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This GOP rep blames the Uvalde school massacre of rap music and the internet while defending guns

So rap music bad, guns good? All those poor kids and their teachers died in Uvalde, Texas, because of hip-hop

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In his quest to ensure his image as an autodidact polymath genius, Kanye West has contracted with Mcdonald’s to create

I’m sure there’s a good scientific/engineering reason for creating the mechanical Singing Mouth, but I can’t think of it. But

Hot on the heels of the total failure of Truth Social, Donald Trump’s right-wing version of Twitter comes word that

If you’re a regular follower of the insane British practice of trying to have the number one single at Christmas,

If the Grateful Dead can have their own branded salad, why can’t other bands?

Someone is going around stabbing people with some kind of needle/syringe in French dance clubs. So far, there have been

Earlier this week, I posted a story on this site about how the Rockin’ 1000, that Foo Fighters-obsessed collective in

Back on March 30, 1981, John Hinckley thought he’d impress Jodie Foster by gunning down Ronald Regan in broad daylight.

Nope. This isn’t weird at all. Right? Back on March 18, a rapper named Goonew was shot in the parking

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver