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Random music news for Wednesday, September 8, 2021

A metal bassist stopped a possible mass shooting at a gig in Boise, Idaho. He got shot for his troubles,

On “vacation” again for the next week, but that doesn’t mean the music news stops, does it? Here’s what’s happening

Broadcasting from around the world for 24 hours, a trio of Canadian stars have joined the lineup for this year’s

Boston Dynamics, now a recently acquired division of Hyundai, offered this to their new South Korean bosses. It’s their (in)famous

Look, everyone should be able to live their life as they choose. However, if you’ve spent $200,000 on plastic surgery

Hello! It’s been a while. Glad to see you again. And now that we’re done with astronomy news, here’s music

This January 6 Capitol rioter admits that he had a plan to destroy the internet by bombing Amazon servers. Craziness.

Just when you thought there was nothing more that could be done with jeans comes these. Thoughts? Let’s move on

A Canadian moon rover? Cool! We know something about dark and cold places. Here’s what you need for music news

Talk about a cool collectible! I’m surprised it went so cheap. Then there’s music news for May 26, 2021. Drake

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

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