Awesome post Mike. I too am a fan of the nicknames. Watching the Expos growing up I loved Oil Can Boyd, Andre “the Hawk” Dawson, Gary “the Kid” Carter… One of the all-time best nicknames was Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards…remember that guy from England who was a ski-jumper at the Calgary Olympics? He would jump(…)

Ah Tommy Lee. What happened to you? You went from smoking weed with Craig Foley on the chairlift at Marble Mountain, and having sex with Pamela Anderson and driving a boat with your hog, to the drumline of the Nebraska Marching band. Nothing says heavy metal like a marching band. Come on man. You were(…)

As I was watching some games on TV during this busy weekend of sports I couldn’t help but think that great nicknames are a lost art form. The commentators during the Yankees game were referring to Derek Jeter as “Mr. October”. In the Astros game they called Roger Clemons “The Rocket”. It reminded me of(…)

Michael Jackson is outraged that Eminem has lampooned him in his new single “Just Lose It” and it’s accompanying video. In the video Eminem dresses like Michael in his Thriller days, cavorts on a bed with some little kids, has his hair catch fire, and then has his nose fall off. While some of it(…)

I understand that artists are against seeing their work ripped for free. To pour your heart into an album, a book, a movie script only to have someone rip it online must be a hard pill to swallow. However, the people that are really losing out on the cash are the labels, and for that(…)

Let’s do a quick first round recap. The Braves pull their usual October choke allowing the Astros to win a playoff series for the first time ever. Thirteen straight division titles, one World Series championship – nice playoff record Bobby Cox. The Cards out-classed LA badly and disposed of them quickly. Anaheim’s pitching let them(…)

As we celebrate “Canadian” Thanksgiving (Here we just call it Thanksgiving), we thought we should provide our loyal readers with something else to be thankful for: the return of Herohill Celebrity Email. Yes, by popular demand, Celebrity email makes its return here at Herohill. As longtime readers would know, Celeb Mail is where we Email(…)

I had a few laughs recently when I learned that Chubby Checker was coming to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia to perform a concert. I couldn’t imagine anybody wanting to spend money to hear Chubby do “The Twist” and “Let’s Twist Again.” How long of a show would that be…four or five minutes? Oh sorry, I forgot(…)

These are the only three things that can survive a Nuclear war. Jesus, if I survived and that was all life had to offer me, I’d be finding the biggest cliff to jump off of and slit my own throat on the way down to make sure I was ghost. This woman has been passed(…)

Someone needs to get Elton John’s doctor on the phone. I think Sir Elton needs a healthy boost in his anti-depressant medication as he seems to be on the verge of a serious meltdown, or perhaps it’s just menopause. I should say that I have no actual idea whether or not he is on the(…)