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.

Delivering Reach for the Biggest Brands – Alan Dark in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 027 April 12, 2021
In a world obsessed with digital and mobile engagement, as well as the rise of subscription streaming entertainment services, like Netflix and now Disney+, it’s easy to overlook the going’s on in the broadcast media business. The reality is, the 75-year-old business is having a moment. Perhaps it is due, in part, to a global […]
Mark Silver
Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver