Toronto Mike

Listen To CDLX

Last month I shared the fact Custom is streaming four songs from his upcoming album.  Fans of Custom or people who just dig a good vibe will want to hear about CDLX. While recording his new tracks, Custom produced a side project he calls CDLX.  He explains CDLX below. cdlx
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What's The Deal With Dave Chappelle?

By now, fans of "Chappelle's Show" know production of the third season has been suspended by Comedy Central.  It's been days since this announcement, but there's still no word on the official cause of this delay.  What's the deal with Dave Chappelle? There are a few theories being bandied about.
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Today's Moment Of Zen

This morning, James started singing aloud the chorus of Hot Hot Heat's "Goodnight Goodnight".  I had never taught him this song and I didn't provoke this impromptu concert in any way.  He got the words exactly right and the tune too. He must have caught me singing it one day
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Losing To Jacob

How do I keep losing to Jacob?  I don't even know any Jacobs.  I used to know a Jacob, but that was almost twenty years ago. Here is the list of the most popular male baby names for 2004, based on applications for USA Social Security cards.  I'm a strong
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Canada 3, Finland 3

Rick Nash and Patrick Marleau scored 51 seconds apart in the third period to lead Canada to a 3-3 comeback tie with Finland at the IIHF world hockey championship.  It wasn't supposed to be this way.  We're supposed to beat Finland who is without Saku Koivu, Tuomo Ruutu, Jere Lehtinen,
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Mother Songs

Here are my ten favourite songs with the word "Mother" in the title. Tracy Bonham - Mother MotherPink Floyd - MotherThe Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight - New Mother NatureGhetto Boyz - Die Mother F*ckersDanzig - MotherJann Arden - Good MotherJames Brown - Mother PopcornThe Rolling Stones -
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Happy Mother's Day

Mothers have the most important job in the world.  I'm not trying to slight fathers, as we're playing a vital role too, but mothers are at the top. It might be easier to share an MP3 of Jann Arden's "Good Mother".  It opens with this line, "I've got money in
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Soul Plane

Soul Plane: 2 out of 10. "Soul Plane" made "White Chicks" seem more like "Citizen Kane".  This movie was one African-American stereotype after another, flung towards you at warp speed.  It's entirely offensive without any sly satire or commentary in the mix. Seriously, they covered every stereotype in the book
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An Old Scrapbook Uncovered

In the mid-80s through the early-90s, I kept a scrapbook.  In this scrapbook I pasted articles about the important sports occurrences of the day. I hadn't seen this scrapbook in a while, but my brother Steve recently stumbled upon it and gave it to me today.  I brought it home
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Teri Polo Is Alive!

As I write this entry, Teri Polo lives.  The actress best known for her role in "Meet the Parents" and "Meet the Fockers" remains amongst the living.  I'm pointing out this fact for the many who visit this site after Googling Teri Polo's Death and other such phrases. The woman
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Canada 4, Sweden 5

Perhaps I jinxed us when bragging about the streak the other day.  We went 6-0 at the World Cup last September and 6-0 at the World Junior Championship in January.  Unfortunately, we won't be running the gamut at this year's world championship. Up 2-0 in the first, I was ready
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A Surprise

Theory Of A Deadman is getting plenty of airplay lately from their hit "No Surprise".  The first time I heard this song I deemed in unworthy of SLS, but I also realized the appeal.  It's got a incredibly catchy hook. Sometimes I think songs are recorded with the sole purpose
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White Chicks

White Chicks: 4 out of 10. "White Chicks" was dumb, but not as painful to watch as you might suspect.  If it seems I'm being kind that's probably because my expectations were extremely low when I sat down to watch this Wayans vehicle. I had read somewhere that "White Chicks"
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Steve Nash For Prime Minister

Wow. ESPN.com is reporting that Victoria, British Columbia native Steve Nash will be named the Most Valuable Player of the National Basketball Association.  The official announcement will be made Sunday during halftime of ABC's coverage of Sunday's playoff game. Not only is Nash only the third point guard in
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Clutch Hitters

If the early-90s Jays were trailing heading into their at bat in the 9th inning, I always felt confident we'd pull it out if Devon White, Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter or Paul Molitor were due up.  These were clutch guys, Alomar and Molitor particularly.  Certain players always seemed to
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A Time To Kill Cancon

35% of all tunage we hear on Canadian radio between the hours of 06:00 and midnight must be Canadian in content.  This is the Cancon rule I grew up with.  It meant a frequent barrage of Frozen Ghost, Jeff Healey, Tom Cochrane, The Pursuit of Happiness, Blue Rodeo, Corey
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Canada 3, United States 1

Rick Nash is only 20 years old but he's leading the pack in Innsbruck, Austria, scoring two big goals in today's victory over the States.  With the win, Canada clinched first place in Group B and will play Sweden, the Group C first-place team, in the qualification round on Saturday.
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Hey Nike!

If you live in Toronto, you've seen those ads for Nike's 10K RunTO event all over the city.  They poke fun at our various neighbourhoods with one community making fun of another.  I've been enjoying them. The Toronto Public Space Committee is fighting back with their own spin on the
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Temporary Email Issue

It's entirely possible I rely too heavily upon email as my main form of communication. There's a temporary issue with my email address associated with this domain, which is whatever@thisdomain.com, and until it's fixed I'm completely out of the loop.  If you've written me today, this is why
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Yo-Yo Gee, Listen Up

I just read the greatest property listing in MLS history.  The broker who listed it is named John E. Deoliveira and the West Toronto house he's selling is detailed here. MLS listings can be removed at any time, so just in case that link breaks before you get a chance
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