service reference to Spock, when Picard offers Kirk one more chance to “make a difference”.
No more blah,blah!
I’ve always known…I’ll die alone.
Speaking of continuity, this line from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (“the one where they meet God”) is a problem. When Kirk eventually dies, Picard is by his side. Fans have ret-conned this to mean that Kirk knew he would die without any of his friends.
What is a Man, but that… lofty spirit… that sense of, Enterprise! That devotion to something that cannot be Sensed… cannot be… Realized, but only… DREAMED! The HIGHEST Reality!
Season two, episode eight: “I, Mudd!” The second of several appearances for Harcourt Fenton Mudd, delightful rogue and scammer. Played by Roger C. Carmel in the original and animated series, Mudd was later portrayed by Rainn Wilson in Star Trek: Discovery and Short Treks. In “I, Mudd”, a planet of human-like androids is the scene for a comedic Trek. Kirk’s line here is about what it means to be human, a common theme in all of Star Trek.
It was…fun.
Kirk’s final line of dialogue to Picard, before he dies in Generations. Fans actually cheered his death in theaters. That’s when Paramount knew their movie was in serious trouble.
KHAN!
OK, so I did use the line initially, but during the performance, we knew it wasn’t right. Ending it with “It was…fun” made more sense.
And that’s “Evil Kirk” for you, line by line. I wish I could do just one more take of it, as I think I have better control of my voice now, but I think the final version is pretty good.
And the Oscar for Best Music Video Re-enactment goes to: JEX RUSSELL!
Folks, Jex could not make it to the show live tonight, but he prepared his list in advance and appeared by video. And folks…Jex knocked it out of the park this week. That’s all I’m going to say. Jex also provided physical product in the shape of vinyl for his picks.
Between Jex, Dr. Kathryn and I, we ended up covering some of the best music videos for:
Canadian content
Impact and influence
Cool factor
Mid-80s metal icons
Pop classics
Obscure gems
What we didn’t cover, the comments section did! Thank you for watching and commenting on this show. On a personal note, this was a technical challenge this week as I had to manage 21 individual video files for presentation, but fortunately it went off with very few glitches!
If you watch only one thing today, watch Jex Russell’s #1 pick.
See you next week with D’Arcy Briggs and Nurse Kat as we celebrate the release of the new Arkells album Disco Loadout!
GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man
Episode 59: Top Five Music Videos From Our Childhoods
This show is a little different, and has been in the planning stages since February. Tonight on Grab A Stack of Rock, we present to you our Top Five Music Videos from our childhoods! Dr. K will be in the special panel tonight, with Jex Russell providing his list but unavailable to go live. This particular grouping is interesting, because Dr. K and I grew up during the dawn of MuchMusic, but Jex Russell is a little younger and grew up with a completely different set of music videos.
Either way: nostalgia on tap tonight!
Here’s the new twist: Normally we show off physical product on our show. It is called “grab a stack of rock”, after all. This time, the stacks of rock will be in the form of short video clips from each of our picks, that we will show and comment over tonight! I have personally edited these clips myself, and if all goes well, this should be a lot of fun. We are all psyched to see how this works.
Wish us luck tonight as we try something new! Either way, you can expect lots of laughs, some music history, and some cool music videos! Tonight on Grab A Stack of Rock!
Friday May 10 at 7:00 P.M. E.S.T. / 8:00 P.M. Atlantic. Enjoy on YouTube or onFacebook!
Happy 50th episode to us! This was a special episode to me. Watching it back now, what made last night’s show really special wasn’t so much the cassettes. Rather, it was the stories! The memories came flooding back as we looked at piles of cassettes from ages past. With Dr. Kathryn’s recently exhumed cassingle collection on hand, we were joined by Jex Russell and John T. Snow for a nostalgic evening.
Playing “Bad Boys” by Inner Circle at a fancy wedding.
Buying cassingles by Van Halen in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
The value of Bryan Adams’ live B-sides.
Collecting a rare Cult cassette box set with all the extras.
Bands that Kathryn has seen live and owns on cassette, such as Roxette and Rod Stewart.
A US version of a Def Leppard single vs. the Canadian.
Songs/version that are still exclusive to the cassette format.
Whitesnake every Christmas.
Collecting bonus tracks on cassette and throwing temper tantrums when the CD didn’t have the bonus track.
Summery memories of Bon Jovi, ZZ Top, Cheap Trick, Britny Fox and Poison.
Ratt, Dangerous Toys, “Digalog”, “Q-Sound” and more.
