John Hughes was 59. He was the director of iconic coming-of-age movies "The Breakfast Club," "Sixteen Candles" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." If you're around my age, you really did come of age watching his flicks. Seriously, he was the guy in the 1980s. Here are my favourite John Hughes
The B-R Blog has a list of the most games this year a player got on base at least once. Some guy named Albert Pujols leads the list, with 98 games. Then there's Son of Big Daddy, Prince Fielder, who has reached base in 94 games. Rounding out the top
My Kenyan birth certificate has been discovered. Those damn Birthers wouldn't rest until they proved Toronto Mike was actually born in Kenya. Make your own Kenyan birth certificate here.
Remember when I shared that comparison chart of the Coke and Pepsi logos? Brand New says I got it all wrong. They've revised it. It would be inappropriate of me not to post Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi, Revised Edition.
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. Bad Brains - Pay To Cum! I couple of
I found a great timelapse video of our city workers' strike on Torontoist. On the second full day of the city workers' strike—June 23—Torontoist photographer Christopher Drost set up a camera rig in a window at the corner of Runnymede and Annette streets. Set to shoot one photo
On his blog, Chris Zelkovich tells me former referee Kerry Fraser will be on 640 Toronto's Leafs Lunch tomorrow from noon to 1 p.m. Yes, he'll be fielding calls from Leafs fans and I'll bet you can guess what 100% of those calls will be regarding. Here's Fraser's infamous
Pineapple Express: 6 out of 10. Maybe I've had a little too much Seth Rogen lately. Although parts of this movie are kind of funny, as a whole it's really best watched while stoned. I, unfortunately, was stone sober when I watched this last night. That made chunks of this
Following his death, Martin Streek's official site, MartinStreek.com, was chillingly frozen in time. It alluded to his current DJ gig of 25 years, a gig he lost two months before his death. It was a painful visit. MartinStreek.com has finally been updated and is actually hosting the 3-hour
For her 5th birthday, my daughter got an iPod Shuffle loaded with her favourite songs. She loves music, is always singing, and I knew she was ready for her own personal listening device. I still remember my first Walkman. It didn't come fully loaded with my favourite tunes, nor could
Gran Torino: 8 out of 10. They say most artists hit their creative peak in their 20s and 30s. Clint Eastwood would disagree. This man didn't hit his creative stride until sixty and he's still directing excellent films at the age of 79. Think about it. Since Clint turned 70
According to Google Analytics, here are the top ten keywords that brought people to this site in July 2009. martin streekmartin streakmartin streek deadtoronto mike"martin streek"barry taylornorm rumackmartin streek deathmartin streek firedsandra rinomato breastsFor all the wrong reasons, Google searches for Martin Streek dominated the inbound traffic in
I awoke to find a horse head in my bed. I now know how Jack Woltz felt.
As seen on Canadian Thinker, former Humble and Fred producer and all around good guy Dan Duran is returning to Toronto radio as a swing announcer starting later this month. Dan Duran will be heard Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings from seven till midnight, then again from noon till six
In my review for Are We There Yet?, I threw some vintage Ice Cube lyrics right back at him. In the early 90s, I was a big fan of the man's rap stylings, enjoying AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Death Certificate and Predator. Cube was rapping about not having to sell out
CQ reminded me yesterday morning that they're airing the Top 200 songs of the millennium on 102.1 this long weekend. She (or is CQ a he?) He decided to throw down her (or his?) his top 200 songs released from 2000 to the present day. Not to be outdone,
Corazon Aquino was 76. She was the former Philippines president who swept away a dictator with a "people power" revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years.
Kic sent me an angry Blackberry message the other day. "Where's the Raptors love? We're going to be awesome with Marco Belinelli in the lineup next year!" Truth be told, I wasn't sure what a Marco Belinelli was. It turns out the Toronto Raptors acquired shooting guard Marco Belinelli from
The Jays have dealt third baseman Scott Rolen to the Cincinnati Reds for third baseman Edwin Encarnacion and minor league infielder Yonder Alonso pitchers Josh Roenicke and Zach Stewart. Rolen is hitting .320 in 373 plate appearances with eight home runs and 43 runs batted in. He was also my
I swear this isn't meant to be a CFNY / Edge 102 blog or Corus blog, it's just a collection of things I'm personally interested in, and this past month that seems to be dominated by a certain local alt rock station. A few Sundays ago, I wrote about the absence
Watch this car chase video just released by the Weber County, Utah Sheriff’s Office. I recommend skipping ahead to the 3:00 mark for the money shot. That's a 7-year old, all right. He stole that car because he didn't want to go to church. I can't say I
The folks at Clickfree asked me if I'd review a product they're launching on August 10th and I said, "sure". It's a Transformer for my iPod that promises to "backup your computer to unused storage space on your iPod or iPhone". I got the little transformer device, plugged it into
On the heels of The Ballad of Martin Streek comes another super revealing look into the culture change at CFNY / Edge 102.1 under the direction of Program Director Ross Winters. Glove tap to Shane Fame Alexander for this find. Barry Taylor, fired Edge DJ, reveals all on his MySpace
On a Saturday morning in June, before heading off to Edgefest, I pondered a simple question aloud. Should I ban OJ Boy?. As I wrote that morning, I had grown tired of the constant stench of humourless misery and holier-than-thou judgement. Throughout the day you left comments. Eventually, at about
