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These are the top 25 holiday songs (in America, anyway).

ASCAP, the American performance rights collective, has assessed which holiday songs have been played and performed the most in that

This sums things up perfectly. Don’t be a red shirt. (Via Laughing Squid) And now, music news for July 3,

‘Tis the season, after all, to take stock of all that came before in the god-forsaken year that was 2016

Turns out, not everyone in the entertainment and music world is convinced the US president-elect will be bad for business.

The dust has started to settle since the US Department of Justice announced, for certain, it would not be making

The Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust division on Thursday announced it wouldn’t be modifying the 75-year-old consent decree program that

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver