Amanda Palmer Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Amanda Palmer’s “Blurred Lines”/”Rape Me” mashup

Robin Thicke’s hit, “Blurred Lines” is back in the news again. When it was first released, critics decried the song’s

Paraskevidekatriaphobia. Look it up. Here’s a hint: music news for Friday, November 13. Coronavirus update: The Lockdown Awards? I guess

The best headline of the week: “Monkey on miniature bike in attempted child kidnap.” Moving to music news for May

Talk to anyone in the UK or Europe about Brexit and you’ll get a roll of the eyes followed by

Patreon is a place artists can go to get funded access (via patrons) to tools and relationships to help you

Leave it to Amanda Palmer to put a completely different twist on this rendition of Pink Floyd’s “Mother.” Two things:

I think I hit a new record with music submissions this past week with more than 400 coming through my

I promised myself I’d use part of the Christmas break to file all those CDs on the floor of my

[Another list from frequent contributor Adam Morrison. – AC] Whether it has something to do with the power of juxtaposition

I have two dogs. The snow is melting. My back yard is being revealed as a toxic waste dump. Do

Still in my parents’ basement outside of Winnipeg. It’s cold, obviously. Audio-Technica joins the push for High-Res Audio with a

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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