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Random music news for Friday, May 14, 2021

A part of Australia is suffering a biblical plague. It’s been raining mice. That would make a mess on the

I gotta stop buying the stuff advertised in Instagram. My record is Pieces of Crap 5, Actually Useful Stuff 1.

This could be the weirdest radio station I’ve ever heard of. Cool. Back to reality with a look at music

Willie O’Ree, the first Black player in the NHL, played his first game with the NY Rangers on this day

If you’re going to a movie this weekend, note that Thomas Edison patented something called “motion pictures” on this day

Plastic (or at least the first version of it) is 110 years old today. As for music news for February

The sound you heard at midnight was a bunch of radio stations flipping to an all-Christmas format for the rest

Today is the 55th anniversary of the Washington-Moscow hotline that went into use after the Cuban missile crisis. And when

The rainbow flag of gay pride was first flown in San Francisco on this day in 1978. And as for

Why is DST still a thing? It plays hell on the mind and body. It’s never been proven to do

I walked into a restaurant for bacon and eggs this morning and what’s the first thing I heard? Mariah Carey’s

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