We also took a peak at Tri-Con in Kitchener, where Dr. Kathryn met members of the Degrassi cast, Rob Daniels, and some Mandalorians. She had much praise for the Degrassi folks, and you’ll have to make sure you don’t miss this segment at the end.
Congratulations to Marco D’Auria, last week’s special guest, for the nomination of his film Mystique: Standing on the Firing Line at the Canadian Independent Film Festival! The DVD is on sale all February.
Stay tuned for John Snow’s “The Collection” starting February 20.
Bonus: We unboxed the recent reissue of the rare Starchild album Children of the Stars (featuring Greg “Fritz” Hinz of Helix), and a recent Rock Candy reissue of Europe’s The Final Countdown with more bonus tracks than before.
Apologies to Facebook; the Streamyard streams have not been working on Facebook at all and their team is still looking into it.
See you again next week for Too Much Music Part 2!
Welcome to the 50th episode of Grab A Stack of Rock! Special occasions require special guests.
Dr. Kathryn recently dug up her 80s cassette collection. Like her brother, she was interested in collecting rarities and B-sides on singles. We will see a number of cassette singles from the pop rock realm including Bryan Adams, Cheap Trick, Glass Tiger, and more. John Snow, Jex Russell and I will also be bringing the vintage cassette tapes for this special show & tell.
Additionally we have a slideshow from Tri-Con at the Museum in Kitchener last month, where Dr. K met some celebrities from Degrassi Jr. High, and saw some cool props from Doctor Who and Star Trek. There may have been some Mandalorian sightings as well!
Tune in tonight and take part in the comments with our special guests and cool collectibles from the 1980s.
Friday Feb 9 at 8:00 P.M. E.S.T. / 9:00 P.M. Atlantic. Enjoy on YouTube,or Facebook!
Show #21, May 26 2023 was chock full of guests! I had more scores from Max the Axe’s Trillion Dollar Treats to show. John Snow, Tim Durling, Harrison Kopp, Jex Russell, and Dr. Kathryn (via video) all had new stuff, including brand new releases and rarities. This was a cottage show once again, and plenty fun one at that.
Show #22, June 2, 2023, was one we did for ourselves. My wife Jen has found Lego to be helpful in her healing, and so we have started to buy Lego again. With that in mind, Harrison, Rob and Dr. Kathryn came on board to show off Lego and toys. Jen returned as well, with her Spice Girls Lego set! Dr. Kathryn revealed the secret to identifying Lego blind minifigure packs, though this is now obsolete due to Lego transitioning to boxes. This show was tremendous fun despite the limited appeal.
Show #23, June 9, 2023 happened at the cottage! For that reason, my co-host Jex and I decided to do a special list show. After many comments and requests, the Nigel Tufnel Top Ten lists were back. With Rob Daniels sending in a list via email, Jex and I counted down the Top 11 Albums to Play at the Cottage! Jex debuted his new moustache for this episode, giving Harrison a run for his money. “We’re back, baby!” I announced. This popular show proved that lists were still a viable way to go forward, and they would be critical for the rest of the year.
Show #24, June 16 2023, almost never happened. Jen had a bad seizure and face-planted on the sidewalk. Her entire face was black and blue (and not like the rock band). “The show must go on,” she insisted, and so it did. A huge thank-you to Aaron and Harrison for carrying the show that night. Jex Russell did a brief cameo to show off some rarities, but otherwise the topic was one of our most popular historically: Iron Maiden! We looked at rarities, vinyl, bootleg CDs, beer and menus!
Jen needed some time to recover. Her face was a total mess. The community came together with support and eventually her beautiful face returned to its normal colour. No broken bones.
Show #25, June 23 2023, was another very special one with a brand new guest. I wanted to talk about my new favourite band, the Arkells! What’s an Arkell? Watch this show and find out. Live from the cottage, Aaron and I were joined by megafan Nurse Kat. She saw the band in four different countries 13 times in just 18 months, and has since added many more concerts to her resume. I provided a Nigel Tufnel Top Ten Arkells tracks list. With Kat’s concert footage and fan photos, this was a night to remember.
Show #26, June 24 2023, was the second show in one weekend! A morning show at that! Jex Russell joined me to look at a giant box of cassettes that I found in my parents’ basement. This turned out to be a popular one with the physical media crowd. Inside that box were a number of store-bought cassettes, and ones that I had recorded with home made cover art. It was a real trip of discovery, and only one cassette was destroyed in the process.
