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Random music news for Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Why is wearing a mask such a big deal to so many people? Let’s move to music news for December

Regular readers will know that I routine whinge and kvetch about how too many people are missing out on the

If you’re looking for anything text-based, Google’s the place to go. Need an image? No problem. Video? You can probably find

After months of building, my new home office is almost 100% functional. One of the last things I have to

July 21, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audio

TechCrunch spent a little time musing on the nature of audio in our lives today. Audio, the spoken word, is

Looking for some real audio weirdness? Start with these creepy dolls once marketed by Thomas Edison. There’s more at Open

If you’re looking to kill some time at work today, explore this article from the BBC which seeks to explains

When I was a kid, I used to go around to all the stereo shops in Winnipeg pretending to shop

How did a town of 9,400 people in Pennsylvania Dutch country become one of the most important centres in the concert

Twitter Music sounded like a great idea, but then the whole thing crashed, burned and was killed. Now, as Twitter

This is an American study conducted by Edison Media Research, but there’s gotta be something we can extrapolate for Canada,

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