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Random music news for Friday, April 23, 2021

This is one weird Kickstarter program. Once you decide if you want to support it, move to music news for

Got my first vaccine shot yesterday. Do your work, Bill Gates nanobots! You know where I am. Moving to music

Still not washing your hands enough? This video by Yonge Street legends might help. Now on to music news for

During Stephen Colbert’s election night show, Arcade Fire showed up to debut a new song entitled “Generation A.” Thoughts?

If you like hot, spicy food, you might want to get this smartphone thing that measures the heat of chilis.

You may have noticed that most of the biggest rock acts in the world aren’t that young anymore. Green Day?

After living for years in Montreal, Arcade Fire man Win Butler thought it was about time he made it official.

If you haven’t been to the movies lately or have been living under a rock, the live-action remake of Disney’s

Plastic (or at least the first version of it) is 110 years old today. As for music news for February

[Mike Carr has put together a massive volume on Canadian music history entitled Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. It’s

Well, that’s quite a way to open your set at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre! Arcade Fire performed Funeral in full

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver