Jack Douglas was the producer known for his work with artists like Aerosmith, John Lennon, Cheap Trick and more. He was in the studio with John Lennon the day Lennon was murdered.
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Jason Collins was the first openly gay NBA player who spent 13 years as a player in the league for six different franchises.
In this 1899th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's Don Pyle about his new memoir Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories From a Life in Music. This episode is exactly 1:42:28. You can listen to this episode in a variety
I just clicked over to the "Recently Played on Q107" page and copied every song played between 4:47am and 9:22am. Just a random Tuesday morning selection. I then bolded every track that would fit in on 102.1 The Edge, now marketed as Iconic Alternative, the other Corus-owned
Rex Reed reviewed films and wrote about movies for over six decades.
It's called Alan Dalton Canadian music 80s & 90s & more eh?! and I told him about my May 21 El Mocambo gig.
In this 1898th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Jowi Taylor, the originator of the Six String Nation guitar, about that project, his CBC Radio show Global Village, The Wire: The Impact of Electricity on Music, and the many FOTMs with whom he's interacted. This episode is exactly 1:
Last night, I biked to The Danforth Music Hall to see Lowest of the Low play Shakespeare My Butt in its entirety, in order. For one night only, it was 1991 again. This afternoon I took the subway to Christie Pits with my youngest son to take in the Toronto
Man, I loved the 1985 Toronto Blue Jays. Our manager was Bobby Cox, and I was very sad when he announced after the season he was leaving us for Atlanta. Bobby Cox had a career record of 2,504-2,001 in 4,508 career games with three ties and a
On February 10, 2005, Custom a.k.a. Duane Lavold shared with me a new song he was working on called USA. On March 5 of that same year, he sent me this video. Almost five years ago, Custom passed away. Lately I've been re-listening to the many, many unreleased
In this 1897th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with singer songwriter Charlotte Cornfield about her time in Montreal and Brooklyn before settling down in Toronto and touring with Broken Social Scene and collaborating with Feist. Charlotte is at The Garrison tomorrow night for the 3rd annual Bookie tribute concert.
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.
I'm a CBC fan, and a documentary fan, but I'm not sure I knew about CBC's Documentary Channel. It launched on September 7, 2001, primarily owned by Corus Entertainment, until Corus sold its shares to CBC in 2006. That gave CBC 82% ownership, with The National Film Board of Canada
I'm headlining at the El Mocambo two weeks today. Two short weeks. Here's how things are shaping up. I'm done writing. My performance is crafted, so now I plan to more or less memorize it. I just have to find a little time to do that. I've shared with Rob
In this 1895th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Eva Almos about her brief time in radio at Q107 working with Scruff Connors, landing the role of Friend Bear on Care Bears, her Emmy-nominated writing on Duckman, her work on The Wild Thornberry's, Pinky and the Brain and Wild
Ted Turner was the founder of CNN, Turner Broadcast System (TBS) and Turner Network Television (TNT), but I'll remember him best as the owner of the Atlanta Braves who lost the 1992 World Series to my Toronto Blue Jays.
The Toronto Maple Leafs had an 8.5% chance of landing in the top spot in the 2026 NHL Draft, and that was enough to seal the deal. The Leafs won the lottery. The Maple Leafs have picked first twice before, taking Wendel Clark in 1985 and Auston Matthews in
John Sterling was the radio play-by-play announcer of the New York Yankees calling 5,060 consecutive Yankees games from 1989 to 2019.
In this 1894th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Larry Fedoruk about Michael Jackson, his eyes, Gordon Jump, Canada's national band, and more. This episode is exactly 1:50:49. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on Amazon
In this 1893rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with his friend and client Gerry Scott about his new book Best of the Snowbirds Expat Radio Podcast, covering myths and mistakes that trip up Canadian Snowbirds. This episode is exactly 1:09:10. You can listen to this episode in
This is my 13th spring living by the lake. That's 13 spring midge seasons. At first it was a bit of a shock that we'd have to endure weeks of midge orgies. As a cyclist, it means eating a kg or two of midge meat on the Waterfront Trail. But
Alex Zanardi was a four-time Paralympic gold-medalist and former Formula 1 driver.
Last night I took my youngest to Hamilton's Theatre Aquarius for It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, a play based on a story by Ahmed Moneka and Jesse LaVercombe that weaves in songs you know and love by The Tragically Hip. My expectations weren't particurlarly high
On April 2nd of this year, almost one month ago, I produced a live event for Nick Ainis. It was a public recording of his podcast Building Toronto's Skyline with special guest Brad Bradford, who earlier today registered to run for mayor in Toronto's 2026 municipal election. Prior to the
I've been to Paris, France, and it was amazing, but yesterday, Paris came to me, and it was absolutely wild. Paris Black was a model, a singer, an actor, a TV host... just an interesting Toronto character who exceeded all expectations. If you haven't heard our chat yet, rectify that
