Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Apparently, Superman is now gay. Okay, not THE Superman but the super-son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Let’s try

Thanksgiving? Maybe, but the Canadian recorded music industry needs its weekly numbers. Here we go: Year-over-year comparisons: Total album sales,

Former Tragically Hip frontman Tragically Hip Gord Downie lived in a couple of Toronto homes before he died. This house

It’s Thanksgiving weekend, which means you’re either in a food coma or trying to find things to do to avoid

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] A couple of weeks back, someone sent me a picture of

If you’re into intense music–and I mean intense–then maybe you need a little Norwegian death metal, specifically a band called

Happy Thanksgiving! (To American readers, yes, we have Thanksgiving, too. It’s just that we do it early and don’t make

“Sympathy for the Devil,” to be precise.

I’d expect something like this to happen in the Deep South. This case, however, is very Canadian. Sharon Burns is

The Ohio State Marching Band decided to give a big shout-out to Rush with this routine. Nice work. (Via Blabbermouth)

Okay. Here’s Dave appearing on the BBC show CBeebies, reading Octopus’s Garden, written by Ringo Starr in 2014. (VIa CoS)

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver