I've finally fulfilled my pledge to put together the definitive Christmas mix. I've slightly tweaked my initial draft and decided to restrict each artist to one song. I made some slight exceptions by allowing Bing to fly solo and perform a duet with David Bowie, but the inclusion of Ziggy
Bravo has listed their 100 greatest TV characters. Here are their top ten. Archie BunkerRalph KramdenLucy RicardoThe FonzHomer SimpsonSeinfeld CastLt. ColumboMary RichardsCapt. James T. KirkTony SopranoIt's an okay list I suppose, but it's a cop out grouping the four primary Seinfeld characters together at #6. Make a choice! It's nice
Rolling Stone Magazine has come out with their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Here's their top ten: Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling StoneRolling Stones - SatisfactionJohn Lennon - ImagineMarvin Gaye - What's Going OnAretha Franklin - RespectThe Beach Boys - Good VibrationsChuck Berry - Johnny
I stumbled upon a list of the top selling 40 albums of all time the other day, and it got me thinking. How many of the top 10 selling albums of all time do I currently have in my collection? Lets see... The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits - I've always
The BBC conducted a poll to find the best movie soundtrack. Below are their top 10. The Blues BrothersPulp FictionTrainspottingSaturday Night FeverDirty DancingGrosse Point BlankKill Bill 1 & 2Lost In TranslationThe Royal TenenbaumsFight ClubA glance at My MP3s reveals I own the top three as well as the two Kill
I've been using the Audioscrobbler plug-in for Winamp for about three weeks now. Feel free to check out my Audioscrobbler page to see what I've been listening to. This thing is great. It works so deep under the covers I don't even realize it's doing it's thing. For fun, here
I recently introduced James to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". I remember my brothers and I having a great time singing along to this epic even before Wayne's World introduced it to a new generation. James and I holler along to the operatic part and bob our heads in unison. It's very
A Total Film poll of movie critics has attempted to rank the "best movie death" of all time. Here are their top ten. PsychoDr Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The BombKing KongDie HardBonnie and ClydeBambiScream (1966)GladiatorStar WarsWhite HeatI can think of several awesome death
The Ongoing History of New Music on CFNY Edge 102 have listed their Top 100 Moments. Here are their top 10. Death of Kurt Cobain.Edison invents recorded sound.Invention of the electric guitar.Collapse of the Mercer Arts Centre and CBGBs convinced to have a rock night.Ramones at
Blender magazine has published its list of the 50 worst songs ever. I haven't seen the whole list yet, but below are their top (bottom?) 10. We Built This City, Starship, 1985Achy Breaky Heart, Billy Ray Cyrus, 1992Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Wang Chung, 1986Rollin', Limpbizkit, 2000Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice,
The Mars Rover engineering team plays a tune or two each morning for Spirit and Opportunity. The songs played are usually related to the day's events. The Beatles "Good Morning, Good Morning" for the first morning, Ratt's "Round and Round" when the rover is turning, etc. I was perusing this
The Mercury News out of the Bay Area has listed what they believe to be the 11 greatest grunge albums. I read this list and article with great interest considering the majority of what I listen to was released during the golden era of grunge. Here is their list. "Nevermind,
BBC Radio 6 has ranked the top 20 sad songs of all time. The Smiths - I Know It's OverBowling For Soup - Girl All The Bad Guys WantREM - Everybody HurtsThe Cure - Pictures Of YouRadiohead - Fake Plastic TreesJoy Division - Love Will Tear Us ApartPink Floyd -
An insurance company in the United States surveyed car enthusiasts nationwide to determine the Top 10 television and motion picture car stars. Topping the list is my personal favourite television car star, The General Lee. As a kid I dreamed of flying through The General Lee's windows and jumping over
Yesterday I took all my MP3s and played them them on "Shuffle" mode in Windows Media Player. I listed the first 20 songs that played when my entire collection was shuffled...only it wasn't my entire collection! Yes my friends, I unintentionally mislead you. Those tunes came from a collection
I was reading on the World Wide Web about how people are taking all of their MP3s and playing them all randomly and sharing the first ten songs listed. With Windows Media Player, you simply create a playlist that is your entire collection of MP3s, select "Shuffle" from the Play
Quite a few movies are filmed in Toronto. Rarely does Toronto actually play Toronto but more often New York or Chicago in these pictures. Still, Torontonians like myself know it's Toronto and enjoy seeing our fair city play a role in many a major motion picture. So many films are
In honour of Valentine's Day, here are my ten favourite songs with the word "love" in the title. Songs with the word "lover" or "loves" in the title also qualified. State of Love and Trust - Pearl JamFell in Love With a Girl - The White StripesInterstate Love Song -
A couple of years ago, my friend Mark and I decided to create a complementary "release" to our Smells Like Sour series. We wanted to put together 80 minutes of our favourite covers. Here's the songlist from that compilation I called "Cover Me Badd" in spite of the fact Mark
This afternoon with Taryn out running errands for a few hours it was James and daddy time. I decided to make a mix of tunes that really rock heavy. I wanted music we could bang our heads and jump around to for 80 minutes. I didn't want more than one
On New Year's Eve I posted my five favourite tunes of 2003. My only rule was that the song had to have been released in 2003. Songs released in 2002 that experienced most of their airplay in 2003 were ineligible. To refresh your memory, here was my top five. The
In 2003, much like the previous 12 years, most of the music I listened to was recorded in the early 90s. I listened to a lot of Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, The Tragically Hip and Soundgarden. That's not to say I didn't listen to any current music. I
I just read the AFI Movies of the Year Official Selections. I haven't seen a single movie on their list. Has my life deteriorated to this point? Despite my disinterest in "Lord of the Rings", how did I manage to miss all nine of the others on their list? I
Rolling Stone magazine has just listed what they consider to be the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Lets take a close look specifically at their top 100, shall we? Rolling Stone likes The Beatles. The four mop-tops from England account for eight albums in the top 100, including four
I'm listening to Alice in Chains' Dirt while sitting at my pc awaiting the start of the Raptors game. I listen to the 13 tracks on this album rather frequently. In fact, I find myself returning to the same few albums over and over and over again. Not counting albums
