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Ongoing History of New Music Daily: Mispressed Records

I often get emails from people asking about mispressed CDs and records. Occasionally, there are mixups at the pressing plant

One of the byproducts of doing a show like this for as long as I’ve been doing it is that

The Clash were one of the most influential bands in the history of alternative music, so it’s kind of surprising

Today we get so much of our music online. But twenty-five years ago, the Internet was still an unknown commodity

There are a couple of stories about where the Black Keys got their name. One says that Patrick Carney’s dad,

Here are some facts about X Ambassadors that may have escaped your attention up until now. First, we can probably

Fifty years ago this month—January 24, 1970, to be exact—a new invention was unveiled by Dr. Robert Moog that would

[Happy New Year! One more encore before we get back to back to a long stretch of new shows next

In the beginning, the Clash, like most of the punk brethren back in the middle 1970s, was poor. And I

[We’re taking a bit of a Christmas break, but we’ll be back in January with a long string of new

This year has been a raging dumpster fire. No, wait. It’s worse than that. It’s like someone gathered up millions

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
Mark Silver
In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver