I didn't own the debut album from Suicidal Tendencies, but I loved "Institutionalized", the big single from this hardcore punk band. All I wanted was a Pepsi! Another track on this 1983 album is "I Saw Your Mommy...", which I only recently heard for the first time. Here's that song,
Last night, I finished Heated Rivalry. In my humble opinion, the MVP of the series is Wolf Parade. The use of "I'll Believe In Anything" in episode five was fantastic. Hook the end of episode five to my veins. Way back in 2005, when I listened to a tonne of
There's a comment on YouTube that says Sonic Youth's 100% video is the 90s in two minutes. Here it is, and yes, that is Jason Lee skating. Kim Gordon is wearing a bootleg Rolling Stones shirt that says "Eat me", except you'll see it actually says "Eat M". Apparently MTV
When Shock G passed away, I spoke with Bob Willette about our mutual admiration for Sex Packets on a Pandemic Friday episode with Stu and Cam. Sex Packets was the first Digital Underground album and Doowutchyalike was the first single from that album. I bought the 12-inch single, which still
Jack Tunney, the late WWF president (in kayfabe) and Maple Leaf Wrestling promoter, is the uncle of Mike O’Neill, one half of The Inbreds and currently playing in TUNS with FOTM Chris Murphy and Matt Murphy. Jack Tunney, WWF President, and Mike O'Neill, musician
Are you familiar with this 2020 jam by Ava Max. It was a big hit. That melody might remind you of a certain Bon Jovi banger called You Give Love A Bad Name. It's the same tune. But wait, there's more. That Bon Jovi hit was essentially a re-write of
I had Colin and John-Angus MacDonald over a few weeks ago for an episode of Toronto Mike'd and I really liked them. We're talking two sweethearts. I left that convo determined to catch the next Trews show possible. That was tonight at the Danforth Music Hall, and they rocked. What
I'm not sure I'd ever been to Guelph before yesterday. We hopped on the 401 and make the drive to The Royal City to see Hawksley Workman perform at the Sonic Hall. It was a great little venue and perfect for Hawk, who was spot-on. I was a little surprised
According to Billboard, an AI singer named Xania Monet is “the first known AI artist to earn enough radio airplay to debut on a Billboard radio chart.” I've heard this song, and it's rather underwhleming, but it's fine. I'd compare this AI voice to Beyonce. If you asked the software
Starting in 2018, Dave Hodge has unveiled his 100 favourite songs of the calendar year on Toronto Mike'd. I'm honoured to help facilitate this. VP even maintains hodge100.com. Dave's Hodge 100 for 2025 is scheduled for November 27, two days before TMLX21 at Palma's Kitchen. This is year 9.
Tonight is game 7. The last time the Blue Jays played a game seven, it was 1985 and Jim Sundberg broke my 11-year-old heart when he hit a wind-blown, three-run triple off Dave Stieb in the sixth inning. Here's hoping tonight is different. Here's seven songs with the number 7
Exciting news for Rush fans. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson return to the stage for a 2026 tour they're calling Fifty Something. It's "in celebration of RUSH’s music, legacy, and the life of late drummer and lyricist Neil Peart". Here's the full announcement from Rush.com. Monday, October 6th,
A CBC article on Canadian hits that didn't chart in the USA linked to a Nielsen Music Canada document put together for Canada's 150th birthday. That was way back in 2017. There are many interesting lists in this PDF, with two key caveats: This is from the Nielsen Music Canada
Yesterday, I had a great chat with Jim Moore, the bassist for One Free Fall and Rusty, and Jeff Rogers's name came up. Jeff Rogers dropped by in April 2023 and we talked about how he steered the careers of The Pursuit of Happiness, Crash Test Dummies, Rusty and other
I recently wrote about picking up a single lawn ticket for about twenty bucks to see The Who during their farewell tour. Yesterday I biked to the Freshwater Stage (shout out to Neil Young) and enjoyed a great set by Tom Cochrane. That alone was worth more than the price
I wouldn't consider myself a big fan of The Who. I've never bought any albums, although I did rip their greatest hits CD to MP3 in the early 2000s. And of course, because I'm a pop culture savvy adult on planet Earth, I know several of their songs. But when
This wasn't my first Neil Young experience, but it was my first outdoors Neil Young experience. I love my summer concerts outdoors, so I was more than happy to buy a lawn ticket at Budweiser Stage to see one of my favourite musical artist of all-time. Neil opened with the
The other day, I played Alice In Chains's Dirt in its entirety. I've always loved this album, and during a previous chapter in my life, would throw it on to plow through an office workday. It's 13 tracks, and if we consider "Intro (Dream Sequence)/Iron Gland" as an intro
During yesterday's #TOAST, Indie 88's Bob Willette cracked a joke that I was stuck in the 90s because he felt the majority of my #TOAST jams were from that decade. While it's true I still listen to a lot of music released in the 90s, I asked the VP of
I've been ironing out an annoying frame rate issue on recorded videos that were also live streamed. I think I have it sorted now. We'll find out at 2pm with Gill Deacon. This issue, in a roundabout way, had me revisiting a recording of Broken Social Scene co-founder Brendan Canning's
Just before recording with Skye Wallace on Friday, I started singing "Nowhere To Run" by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas. I shared with Skye that I first discovered the song in the movie Good Morning Vietnam. I also owned that soundtrack on cassette and "Nowhere To Run" was the first
Is there a greater chasm between quality of content vs. quality of cover than Pet Sounds? Pet Sounds is a great album, no doubt, but that's one bad album cover.
There's this song I only know from a Simpsons episode - I always thought the title was "That's My Boy" but it's actually called "Watching Scotty Grow" and it's by Bobby Goldsboro. So I found myself diving into this guy's catalogue and it's a lot of slop but this guy
I realize I'm a couple of days late with this one. Ode to Billie Joe opens with Bobbie Gentry singing on June 3rd... Was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay And at dinnertime we stopped and
