Dan Achen was 51. He was a producer as well as the lead guitarist for the Hamilton rock band Junkhouse.
April 10, 2026
I was always very close to my grandmother. I remember a pre-teen version of myself timidly approaching the elderly woman behind the counter of the Irish Store and asking if she had a print of the Doors of Dublin. My younger brother Ryan was there too and our plan was
Airchecker has a blog and a Twitter account. The official Airchecker bio states they're based in Vancouver and "Canada's number one source for the Canadian Radio Industry. The first social networking news provider. Radio insiders, powered by YOU.". When they say "powered by YOU", they really mean "stolen from YOU"
I used to look forward to McDonald's shamrock milkshakes at this time of year. Shamrock shakes were only available around St. Patrick's Day and had a minty sweet taste that would appeal to a 10 year old. At some point, McDonald's stopped selling them. I'm guessing they weren't selling enough
On March 26, Rob Ford will announce something. Speculation is he'll announce he's running for mayor of Toronto. I hope he's announcing he's quitting politics for an on-air gig at AM640. Four years ago, after having enough of Rob Ford's Neanderthal comments, I wrote a definitive list of Rob Ford
I recently worked with Rick Hodge. Rick and I had a rocky start to our relationship, but as is often the case, the guy you most want to stab in the eye quickly becomes a solid bud. Rick Hodge is no longer on the air, having been booted from the
I love this photo of The Great One and The Greatest One. [via Vintage Leafs]
In the comp division of the RSPA, there's a slo-pitch team called Raging Storm. The core group has remained pretty much intact for about a decade now, but there's usually a little turnover. This season, we added a couple of new guys and a new girl. Here's your 2010 Raging
I record SNL because I'm too old to watch it live. On Saturday, I caught up on the Zach Galifianakis show (he's a funny mofo) and last night I got to see one of my favourite bands of all-time (Pearl Jam!). SNL is pretty hit and miss these days, but
Peter Graves was 83. He was the actor best known for his starring role in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973, and its revival, from 1988 to 1990. I'll always remember him as Captain Clarence Oveur from Airplane!
Game Points with Matthew Ross is a sports radio show that airs on The Team 990 in Montreal. Minutes ago they spent an entire segment discussing my Subbanator Habs Fans Find New Way to Offend entry from Friday afternoon. I wasn't just listening, I was recording the web stream with
It's pretty rare these days that I get excited about a new television series. Sure, I'm up for tonight's premiere of The Pacific, but that's not the show I'm most heavily anticipating in 2010. The show I'm most stoked about is Treme. I stand by my claim that The Wire
American musicians re-recorded We Are The World to raise money for Haiti and now we have a Canadian response. The collective is called Young Artists for Haiti and they've recorded K'naan's Wavin' Flag. Here are the soloists: K'naanNelly FurtadoSam RobertsAvril LavignePierre BouvierTyler ConnollyKardinal OffishallJully BlackLIGHTSDeryck WhibleySerena RyderJacob HoggardEmily HainesHawksley WorkmanDrakeChin
How was your Saturday? I had a solid day, doing my mom's taxes, playing euchre, watching a pretty good Mike Tyson documentary and my Leafs on Hockey Night in Canada. And oh yeah, defending myself for condemning the wearing of blackface and staving off threats from blackface wearers and sympathizers.
Tyson: 7 out of 10. In 1993, I recorded a Tyson documentary entitled "Fallen Champ". I can't tell you how many times I watched that doc. Before the Buster Douglas fight, I thought Tyson was invincible. That was his 38th fight. We all know what happened next. Buster Douglas, a
Habs fans are offensive at the best of times, but this is a whole different class of offensiveness. A couple of Montreal Canadiens fans painted their faces black with shoe polish and adorned afro wigs in support of P.K. Subban, who happens to be black. Wow. If you clicked
It's March break. Here are songs in my collection that have the word "march" in the title. 19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones21st Century Breakdown - Green DayA Room At Heartbreak Hotel - U2Achy Breaky Song - Weird Al YankovicAlone I Break - KornBallbreaker - AC-DCBend and Break -
Merlin Olsen was 69. He was a member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" in the 1960s, along with Deacon Jones, Lamar Lundy and Rosey Grier. He later starred on NFL broadcasts, commercials, and the TV series "Little House on the Prairie" and "Father Murphy."
A few Toronto bloggers are hosting an event they're calling The Guide to Social Media Success: The Ultimate How-To with the Toronto Blog Stars. As you'll see in the promo YouTube video below, it's featuring "the top three bloggers" in this city. I must admit, I hadn't heard heard of
The Young People's Theatre, or Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People (LKTYP) as it's now known, hosted the North American premiere tonight of The Monster Under the Bed. I was lucky enough to catch it from the first row with my kids, who wore their pyjamas to this giant PJ
Maybe I shouldn't check my RSS feeds when I'm in a fighting mood. The headline in my Google Reader ticked me off. From The Star's hockey feed, "Relax, Canada: Crosby's Gear Found". It's the "Relax, Canada" part that really boiled my potatoes. This whole anxiety over the whereabouts of Sidney
According to Wikipedia, these are the biggest social networking websites you'd know about in North America, sorted alphabetically. Classmates.comFacebookFlixsterFlickrLast.fmLinkedInMySpaceTwitterWindows Live SpacesI currently have accounts with Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn and Twitter. Which ones do you use?
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing. Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night In a decade
Corey Haim was 38. He was the Toronto actor who starred in such films as "Lucas", "The Lost Boys" and "License to Drive". Locals will remember him as Larry on "The Edison Twins" before he shot to fame in the mid-to-late 80s. Growing up in this city, it seemed like
Ten years ago, my brothers and I drafted a dead pool. At some point I deemed the contest grossly insensitive and stopped updating the page, but I didn't delete it. Instead, I changed "the dead pool" into the slightly less offensive Celebrity Death Watch. When a famous person kicks the
