I awoke this morning and heard the news. Half a dozen explosions rocked the London subway and tore open a packed double-decker bus during this morning's rush hour. The blasts killed at least two people and injured scores in what a shaken Prime Minister Tony Blair called a series of
It seems everyone is talking about podcasts these days. In fact, it seems there are now more podcasts out there than there are people interested in listening to podcasts. Podcasting is the new blogging, or the new black, I get confused. Personally, my beef is with the term "podcast". "Podcast"
Ernest Lehman was 89. He wrote the scripts for the legendary musical "West Side Story" and the Alfred Hitchcock classic "North by Northwest".
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. Whale - Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe I remember this
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. Dear Anonymous,It is during the formative years that we are establishing the type of relationship we will have with our children. We must strive to build a foundation on trust,
It's been way too long since we've been able to talk Maple Leaf hockey. Sure, we've talked about the NHL, but it's been all about labour negotiations and lock outs and season cancellations. I want to be able to talk about Belfour's edge and Sundin's scoring streak. I want to
Renaldo "Obie" Benson was 69. He was one of four members of the Motown singing group Four Tops.
Much has been made of the sales surge Live 8 artists experienced after their performance on Saturday. Pink Floyd sales rose, The Who's sales rose, U2's sales rose, and so on. I'd file this one under "D" for duh. In the three days following Live 8, I've noticed myself clicking
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. Upon reading about your dream of being a good father I wish you the very best luck and achievement in this area. A parent who owns up to responsibility knows that
The Tragically Hip Performances From Live 8 and Neil Young's Performances From Live 8 - If you missed it, this is your chance to see The Hip perform "My Music At Work", "Ahead By A Century" and "Poets" and Neil Young perform "Four Strong Winds", "When God Made Me" and
Hank Stram was 82. He took the Kansas City Chiefs to two Super Bowls and was known for his inventive game plans and exuberance on the sideline.
It was an interesting sports weekend for people with last names similar to mine. In baseball, three-time All-Star second baseman Bret Boone bid goodbye to the Seattle Mariners on Sunday after being designated for assignment. His days with the club are over. Meanwhile, Tom Boonen won Monday's third stage at
Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in the Quintessential Player and list the first ten songs that play. Here are the ten tunes I heard today. Pulp - Monday MorningLenny Kravitz - Can't Get You Off My MindRusty - FriendsThe Kleptones - JazzMetallica - Free Speech For The
Gus Bodnar was 82. He was the NHL rookie of the year in 1943-44, totalling 142 goals and 396 points in 667 games in a career that included two Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
I watched a fantastic documentary last night. It's called "Hardwood" and it's "a personal journey by director Hubert Davis, the son of former Harlem Globetrotter Mel Davis, who explores how his father's decisions affected his life and those of his extended family". It packs a major emotional punch in a
I haven't done this in a while. I'm now sharing a couple of new videos in Videos. I used to share a lot of video but once I got a digital camera I found myself taking less and less video and more and more pictures. These two videos were actually
I've posted an unprecedented eight new pictures in Pictures. Five are from our Canada Day trip to Puck's Farm and the other three are from a trip to the park Thursday evening.
"We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong." - Bono
On the first day of every month I post the top ten search strings from the previous month. Only a couple of days late, these are the Google searches that referred people to this site. Below are the top ten search strings for June 2005. joe carterfamily guypearl jambig shiny
I received the following correspondence this morning via my Contact Mike page. The sender didn't leave an email address or any contact information, so I'm hoping he'll read my response here. Here's the message in its entirety. Greetings,Mike I am composer of the go leafs go song since 1993.
Musicians Neil Young and Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip perform Young's "Rockin in the Free World" for the grand finale of the Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ontario July 2, 2005.
I spent the bulk of today watching Live 8 performances from around the world, with a particular focus on our very own Barrie show. There were some great moments, wonderful tunes and a list to sign. A couple of moments were particularly awesome. In Barrie, Neil Young sounded great and
I have a contact at HMV, the popular music and video store. My contact wishes to remain anonymous, but I can tell you that's he's a manager of a Toronto HMV. Periodically I'm going to ask questions of The Anonymous HMV Manager and I'll post his answers here. I asked
CBC Canada Day Quiz - Only one of the 1,000 people surveyed scored a perfect 20. Two-thirds got less than half the questions right. I got 18/20.
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