Animal Collective Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 24 February 2017

This week’s playlist was posted using the WiFi aboard EVA BR0036 enroute from Taipei to Toronto. Ain’t technology cool? Thanks to

Usually when we imagine bands and musicians recording their latest albums, we envision them in a recording studio with a

Hard to believe these guys have their tenth–yes, tenth!–album on the way this coming Friday. The speed at which Animal Collective

Just because I’ve been at the NE Caribbean Command Centre all this week doesn’t excuse me from issuing my weekly

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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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 […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
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