Black Friday Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Friday, November 27, 2020

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

It was on this day in 1963 that the first-ever push-button telephone went into service. And now, some music news…

Once we get Halloween out of the way, it’s all uphill to Christmas. America, of course, loses its shopping mind

Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
Mark Silver
Delivering Reach for the Biggest Brands – Alan Dark in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 027 April 12, 2021
In a world obsessed with digital and mobile engagement, as well as the rise of subscription streaming entertainment services, like Netflix and now Disney+, it’s easy to overlook the going’s on in the broadcast media business. The reality is, the 75-year-old business is having a moment. Perhaps it is due, in part, to a global […]
Mark Silver
Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick