Boy Bands Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

How crazy are pop fan clubs in China? This one caused a food shortage.

The internet in China is overseen by the Cyberspace Administration. Besides keeping out capitalist influences from the global internet, they

Meet the Breunion Boys, a band concocted by an animation artist – featuring real human people – whose single is

Katy Perry has about a million followers on Weibo, the Chinese social network. Close behind is FFC-Acrush, a boy band

Take one part boy band (in this case, One Direction) and mix in a little gay porn and you end

The problem with being in a boy band is that the members and their audiences grow up. No matter how

The crabgrass situation in the front yard is out of control. I miss industrial-strength residential herbicides. (Save your emails; I

If you’re watching the Fox soap opera Empire, you’ll known that label scion Lucius Lyon has a real problem with

Great question. Wondering Sound takes a look: For most celebrities — hell, most people — the fear (or the realization)

Never thought about it, actually. I just figured it was something the young female of the species is programmed to

At the 2013 Music Matters conference in Singapore, I saw a fantastic session by Ralph Murphy on songwriting. One of

Music-themed cruises are just one way cruise lines are trying to fill the massive numbers of cabins on their ships

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