The Tweet spilled out of my fingertips early Saturday morning. "For the record, I think Crystal Castles' cover of Platinum Blonde's Not in Love with Robert Smith is stellar." Ryan Fancey certainly agreed... As did the lovely Colleen Rusholme... And that makes it official. Platinum Blonde's "Not In Love", covered
Sidney Lumet was 86. He was the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men."
Yeah, I watched Danger Bay. Christopher Crabb and Ocean Hellman were household names growing up. Nothing brings me back like that Danger Bay theme song. Here it is: I've always hoped a Canadian rapper would sample the Danger Bay theme, and no my dream has become a reality. On Classified's
Looking back at the 2010/11 Leafs season, I'm going to remember it as the year we discovered Optimus Reim. The Optimus Reim phenomenon has truly been something special. As the season draws to a close, let's remember the year of Optimus Reim. Jay Onrait shows the Optimus Reim logo
There was a time I didn't miss The Thursday 30 on 102.1 The Edge. Back when it was hosted by Martin Streek, it was how I kept up with the latest tunes. I don't catch it often these days, but I tuned in for a bit tonight. I was
I swear by Gmail, using it for both work and play as the heartbeat of my digital life, but every once in a while it does something that doesn't make sense. For example, today I needed to create a filter that would auto-forward certain messages to another email address. To
Six years ago today, I complained about the price of gas. I'm old enough to remember a time when I wouldn't fill up the tank if the price exceeded 50¢ a litre. In the mid-nineties, this was entirely possible. I was driving an '85 Ford Escort and she didn't get
I drive a 12 year old Mazda. I thought I'd get that out of the way before this entry is interpreted as some sort of Ford Canada love-in. Yes, I was Ford's guest tonight at the ACC to enjoy the Leafs vs. Capitals. Ford's been very good to me over
According to Sports Club Stats, the Leafs still have a 0.1% chance of making the playoffs this season. 0.1% doesn't sound like much, but it means everything to me. It means our game against the Capitals tonight matters, and thanks for Ford Canada, I'll be watching it from
My volleyball team wrapped up its winter season last night. We're Victory Volleyball Intermediate Plus Champions. Throughout the playoffs, as things got more competitive, tensions mounted. It heated up, calls were disputed, and the intensity magnified. When that happens, I struggle... because volleyball is different. My participation sports of choice
I had never seen the meteorology term 'broken clouds' until today. Here it is, just moments ago, whispering to me from the weather panel in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx. Broken clouds sounds about right...
I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty damn excited about the Blue Jays in 2011. Did you see the numbers Arencibia and Bautista put up last night? And right off the bat Rajai Davis reminded us all what a little speed does for the offense. He's going to be fun
According to Google Analytics, here are the top ten organic search keywords that brought people to this site in March 2011. toronto mikegirl talk all day sample listjason barrteri polo deathandrew krystal firedsongs with love in the titlethe champrick hodgefadooandrew krystal fan 590Once more, six of the top ten search
Remember that song "Friday" by Rebecca Black we've been yakking about for a couple of weeks? That was soooo March 2011. This is April, and Rebecca Black's Friday has been supplanted by Ron Wilson's Reimer. Of course you want the MP3 for your iPod! Here it is. [via Down Goes
There's a Jays game tonight. I'm not going, I'm playing hockey instead, but I wish I was off to the ballpark formerly known as Skydome. Use the comments of this entry to discuss the Jays' chances this season, or anything you want. This is your space.
Today is the perfect day to share my favourite song from the first band I saw live in concert, Chalk Circle. April Fool
I love this time of year, when the puck drops on the NHL playoffs and Blue Jays baseball starts up. I've seen the Rogers Sportsnet Blue Jays ad set to "Coming Home" by Diddy-Dirty Money featuring Skylar Grey about 100 times and it still gives me goosebumps when it comes
Courtesy of Retrontario, here's a 1989 television ad for CFNY's Humble and Fred morning show. Man, that Miami Vice look did not work for Humble. Fred, however, still dresses like that.
I'm not sure what the big deal is with the lyrics to Rebecca Black's Friday. As you'll see, the lyrics align perfectly with one of my favourite Beatles songs. If you've been living under a rock the last two weeks, here's Rebecca Black's Beatles-esque song, Friday. [via The Daily What]
With a federal election scheduled for Monday, May 2, 2011, my friend Freddie P's blog www.canadianthinker.com has become a part of the Conservative Party's propaganda machine. It's essentially unvisitable until this election passes, so for your convenience and mine, I've created this handy little countdown clock: //Dynamic countdown
Roger Abbott was 64. He was one of the driving forces behind CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce on both TV and radio.
The JUNO Awards are tonight. The JUNOs always make me think about the U-Knows, CFNY's music awards for Canadian independent and alternative acts. The U-Knows have been called the CASBYs since 1986. Check out this clip of CFNY's Nick Charles celebrating Chalk Circle's 1986 CASBY win. Mondoville is sharing highlights
That was far more fun than I thought it would be. We limped into the all-star break, with little hope and almost no reason to care, and have gone 15-7-5 since. I don't know about you, but I sure started to care again. Leafs games became must-see-tv, scoreboard watching became
Global News Toronto reporter Mark McAllister suffered what's being described as a "minor medical issue" while live on the air Monday night. Here he is, struggling to speak about defence minister Peter MacKay. He's been back on the air since and claims to be feeling fine. Here's hoping that moment
I just learnt something new. In America, these are Smarties: Those, of course, are called Rockets here in Canada. These are what we call Smarties: I had no idea...
