I recently wrote about picking up a single lawn ticket for about twenty bucks to see The Who during their farewell tour. Yesterday I biked to the Freshwater Stage (shout out to Neil Young) and enjoyed a great set by Tom Cochrane. That alone was worth more than the price
I wouldn't consider myself a big fan of The Who. I've never bought any albums, although I did rip their greatest hits CD to MP3 in the early 2000s. And of course, because I'm a pop culture savvy adult on planet Earth, I know several of their songs. But when
This wasn't my first Neil Young experience, but it was my first outdoors Neil Young experience. I love my summer concerts outdoors, so I was more than happy to buy a lawn ticket at Budweiser Stage to see one of my favourite musical artist of all-time. Neil opened with the
The other day, I played Alice In Chains's Dirt in its entirety. I've always loved this album, and during a previous chapter in my life, would throw it on to plow through an office workday. It's 13 tracks, and if we consider "Intro (Dream Sequence)/Iron Gland" as an intro
During yesterday's #TOAST, Indie 88's Bob Willette cracked a joke that I was stuck in the 90s because he felt the majority of my #TOAST jams were from that decade. While it's true I still listen to a lot of music released in the 90s, I asked the VP of
I've been ironing out an annoying frame rate issue on recorded videos that were also live streamed. I think I have it sorted now. We'll find out at 2pm with Gill Deacon. This issue, in a roundabout way, had me revisiting a recording of Broken Social Scene co-founder Brendan Canning's
Just before recording with Skye Wallace on Friday, I started singing "Nowhere To Run" by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas. I shared with Skye that I first discovered the song in the movie Good Morning Vietnam. I also owned that soundtrack on cassette and "Nowhere To Run" was the first
Is there a greater chasm between quality of content vs. quality of cover than Pet Sounds? Pet Sounds is a great album, no doubt, but that's one bad album cover.
There's this song I only know from a Simpsons episode - I always thought the title was "That's My Boy" but it's actually called "Watching Scotty Grow" and it's by Bobby Goldsboro. So I found myself diving into this guy's catalogue and it's a lot of slop but this guy
I realize I'm a couple of days late with this one. Ode to Billie Joe opens with Bobbie Gentry singing on June 3rd... Was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay And at dinnertime we stopped and
Yesterday, Dr. Cliff Redford dropped by to kick out the jams. That's what we call it when a Toronto Mike'd guest returns to play and discuss their favourite ten songs of all-time. One of Dr. Cliff's songs was from Billy Idol, a singer I just loved in the mid-80s. I
I biked to The Sound Garage on Geary Ave last night to take in Change of Heart at The Sound Garage. It was my first show at this venue, and I dug it. It's small, but the sight lines are fab and the sounds was good.
Chris Murphy Toronto Mike’d Podcast Episode 229: Chris Murphy from SloanIn this 229th episode, Mike chats with Chris Murphy about his 25 years with Sloan, his new Trans-Canada Highwaymen project and why he lied to us about the word “underwhelmed”. This episode is exactly 1:30:42. You can
Earlier this month in Punta Cana, Tool played the inaugural Live In The Sand festival where they promised they'd deliver "two unique sets." If you asked me what the means, I'd assume it means no song would be performed twice over the two days. In actuality, four songs were played
I fell in love with rock via rockabilly band The Stray Cats. You can hear more about this moment in my personal musical journey when I kicked out the jams for my 50th. The cassette I owned was titled Built for Speed and it came out in 1982. It had
Title : Speed Demons Composer : Simon Holland CD Title : The Champions CD Number : FCD 105 Publisher: Focus Music Library
I have seen rock and roll's future and its name is Bruce Springsteen . . . Last night, my wife and I saw Bruce Springsteen for the very first time. I'm here to tell you that the pre-concert hype was literally 40 years in the making, as I've been hearing about Bruce's live
Yesterday, Jeremy Hopkin dropped by to talk about 10 great Toronto ghost stories. One involves the University of Toronto and when Jeremy mentioned Convocation Hall, I mentioned that my graduation ceremony took place there and that Ivan Reitman was the keynote speaker. Ivan, of course, directed Ghostbusters, the perfect movie
I was at Massey Hall tonight for the 2024 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. What a wonderful night of music. It kicked off with Tom Cochrane and ended with the dude from Rascal Flatts and in between we heard music from Sarah McLauchlan, Nelly Furtado, Metric, Sam Roberts, Jim Cuddy,
Several years ago, Joel Goldberg gifted me a poster of this cover of Graffiti celebrating Toronto’s new VJ superstars. Featured are FOTMs Shirley McQueen and J. Gold (Joel Goldberg) of CFMT’s Something Else, Samantha Taylor (who went from CFMT to CBC’s Video Hits) and John Majhor of
SinglesPulp FictionReservoir DogsJudgment Night TrainspottingO Brother, Where Art Thou?Boogie NightsDazed and ConfusedForrest Gump
Last night I went on a double date to see Souls of Mischief and Cypress Hill at the CNE Bandshell. It was all part of TFOB (Toronto Festival of Beer) which means plenty of fresh Great Lakes Beer along the way. The crewIt was awesome. Great night, great vibes, and
I heard this song in 1989 and the lyrics were imprinted in my brain so I'd periodically sing this song over the past 35 years. I don't think I've heard this song since 1989, unless you count the many times I've sung it aloud. The songs I heard in 1989
I live with a Swifty, so I was hearing the new Taylor Swift album on Friday morning before school. It's called The Tortured Poets Department, and 31 songs in total were dropped. There's one that's a bit of a riddle in terms of who it's about, but if you listen
