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Random music news for Tuesday, November 23, 2021

In coding? Then you might want to meet Marty the Moose. If not, there’s still music news for November 23,

Maybe this is my problem. Anyone got some good bacteria? Moving to music news for September 16, 2021… There will

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

Black Friday began as an American thing, that day after Thanksgiving that marked the official beginning of the Christmas shopping

For the past several years, there have been two Record Store Days. The first is the traditional spot in April.

Black Friday, that day right after American Thanksgiving, has become the official start of the Christmas shopping season. The organizers

There’s a bougainvillea that my wife has in a pot in the backyard and it’s STILL alive. That’s one tough

The day after American Thanksgiving–otherwise known as Black Friday–is when we’re supposed to descend into an orgy of Christmas shopping.

It was a Friday afternoon in 1987 when the skies over Edmonton turned ominously dark. Thunderstorms were moving through and

The American consumerist orgy known as Black Friday has spread into Canada over the last few years as retailers try

America shuts down for Thanksgiving later today. I’ll try to keep the music news coming best I can. The Kanye

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