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

Here’s a 40th birthday salute to the compact disc

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] After more than a decade of work, building on an idea

Synesthesia is that interesting neurological condition where the senses overlap. Some musicians say that they can “see” musical notes in

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

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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