YouTube user WNED17 recently uploaded some fantastic retro-Toronto-centric gems. These clips have brought back a tonne of memories for me, so I'm going to feature them one by one over the next few weeks. About a year ago I wrote about Zoodles. Zoodles are animal noodles and here's the ad
"Three wins in four games have the Toronto Maple Leafs talking about the postseason again." That's the first line in today's Associated Press write up about our thrilling victory yesterday afternoon. This is our worst dream realized. The Leafs can't even lose properly. As a fan with decades of Leaf
The Fountain: 6 out of 10. My brain hurts. I watched "The Fountain" last night, and I'm still not sure what the hell happened. If you've seen it, you know what I mean. My brain really is in pain. I watched "The Fountain" because I saw it was directed by
The new Dallas Green City and Colour album has a track called "Sleeping Sickness". "Sleeping Sickness" features Gord Downie from The Tragically Hip. You can listen to this song and the rest of the new City and Colour album Bring Me Your Love on the City and Colour MySpace page.
No, I won't be breaking bread with Sidney Poitier tonight, but Humble Howard, his wife Randee and his brood are trekking east to enjoy Taryn's world famous lasagna. I've been to the Glassman's palatial Oakville estate several times, once with the whole family, and I once got to fly his
On August 8, 2003, I decided I'd try something new. A fan of The Simpsons from the get-go, my favourite character was always Homer and I thought I'd share a quote from Homer Simpson every Saturday morning. Every Saturday morning since August 8, 2003 one of my first tasks was
We all have guilty pleasures, right? There's something you know you're not supposed to dig but you end up liking it anyway. "American Idol" is a common guilty pleasure, and one I've confessed to in the past. I wrote my brothers about the amazing lineup for the Bonnaroo Music &
It's easy to start feeling sorry for yourself when you're a Leafs fan. Sometimes, when you feel things are at their worst, you need to look on the bright side of life. ESPN The Magazine had an great little write up by Bill Simmons about the horrible situation in New
Songerize is an "I feel lucky" button for SEEQPOD, a site I wrote about a year ago. You simply enter a song name and artist and it plays the first MP3 it comes across on the web that fits the bill. It doesn't host any music, it just finds the
It seems Chris Bosh isn't the only Toronto Raptor uploading clips to YouTube these days. Jamario Moon is featured in this clip promoting the NBA slam dunk competition.
My favourite Jack Nicholson films The DepartedOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestA Few Good MenAbout SchmidtFive Easy Pieces
Firefox and Safari support CSS3's ::selection pseudo-element. Using that and PHP, this toy hides an image in plain view. If you're a Firefox or Safari user, highlight the text below with your mouse. Michael Power/St. Joseph High School isa Catholic Secondary School in Etobicoke, part of the city of
Have you noticed the Leafs are now just winning the games we really, really want to win. We're beating the Sens and Habs while rolling over and playing dead for teams like the Panthers. That's perfect. If you watched, you'd have to admit this was a fun game. Guys we
I'm submitting a song for SLS19 consideration. I'm submitting "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" by Radiohead. Those who celebrate the supposed demise of Radiohead should give this track from In Rainbows another listen. It's a fantastic single, and like "Bodysnatchers", it's SLS-worthy.
A two-disc collection entitled "Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran" is due March 18, and it boasts many of my favourite artists. You might recall Eddie Vedder performed last September at the Toronto International Film Festival to promote the documentary of the same name. Joining Mr.
I'm not losing my mind. Way back in 2004 I wrote about "Toronto Rocks" and seeing J.D. Roberts host the video show that aired on City-TV. Then, when John Majhor passed away, I read an article about "Toronto Rocks" that convinced me I was wrong. Yesterday a comment on
I'm featuring 1988 Topps Cards featuring members of my beloved Blue Jays that are featured on this blog. Kelly Gruber wasn't just the subject of a hilarious Kids in the Hall skit, he was our starting third baseman in the post-Mulliniks/Iorg era. He was also pretty overrated due to
Without a doubt my favourite sketch comedy show of all time is "Kids in the Hall", but outside of KITH the funniest sketch comedy show I ever watched was "Mr. Show". "Mr. Show" was created by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross for HBO and the genius was in how the
The Debaters is the hit CBC Radio show that features Canada’s hottest comedians going toe to toe, debating topics in the news and on the minds of Canadians. This week's episode is Valentine's Day themed and love is in the air. It also features my good friend Humble Howard
At some point about 15 years ago, we started getting Chicago's WGN as part of our cable package. WGN would broadcast Chicago Cubs games called by Harry Caray and Harry Caray made things fun. I remember one game the Cubs batter came to the plate with runners at 2nd and
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing. Young MC - Louie Louie Remix with Maestro Fresh-Wes
Mats Sundin is truly beloved by his teammates. In a unified act of love the likes of which I've never seen before, Mats Sundin's teammates committed a sort of suicide. You see, they intentionally embarrassed #13, attempting to make him so ashamed to wear the blue and white that he'd
In addition to a $105 towing charge, I recently got a $60 parking ticket. I thought I'd go down to 55 John Street and put up a bit of a fuss. As I waited in line at Metro Hall I realized I'd have gladly paid $60 to be anywhere else,
I'm submitting a song for SLS19 consideration. I'm submitting "Long Way To Ruin" by the Foo Fighters. Hey kids, you're not going to believe this, but Mr. Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters fame used to play drums in that band your dad keeps talking about. That's right, lead singer rock
I'm submitting a song for SLS19 consideration. I'm submitting "Sky Is Over" by Serj Tankian. I'm a sucker for Serj's delivery. I'm a big System of a Down fan who always preferred the tracks with Serj on vocals. This is yet another Serj winner. This isn't the official video but
