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Peter and I are already taking a little heat for the title of this episode!  “This album needs no defending,” they say, and while they may be right, let us cast our minds back. After all, it was only 1999 when the Canadian Minister of Movies declares that “the Canadian government has apologized for Bryan Adams on several occasions.”*  In regards to the other complaint, “defence” and “defense” are…

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man 🅻🅸🆅🅴 Episode Episode 152:  An Interview with James Neeson – Mental Health for Metalheads As part of our Music and Metal Health series, please welcome author James Neeson to the show.  Readers who have been with us from the very start 14 years ago will remember James.  Back then he was Jimmy Neeson, aka KingCrimsonProg, right here on the…

Enjoy your Canada Day holiday with Dr. Stompin’ Tom Connors. “It’s Canada Day Up Canada Way” It′s Canada Day, up Canada Way, on the first day of July And we’re shouting hooray, up Canada Way When the maple leaf flies high When the silver jets from east to west go streaming through our skies We′ll be shouting hooray, up Canada Way, when the great parade goes by Oh Canada, standing tall…

BLOTTO – Metalhead – Video 45 (1983 Sony) This review is a slight cheat.  Because I pledged never to open my VHS copy of Blotto’s Metalhead Video 45 (Nigel Tufnel told me “It can’t be played, ever”), I’ve chosen to just review the videos from the Blotto YouTube channel.  I’m entrusting the band that the VHS experience would just be a little more VHS-y. This videocassette was a gift from guitarist…

A sequel to Record Store Tales #30:  Sausagefest I have been informed that this year’s Sausagefest will be the festival’s last.  Established in 2002, that would make 2026 the 24th and final installment of the hallowed establishment. The origins and nature of Sausagefest was relayed to me originally by Uncle Meat. The heart and core of Sausagefest is the annual Top 100 list.  The format has varied…

THE ADVENTURES OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS – Phase 3 – The Unicron Saga Chapter Five:  Night Ranger:  Heroes of the World Written and illustrated by HARRISON KOPP   THE ADVENTURES OF TEE BONE MAN:  PHASE ONE – THE SQUIRREL SAGA  Chapter Zero:  Tee Bone Man – Origins (by LeBrain) Chapter One: A Friend in Need (by LeBrain) Chapter Two: Hell Freezes Over (by Harrison Kopp) Chapter Three: Hell Ain’t A…

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man Episode 151: Top Five Vintage Video Games! With D’Arcy and Dr. K An episode long in the making!  We have been talking about doing an episode on vintage video games for three years, but in January, D’Arcy Briggs and I began to discuss it a little more seriously.  Finally we’ve got the episode ready and we’ve brought Dr. Kathryn along for the…

I’m not sure why, but my original video for this gathering has been lost.  I think it might have been taken down due to a song copyright, but I can’t be sure.  Regardless, I thought the Sausagefest 2012 video had been lost.  Fortunately I found the files, and was able to re-edit the video to new music.  I lost a little bit of voiceover stuff as a result, but better safe than sorry. Sausagefest…

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man Bonus Episode: Summer HQ Tour with Grab A Stack of Rock! Tonight, Mike is recording an episode with Peter Kerr of Rock Daydream Nation, so a pre-recorded episode is on deck!  One of my all-time favourites in fact.  As a sequel to last week’s bonus episode, a tour of Grab A Stack of Rock HQ, this week we’re doing the tour of Stack Summer HQ! As…

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man Special Re-Run “Nigel Tufnel Top Ten” RUSH albums with Mike and Meat:  LeBrain Train re-edited May 16, 2020:  A very special show went down, back in the primitive wilderness days of Facebook Live.  It was pandemic times, and seeking ways to come up with musical discussion topics, Uncle Meat invented the “Nigel Tufnel Top Ten”.  I was resistant…

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man Bonus Episode:  A Tour of Grab A Stack of Rock HQ With last week’s 150th episode out of the way, and Harrison taking a break, it’s time for two fun bonus episodes!  In the first, this week we’re taking a tour of Grab A Stack of Rock home HQ. Friends always want to take a tour of the home office.  Now you can!  Check out my memorabilia,…

We are absolutely thrilled at the publicity this new book, Mental Health for Metalheads is getting!   Old friend James Neeson has really outdone himself. Johnny Metal recently received the book and invited me to unbox it with him.  This time, we were able to talk with a little more knowledge about the book and its contents.  It is very similar to clinical self help pages that I have read before,…

RECORD STORE TALES #1245: By-Tor and the Snow Dog(s) at the Lake It so happens that our weekend at the lake, June 4 to 7 2026, coincided with the opening of Rush’s 50th Anniversary tour.  New drummer Anika Nilles had nothing to prove, but still silenced the doubters.  It is wonderful to see Rush, aging but still capable, taking the stage to “Xanadu” of all songs.  In the world of live rock, it is…

It was my delight to guest on Dan Chartrand’s Off the Charts to discuss my Top Ten Hair Metal Album Openers!  This popular series is one I am proud to take part in!  Premiering June 8 2026, see below!  

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man 🅻🅸🆅🅴 Episode Episode 150:  Top Ten KISS Songs Not About Love!  With Johnny Metal…and more? Welcome to the 150th (“officially numbered”) episode of Grab A Stack of Rock!  It is only suiting for the 150th episode that we do something special:  my favourite band of all time, KISS.  It’s so strange that we have only done one Kiss episode on Grab A…

Potensic ATOM 3-Axis Gimbal 4K GPS Drone Welcome drone enthusiasts and newcomers alike!  Thanks for clicking this review.  I hope you find this helpful and informative, as I have had many adventures and misadventures with four of these “under 249 gram” drones now!   This little craft do not require a license to fly.  Let me run you through my backstory with three previous drones, which you can…