Gather around, kids. Daddy has a very special treat for you this Christmas. Enjoy Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special. Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Part 1Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Part 2Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Part 3Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Part 4Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Part 5Pee
The Waffle That Unites Us All is sure to catch on. It is the symbol of our discontent. Puck Daddy just wrote about it and it just appeared on Deadspin. This thing has gone well beyond the Barilkosphere and I'll be thoroughly disappointed if I don't see a few waffles
I've always loved music. Throughout my life, I'd discover new genres, and do a deep dive. I started as a kid with 50s music and rockabilly. I loved The Stray Cats, and made Built For Speed the first cassette I purchased on my own. I then discovered Duran Duran, bought
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Our local radio ratings are out. Here's the top-line radio statistics for Toronto, August 30, 2010 - November 28, 2010. The greatest share goes to CHFI, followed by CHUM-FM and then the good folks at BOOM. Of course, radio is all about demographics, so these numbers only tell part of
Waffles. Detroit can have their octopus, we have our waffles. A week after I wrote this, following a couple of big losses against the Pens and Flyers, I finally have a symbol of our discontent. It's perfect. Perfectly tragic and sad, but perfect nonetheless.
I got a long email from Cool Steve this evening, so I thought I'd share it. Cool Steve is a reader of this blog who had some things to get off his chest. I know I’m slowpoking on this, but I was on vacation when it happened. I was
Based on the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed into Google this year, Zeitgeist captures the spirit of 2010. Goodbye swine flu, hello chatroulette.
The murder of John Lennon 30 years ago today is my first memory of a news event. I was quite young at the time, but I vividly remember telling a grade one class mate at St. Cecilia's that a Beatle had died. I can even visualize the coat rack behind
I should preface this entry by saying I've always been a big Don Cherry fan. Hey look! Almost seven years ago, I wrote a whole entry about how much I like the guy. Following the first period during Hockey Night in Canada I don't go anywhere until after Coach's Corner.
Mark Dailey left us far too soon. I've been featuring retro nuggets of gold from Retrontario's collection for years, and yesterday he came through in grand fashion. His playlist is simply titled "Mark Dailey - The Voice". Here it is, a tribute to the voice of Toronto, Mark Dailey.
Mark Dailey was 57. He was a crime reporter for stations in Ohio and at CKLW a.k.a. The Big 8 in Windsor before moving to Toronto in 1974 where he worked at Citytv for the past 30 years. A couple of days ago, as news of his poor
Don Meredith was 72. "Dandy" Don Meredith was a former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and Monday Night Football broadcast legend.
I was asked today to supply the music for a Christmas party in a couple of weeks. I get those types of requests all the time because I'm awesome at it. Tell me the event and who's attending and I'll create the playlist for you. Here's a rock solid holiday
I get many emails asking how Mark Dailey is doing. Mark Dailey has been the voice of Citytv forever, so when people hear a different voice doing the bumpers over there, they ask me for the inside scoop. I don't know Mark, but I feel like I do. As I
Back in February, I wrote about how I met Il Duce. Il Duce has been breaking my balls in the comments of this site for years. If you revisit that entry, you'll see how this all started on Humble Howard's old blog and how he read aloud Il Duce's trashing
If you've ever watched an infomercial, you've seen several people simply do it wrong. As seen on TV, here's a tribute to doing it wrong. Has anyone out there ever bought something after watching an infomercial?
Yesterday I ranted about the Leafs and Rob Ford. As a proud Torontonian, both embarrass me. I'm just not sure which embarrasses me more. Please take a moment out of your busy Friday to cast a vote below. Simply leave a comment telling me which is the greater embarrassment for
Ron Santo was 70. He was a legend in Chicago as a former Cubs third baseman-turned-wildly popular announcer. He finished his major league career with a .277 average over 15 major league seasons, with 342 home runs and 1,331 RBIs.
I was certain we hit bottom last October. Hell, that was a good rant... here it is again in its entirety. It's never been easy being a Leafs fan. I discovered the team in the early 80s and endured some painful seasons when I was too young to expect any
Rob Ford surprised nobody with grandiose statements made on day one as Mayor. He announced that he's canceling the Transit City LRT construction plan so the city can concentrate on building subways. Sure, we've already spent millions of dollars and new subway lines might not be finished until 2020, but
It was eight years ago yesterday that I changed my personal home page into a blog. In the world of blogging, eight years is actually pretty impressive, if I do say so myself. The vast majority of your favourite blogs started well after November 30, 2002. The Tale of the
According to Google Analytics, here are the top ten organic search keywords that brought people to this site in November 2010. jason barrtoronto mikewhat happened to jason barrteri polo deathjason barr firedgirl talk all day sample listann rohmer back on cp24derek welsmandean blundell show jason barrthe champHoly Edge 102.1
Jim Kelley was 61. He was a longtime sports writer and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame who recently worked alongside Bob McCown co-hosting Prime Time Sports on The Fan 590.
Gimme Shelter from the Rolling Stones is an awesome tune. I just came across an entry at Dangerous Minds that "wonderfully demonstrates how the Rolling Stones sound is more than just the sum of its parts, with the component tracks" from Gimme Shelter isolated for our enjoyment. First we have
