It's not really my cup of tea, but Toronto's hip-hop ambassador might have a big summer hit on his hands. Featuring Akon, "Dangerous" is Kardinal Offishall's second single from his new album Not 4 Sale. Kardinal Offishall, of course, is a Toronto boy who's just about the biggest name this
In April I wrote about SARS, five years later. The spring of 2003 was a frightening one for me. My son was only a year old and in daycare and there was so much we didn't know about this near pandemic that was taking lives in this city. My wife,
I played a late night double header last night for Raging Storm and the hockey game was already in overtime when I got in my car and turned on the radio. There's nothing better than a potential Stanley Cup clinching game in OT. It was riveting radio. When the second
There was a Seinfeld episode with that phrase, cheering for laundry, used by Jerry to describe what people were really doing when they cheered their favourite sports team. They were cheering for the jerseys. For all of my life, I've been cheering for the blue and white uniform donned by
Sheela Basrur was 51. Her calm demeanour in the face of a terrifying crisis made her a trusted public figure during the deadly SARS outbreak in Toronto five years ago.
Bo Diddley was 79. He was a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians.
Attending the Toronto FC match on Saturday was a bit like observing a foreign culture in their natural habitat. I found myself observing their rituals and customs as I quickly adapted. What I saw and experienced has me questioning everything I know when it comes to sporting events. The professional
If you use StatCounter to monitor traffic to your website, you likely noticed it was inaccessible all weekend. I'm a big fan of StatCounter and typically pop in once a day to see what's happening on this site. It's rarely offline, so when it disappeared for a few days, I
Yves Saint-Laurent was 71. He was the iconic French designer who revolutionized fashion by putting women in pants without sacrificing their femininity.
When I was grabbing that list of search strings for May 2008, I noticed a surge in hits coming from Forum de la LHSNHLQ, a French Canadian hockey forum of some sort. It didn't take long for me to see they were hotlinking to one of my images, a hockey
These are the top searches that referred people to this site in May of 2008. I don't understand the Tie Domi resurgence either. Maybe he's in line for the Leafs GM gig? ticket stubsbig shiny tunes 3tie domibig shiny tunes 2ticket stubbig shiny tunes 4big shiny tunes 5toronto blogbill barilkobig
Transformers: 6.5 out of 10. I was worried about Michael Bay's "Transformers", but it was actually better than I anticipated. I watched it with fellow 1986 Transformers movie fan James, and we both thought it was pretty good. Good: Bay was smart enough to hire Peter Cullen to voice
Thanks to Ajax Mike, I've won the Toronto Bills lottery. On June 4th I'll try and buy a couple of cheap seats to the 8 Buffalo Bills games at Rogers Centre SkyDome. I'd love to be there on December 7th when the Toronto Bills squish the fish. As I crunch
Amy Winehouse needs help. I realize this isn't breaking news, but as a civilized society can we just watch her self destruct in plain sight and treat it as tabloid fodder? Let's help the poor girl. She needs it, whether she knows it or not. Here she is at the
The emotionless Red Army will win the Stanley Cup. They're on the cusp, and they'll likely seal the deal at home Monday night. I have little interest in watching Lidstrom and the boys pass around the cup. Still, as I look for a silver lining, at least it's yet another
Wow. In my life I've been to dozens of Blue Jays games, dozens of Maple Leafs games and dozens of Raptors games. I've been to Marlies games, Argo games and WWF cards. I've been to all of these live events in this city, but I've never experienced what I experienced
I'm still fairly new to Blackberry Nation. I primarily use my Blackberry to jump on the web and as a phone. I've never really used it to send text messages, but today it vibrated and when I picked it up thinking I had a phone call, I had such a
The NBA have their dream final. The Boston Celtics knocked off the Detroit Pistons last night setting up a Celtics-Lakers final for the first time since 1987. It will be the 11th time the Celtics and Lakers have met in the NBA finals. Boston has dominated this rivalry, winning 8
I always liked Brother Bill when he was on CFNY Edge102. I was sorry when he left Toronto for Vancouver and lost touch with him after that. It turns out he's working at 99.3 The Fox in Vancouver and he now goes by his birth name, Neil Morrison. Freddie
For us in Raging Storm, this is our first season playing in the comp division. There are dozens and dozens of slo-pitch teams playing in the RSPA and the comp division is for the best of the best. We got bumped into comp when we won the highest intermediate division
I'm submitting a song for SLS19 consideration. I'm submitting "Tessellate" by Tokyo Police Club. I don't think it's as good as "Nature of the Experiment", but "Tessellate" grew on me. They got bonus points for being from from Newmarket, Ontario, but they didn't need 'em. These guys are gonna be
We all love Radiohead's "Creep", right? Apparently, even Prince loves "Creep", and he recently covered the song at Coachella. The next day, YouTube clips of Prince's cover of "Creep" were super popular, but they were removed at the request of NPG Records who claimed a copyright violation. The videos were
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Luc Bourdon was 21. He was a promising rookie defenseman with the Vancouver Canucks who played on the Canadian team that won the gold medal at the 2007 world junior hockey championship in Vancouver and made the tournament's all-star team.
