WTF? Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship is coming July 9

It’s just like it sounds: competitors engaged in competitive knitting to the sounds of metal music. Sadly, COVID is forcing

Bonny Brent died recently at the age of 73. Given his life-long love of music and playing the drums, family

A couple of weeks back, I reported on a project in which I was involved called The Lost Tapes of

André Antunes is the king of adapting weird internet video into metal songs. For example, you might remember this hit

Ted Nugent, who has railed against precautions against the coronavirus from the beginning, has shown everyone that he doesn’t know

Yes, this is a real band. And yes, they have a frontcat. Roope-Shakir is the face and voice of Cattera,

You can certainly make a case for it. Then again, it is from Japan, the closest you can get to

Two pieces of news about one of the richest humans in the galaxy today. First, he’s changed his title at

If you’ve ever had a cat, Meow Mix might have been part of your life. And even if you’re not

차커 Chaco is a South Korean YouTuber with a lot of extra time. How else can you explain this? (More here.)

Five miles outside of Winnipeg, Russell Loewen runs a vegetable farm where he and his wife also raise chickens. The

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, […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver