It still kinda freaks me out that everyone has been Very supportive of my scribblin’ and bullshittin and trust me it’s pretty cool to get props. But along the way I’ve had people request a few things and my pal from work DaBrun said ‘when you doing Akimbo?’ And well a new category is added … Continue reading Request Of Vinyl…..Kim Mitchell/Akimbo Alogo
Kim Mitchell and his Stratocaster come summertime will show up to your hometown and lay down on the 6 string a masterclass on how to play guitar. Thats what happened.. Kim in 2022 can still kick you in the ass live. This is what I have been personally been waiting for since my … Continue reading Kim Mitchell: Live in Thunder Bay-Aug. 10/2022
Thank goodness for music. Here’s what I thought was cool in the year 2020. If anything check out some of my picks as you may find some stuff here that will make you wanna crank it to 11! Here are my Top 10 Studio Albums/Songs for the year 2020! Here We Go… #10-Tbone: Lebrain Train– … Continue reading Thunder Bay Arena Rocks Top 10 Studio Albums 2020
Kim or as we sometimes call him Akimbo released in June of 1986 the cool as a summer breeze Shakin Like A Human Being. Just like Van Halen did that summer Kim’s album (I bought this on cassette tape) set the stage for a lot of plays on the trusty old Sony Walkman for … Continue reading Summertime Spin- Kim Mitchell: Shakin Like A Human Being (1986)
Are you going to find a better 5 song studio solo E.P than Kim Mitchell’s 1982 self-titled release? Maybe but probably not. For myself, I missed the boat at the time on Kim’s time fronting his former band Max Webster at the tail end of the ’70s. It was a Canadian magazine Music Express that … Continue reading Kim Mitchell: Kim Mitchell(1982)
HEY FOLK’S! When I was compiling this list of 1984 releases it became pretty clear that I could not jam all the albums that caught my listening ear in 1984 into one post. In other words, this is going to a 3 part series! Yup, that’s how much of an impact 1984 had on me … Continue reading Old Dude School of Rock-1984- PART 1
Hey, Folks. How about a ‘Used Vinyl’ Best of List? I thought since vinyl has been resurrected in my world I thought I would share with you all some of my fav bands/artists on record that I picked up in the last year! The Rules are… 1- There previously owned by someone … Continue reading Thunder Bay Arena Rocks Top 15 “USED” Vinyl Purchases in 2019!
Pretty happy with this album score! Rockland blew into the Record Shops back in 1989 and Kim Mitchell was selling mega units of all his records at the time. Why not as they were all fantastic releases! Rockland though shows a different kinda side of Mitchell. A little more older chill like vibe with some of the … Continue reading Kim Mitchell: Rockland(1989)
A little ways back when I reviewed Def Leppard’s 1992 release Adrenalize album it was one of those albums that was good to revisit but I had kinda moved on from it. Here’s what I wrote.. “Up til recently I have not listened to this album in a real long time. It’s like when you bump into someone you … Continue reading Kim Mitchell/Shakin’ Like A Human Being(1986)
Dateline/Friday October 27th/2017/Montreal So after our morning hangout at Beatnick Records it was back for a vinyl drop-off at the hotel and off to lunch for myself and Tbone. After lunch we decided to head back to out hotel for a bit of chill time but it wasn’t long before T looked at the third and last stop of … Continue reading Vinyl Hunting In Montreal! Part 3….
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