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#1203: Wildfire Haze (with drone videos) RECORD STORE TALES #1203: Wildfire Haze   Wildfires are more and more common as the world warms, but this year has been something else. The sunsets have been alien and unimpressive.  The sun a…

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The Greatest Grandma – Rest in Peace Doris “Dolly” Winter: Jul 12 1924-Jul 30 2025 I wrote this over two years ago.  We thought she was gone, four or five times since 2022.  Now it is the sad time to post it.   For most of my life I’ve only had one grandparent.  I neve…

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GUEST REVIEW: Twisted Sister – Love Is For Suckers (1987) by Tommy Morais (and remembering A.J. Pero) My old friend and collaborator Tommy Morais passed away in 2024, but miraculously, I found this 2015 email from him.  It contained a complete review of Twisted Sister’s Love Is For Suckers al…

Rest in peace Tommy and AJ

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#1197: Moose Sausage & Mental Health RECORD STORE TALES #1197: Moose Sausage & Mental Health Summer is well on its way.  I’ve waited a long time to get here. I love doing live broadcasts from the cottage.  This weekend was g…

An historic weekend for the books, and a victory for #mentalhealth.

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🅻🅸🆅🅴 Music & Mental Health: The Return of Jex Russell THIS MORNING on Grab A Stack of Rock SPECIAL TIME! GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man Episode 107: Ask Jex Anything! Music and Mental Health Music and mental health:  what’s the connection?  Quite a lot actuall…

See you in 90 minutes

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Russ Dwarf of the Killer Dwarfs, June 30, 1988 | Ear of Newt Get more from Ear of Newt on Patreon

on this day in 1988 I stood outside the Metro nightclub in Vancouver and interviewed Killer Dwarfs frontman Russ Dwarf

He was a fun guy

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REVIEW: Ruko U11MINI 4K Drone Buy yours on Amazon! Ruko U11MINI 4K Drone Are you ready to level up in your photography or drone flying game?  The brand new Ruko U11MINI 4K is the drone for you.  Best of all, it weighs under 249…

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50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode: Collections! Stories! Maiden on Vinyl, Bottlecaps & More! 50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode: Collections! Stories! Maiden on Vinyl, Bottlecaps & More! With special guest Aaron “Mr. Books” KMA and Jex Russell GRAB A STACK OF ROCK bonus …

Tonight on #50yearsofironmaiden...
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#1195: No Smoking? No Second Date! RECORD STORE TALES #1195: No Smoking? No Second Date! Disclaimer:  I have never held it against anyone, be it a friend or girlfriend, who smoked.  Very rarely, I expressed my distaste for the habit…

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REVIEW: Ruko U11MINI 4K Drone Buy yours on Amazon! Ruko U11MINI 4K Drone Are you ready to level up in your photography or drone flying game?  The brand new Ruko U11MINI 4K is the drone for you.  Best of all, it weighs under 249…

#Ruko #DRONE review is UP! UP! and AWAAAAY!

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RE-REVIEW: Geddy Lee – My Favourite Headache (2000, 2024 reissue with bonus tracks) GEDDY LEE – My Favourite Headache (2000 Atlantic, 2024 Anthem reissue) As a Rush fan, Geddy Lee’s solo album My Favourite Headache never quite clicked.  The lyrics seemed inferior and the mus…

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[VIDEO] It’s Magic! Check out my Blotto shirt sent by the band! In 2019, I received this shirt from Blotto drummer F Lee Harvey Blotto himself. Check out the shirt and the story in the video below.

Do you like #BLOTTO?

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50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode: Unboxing Martin Popoff’s Hallowed By Their Name: The Unofficial Iron Maiden Bible 50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode 50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode: Unboxing Martin Popoff’s Hallowed By Their Name: The Unofficial Iron Maiden Bible GRAB A STACK OF ROCK bonus episo…

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On This Day: June 16 2023 & 2024 On this day in 2023, June 16 fell on a Friday.  As usual, Grab A Stack of Rock was scheduled to go live that night with our very first Iron Maiden episode (which I shall re-edit and re-broadcast in…

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YouTube video by Grab A Stack of Rock HELLO HOPELESS - INTERVIEW - November 2018

Check out this cool 2018 interview with the band #HelloHopeless.

Today they just released a new single.

