The last couple of Thursday nights I've watched Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. NBC is burning off the final episodes of this cancelled show. I'm still watching, but I've been watching since the beginning. Part of Studio 60's problem, other than that name I can never remember, is that
The Toronto Star has a nice little write up about the Blue Jays milestone we hit Wednesday night. When right-handed reliever Brian Wolfe debuted in the ninth inning against the Yankees, he became the 500th player to get into at least one major-league game in a Blue Jays suit. Here
My favourite songs from The White Stripes Fell In Love With A GirlDead Leaves On The Dirty GroundYou're Pretty Good LookingBlue OrchidBall and Biscuit
Somebody took video of their television airing that A-Rod play last night at the ballpark formerly known as Skydome. I embedded the video here, because in this instance a video speaks more than a thousand words. About a half an hour after I embedded the video it was pulled by
I don't care if A-Rod comes to Toronto and cavorts around with a buxom blonde while his wife and kid are home in New York. That's his business, not mine. Alex Rodriguez gets a free pass from Toronto Mike on that count, but what he did last night really boils
About a decade ago, T and I were dining at the Golden Griddle across the street from Maple Leaf Gardens. On this particular morning the Grid was full of hungry Americans. They were very nice hungry Americans and they kept trying to converse with us. In their hungry American accents
David Miller just doesn't get it. I had very high hopes for him as mayor when he beat John Tory for the job, but over the years he's left me underwhelmed. There's lots of good talk about most of the right things, but he seems rather out of touch and
When I wrote about "Icky Thump" a couple of weeks back, I embedded a fan-made video for the tune. Now I can share the real video. It's an awesome tune. It's organized chaos and it rocks. Truer words have never been spoken than "You can't be a pimp and a
My quest to come up with a definitive list of the 100 best Canadian tunes of all-time is creating more buzz in NYC than A-Rod and his Brass Rail babe. I've never been inside the Brass Rail (it's true, I swear) but I watched her glowing lights from my balcony
I know I covered this topic earlier today, but here's video of Aaron Hill stealing home last night. I like this video because the call ain't in English.
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. Nirvana - All Apologies I chose to share this
Exactly one week ago today I asked a simple question. Where Have You Gone, Dave Collins?. I was missing small ball, the days when players actually stole bases and didn't just play for the three run homer. In the seventh inning last night, with the Jays and Yanks tied, Aaron
It's the end of an era in Toronto. Sam the Record Man at 347 Yonge Street is closing its doors for good. I haven't read about this in the press and I haven't heard this news on the radio or television, but I have friends on the inside who have
As a kid growing up in Toronto, there was always plenty of cartoon action on Saturday mornings, but Sunday mornings were a completely different story. The stations were littered with church programming and news talk and the pickings for a kid were pretty slim. As a result, Commander Tom was
We're hosting the 2007 Grey Cup in November, and I hear tickets for the big game are almost sold out. That's good news because nothing would be more embarrassing than a chunk of empty seats for the Grey Cup at the venue formerly known as SkyDome. They announced a pretty
In the history of this pool, I don't recall a layoff that long. It felt strange updating the standings this morning, as if we had just begun the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs. I watched the third period of this game and liked what I saw. The Ducks came back and
Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in iTunes and list the first ten songs that play. Here are the ten tunes I heard today with a personal story about one of them. I'm Looking Through You - The BeatlesShuckin' Sugar Blues - Blind Lemon JeffersonBlack Day in July
Five year old boys are all about good guys vs. bad guys. That's everything to them. Good fights evil in every facet of life, from TMNT to Spider-Man and Star Wars and even sports. Especially sports. Daddy: James, you're on the Red Sox. James: No way, they're the bad guys.
Tonight I began my twelfth week of running with week one of the 5k clinic. There were 25 others in the clinic but not one other face I recognized. It's as if my parents moved away and I'm starting at a new school and missing my old friends. Jennifer, our
My quest to come up with a definitive list of the 100 best Canadian tunes of all-time is the most exciting thing to happen to this country since Gaétan Boucher won silver at the Lake Placid Olympic games in 1980. I'll be dumping ten tracks every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
The Da Vinci Code: 7 out of 10. I hear this was based on some book I've never read. There was a little buzz about it last year. Before watching this film over the past couple of nights, everything I knew about The Da Vinci code was through osmosis. I
Charles Nelson Reilly was 76. He was the Tony Award winner who later became known for his ribald appearances on the "Tonight Show" and various game shows.
passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers - I just stumbled upon this blog and I found it quite entertaining. It reminded me of my cup.
One of my all-time favourite bands is Alice In Chains. I love that moody, grinding, grungy melody and Layne Staley's vocals still send shivers down my spine. I was listening to Alan Cross' Ongoing History of New Music episode on Layne Staley and he reminded me of Mad Season. Mad
Buffalo Boy sent me a link to a story about a creationism museum opening in Petersburg, Kentucky. The 60,000 square foot facility was designed to refute evolution. It shows humans and dinosaurs co-existing and explains that earth was created by God only 6,000 years ago. I've written about
