Arctic Monkeys Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Twickets wants to make ticket reselling ethical

What do Eric Church, The 1975, Muse, Queen, Ed Sheeran and Bryan Ferry have in common? Or Mumford & Sons,

On this day in 1965, the Beatles played to 60,000 people at Shea Stadium in New York. This is considered

Arctic Monkeys have been dishing out a few surprises since starting the Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino tour in May.

It was two years ago today that Donald Trump publicly appealed to Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s missing 30,000 emails.

The first regularly-scheduled transatlantic airline flight began on this date in 1951. El Al of Israel began flying a turboprop

Oh, crap! I forgot to take care of my quarterly HST payment! Sorry, CRA. I’ll do it today. But first,

With the new album Tranquillity Base & Casino coming May 11, the Arctic Monkeys are also planning a tour. And because

Clever title, that. Alex Turner and crew will return May 11 with their first album since AM back in 2013.

Songs almost never emerge fully formed. They end up going to through re-writes, revisions, re-recordings, re-mixes and so much more

I love trying to figure out why things are the way they are. It’s this weird obsession I have with

Anyone famous die today? Please let the answer be “no.” RIP Carrie Fisher. And now, in other music news… Eddie

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
Mark Silver
In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver