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Random music news for Saturday, July 24, 2021

Olympics! Right. Probably should start watching, huh? But only after music news for July 24, 2021. To help get the

I spent part of the weekend filing records and CDs, a task that should have taken no more than 15

On this day in 1951, The Studio for Electronic Music opened in Cologne, West Germany. It was the first such

Ten days from today, Tool’s fifth album, Fear Inoculum, will arrive over 13 years after the last album. When official

When Jimmy Page formed Led Zeppelin (originally known as The New Yardbirds) in mid-1968, no one could have foreseen the

Returning today from the NE Caribbean Command Centre. There’s just enough time to report on some music news for December

You’ve written all the songs and painstakingly recorded everything. Now it’s time to release this unified body of work as

Post-punk.com has started releasing a series of music-related animations, starting with the story of the artwork for Unknown Pleasures from

On this day in 1945, a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building, killing 14 and injuring 26. The

Take a very close look at the cover of the Beatles Abbey Road album. Notice the gentleman in the suit

Nine Inch Nails fans are now receiving the physical packages for the Add Violence EP. What do all these instructions

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
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 […]
Mark Silver