2021-08-07 19:55
“This is Parkdale”, subMediaWe got to experience the wonders of MetCap and the assorted shell companies they use to hide their ongoing misdeeds but our building never took the op… Read More
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2021-08-05 12:50
How about a musical interlude?
I loved this tune when it first came out; still love it today. And one guess as to where the video was shot Read More
2021-07-27 12:50
Here are some basic facts:
COVID vaccine safety and efficacy is not tested by the government. The data is based solely on the vaccine producers’ own testing and given to the govern… Read More
2021-07-23 12:59
I recall some people mentioning that it was paranoid to suggest that the COVID excuse was going to be extended indefinitely (variants!) and used as an excuse by the state to impose overt, to… Read More
2021-05-21 15:43
A three-part house track with vocals borrowed from Brandy, Robin S, and Shakedown Read More
2021-04-28 22:58
Recently, Emily Viegas, a 13-year-old Brampton girl died of Covid. I’m sure you can find the information but here’s a link just in case.
Basically, the story is that the vacci… Read More
2021-01-26 22:05
I got a feeling of recent-post-apocalyptic desertion here (the picture was taken late last week), greatly enhanced by the wall of kids’ mugshots in the back.
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2020-12-26 13:30
Prince Edward / Bloor / Danforth Viaduct Read More
2020-12-25 17:36
All festive’d up @ Casa Loma Read More
2020-12-07 13:30
Blondies Pizza on Davenport Read More
2020-12-06 13:30
Dogs and their humans @ Riverdale Park West Read More
2020-12-05 13:30
Autumn sunflower in Cabbagetown / Riverdale West Read More
2020-12-04 13:30
Former Scientology Toronto HQ @ Yonge and St. Mary Read More
2020-12-03 13:30
Bloor Street East @ Castle Frank Read More
2020-11-28 13:30
I like to think that Nicolette is an anarchist at heart Read More
2020-11-27 13:27
This is what happens after a marathon of the Twilight Zone, a bunch of Akira Kurosawa films, and some awesome classic Kung Fu flicks Read More
2020-10-24 14:53
University of Toronto, St. George Campus Read More
2020-10-18 18:01
Chipping Sparrow Lane Read More
2020-10-15 17:54
Riverdale Park East Read More
2020-10-14 12:30
55 Avenue Road Read More
2020-10-13 17:24
1 St. Clair West Read More
2020-09-17 01:50
Finally biting the bullet and polishing up some tracks that have I’ve been bumping around for far too long.
This one might sound a bit familiar Read More
2020-09-10 13:06
This little turd has been affixed to the University of Toronto’s St. George campus for well over 6 months now with no one so much as batting an eyelash. It’s still there now… Read More
2020-08-27 00:26
“Community”, 200 Bloor Street Eastby Kirk Newman Read More
2020-08-23 20:21
It’s commonly reported that “despite” the fact that black people make up only about 8.8% of Toronto’s population they represent almost a third of people arrested, cha… Read More
2020-08-15 15:37
Part of my regular morning routine includes scanning some of the dailies to see what’s been happening while I’ve been asleep. I tend to focus on news produced internationally bec… Read More
2020-08-13 12:30
There’s a lot of news happening around the world and it’s simply not possible to cover it all. That’s understandable.
And even though some of that news is tragic, only a… Read More
2020-08-09 21:45
I took a trip to a local grocery store this morning to get some coffee and bread. I was surprised to see a line formed outside of the front doors, similar to ones we’ve seen not so lon… Read More
2020-08-08 15:51
Chinatown (Spadina Avenue) Read More
2020-08-02 12:30
Everyone knows that Black Lives Matter. Duh.
But due to racism and slavery and etc. there’s a question that no one is willing to ask: just how much do Black Lives Matter?
Well, t… Read More
2020-08-01 12:30
MannLab, 330 Dundas Street West(previously the pink worm place) Read More
2020-07-30 12:30
Wizard Market, 346 Dundas Street West Read More
2020-07-29 12:30
The Toronto Star ran an article yesterday about going to the dentist while pandemicking.
I’d very recently gone myself with a chipped tooth so I can confirm everything that I read a… Read More
2020-07-28 12:30
University of Toronto, St. George Campus Read More
2020-07-26 12:00
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2020-07-25 10:00
“Crisis actors” are people who have volunteered or been hired to play victims in emergency drills and training scenarios. This is a well-known and undisputed practice.
Somewha… Read More
2020-07-24 15:45
2020-07-22 15:50
metro toronto police hq Read More
2020-07-20 16:13
riverdale park east Read More
2020-07-13 12:30
So it’s been about a week since our betters passed a municipal bylaw requiring the imposition of mandatory indoor masks pretty much everywhere except schools and daycare, transportatio… Read More
2020-06-29 22:12
Seems like everyone’s protesting “systemic” problems and yet no one’s willing to suggest that the existence of the system or its generalized mentality of violent domi… Read More
2020-06-18 17:27
The word “racialized” has been popping up lately like early summer blooms in response to the ongoing protests by Black Lives Matter and similar groups. This is, of course, as it… Read More
2020-06-11 01:03
Lately I’ve been thinking about what future generations might think of this age and its people. How will they try explain some of this era’s unusual social phenomena, the strange… Read More
2020-06-07 16:19
Being perennially broke I often shred newspapers for my cat to relieve herself on. Unfortunately, almost all of the mainstream media has become so toxic that I’m afraid that it’s… Read More
2020-06-05 12:30
Basking in brilliance, a.k.a. bummin’ around the barroom
Barrio Cerveceria Read More
2020-06-04 04:08
Riverdale Park might just be the prefect place to surreptitiously get rid of some of that incriminating infant paraphernalia Read More
2020-06-04 03:50
Maybe it’s just writer’s street corner? Read More
2020-05-13 10:00
poignant protected plaster Read More
2020-05-06 23:21
ghosts and silent schoolyards Read More
2020-04-30 00:39
a bicycle built for none, daisy’s rung her last bell Read More
2020-04-24 14:02
On these rare days, a world made strange Read More
2020-04-23 10:00
The devices and techniques described in the manuals definitely seem plausible if they don’t already exist. The “truth serum” is apparently also a thing but ironically it&rs&hell…Read More
2020-04-21 10:00
This is not a test.
