35% of all tunage we hear on Canadian radio between the hours of 06:00 and midnight must be Canadian in content. This is the Cancon rule I grew up with. It meant a frequent barrage of Frozen Ghost, Jeff Healey, Tom Cochrane, The Pursuit of Happiness, Blue Rodeo, Corey
I've been rather fixated on the idea of Sidney Crosby playing in Toronto. I first floated the idea in early March and then revisited the notion in April. According to the Toronto Star, the Maple Leafs have approached Crosby with the possibility of playing for the Toronto Marlies of the
Things I did to my brother's computer last night Installed FirefoxInstalled AVG Virus ScanInstalled WinampInstalled Search & Destroy for SpywareSet up his new speakers
Rick Nash is only 20 years old but he's leading the pack in Innsbruck, Austria, scoring two big goals in today's victory over the States. With the win, Canada clinched first place in Group B and will play Sweden, the Group C first-place team, in the qualification round on Saturday.
If you live in Toronto, you've seen those ads for Nike's 10K RunTO event all over the city. They poke fun at our various neighbourhoods with one community making fun of another. I've been enjoying them. The Toronto Public Space Committee is fighting back with their own spin on the
It's entirely possible I rely too heavily upon email as my main form of communication. There's a temporary issue with my email address associated with this domain, which is whatever@thisdomain.com, and until it's fixed I'm completely out of the loop. If you've written me today, this is why
Again, I'm stuck in front of a computer when I'd rather be in front of a television to watch Canada take on the USA this afternoon at 14:15 EST. It promises to be a great game and I don't intend to let a little work interfere with my following
I just read the greatest property listing in MLS history. The broker who listed it is named John E. Deoliveira and the West Toronto house he's selling is detailed here. MLS listings can be removed at any time, so just in case that link breaks before you get a chance
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. Tomorow morning - May 5th, I will be waking up at 5:05.05am on 05/05/05 to see if something unforseen happens. I'm a fan of numerology (being an
I've waited all year for this one... May the fourth be with you.
I was just looking at a list of the 10 most watched prime-time shows for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen Media Research. It's an American list, but I suspect the Canadian top ten is fairly similar. I noticed I don't watch very many shows in the top ten.
Canada absolutely dominated Slovenia, outshooting them 56-12. 8-0 was actually a rather generous score for Slovenia considering. This was the first world championship game ever between two-time defending champion Canada and the slower, less-skilled Slovenes. A true test is Thursday when we face the damn Yankees.
Cereal Boxes - "Here is an archive of hundreds of cereal boxes, with even more to come." Here's my favourite.
Canada takes on Slovenia this morning at 10:00 EST. If you're like me, you won't be able to park yourself in front of a television to enjoy, but you can still follow the action by following my lead. I'll be streaming The Fan 590 so I can hear the
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. Beastie Boys - In 3'sPulp - Seductive BarryGuns N' Roses - It's So EasySmashing Pumpkins - GlynisIan Hunter - Cleveland RocksJay-Zeezer -
Bob Hunter was 63. He co-founded Greenpeace and was also a broadcaster, journalist, author and political hopeful. He was most recently the ecology news specialist for CHUM's Citytv and CP24 TV channels and the man behind Paper Cuts, a segment in which he wore a bathrobe and commented on the
"Revenge of the Sith" will be released in theatres later this month. It's episode three and the final installment of the sextet. I've had this thought process before, but having read the first paragraph of Kevin Smith's review of "Revenge of the Sith", I'm thinking I may have to see
The Bourne Identity: 7.5 out of 10. As I mentioned below, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's an interesting premise that's well filmed and intriguing throughout. There's even a role for Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje who I know best as Simon Adebisi in the series "Oz". It's the first time I've
Well over a month ago, I borrowed some DVDs from a friend. One of these DVDs was "The Bourne Identity" and Taryn and I finally got around to watching it early yesterday afternoon. It was good. We were thoroughly enjoying the story when at the one hour and thirty minute
On the first day of every month I post the top ten search strings from the previous month. These are the Google searches that referred people to this site. Below are the top ten search strings for April 2005. toronto blue jaysfamily guyedgefest 2005 lineuptoronto blue jays logopaul mccartney presale
I've posted four new pictures in Pictures. There's a couple from today and a couple from last week.
William Bell was 78. He was an Emmy award-winning daytime TV soap writer, producer and co-creator of "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful".
Tonight's first new episode of "The Simpsons" entitled "Don't Fear The Roofer" is episode 350, right? You've seen and read the articles about this fact and you've probably caught some of the hype from Fox. In actuality, it's going to be episode 351. "Future-Drama" was the true 350. For some
"Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that..." - George Carlin
I recently submitted a tune for SLS13 consideration. I submitted "B.Y.O.B" from System of a Down. "Cigaro" was leaked via the Internet earlier in the year and I linked to it and enjoyed the hell out of it, but it wasn't System of a Down's first single
