Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. Happy Canada Day (a day late but it's better than nothing) from a guy in India who absolutely loves Canada, her cities, her musicians, her authors, her hockey players, her actors
Luther Vandross was 54. He was the Grammy award winning crooner best known for his hits "Here and Now" and "Any Love".
Heading North on the 400 earlier today on our way to Puck's Farm in Schomberg, the conversation turned to music. 54-40's "I Go Blind" was playing on CFNY Edge 102 and that got us thinking about 54-40 and Hootie and the Blowfish, who covered the song for the show "Friends"
I can't think of a better way to celebrate Canada Day than by unveiling the songs that make up the thirteenth edition of SLS. The negotiations were a little stickier than usual, but at the end of the day the committee agrees that these songs make the cut. Without further
She's 138 years young and we love her. Happy Birthday Canada! Population: 32 million (UN, 2005)Capital: OttawaArea: 9.9 million sq km (3.8 million sq miles)Major languages: English, French (both of official status)Major religion: ChristianityLife expectancy: 77 years (men), 82 years (women) (UN)Monetary unit: 1
When Google asked us all to upload videos so they could host them, they asked us to ensure we were the copyright holders before sharing. I tested Google a few months ago and had no problem sharing this. That was nothing. Read this. The world's largest media company has streaming
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. Finally a weekend with NO BaseBall -playing in tournaments or helping conveening tourney's after 6 weekends of non stop baseball. A long WEEKEND off - BUT NOOOOOOOOOOO (SNL lingo) Live 8
At about noon today, I grabbed my new iriver H10 and went for a stroll. I was randomly playing the tracks when Public Enemy's "Fight The Power" came on. I blasted it, rapped along with Chuck D and felt an eerily familiar high. It was that same high I used
All week long CFNY Edge 102 has been airing "The Best Of The Dean Blundell Show" in the mornings. That's a serious oxymoron. I tune in for the tunes, but when that trio starts yakking I'm out of there. I've read articles that suggest they're quite popular in their target
On April 14, I set out to test Google's video upload program. I uploaded Custom's "USA" video to see if Google would bother finding out if I had permission from the copyright holder to share it. In this instance I actually had permission from the artist to do this, but
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. Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World (Electric)
I was playing around with this funky web-based app called the Polaroid-o-nizer. You upload a photo and they render it old-school Polaroid style, complete with writing at the bottom.
It was the bottom of the last inning, Raging Storm in the field and Smoke & Mirrors at bat. We're holding on to a three run lead but Smoke & Mirrors has managed to load the bases. At the plate is one of the ringers they brought in after their
Custom's video for his new song "USA" is a thought provoking, politically charged video that's garnered some controversy. You can download the .mov file or watch it in Google Videos. It's raw, it's effective and it's real. On the other side of the spectrum is Dennis Madalone's "America We Stand
First there was Belgium, then the Netherlands, and if all goes well, tonight there will be Canada. These are the progressive nations that have legalized gay marriage. Bill C-38, titled Law on Civil Marriage, is expected to clear the House tonight with support from most Liberals, the Bloc and the
For my birthday, my loved ones all threw a few bucks in my hat so I could buy myself an MP3 player. It's the only gift I got and it's the only gift I really needed. I had been doing a great deal of research these past few weeks to
At lunch I threw The Kleptones' "A Night at the Hip-Hopera" into my new iriver H10 (more on that later) and went for a stroll in the hot, hot heat. "Question", a track in the collection, features a sound bite from "Fight Club" that really struck a nerve with me.
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. Lighthouse - One Fine MorningThe Simpsons - I Love To See You SmileSloan - SugartuneQueen - Now I'm HereU2 - A Sort
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. Happy birthday you wacky bastard. I havn't checked out your site in a while on account of the hockey lockout, but today I decided to take a look and see what
The following people are celebrating a birthday today. Chris Woodward - 29Tobey Maguire - 30Mike Boon - 31Julia Duffy - 54Ross Perot - 75
It's that time of year again. It's time to put the latest edition of SLS to bed. Mark and I are currently involved in some pretty heavy duty negotiations as we shape this thirteenth installment. We'll finalize the 80 minutes early next week and I'll post the final songlist here.
Paul Winchell was 82. He was a ventriloquist, inventor and children's TV show host best known for creating the lispy voice of Winnie the Pooh's animated friend Tigger.
"Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time." - Jean Paul Richter
I've added 14 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Four of them I was heavily anticipating while the others just sort of showed up at the door and I let them in. The Celine Dion addition is tied to a rather long story I should remember to share some time
I've posted four new pictures in Pictures. Two are from Taryn's 30th Birthday lunch this afternoon, one is from our Blue Jays game on Father's Day and another is Michelle enjoying the sun.
