Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Here’s Coldplay’s new single. It’s ten minutes long.

Even by Coldplay standards, the new album, Music of the Spheres, sounds like it’s going to be unusually trippy. First

There have been many, many times over the last one hundred years when technology has changed the way we make

PBS has a new six-part series entitled Icon: Music Through The Lens that explores the world of rock photography. And

Oh, those old-school websites built on Angelfire and GeoCities platforms. We thought they were so futuristic and cutting-edge back when

I’ve never met Pamela Willis Martin, a regular at a place called The Gaming Goat in Arizona, but if I

Mars has an atmosphere, albeit much thinner than what we have on Earth. But it’s just enough to be a

It’s quite possible that Iggy Pop once played on a record with Billy Joel and the song was “Leader of

Into astronomy? This looks like a fantastic new museum. For stars of another sort, here’s music news for July 23,

Paul McCartney must be the world’s most famous vegetarian. And now there’s this. When the Welsh band Super Furry Animals

The Mercury Prize is the inspiration for Canada’s Polaris Music Prize: A juried competition to determine the best album of

Metallica is pulling out all the stops for the 30th-anniversary commemoration of the release of the “black” album. Along with

Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver