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Random music news for Thursday, February 14, 2019

Valentine’s Day. Yuck. Sorry. I’ll focus on music news for February 14, 2019 instead. Ozzy is officially out of the

My first-ever purchase of CBD pills arrived in the mail. Let’s see if these things help me sleep. Meanwhile, here’s

Snow tires. Gotta start about thinking of putting them on. We also need to think of music news for October

McAfee, one of the big anti-virus software companies, is worried about Canadian musicians. AScared, actually. While observing the malware bouncing

It’s new iPhone day. The reality distortion field has been switched on in an effort to reduce sticker shock. And

Oh, Internet. You can be so wonderfully looney, especially when it comes to propagating weird rumours and theories. You want

Everyone is getting into the artificial intelligence game. Facebook doesn’t want to be left behind so they’re working on an

Dear 2016: Please stop taking all our favourite musicians and producers away from us. Thank you. And now, the music

On this day in 1984, Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space. And now, in music news… Glastonbury tickets

That’s it. I’m tired of everything pumpkin spice. And there’s still 29 days until Halloween. Meanwhile, in music news… The

Happy Canada Day! And what did you do with your leap second last night? I used it to catch up

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
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