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Random music news for Friday, February 22, 2019

Heading out of the hemisphere for a few days, but I promise to keep on top of things with music

Remember the NHL players’ strike of 2005-2006? On this day in 2005, the league canceled the rest of the season

Has Kanye done anything crazy yet today? He’s had enough attention this week, so we’ll leave him out of music

The first book in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series was published on this day in 1979. And for

And how was your weekend? Imbibe a bit too much? Feeling like crap today? This might help.

A new guide today. Lee, an ex-punk rocker, told how he used to be in a band called Plex which

You can see why the legend of The 27 Club endures. Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and

On this day in 1993–25 years ago–a show called The Ongoing History of New Music ran for the first time.

At some point, all of us will shuffle off this mortal coil and join the choir invisible. It doesn’t matter

When you’re a rock star, you exist in a bubble where everyone is afraid to tell you “no” regardless of

Ugh. Snow. Lots of it. I say again: Ugh. Oh, and happy (merry?) Pi Day. And now, the music news…

The Genius of Live Sports Production – Paul Graham In Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 013 December 1, 2020
The best live sports executive producers are a blend of genius, in both art and science. Whether we realize it or not, as viewers, we are of course more deeply engaged in cliffhangers. Match outcomes that keep us tuned in until the very end. That is where the executive producer shines. The research and preparation […]
Mark Silver
Intimate Gatherings of Sports Fans and Media Personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
Mark Silver