Alt-Rock Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Key alt-rock soundtracks

There was a time when movie soundtracks were the lifeblood of the recorded music industry. The LP record, which was

[Still with the summer repeats but I can assure you that I’m already hard at work on the new season

Artists who manage to have one and only one hit song are often the butts of jokes. Getting tagged as

Fred Armisen is not only a comedian, writer, and actor, but he’s also a pretty fine musician. In this clip,

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca this week. – AC] When it comes to music, not all years are created

There’s been much discussion about the death of rock over the last couple of decades, but despite all the eulogies,

All popular music, no matter what the genre, tends to move in cycles of varying lengths. There is some chatter

This week’s question comes from a discussion I had with a radio fan who was wondering why Q107/Toronto–formerly a pure

[As the summer research continues, so do the encore presentations of past programs. This is the next installment of the

Technology has been tried to kill off radio for decades, but the oldest of all media is still here and

This is shaping up to be a summer of 90s nostalgia. I mean, look who’s going to be on tour

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
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