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Ongoing History Daily: Stabbing The Offspring

Back in the early days of The Offspring, the band played some pretty intense gigs. One show had them opening

Arcade Fire is one of those bands that loves the sound of old analogue recordings. And they demonstrated just how

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

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
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 […]
Mark Silver