Going into this show, I didn’t know what to expect. I’m not a big animation guy, as you’ll see. But this was one of the most fun shows we’ve ever done in the umpteen months of this show! The discussions were funny, insightful, and passionate. The picks were diverse with some consensus on key animated films. There was a little bit of CanCon and a little bit of Kiss. And a lot of fun.
I also did a an unboxing of the brand new RSD Triumph Allied Forces 40th anniversary box set (Canadian edition). You gotta see this puppy. Check that out right at the start of the broadcast. After which, the lists commence!
Thanks for watching everyone, this was a blast from beginning to end!
The LeBrain Train: 2000 Words or More with Mike and Friends
Episode 79 – Nigel Tufnel Top Ten Animated films
I agreed to this week’s theme before I really thought it through. When it came down to making my actual list, I realized how few animated movies I’ve seen. However this show will not suck. Rob and Erik know their stuff, and I’m sure Kevin, Lana and Harrison will bring it. That’s your panel this week:
BONUS: Unboxing! You will not believe what Deke and I scored this time. That will happen in the pre-show segment before 7:00. Show up around 6:45 if you want to see the musical bounty we hauled!
We also need to update you on the upcoming schedule and future plans. Stay tuned!
A mid-afternoon swim on Saturday turned into a sleepless Sunday night. The sunburn wasn’t that bad, but we lost track of time in the water and my back was really red. Saturday night I was OK, but Sunday I was not. I feel asleep with no shirt on, on top of the covers, with the air conditioning blasting right onto my back. I woke up in the middle of the night with the worst chill I ever had in my life.
I’ve never had the shivers so bad. It took a Visions In Sound sweatshirt, lots of blankets, and a Jen, but a couple hours later I was warmed up again. I haven’t felt a chill like that since the flu of 2009. I hid under the covers and was sweating for the rest of the night. The lack of restful sleep meant an exhausted Monday.
Birthday Monday, didn’t have any solid plans. Having dinner with my folks was a possibility but I was not feeling well from the lack of sleep and sunburn. Maybe it is age, but it was the second worst sunburn I’ve ever inflicted upon myself. And it was my own fault too; no sunscreen. I’d forgotten how rotten a sunburn can make you feel. Combine that with the effects from the chill the night before, and I was in no mood to be social. A quiet night at home would do.
Except it wouldn’t.
Jen went out in the afternoon to the mall. I wish she wouldn’t spend so long there. We’ve had so many seizures there, usually at the end of her day when she was getting ready to head home. When I started getting confusing text messages from her that didn’t make sense, I knew that it was happening again. I happened to be finished work at that exact moment, so I jumped in the car. It took 10-15 phone calls before she finally picked up. During the seizure she lost her groceries and mobility device. What a nightmare. She recovered all her stuff but…wow.
Not the worst birthday I ever had, but definitely in the bottom five.
The one thing I really appreciated is all the birthday messages. They were the best gift, but the one I really loved was this one from Darr Erickson. Darr wins the 2021 round with this champion of a comment:
Thank you Darr, and to everyone else who wished me a happy birthday this year. And even if you didn’t, thank you anyway, because I know you were thinking it.
This Friday on the LeBrain Train, we’ll have the real celebration. Harrison the Mad Metal Man has chosen to celebrate his own birth on Friday, so it’s a double party! It will be a list show with the theme: Songs that make our skin vibrate! We have have a full panel as well as drop-in guests. Spoiler alert: Brent Jensen will be there! (And he always shows up!)
Help us this Friday to make it a much better celebration. Hope to see you then.
Three brilliant lists tonight, and a new level of graphic majesty from Geoff Stephen! Am I ever glad we decided to “remaster” our Judas Priest top albums list from last year! With the addition of John Snow and Geoff on graphs, we took it to the next level.
Geoff also took his graphs to record peaks. Each album was weighted according to its place on our lists. A #11 pick was worth one point. A #10 was worth two points. A #1 pick was worth 11 points. A perfect score of 33 points would be possible if all three of us picked the same #1. Spoiler alert: one earned 32 points.
Great comments and audience participation this week too! Your panel was myself and…
The LeBrain Train: 2000 Words or More with Mike and Friends
Friday – Episode 68 – Nigel Tufnel Top Ten Judas Priest…Remastered
“Judas Priest,” you ask? “Didn’t you do Judas Priest last year already?”
Yes we did, hence the “Remastered” Nigel Tufnel Top Ten. The old show was on Facebook Live with just Harrison the Mad Metal Man and myself, and most of you missed it. Everything we did a year ago, we can do better now. This will be a quality list show. Why? Because this time you will get some bonus tracks:
John from 2loud2oldmusic (who is working his way through the Priest catalogue)
The audience participation part is why you want to catch the show live! All Judas Priest studio albums qualify for our lists. Then Geoff will graph ’em all!
