I can't be the only one who wants to know what Ron Sexsmith puts on his hotdogs. 🌭
Ron Sexsmith@ronsexsmith.bsky.social · 5d agoOne of those "hot dogs for dinner" kinda nights RS
Brad Wheeler
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Music writer at The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper.
Ron Sexsmith@ronsexsmith.bsky.social · 5d agoI want to buy a ticket, but, honestly, Ron MacLean as host is giving me pause.
Dave Bidini@davebidini.bsky.social · 6d agoLast day to get early bird tix!!!
Chemistry? Baseball's not a team sport in the way of basketball, hockey and football. Did the Oakland A's and the NY Yankees in the 1970s have chemistry? No, they had Reggie Jackson, a jerk. Baseball teams are 25 guys of OPS and WHIP. I mean, the players literally don't even speak the same language.
Mike Wilner@wilnerness.bsky.social · last wk.When I talked to Kevin Gausman for Deep Left Field, it stood out when he said #Bluejays aren’t as close as they were last season as a group. I asked a few of his teammates about that. Here’s the story:
Crowd filing into the Massey Hall auditorium tonight for the coolest man ever named Herbie.
One's chances of getting a job analyzing the World Cup on a Canadian broadcast without a British accent are "nil."
Tonight in Toronto: Unhummable music made by unknowable people. If you nose you nose.
Terrific obit by the Globe’s @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social Who hasn’t had coffee and pie at the legendary Fran’s..?
@rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · last mo.
You've nicked your last cave, you've beached your last boy and you've captained your last Tennille.
T.C. Folkpunk (and/or Cameronoise)@tcfolkpunk.bsky.social · last mo.You've sexed your last pistol
The great Mike Little passed just a day after his debut album was released on June 12. @AlexMTheel.bsky.social writes why he enjoyed the album, especially single "Good Thing Going On". RIP Mike. Thanks for the great music! scummywatertower.com/features/sin... #Musicsky
Congratulations to Stephanie Nolen, former Globe and Mail reporter, and now New York Times reporter, who was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for "exposing inequities in health, conflict and social justice...and groundbreaking HIV-AIDS coverage in Africa." www.gg.ca/en/appointme...
1966. David Clayton Thomas made one of the heaviest Canadian garage rock songs of all time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXsd...
David Clayton-Thomas & The Bossmen - Brainwashed (1966)
YouTube video by 45 rpm
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The 2026 SOCAN Polaris Song Prize Long List is here: Aquakultre, Begonia, Cadence Weapon, Charlotte Day Wilson, Les Louanges, Patrick Watson & Martha Wainwright, PUP, Sloan and more are now in the running for Canada's top songwriting honour. zurl.co/OQquA
Polaris Music Prize Reveals 20 Songs In The Running For Canada's Top Song Honour - That Eric Alper
Twenty of Canada’s most compelling songs are one step closer to one of the country’s most prestigious music honours. The Polaris Music Prize has unveiled the 2026 SOCAN Polaris Song Prize Long List, recognizing outstanding Canadian songwriting across genres and regions from coast to coast. Now in its second year, the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize […]
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Went to the legendary Troubadour club in LA for a pair of Bruce Hornsby shows last week. Loved the venue...imagine the @horseshoetavern.bsky.social with a balcony.
My trip to the Troubadour was a smashing success. Bruce Hornsby and his elite band the Noisemakers played 2 nights, repeating 1 song, a sophisticated version of The Way It Is. He closed the two-night stand with a version of He Stopped Loving Her Today that made a near-novelty song almost affecting.
We had @bradwheelerglobe.bsky.social at the Kia Forum in LA this weekend for the final night of its tour-opening four-concert stand. Here's his review www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti... 2/2
A reunited Rush closes out its sold-out L.A. run with a spellbinding, mind-bending test of time
Rush still moves better in 10/8 time than anyone else around
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36 hot new books to add to your summer reading list, from fiction and history to essays and more: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
The 36 best new books of summer
Our summer reading list includes buzzy fiction, historical drama, dark and unsettling reads and everything in between
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After a year and half of asking, I finally got to speak with CBC prez Marie-Philippe Bouchard - and quizzed her about ads, subscription fees, fighting to keep Gem numbers private, Northland Tales, Eurovision and the expansion in local reporting. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
Head of CBC looks to meet Canadians where they are amid shifting challenges
The Globe and Mail sits down with Marie-Philippe Bouchard, president and CEO of the Crown corporation to talk streaming, advertising and (of course) Eurovision
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Me trying to use the TD bank machine at Queen & Logan but the door is locked after hours.
BallHer@ballher.bsky.social · 2mo ago
My favourite guitar is the Fender Coronado Wildwood. I finally bought one a few years ago. I've never seen one in the wild, as it were, until tonight. Kevin Morby at Toronto's History club.
Had a great chat with music biographer extraordinaire Jimmy McDonough. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...
Jimmy McDonough’s Gary Stewart biography is a honky-tonk tale of ‘thwap’
Prolific biographer turns his attention to the self-sabotaging musician with Gary Stewart: I Am From the Honky-Tonks
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"But now old friends are acting strange; They shake their heads, they say I've changed/ Well, something's lost and something's gained, in living everyday" Judy Collins, 87, looking at life from both sides now, at Hugh's Room in Toronto last night. She's back for another show Wednesday.
I can't believe Rolling Stone fell for this nonsense. Lame bit by Colbert results in an embarrassingly dumb story by what used to be a great music magazine. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Stephen Colbert Uses Copyrighted 'Peanuts' Music During Finale: 'I Hope This Doesn't Cost CBS Any Money!'
Stephen Colbert used copyrighted 'Peanuts' music during his finale for 'The Late Show,' and said, 'Oh no, I hope this doesn't cost CBS any money!'
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