25th anniversary Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Foo Fighters have released a documentary looking back 25 years of making music. Times Like Those is as fun as you’d expect.

Had this year been like any other, the Foo Fighters would have spent much of the time on the road

Yes, it’s been that long. I’ve checked the math, both with a computer and by hand. Come September, it will

I probably don’t have to tell readers of this site that 1994 was a landmark year for music releases. We’ve

Sometime on April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain, who had walked away from a rehab facility in LA four days earlier,

March 1st, 2019 isn’t the happiest of anniversaries as 25 years ago, Nirvana played their last-ever show ever at Terminal

Sorry for the gross headline, but it’s pretty amazing to think how an album named after diarrhea has become more

With Alan away in Las Vegas, he has passed the torch of writing about In Utero on its 25th anniversary to

I’m usually not one for sentimentality, but July 27th marks the Big 2-5 of an album I’m going to go

If you had told me on February 28, 1993, the night first Ongoing History of New Music episode aired, that

Early last year, Stone Temple Pilots launched an open audition for a new singer. After going through thousands of submissions

When Nevermind took off unexpectedly, the executives at Nirvana’s record company realized that they needed to backfill the band’s history.

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
Mark Silver
In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver