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Ongoing History Daily: Fun with black metal

If you’re into intense music–and I mean intense–then maybe you need a little Norwegian death metal, specifically a band called

Here is one of the stranger examples of guilt by association. Back in the early 90s, it became fashionable for

For reasons unknown, this earworm has been going through my head for a week. Think very carefully before you click

What’s so hard about wearing a face mask during the time of pandemic? Just do it, you anti-mask dickheads. Here’s

Good news, Virginia! It’ll soon become legal for unmarried heterosexual people to have sex! Yes, you read that correctly. And

It was on this day in 1970 that Apollo 13 mentioned to Houston that they had a problem. And it’s

Valentine’s Day. Yuck. Sorry. I’ll focus on music news for February 14, 2019 instead. Ozzy is officially out of the

If you’re familiar with Norwegian black metal, I need not go any further because you know how this story ends.

Did you know that Boxing Day is now the third busiest shopping day of the year? The busiest is the

The air here in Hanoi tastes funny. Diesel fume, lead, cadmium. Probably not wise to go for a jog, then.

Sure, we expect black metal from northern climes, especially Scandinavia. But metal, being the largest of all the musical subcultures,

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver