Toronto Mike

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Definitive Songs

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 -
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Definitive Songs

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. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares To YouSkid Row - 18 And LifeSloan - UnderwhelmedSnoop Doggy Dogg - Who Am I (What's My Name)?Soul Asylum -
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Definitive Songs

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. R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know ItRadiohead - CreepRage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name OfRed Hot
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Definitive Songs

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. Our Lady Peace - ClumsyOutkast - Bombs Over BagdhadOzzy Osbourne - Crazy TrainPaul Simon - GracelandPearl Jam - AlivePink Floyd - Comfortably NumbPrince - Purple RainPublic
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The Last.fm 10

It's been about seventeen months now since I installed the Audioscrobbler plug-in to track the tunes I play on my computer.  This thing operates so far under the radar I totally forgot about it.  My personal Last.fm page has been keeping track of every song I've played since then
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Definitive Songs

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. Moby - Natural BluesMoist - PushMotley Crue - Home Sweet HomeNaughty By Nature - O.P.P.Neil Young - Heart of GoldNick Cave and the
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Boogie Songs

Here's a list of every song in my collection with the word "boogie" in the title.  For absolutely no particular reason whatsoever. Boogie Man - AerosmithB. B. Boogie - B. B. KingRockin' My Boogie - Big Walter Horton's Blues Harp Band with Memphis CharlieThe Hypnotizin' Boogie - David WilcoxBoogie Wonderland
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Cure Vs. Kill

The other day, a friend and I were discussing Beck's "Loser".  It is a slacker anthem of sorts and as such it comes up in conversations now and then.  At some point during this chat, I recited the lyric "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?".  My
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Definitive Songs

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. Ice Cube - It Was a Good DayIce T - New Jack HustlerJames Taylor - Sweet Baby JamesJanis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGeeJimmy Hendrix -
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Definitive Songs

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. Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My MindGreen Day - LongviewGuns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' MineHayden - Bad As They SeemHole - Miss
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Our Other Anthem

Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World" is our other national anthem.  It's both musically and lyrically worthy of this honour, and two events over the past few months have cemented its status as the song that unites. On July 2nd of this year, Canada's Live 8 concert took place
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Definitive Songs

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. Counting Crows - Mr. JonesCyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have FunCypress Hill - Insane in the BrainEminem - Lose YourselfEverlast - What It's LikeFleetwood Mac
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Definitive Songs

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. Beastie Boys - Fight For Your RightBeck - LoserBig Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half-Steppin'Blink 182 - Adam's SongBruce Springsteen - Born to RunBush - Everything
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Definitive Songs

Last month, I started listing artists and their definitive albums.  I banged off ten a day until I hit ZZ Top.  I'm going to do the same thing with the same artists, only this time I'm listing their definitive song. 2pac - Dear Mama3rd Bass - The Gas FaceA Tribe
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Not Bad For A B-List

I recently posted ten Canadian tracks that I believe collectively epitomize the spirit of Canadian music.  Getting that list down to ten was a serious pain in the ass, so here are some of the songs that were on the bubble and eventually fell to the cutting room floor. Canadian
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Tonight: Pearl Jam

It's September 19, 2005.  If you were paying attention on May 28, I wrote an entry in which I alluded to the fulfillment of a dream this night that I will write about tomorrow. Although I can't share many details, everything is falling into place quite nicely.  This is going
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Thank You, Kevin Brereton

I'd like to thank Kevin Brereton, better known as K-OS.  I'm thankful for the following: My belief in the Canadian hip-hop scene has been restored.  From Maestro to K-OS, there is substance once more.Joyful Rebellion is a wonderful listen-through.  It's a funky tour de force.The lyric "Emcee, Tragically
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Essential Canadian Music

I decided to start tagging the music I listen to on my last.fm page, powered by Audioscrobbler.  The first tag I created was entitled "Canadian" and I applied it to every artist I've listened to on my computer since May 2004 that was Canadian.  By the time I was
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Definitive Albums

We'll continue with our final block as I name artists and their definitive albums.  This is it! Weezer - The Blue AlbumWhale - We CareWhite Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1Willie Nelson - Red-Headed StrangerWu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 ChambersWreckx-N-Effect - Hard Or SmoothWyclef Jean - The
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Definitive Albums

We'll continue with another block of ten as I name artists and their definitive albums.  We're knocking down ten a day, in alphabetical order. The Watchmen - In The TreesThe White Stripes - White Blood CellsThe Who - Who's NextTom Cochrane - Mad Mad WorldTom Petty - Full Moon FeverTori
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