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Weekly survey: 25 years after the Battle of Britpop, are you on Team Blur or Team Oasis?

Twenty-five years ago this month, Blur and Oasis went head-to-head for chart supremacy on the same week, sending Britain into

If you were around in the summer of 1995 and into British music, you’ll remember this as the time when

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When InSight, NASA’s latest mission to Mars, touched down at 2:54

I think I speak for all of us with gross feet: men in opened-toed sandals anywhere but at the beach

Fashion is one of the most disposable of all the artistic endeavors. Much of what’s created and sold isn’t designed

Humans love music so much that we’re determined to export it to the rest of the universe. It started with

There isn’t a musician in the world who doesn’t want to grow and evolve as an artist. This sometimes leads

It’s been raining so long where I live that my two bull terriers are in danger of floating away. I’ve

On this day in 1978, the first piece of spam was sent over ARPANET, the precursor to the modern Internet.

Back in the coke-fueled days of Britpop, Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher were mortal enemies, a feud that was hyped

As you may have guessed from previous entries, I wasn’t exactly a ladies’ man in high school. Sure, there are plenty

The Dawn of Digital Sports Journalism at The Globe & Mail and Yahoo Canada – Steve McAllister in Conversation with TBP Podcast ep 005 September 4, 2020
Ask any Canadian sports journalist who they consider one the nicest and forward-thinking minds behind the rise of digital, and chances are they would say, Steve McAllister. As one of the most accomplished and highly regarded leaders in sports journalism over the last 20 years, Steve has provided the mentorship and launchpad for too many […]
Andrew Dick
Behind the desk of Global and CTV News – Kevin Newman in conversation with TBP podcast ep 004 August 18, 2020
Kevin’s award-winning career has spanned four decades, covering the biggest stories from the four corners of the earth and those most important to Canadians. While he’s a household name for his on-camera presence, as you will learn in this episode, Kevin Newman is also an innovator whose energy is fueled by the same startup drive […]
Mark Silver
At the top of the sponsorship world – Sam Galet in conversation with TBP podcast ep 003 August 5, 2020
Sam Galet is one of the sponsorship industry’s most successful connectors. Over his 20+ year career, he has been directly involved in leading a number of massive sports, entertainment and lifestyle sponsorships, endorsements and naming rights deals. From an early age, Sam knew what he wanted to achieve in his career and he set his […]
Mark Silver