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Random music news for Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Aliens? Here’s hoping. Then with music news for October 13, 2021… Back to aliens for a second: Demi Levato says

This universe is just too big for us to be completely alone. But how can we let any extraterrestrial life

As we wait to see if Betelgeuse will explode, (I’ve been hoping for something like this since I was a

Rumours of Alan Cross’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. He’s back from the (walking) dead and convinced little green men

Ever since he left blink-182, Tom DeLonge has thrown himself into exposing the existence of aliens, the use of extra-terrestrial

The two most unattainable records in the universe are aboard the Voyager spacecraft, which are both flying beyond our solar

Nearly seventy years after its birth, there’s are infinite flavours of rock music, but we still know it when we

Sixty years ago today, there was a big underwater boom in Canada. A BIG one. Let’s see what’s booming in

Sitting just 12.4 light-years away is an Earthlike planet with the fancy name GJ273b which orbits a star officially called, yes,

Tom DeLonge has been keeping very busy since leaving blink-182. When not making music with his band Angels & Airwaves,

If the stories can be believed, one of the things that caused a schism between Tom DeLonge and blink-182 was

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
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