Who needs satellite radio when you have David Byrne radio?

David Byrne is one of my heroes. He is best known as the frontman for the Talking Heads, which in and of itself is amazing. The Talking Heads, in my opinion, never put out a bad album. He did the stage design and choreography for “Stop Making Sense”, one of the best concert films ever…

A Quick Intro to Free Online Media: Books, Music, Movies, TV & More

For years I’ve been telling people about various media sites, one or two at a time so I thought I would quickly build a permanent guide to direct people to. The guide, labeled “Cord Cutting” will direct you to freely available archives and directories of free Books (eBooks and audio books),  Education / Online Classes, Movies, Music, Podcasts, Radio, Television as well as…

A Quick Intro to Free Online Media: Books, Music, Movies, TV & More

For years I’ve been telling people about various media sites, one or two at a time so I thought I would quickly build a permanent guide to direct people to. The guide, labeled “Cord Cutting” will direct you to freely available archives and directories of free Books (eBooks and audio books),  Education / Online Classes, Movies, Music, Podcasts, Radio, Television as well as…

Our founder’s new project: Toronto Public Broadcasting

Some of you will remember the founder of the original parent website of this blog, Justin Beach. He hasn’t gone away completely, but has been keeping busy with a number of different projects, including the launching of a web-based public broadcasting operation focused on the city of Toronto. For details: http://torontopb.blogspot.ca/2012/05/introducing-toronto-public-broadcasting.html

The Hockey54 Show

Episode 62 of This Is Toronto is now available! This latest edition follows up with Hockey54.com. The Toronto-based website is preparing for the debut of The Hockey54 show, which will air on an all-sports radio station in (of all places) Nashville, Tenn. www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com NEXT EPISODE: Oct. 21, 2011

Passionate Playgoer (Part one)

Episode 57 of This Is Toronto is now available! This latest edition is part one of a two-part series featuring Lynn Slotkin, theatre critic and publisher of the widely-read Slotkin Letter. www.thisistorontopodcast.blogs​pot.com NEXT EPISODE: Aug. 12, 2011

Revisiting CKLN (Part two)

Episode 52 of This Is Toronto is now available! This latest edition is part two of a two-part series that revisits CKLN. The Ryerson-based station was forced to vacate 88.1FM, but will still broadcast online. www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com NEXT EPISODE: June 3, 2011

Revisiting CKLN

Episode 51 of This Is Toronto is now available! This latest edition is part one of a two-part series that revisits CKLN. The Ryerson-based station was forced to vacate 88.1 FM, but is still broadcasting online. www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com NEXT EPISODE: May 20, 2011