Bill Smith
thebillcs.bsky.social
Bill Smith
@thebillcs.bsky.social
#BILLCSMusicBlog for 16 yrs (3,000+ posts), music consultant, online announcer, historian, #BILLCSTop30 chart since '98.
I write about great new music.
Toronto ON
https://www.linktr.ee/billcs777
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1/2 I’ve made a decision to post less on X and more on here and Threads.

So I want to mention to #artists and #publicists that if you want me to consider a song for a write up in my blog, please message me with the request. Then I’ll ask you to email me a press release/EPK and link to the song.
Seeds - Jan 23
"SERVE" (E)
🍇 Ripe - Score: 95

⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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Seeds - Chain Reaction Word Game
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January 24, 2026 at 4:05 AM
RIP Francis Buchholz, 71 from
cancer, longtime bassist with The Scorpions www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Former Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz dies at 71
Francis Buchholz, who anchored Scorpions during the hard rock band's greatest commercial and critical peak, dies at 71.
www.yahoo.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Wordle 1,679 4/6
If I had started with one of my usual words I would have had it in 2

⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
January 24, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Seeds - Jan 22
"LASER" (E)
🍎 Fruiting - Score: 88

⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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Seeds - Chain Reaction Word Game
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January 22, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Wordle 1,678 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
January 22, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Do yourself a favour and give Percy Jackson & The Olympians a watch. Great acting and storytelling. Season 2 kept me captivated in all but one episode, which I thought was too long and off topic (#5). Walker Scobell is the definitive Percy. And nice casting for Zeus in episode 8! #percyjackson
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Seeds - Jan 21
"HANDS" (A)
🍎 Fruiting - Score: 83

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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Seeds - Chain Reaction Word Game
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January 22, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Wordle 1,677 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
January 22, 2026 at 12:25 AM
With me on vacation this week and into next, we have special presentations until we can catch up with new music. Tonight’s Big 20 is an encore presentation of the BILLCS Top 30 Songs of 2025! Enjoy 🎶🎶
January 22, 2026 at 12:04 AM
So the Supervisor is operating within the budget to save money in staffing costs. This always happens when there is a budget issue. Previous administrations just kept spending. So this is made up “news”. globalnews.ca/news/1161981... #toronto #educatiion
Provincial supervisor has made no cuts to TDSB budget, board official says - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
At the TDSB's accessibility committee, executive officer of finance Craig Snider suggested the province's supervisor had not made cuts or reductions to the existing financial plan.
globalnews.ca
January 21, 2026 at 12:57 PM
RIP Rob Hirst, 70, from cancer, the drummer who anchored Midnight Oil’s distinct sound www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Midnight Oil drummer, co-founder Rob Hirst dead at 70 after fighting pancreatic cancer | CBC News
Australian band Midnight Oil announced on Tuesday that Rob Hirst, their powerhouse drummer and co-founding member, has died at age 70.
www.cbc.ca
January 20, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Seeds - Jan 20
"FRUIT" (T)
🍎 Fruiting - Score: 83

⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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Seeds - Chain Reaction Word Game
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January 20, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Tune in if you can tonight for Darlene Richards’ super interview with Shaun Cassidy 🎶🎶 www.planetradio.ca
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Wordle 1,676 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
January 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Seeds - Jan 19
"PLAY" (Y)
🌸 Blossom - Score: 76

⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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Seeds - Chain Reaction Word Game
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January 20, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Wordle 1,675 4/6
Not really a word much used these days

⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
January 20, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Reposted by Bill Smith
100,000 CFNY SPIRIT OF RADIO FANS CAN'T BE WRONG!
A very heartfelt thanks to the 100,000 CFNY Spirit of Radio fans who watched the documentary so far on the TVO Docs channel. Tell your friends who may have not had the chance to catch it yet. More news to come on Music Milestones YYZ ep.11
January 18, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Seeds - Jan 18
"DANCE" (N)
🍇 Ripe - Score: 96
Awesome one today!

⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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Seeds - Chain Reaction Word Game
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January 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
#Wordle 1,674 2/6

Wow lucky guess

🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
January 18, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I think the Nissan Kicks TV commercial must be written by someone who is not Canadian. In the commercial there is a storm "across Canada" - whoever wrote it has no idea of the size of Canada!! #tvcommercials
January 18, 2026 at 12:46 AM
1/2 Tune in today to haltonhillsonline.com for my show The Big 20 - at 6pm EST - and for Your Weekend New Music Mix - at 8pm EST! The Weekend Mix has been refreshed including excerpts of artist interviews!
January 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Seeds - Jan 17
"CHIDE" (D)
🍎 Fruiting - Score: 81

⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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Seeds - Chain Reaction Word Game
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January 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Wordle 1,673 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
January 17, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Seeds - Jan 16
"ORDER" (O)
🍇 Ripe - Score: 93

⬛⬛🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦🟦
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

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Seeds - Chain Reaction Word Game
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January 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM