In my travels the other night, I stumbled upon Dead Teen Songs or Teenage Death Music or the teen death song or teen tragedy. In addition to being quite the title, it's quite the list. You've got to love songs about teenage death. Here are my ten favourite dead teen
I'm not much of a reader. I read a lot of the web, but not actual books. My wife reads a lot, so I asked her to give me a list of her ten favourite books of 2009. 1. The Sealed Letter by Emman Donoghue2. Three Cups of Tea by
On the weekend, I wrote about movies I loved in 2009. As promised, here are movies I gave 5 or less out of 10 a.k.a. movies I hated in 2009. The Astronaut FarmerPaul Blart: Mall CopPasschendaeleSmart PeopleYou Don't Mess with the ZohanZack and Miri Make a PornoRole ModelsTwilightThe
There were 2,155 sources of traffic to this site in 2009. #1 was Google and #2 was Yahoo. That's search engine traffic, and important, but this entry isn't about search engine traffic. It's about other sites that sent visitors over here throughout the year. Excluding Google, Yahoo and Bing,
As 2009 draws to a close, you'll likely be seeing a lot of celebrity death lists, remembering those who died throughout the year. For as long as I've had a personal home page on the interweb, I've marked celebrity passings. You can read them all at http://www.torontomike.com/
There's a link going around that lists the 100 best band names of all time. Here's their top 10: 1. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem (Leave it to The Muppets to come up with the BEST BAND NAME OF ALL TIME.) 2. Guided By Voices (This always seemed like
Tis the season we're inundated by Christmas music. Like any music, some Christmas songs are great, while others are pretty dreadful. This year, I decided to wade through my collection and produce the top 40 Christmas songs. Yes, music playlists are totally subjective, so I'm sure I've missed a few
Here are my ten favourite Christmas movies and specials. Feel free to add your favourites in the comments. 10. The Nightmare Before Christmas9. It's A Wonderful Life8. Love Actually7. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer6. A Charlie Brown Christmas5. The Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire4. Bad Santa3. The Polar Express2. Dr.
In the late 80s, I absolutely loved Guns N' Roses. I literally wore out my Appetite for Destruction cassette. I had to score both Use Your Illusion 1 and Use Your Illusion 2 the day they were released. For a few years at least, GNR was the best band on
Here in Canada, we're smack in the middle of our Thanksgiving long weekend. My family carved the turkey yesterday, but most are doing that today and some are doing that tomorrow. If you need a Thanksgiving playlist, here are songs from my collection with "thank" in the title. Give Thanks
I was so disappointed with The Top 200 Songs of the 1990s that aired on Edge 102 / CFNY a few weekends ago, I decided to create my own list. There are almost 60 songs here that did not appear on the original list. I've marked my additions with "NEW". Feel
Over the Labour Day long weekend, 102.1 the Edge counted down the Top 200 songs of the 90's. Here's their list. Actually, they're claiming this list was compiled from listener votes. It's a pretty good top 10, actually, but I am surprised we got three Nirvana songs and Pearl
My daughter is with me at work where I've got an extensive music library sitting on an external hard drive. Yes, I back it up periodically. She's loving this song by Selena Gomez of The Wizards of Waverly Place fame entitled "Magic". I just played the original "Magic" by Pilot
It's Labour Day. Let's celebrate the working class with a playlist of songs with "work" or variations thereof in the title. If I missed any "work" songs, let me know in the comments. Brother's Gonna Work It Out - Public EnemyChemical Worker's Song (Process Man) - Great Big SeaCowboys Work
It's been a long week. Earlier today, during a five minute break, I posted five albums every teenager should listen to. After some reflection I realized that 3/5 were actually compilations, and not studio albums. If we're going to force teens to listen to five albums recorded prior to
As a teenager, I would hear about these iconic classic rock albums. "Revolver", "Dark Side of the Moon", "Morrison Hotel" and "Have You Ever Been Experienced" were just some of the albums I had to discover for myself. It was a rite of passage. Here are five classic albums I
If memory serves me correct, summer usually arrives around these parts in June. This year, it came in August. Better late than never, I suppose. Here are some songs to help you celebrate the arrival of summer. These are "summer" songs in my collection. That means the word "summer" has
I've heard there's yet another thunderstorm warning for the GTA. This time, we get something extra special with our thunderstorm. They're calling for a tornado. Beware the funnel clouds, kids. And while you're hankering down in your cellar, play these "thunder" and "lightning" tunes I culled from my collection. If
CQ reminded me yesterday morning that they're airing the Top 200 songs of the millennium on 102.1 this long weekend. She (or is CQ a he?) He decided to throw down her (or his?) his top 200 songs released from 2000 to the present day. Not to be outdone,
NPR polled their listeners and have come up with the best music of 2009 (so far). They're even sharing many of the songs. Here's their list. Remember, if you visit the NPR link above, you can hear some of these online. First, the Best Songs of 2009 (so far)1.
40 years ago today, we put a man on the moon. I missed the whole thing, having not been born yet and all. I'll bet it was quite the event. Had I been born, I'd likely have live-blogged it and tweeted the hell out of it. It's pretty cool we
Happy Independence Day to my American friends and readers. Here are all the American songs in my MP3 collection. American Jesus - Bad ReligionLook Inside America - BlurAmerican Skin (41 Shots) - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandAmerican Dream - Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungYoung Americans - David BowieReal
I just published a list of Dad and Daddy songs for all the dads out there, and now I've filtered my MP3 collection for songs with "father" in the title. Here are Father songs for Father's Day. The Godfather - B.K.S.Child Is Father Of The Man -
I just filtered my MP3 collection for songs with "dad" in the title. After I pruned the list, removing the many Puff Daddy remixes and dupes, I was left with the following list of Dad and Daddy songs for Father's Day. Daddy - BeyoncéDaddy's Getting Married - Bif NakedGo Daddy-O
I played softball tonight for the Piranhas. We won 20-4. I've got two games tomorrow night for Raging Storm. I love playing ball in the summertime. I just searched my MP3 collection for songs with the word "ball" in the title. Then, I discarded songs about a formal gathering and
