Plenty of snow fell today, and in the midst of it all I hopped on my old hybrid with the snow tires and went for a 15 km ride.
January 25, 2023
In this 1193rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Green Party of Ontario Leader and MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner about the greenbelt, affordable housing and Ontario Place before he kicks out the jams. This episode is exactly 1:00:32. You can listen to this episode in a
Last week, Thursday to be exact, I wrote about two Toronto Corus radio stations getting new morning shows. I was first to report that Tucker and Maura were moving from Hamilton's Energy 95.3 to 102.1 the Edge and that John Garbutt and Ryan Parker were being reinstated as
My youngest daughter was just experimenting with her hair and outfit and asked me what I thought. I told her she looked like a hippychick, and then played a song that I thought would make fo a good theme song, should she be looking for a theme song. Six year
Sal Bando played third base for the Athletics and Brewers from 1966 to 1981, most prominently as the team captain for the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships between 1972 and 1974.
In this 1192nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Dr. Mike Daley, a musician and musicologist, about David Crosby, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Rick James, and the history of live music in the Yorkville coffee house district of Toronto in the 1950s and 1960s. This episode is exactly 1:
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.
David Crosby was the singer, guitarist, and songwriter was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
In April and May 2022, several women who worked closely with John Derringer on Q107 made serious allegations against him. It began with Jacqui Delaney on Toronto Mike'd and accelerated when Jennifer Valentyne posted on Facebook. It’s never the wrong time to do the right thing https://t.co/
There's a new morning show at 102.1 the Edge, but the names are familiar to fans of Toronto radio. Tucker and Maura are making the move from Energy 95.3 in Hamilton, a station in the Corus radio family. FOTMs Shawna Whalen and Chris Z took over mornings at
In this 1191st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike is joined by David Shoalts, Gare Joyce, Liam Kelly and Gerry Hall. This episode is exactly 1:14:33. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe via Apple PodcastsSubscribe via Google PodcastsSubscribe via SpotifySubscribe via Podcast AddictSubscribe
In this 13th episode of Toast, Mike is joined by Rob Preuss and Bob Willette as they kick out sad jams. This episode is exactly 2:21:57. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe via Apple PodcastsSubscribe via Google PodcastsSubscribe via SpotifySubscribe via Podcast
In this 1188th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Gord Miller about his career calling hockey games at TSN, calling Usain Bolt's 100m victory in the 2012 Olympics, working at ESPN and more. This episode is exactly 1:19:06. You can listen to this episode in a variety
Gino Odjick played 12 NHL seasons with the Canucks, New York Islanders, Philadelphia Flyers, and Montreal Canadiens. He became a fan favourite in Vancouver during the early 1990s, particularly for the role he played with the Canucks during their 1993–94 Stanley Cup Final season.
"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" is one of my favourite songs of all-time, but it's the cover I dig. That's right, Elvis Costello's "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" is a cover. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" is a Nick Lowe song,
I live in Lakeshore Village. "Lakeshore Village" is a fancy real estate handle for the trifecta of Toronto neighbourhoods along Lake Ontario in Etobicoke. From west to east you have Long Branch, New Toronto and Mimico. But wait, there's more! To the east of Mimico, on the west side of
In this 1188th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike remembers FOTM David Onley who passed away earlier today at the age of 72. This episode is exactly 23:31. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe via Apple PodcastsSubscribe via Google PodcastsSubscribe via SpotifySubscribe via Podcast
David Onley came to my attention as a weather reporter on Citytv, before moving on to cover science and technology stories. He was an original host of Breakfast Television, and he appeared on my podcast Toronto Mike'd to celebrate the 30th anniversary with Ann Rohmer, Steve Anthony, John Whaley, and
In this 1187th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Richard Griffin about growing up in Jamaica, working for the Montreal Expos, moving to Toronto and working for the Toronto Star, his time with the Toronto Blue Jays and why he retired. Mark Hebscher co-hosts! This episode is exactly 1:
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.
Lisa Marie Presley was the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley.
In this 1186th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with stand up comics Lisa Baker and Darren Frost about being independent comics in Canada, the problems with Yuk-Yuk's, Just For Laughs and Canada Laughs on SirusXM, their new Beauty and the Beast tour and more. This episode is exactly 1:
Although we didn't know it for sure at the time, I attended an in-person event at Twitter Canada's HQ in late October of 2022 that ended up being the very last Twitter Canada event. Shortly thereafter, new owner Elon Musk gutted the place, removing the entire marketing department, thus ending
