I love baseball. I love The Tragically Hip. I also love it when these worlds collide. Tonight is the 75th All-Star game from Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Prior to the game, Gord Downie will be singing our national anthem. It will be very interesting to see and hear
Is the gang at CFNY Edge 102 reinventing history? I believe they are. Edgefest 2004 took place on July 2nd and was closed by Good Charlotte. I think I've said all I have to say about Good Charlotte. In a nutshell, they didn't belong on this bill and I thought
All Music has always been a great website for music fans. It's essentially IMDB for music. Every band has a biography, discography, etc. The content was good and yesterday they launched their new website. Their new site sucks. It's awful. When I visit it with Firefox, I get the following
Fahrenheit 9/11 Facts -- Notes + Sources - This link is to Michael Moore's War Room and his extensive factchecking notes on Fahrenheit 9/11. It's quite impressive. He makes it difficult to dispute a single fact.
The Olympics are only a month away. That is, if Athens can handle it. Yesterday, Greece experienced their worst power failure in decades, which crippled the southern half of the country for hours. The Summer Olympic Games take place from August 13 to August 29. Assuming everything runs according to
Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in Winamp and list the first ten songs that play. Here are the ten I heard today. The Simpsons - The Monorail SongKorn - Beat It UprightZZ Top - Sharp Dressed ManPearl Jam - Thin AirPublic Enemy - Welcome To The TerrordomeKorn
I've always been a big fan of the Home Run Derby. I try and watch every year and I even saw it live at Skydome back in 1992 when Cal Ripken Jr. took the crown. When there wasn't a Blue Jay competing I always looked to the big sluggers to
Isabel Sanford was 86. She was best known as "Weezie", Louise Jefferson on the television sitcom "The Jeffersons".
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. The Blues are still required. Something that concert reviews seem to pay little attention to is the surface on which concertgoers stand. Sometimes seating is a matter of discussion, and for
I finally found some time to enjoy The Simpsons Season Four on DVD this weekend. I always watch every episode first with the commentary so I can learn all the interesting "behind the scenes" stories from my favourite show. Among the several episodes I watched yesterday was "Lisa's First Word"
While I'm on the topic of SLS11, it's worth noting there is less Canadian content on SLS11 than on any previous edition. This is unfortunate but the way it worked out. I'm a big fan of Canadian rock, but there simply wasn't enough quality tunage from Canada these past six
There is now an SLS11 home page as part of our SLS site. You'll find all 23 tunes that made the SLS11 cut there. All tunes that were submitted for SLS11 consideration but didn't make the cut have been relegated to the Cutting Room Floor. Four tunes which will be
This morning I was cruising the dial of my Freeplay Ranger when I stumbled upon Wham's "Careless Whisper". I was immediately flooded with a ton of memories. As pathetic as it sounds, Wham was a big part of music when I was an impressionable pre-teen. I owned Make It Big
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." - Yoda, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
There was a BBQ today to celebrate Ryan's graduation from Ryerson and the birth of his son who is due in August. I took some shots and have posted them in Pictures.
Way back in October, I wrote about new anticopying technology from SunnComm Technologies. The objective here is to restrict PC users from ripping CDs into MP3s. At the time, I thought the whole thing sucked and my entry was to remind people that they can suppress the AutoRun feature in
I must say, SLS11 rocks! I've been listening to it all morning and it's really solid. I believe these really are the best tunes from the first half of 2004. The song order for SLS11 has changed, so those who need to know the new order take note. The deck
I was well aware "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" was filmed here in Toronto because a friend of mine worked security on the set all last summer. Many movies are filmed here in Toronto, so this is no big deal, it's just that they typically disguise the fact it's Toronto by avoiding
"Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that."
Jeff Smith was 65. He was public television's popular "Frugal Gourmet" before a sex scandal ruined his career.
The key U.S. assertions leading to the 2003 invasion of Iraq - that Saddam Hussein had chemical and biological weapons and was working to make nuclear weapons - were wrong and based on false or overstated CIA analyses, a scathing Senate Intelligence Committee report asserted today. Is anyone shocked
Five reasons to stop the Friday Five It's tough coming up with topicsFridays are very busyConformity is restrictingNobody reads themNobody cares
Mike's Blog - It was bound to happen. Michael Moore has followed my lead and is now blogging. This link is to his blog which he has aptly named Mike's Blog.
After a decade's absence from the big screen, Police Academy is returning for an eighth installment. I'm not ashamed to admit that I used to love the Police Academy movies. When you're fourteen years old this is some seriously funny shit. The Steve Guttenberg era was the best when you
I have added a new stub to my collection of Ticket Stubs. My ticket from The Tragically Hip show on July 1st is now on display in Ticket Stubs.
