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Ongoing History Daily: Did Iggy Pop record with Billy Joel?

It’s quite possible that Iggy Pop once played on a record with Billy Joel and the song was “Leader of

Will there be a running of the bulls this year? It’s unclear. On to music news for February 4, 2021.

Props to this whisky blogger who manages to tell the history of distilling Scotch from 1494 to the present in

As anyone else done an anti-Trump song to the tune of “We Didn’t Start the Fire?” What took so long.

It’s to the point where I want to stand on the border and yell into the US “GET IT TOGETHER,

This former Disney Channel star is now doing porn. The Mouse is not pleased. Just thought I’d drop that before

It’s not your imagination: a new study says that people with BMWs and Audis are worse drivers. Now that’s the

Yes, we’re up and running again after nearly two weeks issues with our web hosting service. It was THEIR fault

One hundred years ago today, at 11 am on November 11, 2018, the guns fell silent on the battlefields of

On this day in 1977, the first GPS signal was broadcast from a satellite. It was a 100% military thing

It’s Monday and your view of the world probably isn’t at its most cheery. Take a look at this site

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
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver