Billy Corgan Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ongoing History Daily: Super-early Smashing Pumpkins

Hardcore Smashing Pumpkins fans know that many years ago, Billy Corgan was in a band called the Marked. They picked

Happy solstice. That reminds me: I need to put up my Festivus pole. Moving on to music news for December

Although Billy Corgan seems to be able to write a million songs a year, it’s actually a lot more complicated

Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins comes from a musical family. His father is a guitar player and was quite

What do you do for fun? I’m talking about hobbies, pastimes, and other things you do just for you, away

Will in-person Black Friday shopping add to our COVID-19 problems? I’d bet on it. Stay home, shop online, and enjoy

Rewind to June 1992. The Smashing Pumpkins had recently issued their debut album, Gish, and were on tour in Detroit.

“Shorter of breath/One day closer to death.” And in other news for April 6, 2019… Ticketmaster has been sued over

The first weekend without football since June. Time for NASCAR. And did you know that the UN has declared today

Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space on this day in 1984. And in music news for October 5,

That’s enough Asia for now. The next 24 hours will be spent flying home and posting stuff using in-flight WiFi–which,

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 […]
Mark Silver