Opinion Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

The conditions are right for the return of protest songs. Will they?

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The late ’60s and early ’70s were a time of almost

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If you jumped into the vinyl resurrection over the past few

It’ll be a while yet before most of us go to any kind of live gig, but when we do,

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When I was a kid, I toted my Lloyds transistor radio everywhere,

We’re all in lockdown, deprived of our usual social interactions. Short-term pain for long-term relief, right? However optimistic you want

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The spectre of disease, pandemic, and death have been with us

The streets are empty as we self-isolate/shelter in place/commit to a quarantine. It already feels like this has been going

We’re in full-wartime mode when it comes to the coronavirus with all indications pointing towards things getting more dire before

It’s a fact that certain songs are indelibly linked to specific events in our lives. They become triggers for all

Last week, I finished up writing the liner notes for an upcoming reissue by an iconic Canadian artists. Even though

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Once upon a time, there was a complicated decades-long ritual involved

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
Dave Krikst in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 002 July 29, 2020
Dave Krikst (aka My Man D) is the creative mind behind many of the most memorable shareable off the court or ice moments in Canadian sports over the last 20 years. Throughout his career, starting early on with theScore television network and Rogers Media’s’ FAN 590, and then with Bell Media’s TSN, Dave has established […]
Mark Silver
Launch Day – The Backstage Project Podcast July 23, 2020
Welcome to the launch of The Backstage Project Podcast! I’m Mark Silver, and I’ll be your guide as we weave our way through the history, here and now, and future of the Canadian sports and entertainment landscape. The Backstage Project Podcast takes you on a journey into the sports and entertainment world. We focus on […]
Mark Silver