Bill Doskoch's Latest Updates



  • billdinTO about 8 hours ago



    On Tues., I tweeted http://bit.ly/9vlC8o. And on Thurs a.m., there was a GTA section on TheStar.com's iPhone site. Sweet!

     
  • billdinTO about 8 hours ago



    This Clash tune was always in heavy rot. at Dewey's pub on the U of Alta campus back in the day - http://tinysong.com/iXJG

     
  • billdinTO about 8 hours ago



    If you like photography, old-skool punk and live in t-dot, check out http://bit.ly/bqIUD5

     
  • billdinTO about 10 hours ago



    If a film critic makes an error of fact in her/his review, should a correction be run? Has anyone every seen a film review correction?

     
  • billdinTO about 11 hours ago



    I once read a call for the abolition of pro film critics in favour of audience reviews. Thanks but no thanks.

     
  • billdinTO about 11 hours ago



    RT @ebertchicago My review of "The Green Zone." http://j.mp/c8VZxN / 'This is one hell of a thriller.'

     
  • billdinTO about 11 hours ago



    RT @aoscottnyt My take on Green Zone - http://nyti.ms/aNfuUt I may be in the minority on this one, which is fine. / He likes it!

     
  • billdinTO about 14 hours ago



    On CTV's 'Power Play,' Gerald Caplan sardonically described Rahim Jaffer & Helena Guergis as "a couple of bored kids." :)

     
  • billdinTO about 15 hours ago



    Current fed'l budget sit'n is the result of 12 years of undisciplined spending, TD Bank's Don Drummond says on CTV NC's 'Power Play.'

     
  • billdinTO about 15 hours ago



    Drummond rhetorically asks, 'what is a structural deficit?'

     
  • billdinTO about 15 hours ago



    But Drummond says there's too much uncertainty to make 5-year budget forecasts.

     
  • billdinTO about 15 hours ago



    On CTV NC's 'Power Play,' TD Bank chief economist Don Drummond endorses Harper govt's approach to fighting fed'l budget deficit.

     
  • billdinTO about 17 hours ago



    The Royal is offering an encore run of 'The White Stripes: Under The Great White Northern Lights' starting Friday.

     
  • billdinTO about a day ago



    East vs West t-dot is bogus. It's about poor outer vs affluent inner Toronto.

     
  • billdinTO about a day ago



    What is trust worth if people only trust those who confirm their biases?

     
  • billdinTO about 1 days ago



    This is a so-so version of a great James Keelaghan song: 'Hillcrest Mine' (abt 0:55 in) - http://bit.ly/aBSxWU

     
  • billdinTO about 1 days ago



    Can't be at folk singer James Keelaghan's K-W show on March 20? It'll be webcast at 8 pm EDT - http://bit.ly/5gjQ79

     
  • billdinTO about 1 days ago



    NYT: In archive and exhibit, the Grateful Dead live on - http://nyti.ms/ataUzB

     
  • billdinTO about 1 days ago



    The Sarkozys are having affairs! No they're not, it's a Twitter hoax! Or is it? http://bit.ly/a5MTrQ / via @NeilSanderson

     
  • billdinTO about 1 days ago



    Vic Toews blames media for Rahim Jaffer 'smear job' - http://bit.ly/bivhnR

     
  • billdinTO about 1 days ago



    NYTimes: New York Is Finally Taking Its Coffee Seriously http://s.nyt.com/u/1zT / Has the equiv story been written for t-dot?

     
  • billdinTO about 2 days ago



    RT @globepolitics Robert Silver: See ya David Miller?: Rumours swirl that Toronto's mayor won't see out his 2nd term http://tgam.ca/JaA

     
  • billdinTO about 2 days ago



    John Tory tells CTV Toronto that he thinks it's more likely Miller will step down as mayor rather than hang on as a 'lame duck.'

     
  • billdinTO about 2 days ago



    The ever-social @mayormiller didn't put anything on either Twitter or his Facebook page about Wednesday's "important" announcement.

     
  • billdinTO about 2 days ago



    NYTimes: Public Pension Funds Are Adding Risk to Raise Returns http://s.nyt.com/u/VCQ

     
  • billdinTO about 2 days ago



    NYTimes: Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist http://s.nyt.com/u/1t9

     
  • billdinTO about 2 days ago



    Just walked by Revival. Some good music was drifting out.

     
  • billdinTO about 2 days ago



    The Toronto Star's iPhone site offers top, ent & Cda stories, but no GTA section. Wacky.

     
  • billdinTO about 2 days ago



    Online challenge: Getting TV viewers to pay up - http://bit.ly/drJH4r

     
  • billdinTO about 2 days ago



    Tories bristle when asked to explain Rahim Jaffer's 'slap on the wrist' - http://bit.ly/d29q38 / Nicholson has a point.

     
  • billdinTO about 2 days ago



    Now magazine plans to launch issues on Thurs having diff. covers & editorials for east and west Toronto.

     
  • billdinTO about 2 days ago



    Former PMOer Kory Teneycke says on 'Power Play' the Rahim Jaffer case shows the conseq. of a soft-on-crime, Liberal justice system.

     
  • billdinTO about 3 days ago



    This feels like a last call kinda tune, which it is for me. :) John Coltrane, 'Slowtrane' - http://tinysong.com/nrR4 #MM

     
  • billdinTO about 3 days ago



    CBC News Network's 'The Pass. Eye' has a doc coming up at 10 p.m. on the U.S.'s 2nd-most-wanted fugitive - a Mexican drug kingpin.

     
  • billdinTO about 3 days ago



    My iPhone had no service when I arrived in the west end but was fine in the east end? Anyone else having Bell network troubles?

     
  • billdinTO about 3 days ago



    RT @bbcnews: Women can enjoy a tipple and stay slim, according to a study http://bit.ly/ajZiYI

     
  • billdinTO about 3 days ago



    CBC Radio's Q is intvu-ing Maziar Bahari, the journo imprisoned in Iran last year, right now.

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    At an Oscars party right now, James Cameron is muttering, "I'm still king of the box office!" :)

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    Congrats to 'The Hurt Locker,' but I still have problems with it. Undeniably gripping, but it had holes.

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    Holy shit. I got proved very wrong! Bi night for 'The Hurt Locker!'

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    So Hollywood chose to make history. I suspect the best pic may yet go to 'Avatar.'

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    And the best actress Oscar goes to Sandra Bullock for her role in 'Erin Blindside-ovich.'

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    I'm gonna hurl. A rote performance by Bridges in a mediocre film.

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    If Jeff Bridges wins tonight, it won't be for 'Crazy Hearts.' It'll be for his body of work.

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    Whoa. 'A Prophet' & 'The White Ribbon' both come up empty.

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    But the Cove is a solid pick.

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    Some great films aren't going to get a best doc Oscar. :(

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    No one should be allowed to thank anyone when accepting an Oscar.

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    And the award for best supporting over-actress goes to ...

     
  • billdinTO about 4 days ago



    Thank God an Oscar winner was gracious enough to thank everyone.