It took me a while to get used to the fact the red and white team was the enemy and we were wearing green. Once I successfully overcame my natural instinct to cheer on the red and white, I enjoyed another overwhelming victory for Team Canada as we remained unbeaten
DJ Earworm did this last year. He calls it "United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop)". It's a mashup of the Top 25 Hits of 2009, according to Billboard. Pop sure does rule the day in the USA. Except for the Kings of Leon track, it's all
I'm sharing this classic video by Neil Young and the Bluenotes because it includes the line "ain't singing for Pepsi". When I record a cover about my battle against Pepsi, I'll change that to "ain't chanting for Pepsi". This video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of
I spoke with the Saskatoon StarPhoenix yesterday regarding Pepsi's Cheer Nation. I previously wrote about Cheer Nation in an entry entitled Cheer Nation? I'm Not Chanting "Eh! O' Canada Go!" For Pepsi. It must be a slow news day in Saskatoon. The article in which I'm quoted is currently the
Ian White broke a tie with 1:22 to play with his third goal in four games and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on for a 4-3 victory over the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Of course, I missed the whole game. I was forced by my wife to socialize
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas
We never did come up with a decent name for this decade. Some call it the ohs, or the zeros, and others kick it old school and call it the aughts. The most popular name for this decade is probably "the 2000s", which is also the name of this century.
I remember watching Jaroslav Halak when he was a member of the Hamilton Bulldogs. I'd be sitting in the front row at Richoh, right behind Halak, and he was always sharp against us. That hasn't changed. He was pretty awesome again last night as he made 47 saves before we
Watching this afternoon's 16-0 Team Canada victory over Latvia, I had a déjà vu moment. At about this time last year, I sat down and watched Canada defeat Kazakhstan 15-0. In my recap of the game, I wrote "there's no glory in crushing a lesser-light". I'm going to copy and
When I was playing house league hockey at Rennie Park in the Swansea Hockey Association, you could always tell the best players. They wore Cooperalls. The SHA gave all players jerseys and socks, but the highly skilled forwards all played in other leagues as well, and in those leagues they
As promised, EZ Rock is now Boom 97.3, playing "Toronto's Greatest Hits". Humble and Colleen are still doing mornings, Maie Pauts takes it from there and KJ still takes you home. Yes, that ad does start with the song that's absolutely everywhere, the same song they played right after
Vic Chesnutt was 45. He was the acclaimed singer-songwriter who built a devoted following with his folk-rock songs, many of which dealt eloquently with themes of pain and mortality.
Dear Santa, I have a bone to pick with you. You brought my daughter this great wooden kitchen, which she absolutely adores, but you brought it in a hundred pieces. I spent most of the morning building it. Couldn't you have delivered it already made? I'm sure you could have
A welcome new addition to the Barilkosphere is Bloge Salming. Here's Bloge Salming's Carol of the Bells as performed by Damien Cox of the Toronto Star with backup vocals by Howard Berger of the Fan 590. Merry Christmas!
Norad Tracks Santa - For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), has tracked Santa’s Christmas Eve flight. Santa is currently delivering gifts to Victoria, Seychelles. I honestly didn't know there was a Seychelles until I saw that. Go Santa, Go! Daddy
George Michael was 70. He was a veteran Washington sportscaster who gained national recognition with his syndicated "The George Michael Sports Machine" highlights show. I used to watch The George Michael Sports Machine in the late 80s and early 90s. Here's a clip:
In the spirit of the season, I've kept all the MP3s I've shared this month online, so if you visit the Weekly MP3 category page you can help yourself. Yesterday, I shared my favourite Christmas song of all. It's Fairytale of New York by The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl. Howard
Merry Christmas Leafs fans, I hope you like crap! We really should be beating the Islanders at this point, but Dwayne Roloson shut the door again and we never could get the equalizer. That's four losses in five games if you're counting along at home. Bah humbug.
Prior to Avatar, the theatre I was at aired a Toyota ad. I quite liked it. Here it is.
Avatar: 9 out of 10. We'll keep this review brief. Avatar is as good as you've heard, if not better. You're essentially drawn into an alien world and you're not released for 162 minutes. And then you're sorry you have to leave. I tried to see it in IMAX 3D,
As a fan of the old Humble and Fred show that aired on CFNY throughout the 90s, Humble's role on the 97.3 EZ Rock morning show has been bittersweet. On the one hand, he's back doing mornings on Toronto radio. On the other hand, it's EZ Rock, home of
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. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York This is
I love this story out of the UK. A Simon Cowell act has topped the United Kingdom pop chart at Christmas four years in a row. X-Factor artist Joe McElderry's Christmas song "The Climb" was a virtual shoe-in to top the charts this year, which would give Cowell an impressive
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. Johnny Bower - Honky The Christmas Goose Sung with
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. Freddie P - Snow Removal Machine It's hard to
