Daves I know That guy who played on my slo-pitch team for a couple of years before dropping out and making me the oldest player on the teamDave Stieb, our first ace and pitcher of our only no-hitterThat Christian kid who talked to his dog on Sunday mornings during The
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Senator Jerry Grafstein, MP Dennis Mills & conultant Warren Kinsella plan another "Sarstock 2006" to let tourists know that T.O. is still vibrant & a place to visit regardless of
In 1990 I saw "Coupe de Ville", a charming as hell story about three brothers forced to take a road trip together. As one of three brothers, I especially liked this flick and consider it one of the more under appreciated films of the 90s. A classic scene in the
The 106th US Open teed off at Winged Foot in New York yesterday. As I do with every major, I purchased a trio of golfers in an attempt to win our little golf pool. As usual, I consulted my brothers before making my selection. They're much bigger golf fans than
When Canada and Ireland failed to qualify for the World Cup this year, I was left without a rooting interest. I contemplated rooting for The Netherlands because I'm always hearing from other Boons in that part of the world and my surname apparently originated there. I'm not much of a
Even before I saw "Saint Ralph" I was hunting for an MP3 of Gord Downie's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Last month I linked to a site that was sharing several covers of this Cohen classic. I left a comment on that site telling everyone about my search for Downie's
James and I were at the dome last night to catch the Jays and Orioles in the third of a four game series. It was our first game of year and it was bizarre to say the least. The Ball: It pays to be a four year old kid. We
It will be hockey night in Canada on Saturday night. Edmonton, the team that refuses to die, has forced a sixth game in these Stanley Cup finals. I'm beginning to wonder if this hockey season will ever end. Both Marc and Ryan got two points and remain separated by six.
When you're trying to lead a revolution, you need the right tunes. These songs are all in my collection and collectively comprise my "revolution" playlist. Raining Revolution - Arrested DevelopmentBeastie Revolution - Beastie BoysRevolution - The BeatlesRevolution 1 - The BeatlesRevolutin 9 - The BeatlesRevolution Rock - The ClashRevolution -
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. The Beatles - Revolution This is one of my
I love playing ball. I always have. From the moment I played my first game of tee ball at Lessard Park I was hooked. What I lacked in natural God-given talent I made up for in heart and soul. Baseball has always been my favourite participation sport and I've given
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: 7 out of 10. In actuality, this movie is a 5, but because it entertained me, my four year old and my one year old tonight, it's earned a bonus deuce. I was introduced to SpongeBob in the hospital of all places. At the close of
This June 1st article by Greg Wyshynski makes the following statement. Eddie Vedder and the boys were on top of the world in the early 1990s, and then suffered public indifference and critical blasting for the next decade. But they kept making the albums they wanted to make, and touring
I just submitted a tune for SLS15 consideration. I submitted "You Only Live Once" from The Strokes. I was itching to submit the B-side unheard, but that violates a cardinal SLS rule. No song can be submitted until it's actually listened to at least once. "You Only Live Once" is
The four landmark smokestacks of the Lakeview Generating Station came crashing down yesterday. Known as the four sisters and located just east of Port Credit in Mississauga, these smokestacks were instantly recognizable landmarks just west of our fair city. Watch video of their demolition and check out this Flickr photoset.
It was close, but Smoke & Mirrors came up with two runs in the last half of the last inning to squeak by us 8-7. 4-0 out of the gate, it's good to get this first loss out of the way. How's that for positive thinking? For more on Raging
It doesn't look good for Edmonton. It also doesn't look good for Ryan in our annual playoff pool spectacular. Stillman earned another two points and Recchi scored the big goal to put Marc up by six with three or less games to play. For the current standings, visit http://www.
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. All Uncovered - The WatchmenThe Beautiful American - Louis Armstrong & Duke EllingtonRing of Fire -
Ken Thomson was 82. He transformed the media empire founded by his father and became the richest person in Canada.
Moe Drabowsky was 70. He was the prankster pitcher who delighted in putting pythons in teammates' shoes and wound up as a World Series star for the Baltimore Orioles when they won their first championship in 1966.
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Canada Day is 3 weeks away & I all see is Italy, Portugal, Brazil, England, etc. flags on cars driving through T.O. Nowhere to be seen A CDN flag. to
Musicovery - I should warn you before you click this link that you'll likely spend a great deal of time at Musicovery sampling tunes and playing with the settings. It's a very cool interface.
I stumbled upon a discussion regarding the new Red Hot Chili Pepper song "Dani California". I don't know how I missed this, but the tune is identical to Tom Petty's "Mary Jane’s Last Dance". Go ahead and play the two songs in your head. Or better yet, listen to
When I listed my five favourite comic strips a couple of years back, coming up with number one was easy. Lynn Johnston's "For Better Or For Worse" is the only strip I read on a daily basis and I've been doing so for as long as I can remember. A
Sure, I'm in my thirties now but I still make an effort to catch the MTV Movie Awards every year. This is the first year I actually taped it off of MTV and not MuchMusic. There's an MTV Canada now, did you know that? I watched the first half last