For laughs, we parodied a former cast member at the start of the show. All in good fun. Strippers are people too.
Show #27, June 30 2023, we celebrated Canada Day at the cottage with Jex, one day early. We chose our Nigel Tufnel Top Ten Canadian bands that are little-known outside of Canada. This turned out to be the most popular non-heels episode we’ve ever done. It is certainly an episode that I am very proud of. The Spoons, Varga, Teenage Head, National Velvet, the Beaches, Kick Axe, and more. This is a show you definitely want to catch up on if you missed it the first time. I even created a graph for it.
Show #28, July 14 2023, was a brand new thing for me and something I had been wanting to do a long time. For the first time ever, Harrison was host as I took the night off for the first “LeBrainless” episode! Harrison and Jex Russell tacked their Top Five Alice Cooper albums, a well-overdue list show. They did a great job without me, and it was a joy for me to just watch Grab A Stack of Rock for a change instead of hosting it.
Show #29, July 21 2023, was back at the cottage! We had Tim Durling, Grant Arthur, and Aaron KMA on hand to celebrate the birthdays of Harrison and Mike. I showed off my massive birthday hauls and recent arrivals. I also ran a fun slideshow of old birthday party photos from the 70s to the 90s. This was the first birthday show since 2021, since by this time in 2022 I had quit live streaming. A wonderful way to have a birthday party with friends far away. Tim Durling played guitar for us! We also unsealed the new Grab A Stack of Rock 7″ picture disc by Tee Bone Erickson, from vinylart.co. Tee Bone’s first ever music on vinyl!
I wanted to do something special for Show #30, which I called “The Dumbest Thing You Will See on YouTube.” Why?
Show #30, Aug 4 2023, featured me breaking the seal for the first time on my Metallica Master of Puppets box set, purchased four years earlier and still sealed. This was something I wanted to do on camera, because it’s not every day that some idiot unseals a box set that goes for up to $1600 online. We also looked at new arrivals in stickers, vinyl, and Alice Cooper deluxe CDs. Max the Axe attempted to drop in, but was thwarted by technical issues. We’ll try again one day. Perhaps the coolest thing about this episode was showing the brand new Paul Shortino cameo for Grab A Stack!
RECORD STORE TALES #1092: Grab A Stack of Rock (Recap 2) A recap of all our shows to date as we gear up for the first anniversary
It has been a heck of a year…but it has been a year already! Grab A Stack of Rock debuted with no name, on October 28, 2022. It was an impromptu decision to go live, and fortunately Harrison and Uncle Meat were on board. This week, we are celebrating one year of Grab A Stack, with a special list show and special guests. More on that later.
Coming off the biggest show we ever did, Show #10, which has over 1200 views currently, we decided to get nerdy next!
Show #11, Jan 13 2023, saw Rob Daniels, Tim Durling, and Kevin “Buried On Mars” Simister beamed down with Harrison and I to talk Star Trek! It was Kevin’s first time with the new format, and he really brought the Trek. Tim and I were both in uniform, and Harrison had some cool MAD Magazines to show. This was a really fun episode to do, even though that uniform isn’t very comfortable! Soundtracks, books, action figures and much more were shown!
Show #12, Jan 20 2023 was the debut of Dr. Kathryn, and what a debut it was! This was a Karate Kid / Cobra Kai talk, with Rob Daniels and Harrison Kopp. Dr. Kathryn blew everyone away with her expertise on the subject, while showing off some cool stuff including a video from actor Sean Kanan. The stories that night were absolutely incredible. Any fan of Cobra Kai needs to check out this chat!
Show #13, Jan 27 2023 was a brainchild of Tim Durling: Reissue record labels! You know that Tim is a format head, and one of his passions is comparing different printings of albums. Many record labels make their fortunes on reissues. Rock Candy, La-La-Land, Sony Legacy, and so on. We took a good look at some cool things from our collections. Rob Daniels and Harrison Kopp were on hand once again!
Show #14, Feb 3 2023 was MarriedandHeels episode 2.
I took a couple weeks off, but did some informal mini-episodes (un-numbered) while I rested and recuperated after several weeks without a break.
Feb 11 2023 featuring the debut of Jen on Grab A Stack of Rock! I wanted to get her more involved within her abilities. She can’t look at a screen for very long without feeling some effects from it. In this short episode, we unboxed my Marvel Legends T’Challa (Black Panther) figure, just for fun. Jen was a natural! This was a test stream to see how it would work with two of us on one computer, and it worked great!
