Comments on: Fifty Reasons to Love Accordion City http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/06/05/fifty-reasons-to-love-accordion-city/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Taylor http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/06/05/fifty-reasons-to-love-accordion-city/comment-page-1/#comment-24834 Chris Taylor Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:59:03 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/06/05/fifty-reasons-to-love-accordion-city/#comment-24834 I hear you man, I hear you. I'll wear it with pride. I hear you man, I hear you.

I’ll wear it with pride.

]]> By: Joey deVilla http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/06/05/fifty-reasons-to-love-accordion-city/comment-page-1/#comment-24825 Joey deVilla Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:50:15 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/06/05/fifty-reasons-to-love-accordion-city/#comment-24825 <strong>Chris Taylor:</strong> While you are correct, I must still declare you as the... <a href="http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Buzz_Killington" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/buzz_killington-191x300.jpg" alt="Winner of the BUZZ KILLINGTON award" /></a> Chris Taylor: While you are correct, I must still declare you as the…

Winner of the BUZZ KILLINGTON award

]]> By: Chris Taylor http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/06/05/fifty-reasons-to-love-accordion-city/comment-page-1/#comment-24800 Chris Taylor Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:53:58 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/06/05/fifty-reasons-to-love-accordion-city/#comment-24800 The cover lede kind of blows, though. Same-old same-old "Toronto sucked before, but now it's amazing!" attitude from lazy J-school types who don't know their history. "50 Reason to Love Toronto Now"? Half of those reasons have been present for years. Banks are safe and solvent? Thank the Bank Act, 1991. Russell Peters makes fun of his own ethnicity? He's been doing that since 1989. We do lung transplants? Been doing it since 1983. Same-sex marriage? Thank the Civil Marriage Act, 2005. We have musicians at the centre of the current musical zeitgeist? Always have. Teresa Stratas, Moe Koffman, Glenn Gould, Neil Young, Rush, etc. I love this city, but I friggin' hate the local media's case of ADD. Every couple years we get treated to a "Look how non-boring our city is now!" article or TV show or segment on the nightly news. Put away the "Toronto is boring" strawman. Wars were fought here. History was made here. It has never been a boring joint, not from the day it was founded in 1793. It only appears boring if you're looking at a little slice of time (say 5 years), and don't know about anything else that happened here before. The cover lede kind of blows, though. Same-old same-old “Toronto sucked before, but now it’s amazing!” attitude from lazy J-school types who don’t know their history. “50 Reason to Love Toronto Now”? Half of those reasons have been present for years.

Banks are safe and solvent? Thank the Bank Act, 1991.
Russell Peters makes fun of his own ethnicity? He’s been doing that since 1989.
We do lung transplants? Been doing it since 1983.
Same-sex marriage? Thank the Civil Marriage Act, 2005.
We have musicians at the centre of the current musical zeitgeist? Always have. Teresa Stratas, Moe Koffman, Glenn Gould, Neil Young, Rush, etc.

I love this city, but I friggin’ hate the local media’s case of ADD. Every couple years we get treated to a “Look how non-boring our city is now!” article or TV show or segment on the nightly news. Put away the “Toronto is boring” strawman. Wars were fought here. History was made here. It has never been a boring joint, not from the day it was founded in 1793. It only appears boring if you’re looking at a little slice of time (say 5 years), and don’t know about anything else that happened here before.

]]> By: Emmett Plant http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/06/05/fifty-reasons-to-love-accordion-city/comment-page-1/#comment-24799 Emmett Plant Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:27:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/06/05/fifty-reasons-to-love-accordion-city/#comment-24799 My incredibly hot wife was born there. Good enough for me. My incredibly hot wife was born there. Good enough for me.

]]> By: Siobhan http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/06/05/fifty-reasons-to-love-accordion-city/comment-page-1/#comment-24798 Siobhan Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:59:10 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/06/05/fifty-reasons-to-love-accordion-city/#comment-24798 Its true Joey about the huge difference in live vs. visit in Toronto. Someone I knew used to say, "Toronto, great place to live, wouldn't want to visit. sio. Its true Joey about the huge difference in live vs. visit in Toronto. Someone I knew used to say, “Toronto, great place to live, wouldn’t want to visit.
sio.

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