Aaron Brophy

Sure it was against the 13th place (out of 16) team in our league, but it's really hard not to brag about having turned a triple play in my co-ed slow pitch game last night.

Is the run differential big enough that I should finally emotionally invest and get back on the Blue Jays bandwagon?

Happy 22nd SARSstock anniversary to those who have recovered from the sunstroke they got. AC/DC put on the best set, by the way.

Bonus points if the message is written "like how a Gallagher would reply."

it's true

The most important thing you need to know about Hulk Hogan dying is that you can't be held liable for anything slanderous or defamatory you say about him. (Maybe be careful about his living family, friends, and evil financial supporters, though.)

YouTube video by Polydor 1000 Connie Francis - My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own (1961)

Connie Francis erasure!
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Ozzy Osbourne Setlist at Air Canada Centre, Toronto Get the Ozzy Osbourne Setlist of the concert at Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada on June 11, 2003 and other Ozzy Osbourne Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

RIP Ozzy Osbourne. Sabbath are one of my pillars. When he came to Toronto in 2003 (probably his last great stand as a performer) he very specifically tried to play the longest set he ever had. It felt like four hours. Check out all the bangers on this list.
www.setlist.fm/setlist/ozzy...

YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show Connie Francis "Where The Boys Are" on The Ed Sullivan Show

RIP Connie Francis. Whenever I listen to modern pop balladeers I always compare them to this song and they always fall short.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sccT...

So, so stoked to be back at Skydome. (FYI, 4/4, three putouts.)

I love this new wrinkle in the concert ticket buying experience where you have to register to a pre-pre sale with an access code to be eligible to access the pre-sale but the system takes so long to send you the access code that registration times out and you have to keep trying over and over again.

Jay-Jay Johanson @ The Piston, June 26, 2025. A true masterclass in the Nordic Sad genre.

100% targeted audience approval

Went to the doom flute rock show so I could drink the beer inspired by a movie about setting a cop on fire to grow better cabbage.

... and everybody's wounded.

YouTube video by HollyTheWood Nitzer Ebb - Lightning man

RIP to the lightning man Douglas McCarthy, part of one of the most important bands in modern music, Nitzer Ebb.
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Single image on solid yellow background of one LP and five CDs purchased at a neighborhood garage sale. Includes Tom Jones The Golden Hits LP, and the CDs Ministry Of Sound Indie Anthems, R.E.M. The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003, Secretly Canadian SC100, Lee Scratch Perry and Mad Professor Fire In Dub, The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill

Finally got a garage sale score. $8!
* Tom Jones — The Golden Hits LP
* Ministry Of Sound Indie Anthems
* R.E.M. — The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003
* Secretly Canadian SC100
* Lee Scratch Perry — Fire In Dub (different album, Dub Fire, inside the case, though)
* The Young Gods — Play Kurt Weill

It makes me angry how good, simple(ish) and impossible to replicate this show is.

Cypress Hill, May 22, 2025 @ Coca Cola Coliseum

Tonight the time machine took me back as close as it could to 1986 and I finally got to see some of Ministry’s Twitch songs.

True revolutionaries. Make sure you see Party Dozen, too. They’re a trip.

Lambrini Girls @ Phoenix Concert Theatre, May 6, 2025

But what about "Mexican Hat Twist," "Mister Twister," or "Twistin' USA"?

#LEAFS win! Where the heck is everyone?
#plantheparade
#yongestreet
#ThePassion
@biznasty

May Day feels like the perfect time to show off my latest the vinyls:
* The Wicker Man soundtrack
* The Beloved - “The Sun Rising” 12 inch picture disc
* Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

Should I go to this? It’s a block away from me.

Howard Moon searching for the new sound. (Andrew Dickson @ Sound Garage, April 26, 2025.)

Musicians, I can't state this more plainly — put an email contact address on your socials. I get that there's a generational communication style divide on this, but get your shit together if you want to be taken seriously.

I am currently experiencing this epiphany.

“You went to Liverpool to drink in a bunch of old pubs?”
The pubs: