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Random music news for Friday, July 23, 2021

Into astronomy? This looks like a fantastic new museum. For stars of another sort, here’s music news for July 23,

Is there a more Sisiphyian job on the planet than fetching shopping carts back to the store at Costco? Moving

People ask why I keep posting these Sunday Lunch videos. It’s simple: they generate a ton of traffic. Someone must

Before we begin, who doesn’t love news bloopers? Moving to music news for December 9, 2020… If this album sells

When we finally get back to traveling, I think I’m gonna get me one of these. Meanwhile, more pandemic distraction

It was eleven years ago today that Sully Sullivan landed that airliner in the Hudson River. Moving to music news

Is it just me or are you getting more spam calls on your mobile phone and/or land line? I’m averaging

Before Aerosmith broke through to become a platinum-selling band which flies private to gigs, they, like countless other groups, hit

In 1994, the Internet was still a weirdly wild place, something inhabited by scientists and computer nerds. That would begin

Roxodus, the first-time music festival set for Edenvale Airport northwest of Barrie just keeps getting bigger. What began as a

Now in transit home from Thailand. By the time I get home, I’ll have been traveling for 32 hours. Ouch.

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
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver