Controversy Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

“Why is modern music so awful?” Discuss.

If you’ve noticed that you’re moving into your Grandpa Simpson years when it comes to the appreciateion of music, you

Well, that does it. If GWAR says it, it must be true. I’ll be over here making a martini with

The Daily Mail headline reads “Ex-wife of bass player in well-known three-member band will get half of his £10m fortune

The CBC carried an article To retire or to reinvent, that is the question for aging rock stars, which has

Ugh. The day after Labour Day is always the worst. Summer’s over. Back to work. Back to school. Shorter days.

According to a jury, Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” is a rip-off of a 2013 Christian rap track called “Joyful Noise”

Here’s a post that will probably get a lot of flaming comments. There are those who believe that band t-shirts

When we learned about horrible/illegal/immoral activities perpetrated by a favourite artist, what’s the appropriate reaction? Do we erase them from

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Lil Nas X shook the world of country music to its core with his song “Old Town Road,” with many

Confused about how there could be a vicious plagiarism case involving “Stairway to Heaven” from Led Zeppelin and Spirit’s “Taurus?”

If you follow the crazy that is Kanye West, you’ll remember numerous times that he’s compared himself to Picasso, the

The Dawn of Digital Sports Journalism at The Globe & Mail and Yahoo Canada – Steve McAllister in Conversation with TBP Podcast ep 005 September 4, 2020
Ask any Canadian sports journalist who they consider one the nicest and forward-thinking minds behind the rise of digital, and chances are they would say, Steve McAllister. As one of the most accomplished and highly regarded leaders in sports journalism over the last 20 years, Steve has provided the mentorship and launchpad for too many […]
Andrew Dick
Behind the desk of Global and CTV News – Kevin Newman in conversation with TBP podcast ep 004 August 18, 2020
Kevin’s award-winning career has spanned four decades, covering the biggest stories from the four corners of the earth and those most important to Canadians. While he’s a household name for his on-camera presence, as you will learn in this episode, Kevin Newman is also an innovator whose energy is fueled by the same startup drive […]
Mark Silver
At the top of the sponsorship world – Sam Galet in conversation with TBP podcast ep 003 August 5, 2020
Sam Galet is one of the sponsorship industry’s most successful connectors. Over his 20+ year career, he has been directly involved in leading a number of massive sports, entertainment and lifestyle sponsorships, endorsements and naming rights deals. From an early age, Sam knew what he wanted to achieve in his career and he set his […]
Mark Silver