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Adventures in Epilepsy – Special Re-Formatted Episode – Tonight Jun 13 7:00 PM EST Originally broadcast on Oct 2, 2020 as two streams totaling 2 hours and 12 minutes.  This new version has been re-focused down to a perfect 50 minute show. In October of 2020, right in the thick of…

A special episode tonight - Adventures in #Epilepsy #epilepsyawareness

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Rest in Peace, genius: Brian Wilson (1942-2025) Brian Douglas Wilson was 82 years old.  As sure as Beethoven and Bach were geniuses, so was Brian.  Born, raised and embodying California, Brian Wilson and his music was entwined with my life from …

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#1193: Do you believe in Car-ma? RECORD STORE TALES #1193: Do you believe in Car-ma? For a couple years now, the neighbour across the hall has been messing with my side view mirror.  As if to make a statement about parking too clo…

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Album of the year? REVIEW: Harem Scarem – Chasing Euphoria (2025 2 CD/DVD) HAREM SCAREM – Chasing Euphoria (2025 Frontiers 2 CD/DVD) In 2025 we have seen spectacular new releases from The Darkness and Ghost, but have Harem Scarem topped them all?  Chasing Euphoria c…

The album of the year is upon us. #HaremScarem #ChasingEuphoria

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VIDEO: Dr Kathryn Ladano wins 2025 K-W Oktoberfest Rogers Women of the Year – Arts & Culture 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 & Cu…

We have the full video of her acceptance speech right here.

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50 Years of IRON MAIDEN episode 14: No Prayer for the Dying featuring Reed Little 50 Years of IRON MAIDEN episode 14: No Prayer for the Dying With special guest Reed Little GRAB A STACK OF ROCK #104 Change.  Though nobody could predict what the 1990s would bring, for hard rock a…

Tonight, June 6 at 7 PM EST, we tackle No Prayer for the Dying album! Details in the link below.

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#1192: Close Encounter of the Stinky Kind! RECORD STORE TALES #1192:  Close Encounter of the Stinky Kind! It has been the Spring of Unseasonal Cold!  Unable to catch a break this year, Jen and I have spent most of our cottage time indoors w…

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50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode: Run For Your Lives setlist analysis 50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode Run For Your Lives setlist analysis A few months ago, Harrison and I sat down and did our wishlists and speculation on the 2025 Run For Your Lives tour.  With …

#IRONMAIDEN #50YearsofIronMaiden BONUS EPISODE UP NOW! #RunForYourLivesTour Setlist Appraisal! Details in the link!

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I've created a Drone video playlist! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#drone #dronefootage #dronelife #dronevideo #drones #dronestagram #droneshots #dronephotography #dronelife #dronefootage #droneview #beach #beachflight #beachlife #cottage #cottagecore #cottagelife #potensic #ruko

VIDEO: Tim’s Vinyl Confessions Ep. 664: Kiss Off the Soundboard (San Antonio 12/3/85 review) Today at 5:00 PM EST, check out this brand new episode of Tim’s Vinyl Confessions featuring yours truly in the guest seat! Kiss have released a brand-new Off the Soundboard album, the very fi…

We got the goods on the "new" KISS live album!

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VIDEO: The Alan Niven Interview: Sound N’ Fury on The Collection I was absolutely thrilled to be invited by John Snow of 2Loud2Old Music to co-host this incredible interview with former Great White and Guns N’ Roses manager Alan Niven! Mr. Niven needs no i…

#gnr #GunsNRoses #GreatWhite
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YouTube video by Grab A Stack of Rock First Flight: My new Ruko U11MINI 4K drone at Lorne Beach - music: Arkells - "Quitting You"

youtu.be/ep1bxVpCCIc #ruko #drone #kincardine #lakehuron #tivertonn#lornebeach #drones #dronevideo

REVIEW: Guns N’ Roses – Dramas & Traumas (5/29/91 bootleg) “November Rain” was played live for the first time by Guns N’ Roses on this day in 1991. GUNS N’ ROSES – Dramas & Traumas (Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN…

ON THIS DAY:
Matt – “Axl said ‘November Rain’, and we hadn’t played it since we recorded it…in July! In front of 20,000 people, we’re going, ‘Uh, do you remember how that goes?’ Damn near a year ago we cut this track.”

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#1191: Top Five Cool Things You May Not Know About Alan Niven RECORD STORE TALES #1191: Top Five Cool Things You May Not Know About Alan Niven A couple weeks ago, I was asked by John Snow of 2Loud2OldMusic to co-host a big big interview he was offered. &#8220…

Full interview goes up MONDAY.

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YouTube video by Recurrent with Todd Evans Metal for People Who Like Prog Rock and Melodic Rock

If you like progressive rock and melodic mainstream rock but haven't ventured into the contemporary metal scene, here's a primer to get you started! In this video I spotlight four of my favorite bands: Amorphis, Anathema, HAKEN and Katatonia!

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