Gift Guide Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Bored? Try this 1000-piece Radiohead puzzle.

Radiohead feels your pain. The lockdowns, the boredom, the uncertainly have taken a toll on us all. Perhaps you need

David Bowie was one of the most important rock’n’roll fashion mavens of all time. And now those sensibilities are coming

Don’t you hate it when people misuse the word “literally?” In this case, though, this is the correct usage. Tool

As a old school pinballer from way back, I’m happy to see Guns N’ Roses has a new pinball game

At first glance, this looks like a proper Rage Against the Machine t-shirt. But look again. Here’s another. And there’s

With no new System of a Down album on the horizon–the last one, Hypnotize, came out 14 years ago (take

Ozzy’s new box set–somewhat ominously entitled See You on the Other Side–is out just time for Christmas shopping. It’s big.

‘Tis the season for gift-giving. Looking for ideas? Pining for some new gadgets? Here’s what Statista says is hot for

I don’t know about you, but I’d proudly have this Kerry King garden gnome in my backyard. Anyone know where

It’s that time of year again. What do you get the music fan who has everything? Here’s a suggestion: a

How long as it been since people deliberately started wearing deliberately ugly Christmas sweaters? If you’re a metalhead, then you

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver
Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
Mark Silver