Feb 19 2023 was another fun mini-episode. I had just received the excellent cassette, Landings, by Grace Scheele. An instrumental concept cassette (cassette!) about the moon landing, Grace hand-packaged each one in aluminium foil. I had to unbox it live, and I had to have her on hand when I did it. Thanks for coming to hang with me, Grace! People, check out this episode and see what love and care looks like when it goes into a physical product.
Show #15, Feb 24 2023 was monumentally important, for it featured a new guest that would have a huge impact on Grab A Stack of Rock. This was the foreshadowing of a new era, because Jex Russell (or the “Friendly Frenchman” as I called him back then) came on board for the first time. Nice to meet ya! We had John T. Snow back on, for the first time since 2022. Tim and Harrison also returned for this musical gathering of fans.
Show #16, March 3 2023 was MarriedandHeels episode 3, with Harrison Kopp.
March 10…now, that was a night. I had my guests lined up. Jex and Harrison were coming back to do a test stream. Streamyard added a new feature, allowing guests to stream the show to their own social media. About 30 minutes before showtime, I barfed. 10 minutes later, I barfed again and cancelled the show! I barfed seven more times that night and drank about four large things of Gatorade.
Show #16.5, March 24 2023, was not an official episode. We did the test stream, successfully! John Snow, Rob Daniels, Jex Russell and MarriedandHeels joined in. We unboxed some Japanese imports, and we covered Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Kiss, Star Wars, and more. Most importantly, we successfully streamed to the guys’ Facebook pages for the first time.
March 31 was a week off. Why? Because apparently when we went live on March 24, I had Covid! You certainly could not tell! Watch that episode and tell me if I look like a guy with Covid. The following morning, I felt tired and scratchy, so I tested myself. Yep: positive! While I never really got sick (just tired), Jen sure got it bad. I was negative the following week, and back at work.
Show #17, April 7 2023, was the final MarriedandHeels episode, with Jex Russell.
Though her shows were excellent for views, I didn’t pick up new readers or viewers. It was a failed experiment, like putting a big round peg in a little square hole. At least I tried.
I took April 14 off so I could do an excellent discussion on the Neurotic Outsiders, with Grant Arthur, on his show Grant’s Rock Warehouse. We also opened the cottage that weekend, meaning the first ever front porch shows on Grab A Stack of Rock were about to happen! Following this, we took April 21 off.
Show #18, April 28 2023 was the cottage show I had been waiting all year to do! It was another simple one: new arrivals. Kevin the Mars Man was back, as was John T. Snow and Harrison Kopp. Thankfully those guys carried the show, because I was checked out that night. And everything came to a head the following Friday.
Show #19, May 5 2023, was supposed to be Metallica with Kevin, Tim and Harrison. I was going to show off my Black box, but the show was cancelled last minute when drama finally exploded into its inevitable conclusion. The “heels era” was over, and we were about to get serious about music.
Show #19, May 12 2023, was the first of the new era! New life was breathed into the show on this day. My planned co-host (see above) crapped out and didn’t show up, but thankfully Jex Russell did! I also invited Grace Scheele back on, because we did a demo of her cassette! I had a whole box full of treasures that I picked up from Max the Axe’s garage sale, including a Kenwood tape deck. Grace’s cassette sounded awesome on it. Additionally, this was a test of a new time slot: 3:00 PM on Friday afternoons in the summer. To my utter disbelief, views were high! The show went on for two whole hours, as I spun classic Max the Axe videos. It was a fantastic show, and the time slot worked. I was worried I could not get enough viewers on Friday afternoons. I was wrong…very gladly wrong! From this point forward, most cottage shows would be in the afternoon, and Jex would co-host them. I called it the “no more heels tour of 2023”, and it was off to a hell of a start. We even had a chipmunk sighting on camera!
May 17, 2023 happened when I received the new Van Halen Right here, right now live album on vinyl. I had taken the afternoon off work, and I thought, why not go live? Dare I say why not? It was a mini-episode unboxing, and it too was a success despite the fact that most of you should have been working!
Show #20, May 19 2023, was another first for the show: our first star interview! Spencer “Spenny” Rice of Kenny Vs. Spenny fame agreed to talk wresting, and talk we did! Co-host Marco D’Auria really rocked this one, with his encyclopedic knowledge of so many eras of wresting. Spenny may have been the star, but Marco was the star! All I could do was sit back and enjoy! Thank you Spencer Rice for doing this, and thank you Marco for killing it. It was an honour for me to share the screen with you.
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