To see the original Priest list show with just Mike and Harrison, you can view it below. This is roughly a one-year anniversary show for Harrison. His first appearance was May 30 2020.
Our “Remastered” version will be a celebration of Harrison, of Judas Priest, friendship and rock and roll. And you can watch it at the links below.
“I think it was safe to say that was by far my most favourite show.” – Chris T
Thank you Rob, Aaron, T-Bone, Harrison and Meat Man for tonight’s amazing panel. The theme was Nigel Tufnel Top Ten Cover Tunes, brought to you by Meat. Six lists, 66 songs, and very little overlap. Having said that, there was one tune that made three lists, from an album that made four lists. Watch the show to see what it was, or read Aaron’s notes below!
The lists commence at 0:20:30.
Incidentally, this show was record setting in terms of audience participation. So many amazing picks and comments — most of them made in on screen, so check them out.
The LeBrain Train: 2000 Words or More with Mike Ladano
Episode 64 – Nigel Tufnel Top Ten Cover Tunes
This week’s theme comes from your very own Uncle Meat: best cover tunes! And because it’s the Nigel Tufnel Top Ten, that means we’ll each have lists of 11.
As an experiment, and because we have so many special guests lined up, I’ve decided to try doing Saturday shows every once in a while. This will give more friends the chance to participate!
New additions: Tim Durling from the far more popular Tim’s Vinyl Confessions is up on Satuday May 29, at 3:00 PM. You may have seen Tim on The Contrarians — he has done two episodes now. The subject will be best Album Cover Designers. Aaron will be joining us for that one!
We also have a theme for the June 11 show. Best “Blind Buys” — albums you bought without knowing any songs or much about the artists. The panel that night will be Aaron, Sarah, Kevin and, all the way from Scotland, J aka Jim Dead!
The rules were flexible to say the least, but the lists were solid as rock! What 11 albums would you bring with you, if you were stranded on a desert island? And why? Each of us had our reasons and some great lists.
Unfortunately John Snow (2loud2oldmusic) could not make it tonight. He felt terrible about cancelling, but fortunately pinch hitter Aaron from the KMA stepped in at the last minute with a list he made while cooking dinner!
The lists start at 0:25:20, and as always Aaron wrote ’em down. Read ’em at bottom!
The schedule:
April 30: T-Bone returns and we discuss Van Halen’s 5150 in depth. Guests: Kevin (BuriedonMars), Uncle Meat, Superdekes, and Aaron.
May 7: Paul Laine from Danger Danger and the Defiants with co-host John Snow.
May 14: List show by Uncle Meat’s suggestion — Best Cover Tunes — with panel TBA.
May 21: New booking! Sean Kelly (Coney Hatch, Crash Kelly, Helix, Lee Aaron, Trapper, Nelly Furtado) joins us with co-host Deke!
May 28: Dave Lizmi of the Four Fuckin’ Horsemen! Co-host will be T-Rev.
June 4: One year anniversary of Harrison’s first appearance. We re-hash the Top 11 Priest Albums and will have Geoff Stephen to graph it! Co-host is TBA.
June 18: Robert Lawson, author of Still Competition: The Listener’s Guide to Cheap Trick. Hosted by Superdekes.
The LeBrain Train: 2000 Words or More with Mike Ladano
Episode 61 – Desert Island Discs
This topic has been in the hopper a long time. Contributed by longtime reader Holen, the Nigel Tufnel Top Ten Desert Island Discs are the 11 albums you would bring with you if you were stranded on an island (with a hand-cranked record player obviously). Surely a great subject for discussion!
Just as interesting as the lists will be the rationale for inclusion. And remember: it’s more fun when you can watch live and participate yourself! Subscribe to my YouTube and get notified every time I go live, announced or otherwise.
Great show tonight with your co-hosts Harrison the Mad Metal Man, Aaron from KeepsMeAlive, and Superdekes! We talked the Nigel Tufnel Top Ten Iron Maiden Covers/Artwork (that’s a mouthful) and it was awesome. We took a close look at: albums, singles, T-shirts, Reaction figures, MacFarlane figures, and the Neca Powerslave Eddie. If you like Iron Maiden, you automatically love their artwork. Ergo, you need to watch this show!
First we unboxed some brand new Reaction Eddie figures. Go to 0:16:50 of the stream.
Then we wished Steve Harris a Happy Birthday, and commenced with the lists! Go to 0:24:00 of the stream.
After the conclusion of the Maiden lists, we had a freeform chat covering Queensryche’s Operation: Mindcrime, and a newly unearthed Black Sabbath track called “Slapback”. Go to 2:22:45 of the stream to check that out.
Thanks for watching, and if you just want to know what Maiden art we picked, check out Aaron’s hand-written list below! See ya next week!
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