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Quincy Jones, Dead at 91

In a career that spanned more than 75 years, Quincy Jones won 28 Grammy awards and was named as one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century by Time magazine. He was a musician and producer who worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and many others.
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Open Mike

Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the FOTM hivemind.
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Ghostbuster Video Cameos

Yesterday, Jeremy Hopkin dropped by to talk about 10 great Toronto ghost stories. One involves the University of Toronto and when Jeremy mentioned Convocation Hall, I mentioned that my graduation ceremony took place there and that Ivan Reitman was the keynote speaker. Ivan, of course, directed Ghostbusters, the perfect movie
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Everyone is Gay

Growing up in the 80s, everyone was straight. Unless you were gay. Otherwise, everyone was straight. In the school yard, a go-to insult you'd hurl at someone would be the F-slur or you'd just call someone "gay". If something sucked, it was "gay". We giggled at The Flintstones theme commanding
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Open Mike

Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the FOTM hivemind.
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Scott Carefoot, Dead at 49

Scott Carefoot visited me three years ago for an episode of Toronto Mike'd and we talked about his RaptorsBlog and his foray into sports media with stops at The Toronto Sun, theScore, Bell Media, The Hockey News, and Rogers Radio. Here's a taste: My sincere condolences to all who knew
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Open Mike

Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the FOTM hivemind.
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David Marsden: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1565

In this 1565th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with David Marsden about losing his brother James Baby Scott, other CFNY personalities who have put on their wings, discovering Chris Sheppard, hanging with John Lennon, co-founding NYtheSpirit.com and what's wrong with radio in 2024. This episode is exactly 1:
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