It took one spin of Arcade Fire's Funeral to hook me. "Wake Up" quickly became my favourite cut on the disc and I couldn't wait to share it with my brothers and buddies. I shared it with all of you on August 3. This afternoon I heard "Wake Up" on
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. Kenny Rogers - Lady For my mom who would
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. My jaw remains fully dropped over your comments on the Tea Party. Truly one of the top 10 Canadian BANDS of all time. Although I am saddened by the end of
Hey Ry, break out the jersey. Bryan McCabe will be one of 60 players on Team Canada's preliminary roster for the Olympic hockey tournament next February in Turin, Italy. The complete list of 60 will be unveiled Monday and the 23 man roster will be announced in late December. McCabe,
I believe in the DART. The Disaster Assistance Response Team is something Canada can contribute to countries devastated by disaster, such as the Boxing Day Tsunami or the recent earthquake in Pakistan. I wanted to throw the damn DART back in December and we discussed it quite a bit. The
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. It's 9:15pm Tuesday Oct. 18/05 - a FULL MOON. I'm standing out in my backyard & see an interesting phenomenon. As the clouds (thin cirrus) travel in front of
Jeff Martin, frontman for Canadian rock trio The Tea Party, has quit the band. Fifteen years after they formed in Windsor, Ontario, The Tea Party are no more. I never liked The Tea Party. At best they were an okay Doors cover band. This band hogged valuable stage time at
The Daily Show on The Avian Flu - It seems every night I see, hear or read about the imminent pandemic that may or may not be the virus currently known as Avian. Hell, even I'm guilty of fear mongering. Leave it to Jon Stewart to put his sensible stamp
Al Widmar was 80. He was the Toronto Blue Jays pitching coach from 1980 to 1989 and helped in the development of Dave Stieb, Jim Clancy, Jimmy Key and David Wells under managers Bobby Cox, Jimy Williams and Cito Gaston. Just yesterday I paid tribute to The Drive of '85.
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. The Fugees - Killing Me SoftlyThe Guess Who - American WomanThe Offspring - Self EsteemThe Police - Every Breath You TakeThe Pretenders - Brass In PocketThe
ASME's Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Past 40 Years - A great collection that includes hi-res images of all 40 covers. Update: It looks like we blew their bandwidth. Top five and list here. When good links go bad...
A recent article in the Toronto Star by Douglas Bell alerted me to the fact last Monday's New York Times contained an erroneous review of the new Broken Social Scene album. Much of the review seems to focus on Broken Social Scene as a Montreal-based band. Broken Social Scene, of
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Hey Mike,What goes into your 'intricate analysis' for all of these definitive songs? Might I suggest some alternatives?AnthonyI meditate on each artist for approximately 30 seconds and await the
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Stray Cats - Rock This TownSupertramp - The Logical SongSystem of a Down - Chop SueyThe Beach Boys - Good VibrationsThe Beatles - YesterdayThe Clash -
The Monster Name Decoder - M.I.K.E.B.O.O.N.: Maiden-Injuring Kitten-Eating Beast from the Ominous Onyx Necropolis.
I don't want to let the 2005 baseball season end without paying tribute to The Drive of '85. Twenty years ago, our Blue Jays won their first divisional pennant and got their first taste of post-season play. Can you believe that was twenty years ago? In 1983, my first full
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. Floyd the Barber - NirvanaUntil the End of the World - U2Woody - HaydenBells On -
We're only six games into the 2005/06 NHL season, but it's fun to see all those leafs amongst the top ten in scoring. Three different Leafs have assumed a lofty perch in three different key offensive categories. Eric Lindros is second amongst goal scorers. He has five while Simon
I've posted four new pictures in Pictures. Two were taken Friday, the other two were taken yesterday. If you're interested, I just opened the vault and snapped a number of pictures of stuff I saved. Here's the Flickr photoset.
I blabbed about RSS when I implemented a feed for this blog on September 17. If you want to know more about RSS, here's the Wikipedia page. It's evolution, baby. Earlier today, I launched an RSS feed for Custom's official web site blog. If want an alert when things start
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares To YouSkid Row - 18 And LifeSloan - UnderwhelmedSnoop Doggy Dogg - Who Am I (What's My Name)?Soul Asylum -
Suddenly our beloved Maple Leafs are on a three game winning streak. Eric Lindros provided the offense with a couple of goals and Ed Belfour made the lead hold up as we downed our arch rivals in Montreal. Here are some of my dotted observations six games into the new
"Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive." - Stephen Leacock
Jason Collier was 28. He was a five-year NBA player who spent his first three seasons with Houston before joining Atlanta in 2003, averaging 5.6 points and 2.9 rebounds in his career.
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Hey Mike & torontomike.com readers. I just wanted to say a quick hello, as I hadn't been online for 5 days due to a hectic work schedule. I wanted to
