It's the morning of July 24, 2017, and I'm making an unpleasant commute that I've done many times before. Years ago, when I moved to Waterloo but kept my job in Toronto, I drove daily across that stretch of nasty, traffic-snarled highway known as the 401. The drive could take as little as 49 minutes; other days, I exited after three hours of stop-and-go traffic, not even halfway to the destination, a full day of pay lost because of a multi-car collision up ahead. Finding...

Some 22 years ago, I found myself at a friend's party on a Saturday night, and relaxed in the way that we usually did; by throwing on some music and sitting around having some drinks. That night, I decided to take it easy, as I had to bike my way home, and would more than likely encounter my parents, who were not fans of the underaged drinking scene. With that in mind, I stopped after a few drinks, and decided to finish out the evening's festivities with a glass of orange juice. I drank ...

"It's freezing out here, bring me a hot chocolate!"
"Do you want marshmallows in it?" As nerdy as it is, that was my Twitter interaction with Bad Religion bassist Jay Bentley, self-proclaimed social media whore, before tonight's show. It seems like an eternity has passed since the first time I heard Bad Religion; they've been an integral part of my life for so long, I have only vague memories of them not being part of my musical lexicon. In reality, however, it was only...

Watched this one last night, seemed like a good Halloween movie. It's more sleazy than it is scary but those who remember the Toronto of the early 80s...

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It seems that every major city has had a 'punk house' at some point. Los Angeles had the Stern Brothers and Skinhead Manor, among others, New York City had and still has C-Squat on the Lower East Side, and Toronto had Fort Goof. The ringleader at Fort Goof, which was essentially a 24/7 booze can inhabited by a group of crusty street punks, was a young man named Steve Johnson, better known around...

Released By: 20th Century Fox
Released On: 04/05/2011
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Jon Lovitz, Ruth Marshall, Graham Greene

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You could make a dozen movies about Jack Abramoff, and still not tell the whole story. In fact, two movies were made about him in 2010; the documentary film Casino Jack and the United States of Money, and the larger-budgeted feature film, simply titled Casino Jack. Both...