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Guitar autographed by surviving members of the Hip up for auction to benefit Autism Home Base

How would you like a one-of-a-kind guitar? What if that guitar was signed by the surviving members of the Tragically

Looking for a little musical joy in your life? Meet ASD, a very cool Canadian band of really talented musicians

Listening to a song you love makes you feel good, right? In a very basic way, that’s what music therapy

On this day in 1949, George Orwell’s 1984 was published. Back to the future: music news for June 8, 2018.

Happy 80th birthday, Toyota Motors! And now, the music news for August 28. I have it on pretty solid authority

I seem to have acquired an intense like for kombucha. Where did that come from? Whilst I sip my tea,

Happy (Merry?) International Women’s Day! And now, the music news. Women are buying and selling more vinyl than ever before.

Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick and his wife, Alison, have a new project that uses music to help severely autistic

Yes, every member of The Autistix has been diagnosed as being somewhere on the autistic spectrum. But that doesn’t mean

I’d never heard of Nick and JB before this article from Vice, even though the program has been running for

Michael points us to this trailer for a documentary about Tom Spicer, a man who has Fragile X, a severe

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
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King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
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Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
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