This week in the Blogerati Files, and now there is this distance .

Describe your blog in 10 words or less.
Music news and ramblings from a twentysomething rock journalist.

Why did you start blogging? What's your blog's birthday?
I've been keeping "and now there is this distance" (it's a line from an Interpol song) since December 2004, but I'd had a number of different online diaries since 2000. The problem was that I always ended up vacillating between craving an audience and being completely fucking paranoid about people reading my thoughts. Eventually, I just said to hell with it -- in order to be a decent journo, I needed to practice writing for an audience, so I started this distance to be a mix of my own ADHD-esque thoughts with pop culture and music newslinks. I've never widely advertised my blog though, since I like to keep things on the downlow in order to not feel worried whenever I allude to my personal life. I'm one of those bipolar cases of an attention whore who also needs privacy.

How long have you lived in Toronto?
I'm originally from Kingston, home of five jails and Queen's University, but I moved here to attend U of T about five years ago. After my first year, I moved back home for maybe all of two months before I started clawing up the walls and made my escape back to Toronto ASAP. I haven't left since.

This week in the Blogerati Files, It's All About Me!

Describe your blog in 10 words or less.
The title says it all .... It's all about me!

Why did you start your blog? Blogiversary?
I started my blog in July 2005. My friend, Angie, had one and it seemed like fun. And it has been. I used to be into penpalling in a big way and this is kind of the same thing for me.

How long have you lived in Toronto?
I moved to Toronto from Antigonish, NS, in February 1987. It feels like I've been here forever as I love it here!

What's the funniest/strangest thing that has happened to you in Toronto?, Did you blog about it?
When my husband and I got married in July 2002, we had planned a very small wedding at City Hall ... just he and I, my sister and his son. The date we chose turned out to be the day that everyone gathered at City Hall during the Pope's visit. So it was the four of us ... plus a half a million people celebrating our wedding! Alas, none of them gave us presents. Ha!

Thought this was going be a holiday season sans the Humble and Fred Christmas special? They might be off the commercial airwaves but that won't stop them this year.

The 17th Annual Humble & Fred Christmas Show is available for your aural pleasure at humbleandfred.com.

According to my source (mikeboon.com), H&F have a frank discussion about what's transpired since their days at Mix 99.9, reminisce of Christmas shows past and poke some fun at old sidekicks Scary Bald Headed Pete, Bingo Bob and of course, Mr. Dan Duran.

The special is available as an MP3 download or you can listen to a stream.

This week in the Blogerati Files, Tricia's Musings

Describe your blog in 10 words or less.
It stumbles through everything trying to find it's path.

Why did you start your blog? Blogiversary?
Tricia's Musings was born on a cold day in January earlier this year. It was January 21st to be exact. I started the blog because I'd been ill off work for a while and knew I'd be off work for a few months more since I wasn't getting any better. I created it to: 1. fill my time, and 2. to write about some of the things I was going through such as the illness itself (Crohns) and the pain. I quickly discovered that I didn't really want to write about any of that stuff at all and it's become a blog that discusses things that make me happy like hobbies, my constantly crazy pestering neighbors, life in Toronto and pretty much anything I feel like talking about.

How long have you lived in Toronto?
I've lived in Toronto a little more than half my life now. I moved here when I was 18, but I was always a Torontonian wanna be. My brother and then my sister lived here first and I fell in love with the city while visiting them when I was younger. I originally come from Ottawa, a much smaller town, but moving to the big city didn't bother me at all. I love it.

This week in the Blogerati Files, Humble Howard Radio

Describe your blog in 10 words or less.
A conduit of peace between men and women and animals.

Why did you start your blog? Blogiversary?
I started it to keep my one or two semi-interested listeners up to date on my existence. Also to make stupid jokes and observations, and to sell my book The Slime That Men Do! My blog's birthday is September.

How long have you lived in Toronto?
17 years.

What's the funniest/strangest thing that has happened to you in Toronto?, Did you blog about it?
Once on the Humble and Fred show we had a contest and we convinced a man to lick a pig's ass and he didn't win! I didn't blog about it because that was before there were computers.

Looking for something fun to do tonight?

Support a great cause and check out Parkdale Project Read's 2nd Annual Community Cabaret.

This year's theme is 'Shameless' and will feature contemporary spoken word, music and lots of fun for everyone.

Details:
Parkdale Project Read's "2nd Annual Community Cabaret: Shameless"
Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre
1499 Queen Street West
Cover is $10 and the show starts at 7:30pm (doors open at 7:00pm)

Visit Parkdale Project Read to learn more about their good works.