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Random music news for Monday, March 9, 2020

Yes, I’m glad for the extra daylight at the end of the day, but switching to DST is not healthy.

It’s the final sprint towards Christmas. How crazy is the next seven days for you? Can you take time to

Bruce Springsteen’s one-man Broadway has grossed at least $66 million US so far. Tickets, if you can get them, are

Something happened in astronomy on this day in 1967 that eventually resulted in one of the most famous album covers

No one can get tickets to Springsteen’s one-man show on Broadway. Last I heard, the grosses of the 236-show run

NO MORE GDPR EMAILS! PLEASE! I don’t even subscribe to 75% of these newsletters! And now, for music news on

This is the 45th anniversary of the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game. And in music news

It’s been a year exactly since the Brexit vote. How’s that going for everyone, hmm? And now, the music news

Happy birthday, mom! And now, the music news for June 6. Was Prince given the wrong drug in hours before

Construction in my basement continues. The smaller of the two bull terriers is losing her mind. Meanwhile, here’s music news.

If you’ve ever been to Nashville, you’ll know that you run into a different honky-tonk about every fifteen feet, all

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
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver