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

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 […]
Mark Silver
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