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May 19, 2026
The second Friday Five I ever threw on this site was My Favourite Sloan Songs. At the top of that list was "Underwhelmed" from Smeared. When I composed Ten Canadian Tracks that I felt collectively epitomize the spirit of Canadian music, "Underwhelmed" was on that short list. Clearly, I dig
Artur wants me to mention the TTC swag suggestions made by Torontoist. I've checked it out and it's no doubt hipper stuff than what the TTC sells. I've been complaining about the TTC marketing effort for a while now. It's sadly out of touch. A tee shirt with the "Mind
It was tough to watch that third period last night. Up 6-3, the Leafs stopped attacking and sat back, hoping to hold on for the two points. With Aubin playing his worst game as a Leaf, Brian Gionta scored three unanswered third period goals to bring New Jersey all the
At around 4pm this afternoon, I looked out the window and saw snow. Note to self, date of first snow spotting: October 12. We didn't have snow flurries in the 416 last year until November 17. The year before, it was November 8. Today's snowfall only lasted a few minutes
When I first heard about Cory Lidle's tragic accident yesterday afternoon, I had no idea it involved the former Blue Jays pitcher. I knew it was a small aircraft and my thoughts immediately went back three days when I was in such a plane flying around Southern Ontario. Prior to
World Container streamed - If you're patient and let this thing load, you can listen to World Container, the new album from The Tragically Hip. If you just want to check out the first four songs, "Yer Not The Ocean", "The Lonely End of the Rink", "In View" and "Fly"
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. Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows Remember "Pump Up The
Driving home from Chudleigh's Farm the other day, I had the MP3 player on shuffle. Back to back we heard Neil Young's "Cowgirl in the Sand" and Hayden's "Bad As They Seem". Hearing these two Canadian artists back to back reminded me of a prediction I made upon hearing Hayden's
Cory Lidle was 34. He pitched for the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinatti Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees going 12-15 for the Jays in 2003.
A perfect Friday night as a thirteen year old was discovering "Porky's" being aired on CityTV. City never censored the flick which meant plenty of Cancon T&A. For almost 25 years, "Porky's" has been the most popular Canadian film in Canadian box office history. It made $11.2
Slang of the 1920s - Have you ever wanted to talk like Mr. Burns? I know I have, and now I can. This list is the bee's knees.
Ed Benedict was 94. He was the legendary animator who put life, love and laughter in TV cartoon characters like Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Yogi Bear.
I recently wrote about the pathetic news ticker at the Jane TTC subway station. The clock was 40 minutes fast, the ticker didn't actually deliver news and other subway stations had been outfitted with modernized information screens long ago. Late last week, those modern screens were indeed installed at Jane
Ian Scott was 72. He was the former Ontario attorney general who helped orchestrate the end of the Conservative party’s 40-year-rule in the Ontario legislature.
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Many things to tell you - the first is that I bought a new computer finally! I have waited more than three years since my very very old but faithful (bought
I've always liked Denis Leary. I loved "Asshole", I thought he was great in "The Ref" and his stand up still makes me laugh. The fact he's a major NHL hockey fan earned him plenty of bonus points, too. A couple of years ago I started watching his new series
Now that Google has bought YouTube for $1.65 billion, they're likely looking to acquire a Toronto blog next. I believe that would be the next logical step. Capture the online-video audience first and then go after the Toronto market. In the spirit of this assumption, I would like to
Until Darcy Tucker scored the shootout goal that secured us the two points, I was sure we were snake bitten. We absolutely dominated, peppering Alex Auld with 48 shots, many of them quality chances. If Belfour was in net for the Panthers, this would have been a cake walk. We're
It's been eight months since I first downloaded and tried Songbird. Back then it was a "proof of concept" and it kept crashing on me. I ended up going back to iTunes for my MP3 playing needs. I want to use Songbird. It's open source and seems to get it.
During a Thanksgiving long weekend, you're either in the Sunday celebration camp or the Monday celebration camp. Some probably fall in both camps. We had our turkey yesterday. When you've been blogging for four years, you get a few Thanksgiving entries under your belt. Like a flashback episode of your
Transamerica: 7.5 out of 10. This one was better than I expected. Felicity Huffman is great as a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual and there are great cameos from our very own Graham Greene and Fionnula Flanagan. A great deal of this film reminded me of "Southern Comfort", a documentary I
I like the video for The Tragically Hip's "In View". I recently made a controversial statement about this tune. Here's the vid.
Check out that full moon tonight. It's absolutely enormous. The Moon is near perigee, the point on its slightly out-of-round orbit that is closest to Earth. That means tonight's full Moon will be almost 12 percent bigger than your typical full moon. Seriously, get outside and check this sucker out.
Humble Howard Glassman is not only the morning radio personality I awoke to throughout high school and university, but he's also a very decent chap. 392 comments on this entry confirm I wasn't the only one enjoying his sense of humour and folksy charm with Fred Patterson on The Humble
