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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 20m

Here’s me and Craig when the Bulls let me deliver him his championship ring

Myself and Craig Albernaz in Richmond with i his championship ring

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 20m

Here’s me and Craig when the Bulls let me deliver him his championship ring

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 24m

HOLY SHIT IT HAPPENED!!!

Craig is a great dude, we used to have a lot of chats when he played for Durham and this was just a matter of time.

Legit could not be happier for the guy

TSN @tsnofficial.bsky.social · 26m

The Baltimore Orioles are naming Craig Albernaz their 44th manager in franchise history.

Albernaz most recently served as an associate manager with the Cleveland Guardians.

(H/T Jeff Passan)

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 52m

Whatever they did it must have been huge, because that was a LOT of time researching Autograph, which I would not wish on anyone

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 54m

Tiki had a very big weekend with a new dog friend named Bear.

She’s now snoozing very very hard on my shoulder.

Me and Tiki tucked into bed. She’s asleep on my shoulder, I’m giving her little scritches

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 56m

You know, not bad. Not great, but not bad.

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

Yeah man, that’s basically how my divorce was presented to me

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

Is there another band from that era that stayed relevant for as long in one VERY specific region than Kix did in the area in and around Baltimore?

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

We get one Sabbath song and it's from Tyr? Did Tony Iommi himself handle the programming?

Like listen, I like this song. And really the whole Tyr album isn't that bad. But like...it sounds like a Sabbath album like Chinese Democracy sounds like a Guns n' Roses record.

Black Sabbath - Feels Good To Me (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by Tony Iommi

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

Final one wasn't on MTV Classic this week but I always like to mix in one of my own.

So here's Connecticut's Steelheart (I'll Never Let You Go fame) with a better song than that one.

Also, if you see Steelheart now, Miljenko Matijevic can still get some of these notes.

Steelheart - Can't Stop Me Lovin' You

YouTube video by SteelheartVEVO

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

And that'll do it for this week's block of songs! We'll probably do it again next week maybe? Anyway, thanks for playing along!

Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

Final one wasn't on MTV Classic this week but I always like to mix in one of my own.

So here's Connecticut's Steelheart (I'll Never Let You Go fame) with a better song than that one.

Also, if you see Steelheart now, Miljenko Matijevic can still get some of these notes.

Steelheart - Can't Stop Me Lovin' You

YouTube video by SteelheartVEVO

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

All that said, there's a bitchin' IROC-Z with T-tops in this video, so in that it's a near masterpiece of a video.

Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

We get one Sabbath song and it's from Tyr? Did Tony Iommi himself handle the programming?

Like listen, I like this song. And really the whole Tyr album isn't that bad. But like...it sounds like a Sabbath album like Chinese Democracy sounds like a Guns n' Roses record.

Black Sabbath - Feels Good To Me (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by Tony Iommi

youtu.be

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

We get one Sabbath song and it's from Tyr? Did Tony Iommi himself handle the programming?

Like listen, I like this song. And really the whole Tyr album isn't that bad. But like...it sounds like a Sabbath album like Chinese Democracy sounds like a Guns n' Roses record.

Black Sabbath - Feels Good To Me (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by Tony Iommi

youtu.be

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

Oh! The Others is a good one that's spooky but not like wildly horror or whatever.

Also Coraline

@meghancolleen.bsky.social may have other suggestions but those were the ones we've watched

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

Saxon has a handful of videos that were all shot at least in part during this concert that this video is from.

I also like that Saxon often dresses like a bunch of dudes from random bands that just kind of showed up. Kinda like when Gilby Clarke joined Guns n' Roses.

Saxon - Denim And Leather (official music viedo)

YouTube video by Ola J.

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

I love when MTV Classic does this: Plays the a band, then the spinoff band from it.

I also like that Mark Slaughter kept the gold mic thing going that he did with Vinnie Vincent Invasion

Finally, I always dug Blas Elias's drum kit here.

Did you know he's drummed for Blue Man Group? Now you do.

Slaughter - Fly To The Angels

YouTube video by SlaughterVEVO

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

I love when MTV Classic does this: Plays the a band, then the spinoff band from it.

I also like that Mark Slaughter kept the gold mic thing going that he did with Vinnie Vincent Invasion

Finally, I always dug Blas Elias's drum kit here.

Did you know he's drummed for Blue Man Group? Now you do.

Slaughter - Fly To The Angels

YouTube video by SlaughterVEVO

youtu.be

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

If it wasn't before, it is now.

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 3h

It's 7:00 PM ET, I have a few loads of laundry to get through, so while I'm doing that let's watch some music videos!

As always these are in the order in which they appeared on MTVClassic's Metal Mayhem this past weekend. I skip the really hard stuff because I have no interest.

Here we go!

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

Oh yeah, it's why you get all the jumps and spins and twirls and kicks or whatever. And I get it, the ladies were SUPER into it! And they do have a lot of solid songs.

But it blows my mind that he also played for Alice in the mid 80s.

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

Look: Vinnie Vincent is a weird dude. And is just a charisma black hole. Like he tries real hard to look cool and sexy or whatever in these videos and just...can't pull it off.

But holy shit could he write a banger of a song.

And yes, that's Mark Slaughter (of Slaughter) on vocals.

Vinnie Vincent Invasion - That time of year

YouTube video by Steve Fox

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

Look: Vinnie Vincent is a weird dude. And is just a charisma black hole. Like he tries real hard to look cool and sexy or whatever in these videos and just...can't pull it off.

But holy shit could he write a banger of a song.

And yes, that's Mark Slaughter (of Slaughter) on vocals.

Vinnie Vincent Invasion - That time of year

YouTube video by Steve Fox

youtu.be

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

My two favorite hair metal bands are Poison and Motley Crue, so I do love when MTV Classic puts them back to back.

Really heavy lot of Crue songs tonight, which is fun. Dr. Feelgood the album is like two songs away from being a perfect album to me. There's just a couple that are kinda...not great.

Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Mötley Crüe

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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 1h

Unless you REALLY know Poison music videos well, there's just like 4 or 5 videos that if you had the TV muted you'd never know which song it was.

But, I absolutely love a soundstage video and I don't know that a band did a better job with them than Poison, so I'm always here for it.

Poison - Talk Dirty To Me

YouTube video by poisonVEVO

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