FOTM Ed Sousa is turning 60, so he's throwing himself a party. Chalk Circle opened for Midge Ure tonight at the El Mocambo and I got to soak it all in. I haven't seen Chalk Circle live since 1985, which sets a new personal record for time between seeing a
Last night, I hade the pleasure of taking in the premiere of Beautiful Scars at the Aquarius Theatre in Hamilton. Beautiful Scars is based on FOTM Tom Wilson's book about his discovery that he was adopted and he's actually Mohawk. You can hear Tom and I talking about this in
When my wife and I watch a movie together, we usually save our thoughts on the film until the end when we look at each other and make the reveal. The exception I suppose is an awful movie when we look at each other after 10 minutes and decide to
FOTM Rob Preuss invited me to see him perform at The Moonshine Cafe in Oakville last night. I don't know why I was so optimistic that February 23rd would be a great night for a long bike ride, but I always intended to bike to the venue and enjoy a
Rusty announced a surprise show at Sneaky Dee's, and I couldn't cough up the $15 fast enough. I haven't seen Rusty since 2017, but I've probably listened to Fluke 1000 times over the past five years. Hook that shit to my veins. Sneaky Dee's was the perfect intimate venue to
The house league hockey gods are angered, and suddenly there are 7:30am weekend puck drops in my life. I'm not a big fan of waking up earlier on a weekend than I do on a weekday, but that's life. Yesterday my youngest son played a 7:30am game so
Last night, I biked all the way to the east end for my first concert at History Toronto, located at 1663 Queen Street East. I saw Moist and The Tea Party, a couple of 90s alt-rock Canadian bands. FOTM The Human Kebob, 50% of the now defunct Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker,
I've been a Smashing Pumpkins fan since I first caught Cherub Rock on the radio in '93. I jumped on the subway and headed downtown to pick up Siamese Dream and just loved what I heard. What a great album. I played the mess out of Mellon Collie and the
Today, I took the teenagers to see the new Star Wars. At this point, I've lost track of the movie titles, but I'm pretty sure this was #8. Everything I write here will be spoiler-free, so don't get your knickers in a knot. I'm just going to share some general
In a word: wonderful.
That was quite the night. After watching TFC's thrilling win, I biked to BMO Field to soak in the thrills of victory. Then, to Massey Hall to see the Barenaked Ladies. With BNL, two things are guaranteed: you'll get great songs and truly funny banter. That banter, which is always
Guns N' Roses played for well over three hours last night and gave us everything that even smelled like a hit. Check out this setlist. It's So EasyMr. BrownstoneChinese DemocracyWelcome to the JungleDouble Talkin' JiveBetterEstrangedLive and Let DieRocket QueenYou Could Be MineNew RoseThis I LoveCivil WarYesterdaysProstituteComaSpeak Softly Love (Love Theme
Here's a fun fact that gets less fun the more you think about it. Last night, I attended the very first concert at Budweiser Stage. That's pretty cool until you realize it's the same ol' amphitheatre you've been to dozens of time with fresh paint and a new name. I
I took my three oldest kids to the Ontario Science Centre yesterday. That's where you'll find the OMNIMAX® Theatre, where the giant screen is a dome with 13,000 watts of sound being delivered from 44 speakers. It's really something else. We saw "Dream Big: Engineering Our World", an incredibly
I'm a sucker for movies on a plane. Even mediocre flicks hook me when I'm mid-flight. Heck, I shed a tear during Kevin Costner's Draft Day. Having already been underwhelmed by the new Ghostbusters and pleasantly surprised by the new Barbershop, I decided to try a documentary. There was one
I attended the Canadian premiere of I Am What I Play at The Royal last night. You might recall me writing about this documentary. It features Meg Griffin, Charles Laquidara, Pat O'Day and our very own David Marsden. Marsden was at the premiere, and we chatted before the curtains went
On Friday, I did something I had never done before. I attended dinner theatre. The show was called "Getting Hitched! An Engagement Party Directed by Alfred Hitchmock" and it took place at the Mysteriously Yours Dinner Theatre at 2026 Yonge Street. If you've never been to dinner theatre, you're served
We attended CINDERELLA - The Gags to Riches Family Musical at the Elgin Theatre yesterday. It was my second Ross Petty production, so I knew exactly what to expect. There's fun call and answer, lots of booing from the audience when Petty hits the stage as the evil step mother,
I'll spend a little time on a desktop running Ubuntu and a tablet running Android, but otherwise it's always my work-issued MacBook Pro or my LG G2 phone. It's been a while since I played with Windows on a laptop and I've never used Windows on a tablet. That's why
Today, I took my kids to the Ontario Science Centre to see the IMAX film "Island of Lemurs: Madagascar" and check out The Science of Rock 'n' Roll experience. Both were pretty awesome. "Island of Lemurs: Madagascar" is what you'd expect from a Morgan Freeman narrated IMAX movie about Lemurs,
Kieran asked me to review hotelscan.com, and since I'm planning a trip to Europe in August, this seemed like the ideal time to give it a whirl. Hotelscan lauds itself as "an independent price comparison website for hotels and accommodations all over the world". Whether a brand-name hotel for
I honestly knew almost nothing about ROCK OF AGES before I saw the musical last night at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. I had read somewhere that Tom Cruise sang Guns N' Roses in the movie, but that wasn't enough to get me to watch it. I just
We attended SNOW WHITE, the Deliciously Dopey Family Musical at the Elgin Theatre on Thursday. It was my first Ross Petty production and I wasn't sure what to expect. It was great fun with kids and adults laughing out loud. My kids loved it, especially when they'd parody current hit
I spent the evening in 1956. Tuesday December 4, 1956, to be precise. It was the day an impromptu jam session broke out among Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash at Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. That's the scene for Million Dollar Quartet, a new
I took my daughter to the opening night of Shrek the Musical last night at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. She's seven, and she loved every minute of it. Heck, I should have had her write this review, because I'm not sure it matters what I thought. From an