Radio Transmundane 1.3
Was he testing me somehow? That seemed incredibly presumptuous.
“See,” he said, “you’re being tested all the time… Read More
2020-04-19 10:00
This is the next installment of my friend’s story about Transmundane, the secret organization he was introduced to last year. I’m no longer convinced that apartment volcano insur… Read More
2020-04-17 13:06
Recently a close acquaintance of mine began publishing a blog about his experiences with an underground organization that he encountered while at the same local library that I go to (or at l… Read More
2020-03-06 01:55
Yesterday, Toronto Star contributing columnist Don Tapscott of the Blockchain Research Institute wrote an interesting article. There’s a good chunk of it that I don’t agree with… Read More
2019-06-26 12:30
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Sam Pollock Baseball Diamond, Riverdale Park West Read More
2019-06-25 12:30
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Institute of Taoism
134 D’Arcy Street Read More
2019-06-24 14:37
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301 Spadina Avenue Read More
2019-06-22 11:30
315 Spadina Avenue
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2019-06-21 12:30
353 Jefferys Lane Read More
2019-06-20 19:27
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Jefferys and Iroquois Lanes Read More
2019-06-18 13:55
Everyone went in one direction yesterday. I went in another.
Sherbourne & Howard Streets Read More
2019-06-14 18:45
Yonge-Dundas Square Read More
2019-06-10 21:03
In case haven’t mentioned it before, over the past few years I’ve been working on an open-source project called CypherPoker.JS
It’s a decentralized, soon to be anonymou… Read More
2019-05-31 12:44
If ever there was a reason I don’t post to TCL as often as I should this would certainly be it. It’s online Texas Hold’em that uses cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and its y… Read More
2019-05-30 12:30
11 Dundonald Street Read More
2019-05-27 12:30
A large swath of Yonge Street is in the process of being demolished to make way for sterile, corporate homogeneity. Most of the businesses along the lengthy strip didn’t leave by choic… Read More
2019-05-24 12:30
Krispy Kreme Kat knows a lot about fat. Regarding type II, ask Thing One or Thing Two.
McCaul and Elm Streets Read More
2019-05-23 12:30
Returning from a meetup where we’d imbibed some adult refreshments, Sarah and I found pieces of a discarded mannequin by the side of the road. A few blocks later inspiration struck… Read More
2019-05-22 12:30
These days the Goddess of Mercy is going for a cool three grand — Chinatown special!
Spadina & Dundas Read More
2019-05-21 12:30
There’s something very Edward Gorey-esque about Allan Gardens that keeps me coming back. Maybe it’s the moody Victorian atmosphere that they invoke, or maybe it’s the holid… Read More
2019-05-20 20:50
Wellesley Street East & Wellesley Place Read More
2019-05-19 13:00
Yonge-Dundas Square Read More
2019-05-18 13:30
I wrote this one a few years ago but decided to dust it off for TCL. You may recognize the lyrics of David Ruffin from The Temptations but the tune will probably not be so familiar. I believ… Read More
2019-05-17 12:30
476 Yonge Street Read More
2019-05-16 12:30
Yonge & Maitland Read More
2019-05-15 12:30
85 Yonge Street Read More
2019-05-14 20:42
It’s unseasonably cold, just found out I’m gonna need a root canal, and I still miss Ollie a lot. But at least some parts of the city are starting to look up.
Locations (in or… Read More
2019-05-08 15:55
I’ve really been digging on Mister X comics lately and I guess the city’s psychetecture is having an effect.
411 Church Street Read More
2019-04-27 00:53
Shortly after 3:30 p.m. on April 22, 2019, in the middle of a maddeningly, ironically blue, sunny, and warm Easter Monday, my good friend Oliver died.
You might remember him from some of… Read More
2019-02-22 13:30
Earlier there were eight cruisers and an ambulance. No news trucks. I guess it’s become so common that it’s not worth reporting on. Always something going down in this neig… Read More
2019-02-21 15:21
Morning coffee, check. Toast, check. Weather report, on. News chopper, hovering. Sirens, blaring.
Another Thursday morning in the city Read More
2018-10-24 20:15
The second Jungle / Drum & Bass track from the “Sought Soul” album:
The album name is simply a tip of the hat to the source of those great acapellas and occasional lo… Read More
2018-10-16 18:21
I’d released this Jungle / Drum & Bass track a while ago under a different name but decided to re-visit it again since it’s so very timely.
The name would be a clever tong… Read More
2018-09-10 19:15
Precious few cabbages, if we’re being honest Read More
2018-09-03 12:30
2018-05-06 12:30
We’ve been having a lot of weather lately Read More
2018-05-05 21:14
Dinner looked pretty good. Tasted good too Read More
2018-05-04 12:30
2018-05-03 12:30
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2018-05-02 12:30
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2018-05-01 20:04
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2018-01-24 13:47
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