Charles Negron was the musician best known as a founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band Three Dog Night.
February 03, 2026
In this 1842nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike pays chats with The Globe and Mail's Mark Medley about his career in journalism and his imaginative study of human nature, Live to See the Day, a globe-trotting exploration of what drives certain people to pursue a dream beyond all logic, reason,
If you listen to Toronto Mike'd, you know the fact there was only one statue outside the dome and it was Ted Rogers is a bone of contention. Tear down the Ted Rogers statue and put up a Joe Carter statue! It sounds like that's finally happened. Ted will be
How many errors can be traced back to the fact Americans keep using YYYY/DD/MM while the rest of us use the far more sensible and logical YYYY/MM/DD? ISO 8601 FTW.
It was a much warmer day today. Maybe it was all that sun. It felt good to be back out there, biking the city.
Grady Demond Wilson was the actor best known for playing Lamont Sanford, the son of Fred Sanford, on Sanford and Son.
When the Blue Jays won the 1992 World Series in six games over the Atlanta Braves, proud Canadians Catherine O'Hara and Phil Hartman performed this song on Saturday Night Live.
Toronto's Catherine O'Hara was a key cog in the influential Second City Television wheel before a lengthy string of successful movie and television roles earning her two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. As a lifelong fan, I'm truly shocked and gutted by
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the FOTM hivemind.
In this 1840th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Michelle McAdorey about her life, this crazy world, her art and playing with Kirsty MacColl and Crash Vegas. This episode is exactly 1:25:07. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow
Canada Post unveiled a new Black History Month stamp set celebrating the vibrant roots of hip-hop in Canada. The stamps pay tribute to three of the country's most dynamic hip-hop trailblazers – Maestro Fresh Wes, Michie Mee and Muzion. Each of the artists is recognized for helping to shape the genre
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,
When was the last time you saw a photo ruined by red eyes? This was typical back in the film camera days. The photo would be grand, but someone had red eyes. We just accepted it as an inherent risk. The Red Eye risk is gone. I'm not sure my
In this 1839th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with David Bronstein about how he became The Prince of Love on late night informercials for Dial-A-Date, what happened next, and his acting performance in Kire Paputt's new film Junkie Run. This episode is exactly 1:01:28. You can listen
A 3.7 magnitude earthquake struck Ramara last night, just before 11pm. Ramara, I'm told, is 3 km east of Orillia and about 100 km north of Toronto. FOTM hall of famer VP of Salez felt it in Mimico, but I didn't feel a thing. Nor did my wife who
On Friday I posted my cycling stats for January 2026 as evidence it's been a pretty decent month. That was then, this is now. That Friday was so cold, I didn't bike. Same for Saturday. Then, Toronto got more snow in one day that any other day of my life.
In this 1838th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike discusses the disappearance of Chris Sheppard and plays clips from Club 102, his recent conversation with Matt Schichter, director of the CFNY: The Spirit of Radio documentary, Chris Sheppard's final recorded public appearance on Humble and Fred and a rare remix from
Sly Dunbar was a drummer best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie.
This morning, I produced an episode of Life in Stages with Joel Greenberg and his guest Linda Kash. Linda, a rather famous Canadian actress in her own right, is the daughter of actress and opera singer Maureen Forrester and the sister of actor Daniel Kash. Daniel played the titular character
On the heels of my "This Winter Isn't So Bad" post, I feel like hibernating today. My son's hockey game was cancelled due to inclement weather, and I see nothing on my calendar. Meanwhile, Environment Canada is throwing an Orange Warning regarding today's winter storm. It reads like a telegram
According to Environment Canada, it's currently -23°C in Toronto. At least when you factor in the windchill, and it's pretty windy out there. With all the snow we got 8 days ago, and this current deep freeze, I'm reading social media posts about how awful this winter has been
Jonathan Torrens dropped by 12 years ago today. He was doing some work downtown at the CBC studios and he took a cab to south Etobicoke to chat with yours truly. It was episode 65 of Toronto Mike'd, but it felt like episode one. You see, until then I either
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the FOTM hivemind.
In this 1837th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike was going to chat with David Bronstein about how he became The Prince of Love on late night informercials for Dial-A-Date, what happened next, and his acting performance in Kire Paputt's new film Junkie Run, but instead he talked to Kire himself.
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
