Bootleg Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

What the hell is wrong with Eric Clapton? He just sued a widow over an $11 bootleg. [UPDATED with new information.]

A 55-year-old German widow was cleaning the house and stumbled upon an Eric Clapton CD from thirty years ago that

Long before Van Halen was signed to a record deal–Gene Simmons of KISS is the guy who discovered them, by

Here’s another assignment, dear reader. It comes from Dave who sent me this email. Hi Alan, I was wondering if

On February 14, 1993, Nirvana moved into Steve Albini’s Pachyderm Studios in Canon Falls, Minnesota, to begin sessions for that

Here you go: Nirvana, live at the Satyricon in Portland, Oregon, on January 12, 1990, exactly twenty-five years ago yesterday.

I have a bunch of U2 boots and yet this recording is not among them. That’s why we have YouTube.

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
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