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Random music news for Monday, August 16, 2021

Looking for that perfect brain implant on your way to becoming trans-human? Try these. Now some music news for August

Watching the Olympics? I miss Brian Williams keeping me up to date on the time in Newfoundland. (If you don’t

I was going through my library of music books when I stumbled on something called NetMusic. This is almost adorably

When U2 was on their Zoo TV tour, Bono used to take a cell phone onstage with him every night.

I wonder if this cat landed on his feet? I’ll try to find out while you look at music news

Had there not been a pandemic, Euro 2020 would have been held last summer. But with COVID vaccinations on the

Apparently Popeye was right. Who knew? Let’s try some music news for Saturday, March 27, 2021. The Talk to Sharon

Worrisome news from Mars via Perseverance: Still no sign of Matt Damon. But there is music news for February 20,

Because it’s Christmas Eve, here’s a picture of Danzig wrapping presents. View this post on Instagram A post shared by

Calling all U2 fans — is your calendar marked for September 25? Gather your best dark sunglasses, bandanas and pyrotechnics

So THAT’S what that new orange dot is all about. Now let’s try music news for September 19, 2020. Coronavirus

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