Yeah, it's hot. It'll be even hotter tomorrow. This is the hottest Canadian year on record. If you can't beat the heat, create a playlist of songs with "heat" in the title. The following songs were culled from my collection. Canned Heat Blues - Sloppy HenryHeat - 50 CentHeat -
Dark Side of the Rainbow - For your reference, here's a cheat sheet of the coincidental events when you synchronize PInk Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon with "The Wizard of Oz". Personally, I think it's much ado about nothing, except for 19:37 in when it's a pretty cool
National Film Board of Canada: Play films - "Fifty NFB animated shorts, including several animation classics, can be accessed directly from this section. You can search them by title, director and year of production." There are so many classics here: "Neighbours/Voisins", "The Cat Came Back", "The Sweater", "The Big
I've been sharing my memories of the Toronto Blue Jays, absorbed during the fanatical years of 1983-1993. I started by writing about the ten home run attack in September of 1987 and followed that up by recalling the day we clinched in 1985. This time, I'm revisiting Thanksgiving, 1992. It
"Did you know that in Massachusetts it's legal to marry your son?"
All day long I've been getting hits from people Googling Humble Howard leaves mix and other similar searches. I rank rather highly for these searches, thanks to this entry about Fred Patterson getting the boot last September. I listened to Humble & Fred every morning for years when they were
My favourite movies featuring George Clooney O Brother, Where Art Thou?Out of SightThe Perfect StormSouth Park: Bigger Longer & UncutThree Kings
Loose Change: 7 out of 10. I've shared my thoughts on just about every movie I've seen over the past few years. Usually it's a movie I've seen on DVD or our local movie network and once in a blue moon I actually get to a theatre to watch a
Whether the Raps are headed in the right direction or not, will be decided on the court. No matter how they fare this season, nobody will be able to accuse Bryan Colangelo of sitting on his hands and fiddling while Rome burned. The man has been active with a capital
I'm not sure why, but this morning I woke up and thought of Tom Vu. Tom Vu ran informercials in the early 90s recruiting people to attend his free 90-minute seminar where he'd share the secrets he used to make millions. I loved these informercials because they always showed Vu
Red Buttons was 87. He was the the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in early television and then in a dramatic role won the 1957 Oscar as supporting actor in "Sayonara."
I just submitted a tune for SLS15 consideration. I submitted "Heaters" from illScarlett. I liked "Heaters" the first time I heard it. Of course, one of my favourite discs of all time is Sublime's self-titled disc and "Heaters" sounds as if it came from that disc, so there's no wonder
I've been sharing my memories of the Toronto Blue Jays, absorbed during the fanatical years of 1983-1993. I started by writing about the ten home run attack in September of 1987 and this time I'm tackling the clinching win in 1985. I thought we were going to clinch on October
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Driving home tonight I happened to accidently turn on CHUM AM & one of the the most influential songs from the late 60's came on & it brought back memories. Abraham,
Today, the National Hockey League released its 2006-07 schedule. The Leafs open their season at home against the Sens on October 4th. In honour of the occasion, I've re-launched my little countdown page, an annual tradition. A visit to that page confirms there's only 83 days, 23 hours, 3 minutes,
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. Chiliwack - Rain-O I was first introduced to Chiliwack's
With the day off work and the rain coming down, we decided to postpone our trip to Ontario Place and try and trick the kids into learning something at the Ontario Science Centre. I suppose when you decide to have kids you also agree to give up a small piece
Four Blue Jays saw action last night in Pittsburgh during the 77th All-Star Game. Here's how they fared. Vernon Wells - He threw out Alfonso Soriano at the plate and hit a single to go 1-2Roy Halladay - He threw 22 pitches but coughed up a run during two innings
I once referred to him as Mr. Bergstrom, the substitute teacher from the great Simpsons episode "Lisa's Substitute". Being stifled by the regular cast of the CFNY Edge102 morning show, George Stroumboulopoulos subbed for a week and helped restore my passion for the genre. Then, when I was hooked, he
When I learned today Wiarton Willie had passed away I was a little sad, then I remembered Willie-gate. Wiarton Willie had actually passed away in 1999, but when they rolled out poor Willie laid out in a coffin in his tuxedo, it wasn't him. They actually tried to pass off
During the summer of 1983, I spent a few days at my uncle's cottage which I think was near Penetanguishene, Ontario. My memories of where it was located are hazy, but I vividly recall the voices of Tom and Jerry. The Blue Jays were in the midst of an 89-73
Syd Barrett was 60. He was the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity.
Zidane simulator - Ohhh, so this is what I missed.
June Allyson was 88. She was the sunny, cracked-voiced "perfect wife" of James Stewart, Van Johnson and other movie heroes.
We're back. Did we miss anything? I heard there was a big soccer game yesterday. I'm sure I'll find something about it online. Last year, James and I went to my favourite camping spot. This time, we went somewhere more suitable for four year olds. We headed 45 minutes west
