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New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition! (May 4, 2021): PLIZZKEN, Blame My Youth, Authority Zero, & More!

PLIZZKEN Song: “Dear All Happy People”Album: SingleRelease Date: April 30, 2021Location: GermanyWhy I Like it: Upbeat pop-punk.Listen: Blame My Youth

OK Go never takes the easy route when it comes to making music videos. Here’s another example of their ingenuity.

Artist: BLiND DRiVE Song: “Nowhere Near” Album/EP: Redemption Grungy and voluminous emo with touches of heavy post-hardcore, “Nowhere Near” builds

First, they cover Heart’s “Barracuda.” Second, note the transparent mermaid outfit. And third, the mysterious Sidney Jake is back, this

Last I heard, “Don’t Top Believin’” is the biggest-selling digital track in history on iTunes. However, it might have not

Artist: Anna LeoneSong: Still I Wait (Live Session) Anna Leone is such a talent. Her voice is both intimate and

Orla Gartland Song: “Zombie!”Album: SingleRelease Date: April 22, 2021Location: Dublin, IrelandWhy I Like it: Quick paced and full of energy.Watch:

Precisely at 12 noon GMT/UTC every Sunday, Robert Fripp and his wife Toyah Wilcox offer another cover version from their

…and it’s even weirder than you might remember.

Dave Grohl may be busy with a lot of projects (a memoir, another documentary, a TV series, a single with

Mobius Radio ft. Dr Draw Song: “The Jake Revival”Album: SingleRelease Date: April 16, 2021Location: TorontoWhy I Like it: Really cool

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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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