I was just watching the Raptors lose to the Bulls, and caught a Gatorade ad featuring Usain Bolt, Dwayne Wade and others called "Moving the Game Forward". As ads go, it was pretty cool, but it was the distinctive music that captured my attention. I was hearing "Curried Soul" by
I just got off the phone with an old friend who is planning on resurrecting his old blog. He's a great writer, so I'm just excited he'll be producing long-form written content again. At some point, several years ago, blogs were declared "dead". Social media hubs like Facebook and Twitter
This is it. It's the last month-over-month cycling comparison I'm going to post. I surpassed my 2015 goal of 5000 KM way back in September, but I felt like I should see this through until the end of the year. December was awesome for cycling. Most days felt more like
Natalie Cole was 65. She followed her father Nat King Cole into the music business with hits like “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” and “Unforgettable.”
Wayne Rogers was 82. His Trapper John character on M*A*S*H was my very favourite in that excellent series.
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
In 2014, I biked 4693.42 KM. It was the most I had ever cycled in a calendar year. I wondered if I could reach 5000 KM in 2015 and set that as my goal. Earlier today, I went for a brisk 30.28 KM ride along the lake and
Number of unique downloaders, in descending order, here are the ten most downloaded episodes of Toronto Mike'd in 2015. A download here is either a literal download or a stream via the site, iTunes or other podcast aggregator. David MarsdenElliotte FriedmanGeorge StroumboulopoulosJason BarrDamien CoxMaie PautsJosie DyeSteve AnthonyJonah from Toronto Sports
I saw the new Star Wars film this afternoon. I'm not going to say a word about the film itself, just the experience, as it was a number of firsts for me. This was the first time I purchased movie tickets in advance. I bought four regular tickets for today's
Lemmy Kilmister was 70. He was the lead singer and bassist for Motörhead, best known for the albums Ace of Spades, Orgasmatron, and Rock N’ Roll. About 11 years ago, Lemmy recorded a song with Dave Grohl's Probot. It was called "Shake the Blood" and it was awesome.
In this 152nd episode, Mike chats with former 102.1 the Edge announcer Pete Fowler about his years at the station, his relationship with Martin Streek, why he left radio to become a cop and his new show, The Lost Indie City. This episode is exactly 1:21:20. You
I'm toggling between two stellar documentary series during my free time this holiday break. One is quite old, and the other is quite new. The World at War is a British documentary series about World War II that aired in 1973-74. I only recently discovered this 26-episode series existed, and
I went through an old bin of stuff I've saved for decades, throwing some stuff out and keeping a few priceless gems. In this bin of memories I found a couple of guides I received 25 years ago. One is entitled "Cycling Skills" and taught me the rules of the
I absolutely adore the world junior hockey championship. Every year, I look forward to watching Team Canada and catching as many games as I can. I've been watching every year, but this is the first year my son is as excited as I am. I asked him why he's suddenly
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
In this 151st episode, Mike chats with Elvis about many festive things. This episode is exactly 1:13:10. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesListen via StitcherFollow on tuneinSubscribe directly to the feed at https://www.torontomike.com/torontomiked.xmlDownload the MP3Click
I distinctly remember last Christmas Eve we had unseasonably warm weather, but it was nothing like this. The temperature in Toronto right now is 17°C. Since we're on the topic, my preferred source for our weather is the Government of Canada where I get all of the fact without
I want to wish each and every one of you a very happy Festivus. For those who don't know what Festivus is, there are three easy to follow steps: "Get the pole out of the crawl space". Or go out and buy one. Remember, it should be aluminium, due to
Yesterday, at about noon, I crashed. Literally. Let me tell you about it... Much like today, it was warm out, but rainy. Ice certainly wasn't a concern, as we were nowhere near the freezing mark. It was just another rainy ride. There's a little loop near the Port Credit Yacht
My buddy Andrew passed these audio treats along, so I thought I'd share them with the masses. This is how CFNY 102.1 sounded in 1983.
According to Google Analytics, here are the channels by which people visited this web site in 2015. Note, I'm only using the Default Channel Grouping for the Acquisition reports. Organic Search - 62.22%Direct - 22.28%Social - 11.20%Referral - 2.91%Email - 0.12%
According to Google Analytics, here are the countries from which the most visits to Toronto Mike originated in 2015. Canada - 75.73%United States - 15.37%United Kingdom - 2.58%Netherlands - 0.96%Australia - 0.70%Germany - 0.52%India - 0.39%Russia
If you thought the Desktop vs. Mobile vs. Tablet entry was cool, you'll love this one. Here are the browsers used by visitors to this site in 2015: Chrome - 39.29%Safari - 29.33%Internet Explorer - 12.60%Firefox - 9.19%Android Browser - 2.40%
I'm in Google Analytics checking out stats for this site in 2015, so I thought I'd share a few details. This site is 13-years-old, so there was a time when 100% of visitors came from a desktop / laptop. Today, that's definitely not the case. Here are the stats for desktop,
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
