Autism Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

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

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
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