90s Music Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

How are Modern Rock Stars from the 90s Doing in Today’s Digital World? Quite Well, Thank You

Cameron Gordon over at Completely Ignored has compiled yet another list of numeral curiosities. This time, he’s sourced how some

It was on this day in 1986 that things went very, very wrong at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine.

Nostalgic for the 90s? You’re in luck. Here’s a story on 90s artists that appeared in both the Toronto Star and

There was a period from about 1990 through to 1995 where it seemed that every week brought a new song,

Blink-182. The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Prophets of Rage is an excellent facsimile of Rage Against the Machine. Rumours of

On this day in 1962 at the Marquee Club in London, a band called The Rolling Stones played their first-ever

April Fool’s Day is over for another year. Good. It’s a stupid tradition. Here’s some truthful and real msuic news.

Walter Cronkite debuted on the CBS Evening News on this day in 1962. Are all those old videotapes in the

The NME (via Danny) has put together an interesting list of 90s bands that most of us have wiped from

Two minutes and thirty seconds of vocal hook goodness. How many can you identify?

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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