Author: Gruesome Greg

  • Smokin’ Green’s 2010 fundraiser is tonite!

    It all goes down tonite, folks. If you`re sitting on the fence, scratching your head, going “Shouldn`t radio be free?” consider this. Unlike commercial radio, CKLN doesn`t bombard you with advertisements. We firmly believe in less talk, more rock.

  • I hate to ask people for money, but…

    There comes a time every year when I must do so: CKLN’s Fundfest. If you can kick in a couple bucks to keep Smokin’ Green on the air and Keep the Sabbath Dream Alive, I’d greatly appreciate it.

  • Razor still cuts deep!

    Anvil mighta been Canada’s first thrash band, but Razor’s perhaps our most caustic. After all these years, Razor still cuts deep. And it goes without saying that I’m looking forward to their gig next Friday at El Mocambo, a venue quite dear to my heart…

  • Double Down gets two greasy thumbs up…

    Anyone remember the last time a burger had an official release date? Well, when KFC announced that it was bringing the wildly successful bun-less Double Down sandwich to Canada, they gave it one: October 18th. Being the connoisseur of greasy chicken products that I am, I was determined to Double Down on its opening weekend.

  • Man, I’ve crossed a lotta names off my “Bands to See Before I Die” list this year…

    Growing up in Calgary in the pre-Noctis Valkyries days, I was deprived of live music in my formative years. Though the burgeoning oil metropolis was ever-expanding, it was not a regular tour stop for bands, especially from outside of Canada, as it was at least four hours to the nearest sizable city. Let’s just say…

  • Accept and King’s X–an odd couple, to be sure…

    It takes a certain breed to travel roughly 600 miles, round trip, by Greyhound bus only to spend a total of 18 hours at the destination–a third of which was spent sleeping. But given the right motivation, I have done so on occasion and will do so again. Last nite, the occasion was the nearest…

  • The dangers of dumpster-diving for vinyl…

    Last weekend, when I was on my way to the bank, I passed a cheap sign on Bloor St saying “1000s of vinyls, thattaway.” Intrigued, I followed the arrow up a residential street (I think it was Brunswick) to a parkette with a buncha milk crates laid out on the ground. This is why I…

  • Best weekend ever…

    In case you didn’t know, I just got back from the West Coast a couple days ago. Saw Sleep in concert at the Roseland Theater in Portland, then caught the Seattle Seahawks’ season opener at Qwest Field. These were the best two days in recent memory.

  • German heavy metal legends ACCEPT… coming soon to a suburb near you!

    Sure, I listened to all the metal gods growing up: Maiden, Priest, Sabbath, etc; but there was another band I had an obsessive appreciation for, one that didn’t belong on so lofty a pedestal–yet I put them right up there. That band was Teutonic metal pioneers Accept.

  • I can now proclaim to have seen Peyton pass the pigskin in person…

    I bought into the Bills in Toronto series when it was first announced, opting for the three-game ticket package. Aside from a close, competitive exhibition game against the Steelers in ’08, the Bills hardly delivered on my somewhat-considerable investment. This season, sensing that the Toronto natives were getting restless, the organization threw us a bone…