Grab A Stack of Rock

No Show Tonight – Saturday Show Instead!

Happy Friday, folks!   Grab A Stack of Rock has been rollin’ without a week off since September 1!  I was going to take this week of for a break, but then Harrison and Jex said “We wanna do a show without you on Saturday night!”  I said “OK!”  Stay tuned tomorrow for those details.

Next week is a special one for us.  It will mark one year since that fateful morning on October 28 2022 when I said to Harrison, “Are you free, and do you feel like going live tonight?”  To celebrate one year of Grabbing Stacks of Rock, I’ll be recapping all the episodes since January 5 2023, and we will have a special anniversary episode on the 27th.  Special theme, special guests (including at least one new one!), and all the party favours.

That’s all I can say for now!  Stay tuned; the action’s just getting started!

Be like Paul Shortino, and Grab A Stack of Rock with us!

August in Paradise

I have not had time to put together a new cottage video yet, due to the insane amount of photos and footage I’ve accumulated.

It was another very busy five day weekend!  I did two shows (one Grab A Stack of Rock, and one Tim’s Vinyl Confessions).  We listened to a lot of music – Arkells, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Y&T, Night Ranger, and more.

In this photo set you can see:

  • My recording location for Tim’s Vinyl Confessions, by fireside.
  • Jen and I jamming some acoustic bass on the porch.
  • The Iron Sheik!
  • The beach at sunset.
  • A 400,000,000 year old rock!

 

Paul Shortino joins the new Grab A Stack of Rock intro video

After Friday’s show, you knew I had to do this.  The synch worked out pretty well!

The Grab A Stack of Rock Intro Video Odyssey

Back when Harrison and I first launched Grab A Stack of Rock in late 2022, we needed an intro song.  Jen and I had written some lyrics and a melody, but Tee Bone Erickson turned them into a song.  I am proud to have now turned his song into a record.  I decided to have a custom Grab A Stack 7″ picture disc cut by vinylart.co.  I’ve done this before with two other songs (one by Max the Axe and one by Dr. Kathryn Ladano) and though the sonic results are below par, I don’t care as I didn’t have the records made to play them.

Because I’m an idiot, I had this particular record made so I could use it in the new intro video.

Yeah.

That was $60 right there.  For roughly nine seconds of video.

We artists…not only do we suffer for our art, but we also go broke for it too.

I don’t make any money here, folks.   I do it for fun.

Doing this intro video (over and over again) was a true labour of love.  For our first show, we didn’t have the name yet, so I just ran the LeBrain Train intro video.  By the second show, we had the song but no video, so I made a quickie vid using old LeBrain Train shots.  As the show went on Friday after Friday, I kept updating the video (sometimes weekly) to include new guests and clips.  The version below is the 40th revision!  I’ve done more revisions than shows!

Now, finally I was able to let go of all the old LeBrain Train clips, as good as they often were, and use only fresh Grab A Stack content.  It has been quite an odyssey to get to this point, but…as always…I’m proudest of this version.  I think it’s the best one yet.  Jex and Tim both ham it up a bit in this, while a stoic Harrison looks on, stoically.

Friends like these in the video are the reason I keep doing this.  I love it.  I love us!  I love watching us do our thing, in a “greatest hits” kind of video.

I think this is the best one yet, until the next one.

 

 

 

Mostly New, But All Awesome! The Grab A Stack of Rock theme video has been heavily revised!

*pictured above: Gimli, the secret star of the show

Folks, I am so proud of this new show intro! Grab A Stack of Rock is almost at 30 episodes, so the show intro should consist of entirely original footage, should it not? Yes it should!  I’ve finally removed all the old footage and guests from the LeBrain Train shows (I think?) with two exceptions; both clips of original music videos that we still play frequently today.

There are more clips and less photos – the new version is faster and far less static. This means it takes an hour or so to load all the files into my editor, but it’s worth it when the results come out this good.

Our fans and Sarre have spoken, and they want more music and more lists on this show. We’re gonna bring ’em to ya baby.

I want to thanks Harrison Kopp for being awesome support and my rock of a co-host. I wanna thank Jex Russell for bringing a new energy to the show. I wanna thank Rob, John, Tim, Aaron, and Marco for helming some great episodes with me. Dr. K, Grace Scheele, Spenny Rice and Nurse Kat have been generous with their time and made their own episodes something really special to watch. Uncle Meat sparked the concept of this show and he’s in the new theme video too. He did after all make some cameo appearances on special occasions. Also a special thanks to Grant Arthur for welcoming me on his Rock Warehaus and helping me stay focused.

Spoilers:  There’s a new revision coming in a couple weeks with a new opening, but I’m waiting for a specific “prop” to come in the mail.  You’ll see!

Thanks for watching folks.

Alice Cooper’s Top Five Albums + Rarities, with Harrison & Jex

Awesome show tonight hosted by Harrison and Jex!  Top Five Alice Cooper albums, plus a nice collection from Harrison for bonus show & tell.  Harrison has three Alice Cooper albums that I would like to steal from his house.  Which ones?  You’ll have to watch to find out.  But you can check out the boys’ Top Fives below!  And as a bonus, I’ll throw in my Top Five as well.  Check ’em out!

This was one of my favourite shows to watch!  Thank you to Harrison and Jex for doing such an amazing job!  This was a great set of lists, and some awesome show & tell from Harrison.  My list will be drastically different from theirs!

Thanks for watching and we’ll see ya next week for my birthday!

JEX

5. Special Forces (1981)
4. Trash (1989)
3. Constrictor (1986)
2. Killer (1971)
1. Flush The Fashion (1980)

 

HARRISON

5. The Last Temptation (1994)
4. Welcome To My Nightmare (1975)
3. Flush The Fashion (1980)
2. Dirty Diamonds (2005)
1. Special Forces (1981)

 

LeBRAINLESS

5. Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)
4. Killer (1971)
3. Love It To Death (1971)
2. Welcome To My Nightmare (1975)
1. School’s Out (1972)

 

Grab A Stack of Alice Cooper with Harrison & Jex: LeBRAINLESS!

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With the Mad Metal Man & Jexciter: LeBRAINLESS!

Episode 28:  Alice Cooper Rarities & Cinco de Listo!

I’ve been wanting to do something for a long time:  Take a day off, sit back, and watch Harrison host the show without me.  Seriously!  I’ve always wanted to do that.  Today I get my wish.  For the first time ever, I get to watch Grab A Stack of Rock from the audience.

Join Harrison and Jex tonight as they show off highlights of their their Alice Cooper collections!  They will also be bringing back “Cinco de Listo” for the first time in ages, to count down an Alice Cooper TBA list that will rock your minds.

With the Coop’s 29th (not including the Hollywood Vampires!) new studio album Road coming soon, the time is perfect to revisit one of the greatest stars in all of metal history.  Ladies and gentlemen…Alice Cooper!

Friday July 14 at 8:00 P.M. E.S.T. / 9:00 P.M. Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or on Facebook!

New Grab A Stack show intro, now with more Jex!

By popular demand, here’s an updated version of the show intro!  Now featuring more Jex Russell!

Here’s some site news.

  1. Jex has contributed his first guest shot – a review of a movie that we will be discussing August 12 on Tim’s Vinyl Confessions.
  2. We have plans for a very unique show on Grab A Stack of Rock – a show first.
  3. I appreciate all the support I have received over the last two months.  Music will become more of the central focus here once again.
  4. The feedback is unanimous.  List shows are coming back.  There will be more Nigel Tufnel Top Tens and the return of Cinco de Listo.
  5. Jen is feeling much better lately, and will be contributing more to the site in the future!  She wants to do more guest appearances on live streams, and we have plans to write an episode from the Tee Bone Man Multiverse!

Stay frosty,

Mike

 

Grab A Stack of Rock Shirts & Merch are arriving!

Just look at these handsome devils and one Dr. of Music!

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