Bidini was first published at 11 years old in the "Toronto Sun"'s "Young Sun" pullout section, writing a poem about Maple Leaf hockey player Eddie Shack. He started contributing for "The Sunshine News", a national highschool newspaper, and later, Toronto alternative rock magazine "Shades", for whom he interviewed Harlequin, Devo, The Dickies, R.E.M., Katrina and the Waves, The B-52s, The Ramones and other artists. Afterwards, he wrote for "OP" magazine as well as the "Village Voice", which is where his first sports writing appeared – including "Why I Love Wayne," which later became "Why I Love Wayne Bradley," from his book "The Five Hole Stories".