That time when Master T gave MuchMusic its groove
Pop quiz, hotshot: Can you name the very first Canadian hip-hop music video as listed in the MuchMusic…
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Goofball City: Toronto mascots past and present
Derived from the French word “mascotte” meaning bringer of good luck, mascots have amused, embarrassed and terrified us…
That time when Star Trek fever gripped Scarborough
Stardate 1993 — television series Star Trek: The Next Generation is midway through its celebrated 6th season, and…
Museum of Television flips switch in Liberty Village
Toronto’s own visionary prophet of the airwaves Moses Znaimer re-opened his Museum of Television yesterday, and now welcomes…
That time when the Jays had songs, anthems & albums
Where have the all Blue Jays songs gone? For much of their formative era, campy odes and anthemic…
Wasteland of the Gods at Muzik Nightclub
Mythical Toronto sculptor Elford Bradley “E.B” Cox (1914-2003) would likely be appalled to see what has happened to…
Remembering Toronto restaurants of days gone by
Used to be when it came to family dining out on a budget, Toronto was spoiled for choice.…
That time the Toronto Police had a talking police car
Today’s Santa Claus Parade will once again feature an auto-riffic appearance from Blinky, the semi-retired Metropolitan Toronto Police…
That time when Halloween was the Dark Night
Long before Christopher Nolan’s moody Batman sequels kind of seized the phonetic, Dark Night was the title of…
That time when CKEY/590 was Toronto AM gold
Much like the music you hear played on them, radio formats are notoriously fickle and prone to constant…
That time when Murdoch Mysteries went to sea
Murdoch Mysteries kicks off its new season on Monday night with a salty sea-bound whodunit that not only…
That time when ’80s fashion haunted Toronto
Eighties nostalgia is a Gowan-esq strange animal. Bizarrely it actually started to manifest itself before the decade had…