My favourite band, The Tragically Hip, have posted their entire 08/08/2009 concert at Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre in Abbotsford, BC, on their YouTube page. Here's the entire show. And here's my Tragically Hip page. New Orleans is SinkingThe Depression SuiteIn ViewGift ShopAhead By A CenturyMorning MoonPoetsIt's a
Buck Martinez's kid went to the same primary school as me, at the same time. He was younger, but we all knew who his dad was. Martinez, in the twilight of his career, was a solid back up to Ernie Whitt who was enjoying some all-star seasons behind the plate
My son and I are spending our Sunday at the Queens Quay Loblaws at 10 Lower Jarvis Street. We're volunteering with Second Harvest, asking Loblaws customers to purchase and donate a turkey to Second Harvest. Second Harvest is a charity that picks up fresh food, which would have gone to
Warning! The Leafs are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. This is not a drill. The Leafs are creeping into the Eastern conference playoff picture. Now let's get serious about what matters. The Wayne Primeau - Nikolai Kulemin - Lee Stempniak line needs a name. I'm open to suggestions...
After a two year hiatus, the annual Humble and Fred Christmas show is back! Humble and Fred are reuniting for their fifth podcast this Saturday afternoon. Admittance is by invitation only, but I'll be sure to share the resulting audio with you all as soon as I get it from
Remember when I wrote about being interviewed by The Canadian Press last week? The article about me is out there. So far I've seen it in the Winnipeg Free Press and Metro News. Here's the article in its entirety. I'll share some thoughts at the end. TORONTO - It took
Mayor Miller will be in Copenhagen to represent Toronto as Chair of the C40 at the Climate Summit for Mayors. This video is being shown at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. This is what our city is doing to fight climate change. Is it enough?
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. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Death Cab For
It snowed last night. Not a lot, but enough to get the local media excited. 680 News, for example, opened their Storm Centre for the first time. It was about six years ago that I first wondered aloud as to what opening their Storm Centre would entail. I wonder what
I'm submitting a song for SLS22 consideration. I'm submitting "My Love Was There" by The Junction. When I first heard about The Junction, I assumed they were from the neighbourhood of that same name in west Toronto. You know, the neighbourhood the New York Times calls "hip". In actuality, they're
I recently wrote about my dusty old Rawlings Fernando Valenzuela glove. It's the best baseball glove I've ever used and I used it for years and years until it eventually fell apart on me. Dana in Seattle left a comment on that entry this past weekend. Here's what Dana wrote:
I love playing the Atlanta Thrashers. We're 11-4-1-2 at home against the Thrashers the past decade and Tosky is 6-0-2-1 against them in his career. We dug ourselves a pretty deep hole. Despite going 6-2-1 in our past nine games, the Leafs are still stuck in 29th, ahead of only
A long time ago, I listed my ten favourite television shows of all-time. Number 8 was "Kids in the Hall", a show that was guaranteed to leave me in stitched when I watched it weekly on CBC from 1988 to 1994. I just found Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch,
I recently wrote about the Humble and Fred network cable special that aired on Rogers 10 back in 1993. Thanks to Ryan at Rogers 10, I now have in my possession the opening for "Humble and Fred's First Ever Network Cable Special". It's got some great footage of the old
I'm submitting a song for SLS22 consideration. I'm submitting "Don't Haunt This Place" by The Rural Alberta Advantage. Brian turned me on to this tune and I totally dig it. This is precisely the kind of tunage we should be hearing on CFNY / Edge 102.1. It's new rock, it's
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. What Can You Get A Wookie For Christmas (When
The tree is up. The kids did pretty much all the decorating, and I just stood around taking pictures. We usually put up the Christmas tree the first weekend of December. If you put up a tree, when do you put it up?
Here are my ten favourite Christmas movies and specials. Feel free to add your favourites in the comments. 10. The Nightmare Before Christmas9. It's A Wonderful Life8. Love Actually7. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer6. A Charlie Brown Christmas5. The Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire4. Bad Santa3. The Polar Express2. Dr.
Sometimes, things work out for the best. I really wanted to watch last night's Leaf game, when Phil Kessel returned to Boston, but I was trapped at an office Christmas party without a television in sight. As it turned out, I was saved from witnessing a dog of a game
YouTube user Retrontario frequently uploads fantastic retro-Toronto-centric gems. These clips never fail to bring back a ton of memories for me, so I feature them from time to time. One of the stranger flukes of fame in the 1980s belonged to an Aussie known as Jacko. You likely know Jacko
On my way to hockey last night, I made a quick stop at the Purolator depot to pick up a package they've been trying to deliver to me. It was a textbook from Oxford University Press entitled "Perspectives on Ideology". For the life of me last night, I couldn't figure
I've written ad nauseum about my love for the music of Public Enemy. When I put on It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back or Fear of a Black Planet, I'm with Chuck and Flav word for word. One of the more controversial and popular tracks from
For the past couple of years, I've had media passes for Toronto Marlies games. This gets me in the door, gives me access to the press box and all the goodies in there, and let's me sit in whatever seat is empty. As much as I enjoy Marlies games, I've
Tiger Woods and Jay Z both have problems, but the similarities end there. [via BuzzFeed]
At least we have Phil Kessel. He scored another two goals last night and even won a fight as the Leafs won easily in Columbus. Kessel has four goals in four games and 10 in the past 13. No Boston Bruin has 10 goals this season. Put that in your
