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Random music news for Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Off to the UK today for some Beatles’s work. If all goes well, I’ll get to interview Ringo tomorrow. Meanwhile,

Black Friday (Here’s a history of that.) Let the consumerist orgies begin. Maybe some record shopping? Meanwhile, in music news

Sixty-five years ago today, one of the most important radio shows of all time debuted on the BBC. You should

Let’s recap U2’s annus horribilus so far: September: The blowback from the release of Songs of Innocence through iTunes. November:

Got my kangaroo selfie. How is Shane McGowan of the Pogues still not dead? (Via Tom) It’s amazing how much

Second day in Australia. Still refusing to try Vegemite. This doesn’t bode well for Ontario finally having a place to

Happy Victoria Day! And it’s Bull Terrier #1’s birthday day, too. She’s 7. Lightbulbs of the future will double as

Happy Star Wars Day. As a Star Trek fan, I’m sitting this one out. As usual. Here’s a list of

Public GPS was born 15 years ago today when Bill Clinton said the data would no longer be restricted to

Back to Singapore today. Goodbye, orang-utans of Kota Kinabalu! Did you know that video games are bringing classical music to

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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