Television Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Because it’s US Thanksgiving, it’s almost the law I post this.

As God as my witness, this is a TV classic.

During Stephen Colbert’s election night show, Arcade Fire showed up to debut a new song entitled “Generation A.” Thoughts?

With the Foo Fighters sidelined by the coronavirus, Dave Grohl, a guy who just can’t sit around, participated in a

Sitting on the porch last night with the elder bull terrier, I fell into a YouTube rat hole of Canadian

A&E is all set to air The Nine Live of Ozzy Osbourne next month. Here’s the sort of thing we

Well, there is now. The original cast of the Fox series (including David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, series creator Chris Carter,

On July 30, 2005, a South Korean show called Music Camp broadcast another live no-tape-delay episode. Hey, it was a

[Another guest post by a friend of A Journal of Musical Things. Today’s piece is by Mark Silver. – AC]

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. -AC] Over the last century, radio stations have been the subject and the

When Hugh Hefner founded Playboy magazine in the late months of 1953, he envisioned it to be a journal of

The latest band to turn yellow for The Simpsons is Weezer. Tonight’s episode, “The Hateful Eight Year-Olds” will feature the

The Genius of Live Sports Production – Paul Graham In Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 013 December 1, 2020
The best live sports executive producers are a blend of genius, in both art and science. Whether we realize it or not, as viewers, we are of course more deeply engaged in cliffhangers. Match outcomes that keep us tuned in until the very end. That is where the executive producer shines. The research and preparation […]
Mark Silver
Intimate Gatherings of Sports Fans and Media Personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
Mark Silver