Big Wreck Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Saints and Sinners Tour has been canceled. Again. And probably for good this time.

Way back in the Before Times (actually, February 2020, but it feels longer)I made a trip to Facebook HQ in

Beetle juice! And yes, I spelled that right. Enjoy that and then move on to music news for July 10,

[Big Wreck has managed to play a couple of socially-distant gigs over the last couple of weeks. Ian Thornley and

After six years, $30 million, and a pandemic that threatened to derail everything, Toronto’s El Mocambo reopened with its first

The last time Toronto’s El Mocambo hosted a live gig, Barack Obama was still president and Donald Trump hadn’t even

After over five years of construction and tens of millions of dollars in renovations, the El Mocambo, one of Canada’s

Forrest Williams was the drummer for the first two Big Wreck albums. Like most of us, he’s been cooped up

Just before the pandemic hit, I was able to get Ian Thornely into a studio talk about his career from

If you came of age musically in the 90s, you’ll definitely be at one (or more) of the Saints and

The 90s were when Canadian alt-rock really came of age. If that was your era, you’re gonna love the new

It was on this day in 1970 that Charles Manson went on trial. Meanwhile, in music news for June 15,

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