It's official, the Christmas season has begun. This weekend, several key indicators took place. It can no longer be denied. We put up and decorated our Christmas treeWe put up the lights outsideWe decorated the house with Christmas season artifactsWe put a wreath on the doorI added a wreath to
There's something that hasn't settled well with me since I heard the Red Hot Chili Peppers were suing Showtime over the name "Californication". What I don't get is Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis saying "Californication" is the band's signature song. "Californication" is a fine song, but does anyone
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. Tipitina's Foundation - O Holy Night For the remainder
I am 33 years old. I've accomplished a little bit here and there, I've produced a couple of great kids, and I've got a few more tricks up my sleeve, but others have accomplished so much more at this age. For a dose of humility, check out Things Other People
Had the Leafs won their fifth straight last night, I was going to write the most amazing recap. It was already brewing in my mind when we went up 1-0. It was going to be the perfect blend of appreciation and celebration with just a dash of optimism and a
A Humble & Fred holiday tradition may be dead and buried, but that doesn't mean Toronto Santa Mike can't dig into his holiday sack of MP3s and throw a whole wack of Humble & Fred holiday-themed jingles at you. I've got lots, and one day next week I'll write a
It was twenty-seven years ago today that John Lennon was shot four times in the back by Mark Chapman. As my blogging years advance, it becomes harder to write these annual-type entries without repeating myself. As a result, I'm blatantly ripping off this entry I wrote four years ago today.
Breaking and Entering: 7 out of 10. Anthony Minghella took Jude Law from the excellent The Talented Mr. Ripley and Juliette Binoche from the exceptional The English Patient and made this surprisingly fine film. I write "surprisingly" because I had never heard of Breaking and Entering. It somehow flew so
In the Albert Brooks comedy Mother, Brooks' character moves back home to sleep in his childhood room as he reexamines his life. Lately, as my oldest child progresses through his own childhood, I've been finding myself in several Mother-like situations drenched in surreality. Today was another example of such a
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"I think the saddest day of my life was when I realized I could beat my Dad at most things, and Bart experienced that at the age of four."
I discovered this Rolling Stone list after Fameone linked to it. It's the 50 best songs over 7 minutes long, and it's got me thinking... What are my favourite songs over nine minutes in length? Here are my top ten. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (17:02)The End - The
Culled from my collection, my favourite songs with "Christmas" in the title The Christmas Song - Nat King ColeDo They Know It's Christmas? - Band AidWhite Christmas - Bing CrosbyChristmas Don't Be Late - Alvin and the ChipmunksHave Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Coldplay
It took eight years, but Nik the Stik finally has another hat trick to throw on his resume. He's already out of my doghouse, and now he has his first three-goal game of the decade. Watch out Boston... take heed Montreal... we're a-comin'. That's four in a row, believe it
Somebody scanned 657 pages from a 1982 Sears Christmas Catalogue. I was six years old at the time, and that was precisely the kind of catalogue I'd be handed and asked to circle things I wanted for Christmas. I would have headed straight to this Dukes of Hazard page. I'm
I rarely buy tickets to sporting events. I buy the odd Blue Jays ticket, but usually when I'm at a live sporting event it's because someone offered me free tix. So when I bought four tickets to last night's Raptors game, it was because the price was right and there
The last time I was at the ACC to see the Raptors face the Phoenix Suns, it was a significant milestone in Toronto Raptor history. It was the first nationally televised game for the Raps, airing on NBC at 12:30 on February 27, 2000. It was also the game
Former Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek is back on the ballot for the 2008 Ford C. Frick Award, given annually by the Baseball Hall of Fame for excellence in baseball broadcasting. Cheek, who died at 66 from brain cancer in 2005, is among the 10 finalists for the honour.
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. Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum For the remainder
City And Colour, Dallas Green's solo project, is releasing a second album in February entitled Bring Me Your Love. I'm most interested in hearing "Sleeping Sickness". "Sleeping Sickness" features guest vocals by none other than Gord Downie from The Tragically Hip. The first person to score me a listen wins
Wasn't Vesa Toskala fantastic? That flurry in the third he handled with grace reminded me of vintage Belfour and Cujo. And did I really see Wade Belak score a goal? That was his first since 2003. Mats Sundin's assist on Nik Antropov's goal extended his record home-ice points streak from
Now that both Humble and Fred have publicly stated it, I can finally write this entry. There will be no 18th Annual Humble & Fred Christmas show. Not on the radio or in podcast form. After 17 years, this annual Toronto tradition has come to an end. Fans of the
We're about to put the 18th edition of SLS to bed and for the first time since we started throwing SLS together I've taken my eye off the prize. The past three months have been insanely busy... I haven't even looked at smellslikesour.com let alone maintained the sucker. Still,
I've lived in Toronto all my life and I follow the Leafs closely, but I don't think I've been on ice skates in about fifteen years. I realized this the other day when I signed up my son for a local "Learn to Play Hockey" program. This particular class requires
I was just watching Sportsnet following a big Raptors win and they showed footage of the old Blue Jays uniforms as they promoted next year's Flashback Fridays. In the past week alone I've shown you a blind arts student sculpting a likeness of George Bell and MSTRKRFT's Jesse F. Keeler
