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Random music news for Tuesday, October 19, 2021

How would you like to have this guy sell your house? No thanks. I’d rather read music news for October

Last time we spoke of all the Cadillac tattoos you can find on the body of Travis Barker’s body. What

Mark Hoppus has had a helluva year. Months ago, he quietly began chemo treatments for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Stage

Mark Hoppus has had a rough time over the last year. He was diagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell

This is why some people shouldn’t have nice things. That’s not gonna buff out. Moving to music news for August

Mark Hoppus has been undergoing chemo for a blood disorder called stage 4-A diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), an aggressive

A couple of weeks back, Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus dropped a bomb: He was receiving chemotherapy for some form of cancer.

That’s a little too much for a Super Mario 64 game, don’t you think? Now let’s switch to music news

For the last three months, blink-182’s Mark Hoppus has been fighting some kind of cancer. He offered this 4th of

As we heard earlier this month, blink-182’s Mark Hoppus has spent the last three months undergoing chemo treatment for an

A concerning post appeared on Mark Hoppus‘ Instagram account before it was deleted. But fans saw and captured it. Then

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