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Random music news for Tuesday, November 13, 2018

As you may have determined from my out-of-office note, I’m AWOL for the next bit. Where? Send an email to

August already. And my parents are coming to visit for almost a week. This should be interesting. Here’s music news

Like most guys, I dread the idea of picking out a greeting card. I have no confidence that my taste

Yes, Minions. (Blame Tom for the link.)

The Syrian civil war officially started on this day in 2011. There’s no end/bottom in sight. Here’s the music news

Woke up in Nashville again. The amount of meat and fat available to the average person around here is mind-boggling.

Wake me up when the temperature gets within five degrees of the freezing mark. Otherwise, I’m just going to stay

McAfee, one of the big anti-virus software companies, is worried about Canadian musicians. AScared, actually. While observing the malware bouncing

I hate to say it, but I called this one. When the “Blurred Lines” verdict came down–the one saying that

Mark Cuban–yes, the Dallas Mavericks owner and Shark Tank guy–isn’t much of a Trump supporter. He posted this mashup of

In light the successful prosecution of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” for being too derivative of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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