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At the risk of becoming the band’s unofficial publicist, I wanted to let you know that if you missed the live set that Mantler performed on BBC 6 Music yesterday, then you’ll be able to catch it in podcast form for the next few days. Do check it out, and have a listen to some […]

Tonight’s episode of 24 was everything the finale of a long-running television series should be. It aired, it ended, and it won’t be followed by any new episodes. That, in the strictly technical sense, is how you wrap up a series! Sure, you could also do something dramatic or poignant, or have a conclusion that […]

In honour of Ronnie James Dio, who passed away last week at the age of sixty-seven, here’s an excerpt on his classic album Holy Diver from the book The 100 Best and Absolute Greatest Heavy Metal Albums in the World, Ever. “Holy Diver has it all. Packed to the hilt with bona fide classics, there […]

Did you know that if you buy a cup of coffee at Tim Hortons, and then you absolutely drop it as you’re on the way out of the building and it goes all over the place, and you take your empty cup back to the register and mumble something about buying another cup of coffee, […]

Hey, remember when CBS decided to base a television show on the popular Twitter feed shitmydadsays? Well, they’ve chosen to call it $@*! My Dad Says, because you can’t use the word “shit” in the title of a show on CBS. Instead, you have to use the words “Accidentally on Purpose.” But according to a […]

If you’re going to write the ultimate summer jam – and I’m talking about one of those instant classics that forever defines a moment in time – then you really ought to start with the title. Beats and hooks are great, but it’s the title more than anything else that charts the course of your […]

If this is the first time you’ve sat down in front of a computer today, and you haven’t yet heard the news about Robert Munsch, then here it is. While you’re at it, check out his note to parents on the subject, as well as this statement of support from his publisher regarding his recovery […]

“Safety is long suffering, safety is kind, it is not jealous, safety does not boast, it is not inflated. “It is not discourteous, it is not selfish, it is not irritable, it does not enumerate the evil. It does not rejoice over the wrong, but rejoices in the truth. “It covers all things, it has […]

“Can you believe we actually have to suffer through a subway car that’s this crowded during rush hour? Even though the two of us are only taking the train one stop? Thanks a lot, Dalton McGuinty!”