The SOB* Chronicles

Thanks for dropping in and checking out the musical snapshots of this SOB*. I grew up in a little town outside the city of Toronto and like millions of other boomers, the music of my youth has remained with me. Especially, the music played on Toronto radio station Chum 1050. Each week we would gather at a local record store to pick up a Chum chart and see where our favourite song ranked in their top 50. (In August 1968 it became the top 30). So feel free and check out some of the playlists and discover the music playing in the Southern Ontario region of Canada on a particular date in history.

*Sad Old Boomer

This site is nothing more then a hobby for me where the music is for archival and educational purposes. Please use it for evaluation only and if you enjoy it track down an artist's CD and buy it. Lets face it some of these artists could use a little pension top up.

Unfortunately, I have felt compelled to switch my musical snapshots to contacts only. If you read the background to my musical snapshots, and would like to listen to them, please contact me. Cheers

My Birthday Greeting To Canada

Today, July 1st is Canada Day. It was this day in 1867 that Queen Victoria proclaimed the Dominion of Canada with John A. McDonald as the first prime minister. I feel rather fortunate and lucky, that when I was a young six year old, my father chose... more

Previous blog entries:
Apr 6	-	All Good Thing Come to An End
Feb 18	-	Another Music Lawsuit
Jan 29	-	Legal Music Downloads At Last

A Canada Day Novelty Surprise

To help celebrate Canada Day I was able to find this novelty tune. Way back in 1966; I know it is very hard to believe but the Toronto Maple Leafs used to win Stanley Cups and one of the players on these cup winning teams was a hardworking... more

Previous playlists:
Mar 16	-	The Molly McGuires
Feb 24	-	I Get The Blues When It Rains
Feb 1	-	Charles Mingus - Nostalgia in Times Square

Stirling Castle Visit

We visited Scotland several years ago and I took these pictures when we visited Loch Lomond and Stirling Castle.
I was messing around yesterday to see if I could make some sort of video with them. Here are the results. Still some work needed to... more

Previous videos:
May 3	-	Runrig - Loch Lomond (Children in Need 2007)
May 3	-	Runrig - Live in Scotland - Hearthhammer
May 31	-	Van Morrison - Into The Mystic