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Random Music News for Monday, October 30, 2017

All Hallow’s Eve Eve? Sure. Let’s go with that. And now some music news for October 30. Chrissie Hynde of

One of the great things about vinyl is the sheer square footages of the packaging. A minimum, a vinyl record

I love pop culture mashups. Thanks to Andy Roberts, who sent us the link, we can all enjoy this beautiful

The American Thanksgiving weekend can be a sparse time for music news. Not around here, though. You just gotta dig

The Smiths paid an awful lot of attention to the images they wanted to adorn their albums and singles. The

Is this the last week of July? Already? Here’s some music news to start the week. Bobbi Kristina Brown died

Back in the pre-digital days, the album cover was an endless source of wonder for me. I’d stare at something

There have been plenty of good books on album cover artwork, but to my knowledge there has never been one

Here’s a fun gallery from Behance.net. What if classic metal album cover artwork was re-imagined in the style of retro

One of the many nice things about the vinyl resurrection is that people are once again starting to pay attention

If you remember gazing at a 12×12 piece of album artworking wondering what it all meant, then this article from

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver