Former Contributor, Author at Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Canadian Bands from the 90s That Should Get on Board with This Current Reunion Trend

With everyone from the Tea Party to the Killjoys making noise again, I’m wondering what other Canadian bands from the

Concerts in which bands perform an album’s entire tracklist have been around for some years now and some people think of

By “Dimebag” Adam Morrison Even once you’ve become successful and your talent is widely recognized, it might be a good

Rolling Stone has published their list of the 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time, and it’s inspired me to spotlight

Wow, that was close. This is a battle that could have gone either way. But after a week’s worth of

CREED! And by a rather handy amount, too. This sets up an epic final: Creed vs. Nickelback. That

Nickelback–but it was a squeaker. Chad and Co. become our first finalist in March Badness. They will face the

Creed! And by a healthy margin, too. Time for the semi-finals. Creed advances to what will be a

…LIMP BIZKIT! But the race went right down to the wire. On to round twelve. * * * In round

…brokeNCYDE. It wasn’t even close. * * Here’s the bracket. In round ten of our NCAA-style competition to determine

Nickelback–but not by as much of a margin as you may think. Let us continue. * * Time for the

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
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