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Random music news for Monday, January 20, 2020

Is it “Happy Martin Luther King Day” or “Merry Martin Luther King Day?” I can never remember. Never mind. Let’s

It’s tough getting back into the swing of things after the holidays, isn’t it? But now that we’re into double

Still in Vegas. No baby crying anywhere my room. No tiger in the bathroom. And there are no dead bodies

In a less-enlightened time, women were barely tolerated by the rock’n’roll establishment. They could sing, maybe shake a tambourine and

Can we please stop with the Christmas music? There should be a cease-and-desist law that comes into effect on December

In yet another Bjorkish move–what else would you call it?–Bjork has announced that anyone one wants to buy her new

As you read this, I’m somewhere over the North Pole on an EVA 777 heading to Taipei. Nice wifi up

That’s it. After today, almost no one is going to get any work done–unless, of course, you work in retail,

Bjork, someone will never be mistaken as someone as “normal.” has just released her new video that was shot inside

Very cool, Ms Guðmundsdóttir. Very cool. Put your cursor on anywhere on the video and the picture around to keep up

On the way home from SE Asia. Still. Damn, it’s a long way… Theses pieces of cardboard are worth £17,000. Well,

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver