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Random music news for Saturday, May 8, 2021

Need a vacation? Maybe you can volunteer to see if cruises are safe again. Over to music news for May

BTS, the biggest thing to come out of South Korea since–well, ever, maybe, has their second English-language single coming later

Jeezus. Now otters are getting COVID-19? In Georgia they are. Please make it stop. Meanwhile, here’s music news for April

Three? Oh, dear. Will all of them, you know, work? Think about that as you browse music news for April

This is good news. Could warp engine nacelles be far behind? Off to examine music news for March 31, 2021.

Just for fun, let’s start with Tom Petty on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Damn the (photon) torpedos? (Give

Just when you thought the story of Rudy Giuliani couldn’t get any weirder, his daughter has written a piece called

I like this. It’s a font that helps you remember more when you’re studying. It’s called Sans Forgetica. See what

When we finally get back to traveling, I think I’m gonna get me one of these. Meanwhile, more pandemic distraction

At what point does Alexa get too smart? Just wonderin’. Now I’m going to distract myself with music news for

K-pop fans, most notably those who support BTS, are a well-organized lot. They’re also a crusading bunch, ready to attack

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver