Alan Cross was fired by Corus back in July. Now, he's been hired by Astral's Orbyt Media division. He'll host a show called The Secret History of Rock with Alan Cross, which will sound an awful lot like his Ongoing History of New Music show we all know and love.
Has Bob McDonald ever produced a bad episode of Quirks & Quarks? If you're unfamiliar with Quirks & Quarks, you're missing out. Quirks & Quarks is a weekly science news program heard on CBC Radio One. The original host was David Suzuki, who started with the program in 1975. Then,
I heard Jimmy Kimmel aired a sweet tribute to his Uncle Frank on Jimmy Kimmel Live yesterday. Hulu has the clip, all legal and everything, so I clicked on over... Alas, when I tried to play Tribute to Uncle Frank, I was reminded it won't work for those of us
How do you guys do it? You grab a quick cat-nap and then you're back at it, ready to tackle the remainder of the day. I've never been able to nap. If I fall asleep before bedtime, I wake up feeling awful. I just want to go back to bed
I'm still driving the Lincoln MKX lent to me by Ford. Although I thought I hated big cars, I've never had more fun driving an automobile. It's also been the largest car I've ever driven, but that's about to change. Ford saw me make that claim, and offered me an
Igor Korolev was 41. He played 12 NHL seasons with the St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Chicago Blackhawks. His tenure with the Leafs lasted four seasons and 297 games, resulting in 161 points.
Alexander Karpovtsev was 41. He played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders, and Florida Panthers. His 125 games with the Leafs in 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 resulted in 44 points.
Brad McCrimmon was 52. He played defence for Boston, Philadelphia, Calgary, Detroit, Hartford and Phoenix from 1979-80 to 1996-97, collecting 81 goals, 322 assists and 1,416 penalty minutes in 1,222 NHL games.
Pavol Demitra was 36. In eight seasons with the St. Louis Blues from 1996 to 2004, Demitra had 204 goals and 493 points in 494 games. He also played in the NHL for Los Angeles, Minnesota and Vancouver.
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If you're ever at a party, and the subject of God comes up, be like George Carlin. George Carlin got it, as you'll hear in this little interview he gave in 2007. Seriously, George Carlin was fucking brilliant, and we miss him. Here's a pretty amazing tribute to George Carlin
Tom Cheek deserves to win the Ford C. Frick Award. The Ford C. Frick Award is the highest honour for baseball broadcasters and they're now accepting votes as they select the final ballot for the 2012 Ford C. Frick Award. Go to http://www.facebook.com/baseballhall now and vote
It's the last long weekend of the summer. This is your chance to let it fly. Whatever your beef is, smear it below!
I've always preferred smaller cars. In fact, when it comes time to replace my '99 Protege, I'll likely look at the subcompact class. I'll probably end up with a Fiesta or something... I probably won't end up with a Lincoln MKX, but that's what Ford has me driving this week.
YouTube user shuanclayton took a series of 1950's and 60's-era coffee commercials from the Prelinger Archives and edited them down to just the moments when the guys were the biggest jerks to their wives about coffee.
Bob Laine was 72. He was a radio broadcasting legend at CHUM known as "The Voice" whose signature opening was "Good morning world, this is Bob-O. Good morning Bob-O, this is world."
Like many of you, I'm struggling with the fact that someone as likable and gregarious as Wade Belak would take his own life. As a die-hard Leafs fan, I knew him from interviews and appearances on television. Here's the Wade Belak I knew, appearing on Leafs TV with Jody Vance.
Jon Simonassi took some great shots of the thunderstorm Toronto got last week. He calls this "Lightning TO". The song is called Leg Twitch by Professor Kliq.
Wade Belak was 35. He racked up 1,263 regular-season penalty minutes during a 15 season NHL career. Six of those 15 seasons were with the Toronto Maple Leafs where we enjoyed his sense of humour and friendly demeanor. Here's Wade Belak vs Cam Janssen from a 2-1 victory over
Elvis is really upset about this, so it must be blog-worthy. According to something called Badass News, George Lucas has made edits to the original Star Wars trilogy for its release on Blu-Ray. Some review copies of the Star Wars Blu-rays have gone out to very select outlets (many of
I'm running for Terry on Sunday, September 18 at High Park. I'm aiming to raise $1500 for The Terry Fox Foundation. I'm really going to need your help. Donate to my run. They'll email you a tax receipt in PDF. It's easy, secure and for a good cause. This one's
Our classless, short-sighted, pathetic excuse for a mayor Rob Ford has my blood boiling and gut busting again. Actually, it's not Rob Ford this time, it's his big brother Councillor Doug Ford, although I half suspect they're the same person. Dougie has a vision for our eastern waterfront, and he
Today I learned about the Port-A-Punch from IBM. IBM's Supplies Division introduced the Port-A-Punch in 1958 as a fast, accurate means of manually punching holes in specially scored IBM punched cards. Designed to fit in the pocket, Port-A-Punch made it possible to create punched card documents anywhere. The product was
In 1989, when I was in grade nine, Let Your Backbone Slide broke. It was everywhere, and I loved it. I picked up the 12" single because it contained the Power Mix, the Acapella Version, and the Club Mix . The video was shot in Toronto, naturally, and MuchMusic played it
The Canadian National Exhibition has a week left. Of the 132 years of The Ex's existence, I worked a game booth across from The Polar Express every day it was open for three of 'em: 1989, 1990 and 1991. If you want to revisit my many CNE memories, visit my
