B-sides Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Digital Debris part 1: B-sides and bonus tracks

[Only a few more weeks of repeats. Then we start with a brand new season. Hang in there. – AC]

We are very, very deep into the digital era when it comes to music. Virtually every song we could ever

Back when 7-singles were considered disposable junk consumed by teenagers, almost no one listened to the B-side because the song

It’s a holiday Monday for us in Canada, but since this site has readers around the world, I feel obligated

Summer: Yay! Days are now getting shorter: Boo! Check out these photos of old-school MuchMusic VJs then and now. The

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