By now you've heard about the eight men found dead yesterday inside four vehicles left on a tract of farmland about 30 kilometres southwest of London near St. Thomas. The OPP are tight lipped, but I've seen enough episodes of "The Sopraonos" to smell a gang hit. We're probably not
There are many things I love about Firefox, but a big part of the allure are the many extensions I use daily to enrich my web experience. I can't imagine life without many of the sixteen extensions I currently have installed. Here are my sweet sixteen: DOM Inspector - Inspect
It's April, but you probably already knew that. Here's something you didn't know. There are four songs in my collection with the word "April" in the title. April 29, 1992 - SublimeApril Fool - Soul AsylumApril in Paris - Louis Armstrong & Ella FitzgeraldPieces of April - Three Dog NightNow
We're done. In my heart of hearts I thought there might be a chance had we upset Ottawa last night and Montreal lost to Tampa Bay, but neither happened and now I'm certain we're done. I haven't been this disappointed in a team's effort since Turin. I'm sure there's a
Every so often, I get a fixin' for old time blues. Whenever I'm unsure of the artist, a good guess is that it's Blind something-or-other. In my collection there are several "Blind" artists. Blind John DavisBlind Willie McTellBlind Lemon JeffersonBlind Willie JohnsonBlind BlakeBlind Boy FullerMore recent acts are Blind Melon
The title of Pearl Jam's new song got me thinking aboout other suicide songs. There are five songs in my collection with the word "suicide" in the title. Shampoo Suicide - Broken Social SceneSuicide Blonde - INXSOne More Suicide - Marcy PlaygroundLike Suicide - SoundgardenPop's Love Suicide - Stone Temple
I've spent a great deal of my life in Springfield, living precariously through my favourite tv family. I was fifteen when "The Simpsons" debuted and I was on it like Troy McClure on a trout from the beginning. I even remember them from "The Tracey Ullman Show" in the late
Television shows seemed better when I was a kid. After school, I could become immersed in crap like "The Facts of Life", "Who's The Boss?", "Growing Pains" or "Silver Spoons". Then, there were old-school favourites like "The Dukes of Hazzard", "WKRP in Cincinnati", "Three's Company", "Night Court" and "The A-Team"
Tracking ones favourite bands used to be a far easier practice. As a teen, I could ring off my ten favourite bands of all-time without hesitation or doubt. In my 30s, it seems to change by the hour or mood. Here is my current top ten: The Tragically HipPearl JamNirvanaPublic
I've seen a lot of bad movies in my life, but I've also been lucky enough to see a lot of great ones. I've always maintained a list of my ten favourite flicks of all-time, which is a surprisingly difficult challenge. For short periods of time I might be completely
I use the word "cool" a lot. I always have. I even have James using it. As it turns out, "cool" is a rarity in the world of slang. It "remains the gold standard of slang in the 21st century, as reliable as a blue-chip stock, surviving like few expressions
We're down 2-1 after one period. Will this be seven in a row? Here are my favourite losing songs.... Losing My Religion - REMLosing California - SloanI'm Losing You - John LennonAngels/Losing/Sleep - Our Lady PeaceLosing Hope - Jack JohnsonI Can't Stand Losing You - The PoliceThe Losing
On New Year's Eve 2005, CFNY Edge 102 counted down their top 102 songs of the year. I would have posted their list earlier in the year, but I couldn't find it on their site. I finally wrote Alan Cross about it and he got me in touch with the
It's the year-end list you've been waiting for. I've already documented my favourite albums of 2005 and now here are my ten favourite songs of 2005. 10. Wolf Parade's I'll Believe In Anything I only got into this band recently when a friend insisted I listen to Apologies to the
With only a few days remaining in the calendar year, it's time to write a bunch of year-end "best of" entries. I've already hit you with my favourite television shows in 2005 and my favourite musical guilty pleasure of 2005 but now it's time for a biggie. Here are my
In addition to listing their official selections for movies of the year, AFI also lists their TV programs of the year. I just wrote about only seeing one of their ten movies but I can also cop to watching but one of their ten television programs. The one I did
I just read the AFI Movies of the Year Official Selections. I've seen one movie on their list. In my defense, I'm notoriously late getting to movies because I see so few in theaters and many of these are awfully fresh. A number of the movies below are on my
Last December I unveiled my definitive Christmas mix. This year I created a 247 song Christmas playlist and quickly got tired of skipping over the songs I didn't feel like hearing. My solution to this problem was to create a second Christmas playlist consisting only of the tunes I feel
I'm enjoying at extended period of unassisted happiness. No Prozac, Paxil or other antidepressant is playing a role. I'm just as happy as a pig in shit. Here are twenty "happy" songs from my collection. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy - Ren & StimpyWe're A Happy Family - RamonesShiny Happy People
Twas the night before Halloween, and all through the house, all the creatures were stirring, except for the mouse. The monsters had gathered to plan and prepare, for the trick-or-treaters who soon would be there. Sick to death of "Monster Mash", these monsters played a frightening playlist of ten "ghost"
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)Whale - Hobo Humpin' Slobo BabeWhite Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65Willie Nelson - On The Road AgainWu-Tang Clan - Protect
Exactly one year ago today, I checked to see how many of the top 10 selling albums of all time I had in my collection. At the time, I had three: Led Zeppelin IV, AC~DC's Back In Black and Taryn's Shania Twain's Come On Over. If we revisit this
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. The Watchmen - All UncoveredThe White Stripes - Fell In Love With A GirlThe Who - Won't Get Fooled AgainTom Cochrane - Life Is A HighwayTom
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. The Fugees - Killing Me SoftlyThe Guess Who - American WomanThe Offspring - Self EsteemThe Police - Every Breath You TakeThe Pretenders - Brass In PocketThe
We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive songs. We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. Stray Cats - Rock This TownSupertramp - The Logical SongSystem of a Down - Chop SueyThe Beach Boys - Good VibrationsThe Beatles - YesterdayThe Clash -
