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Producer Butch Vig Remembers the Drama of Making Siamese Dream with the Smashing Pumpkins

For many, Siamese Dream is the best album from the Smashing Pumpkins. According to producer Butch Vig, though, this record

Twenty-six years ago this month, DGC Records was in the final stages of preparing the release of Nevermind, the major

As I type this, Kanye West is in hospital in LA, apparently under a psychiatric hold after an incident at

On September 24, 1991, DGC dropped a recorded called Nevermind into the stores, shipping exactly 46,521 copies to stores around

This will be hard to believe for people of a certain age, but Nirvana’s Nevermind turns 25 this September. The

Madison, Wisconsin, isn’t the place where you’d expect to find a world-famous recording studio. And frankly, from the outside it

Butch Vig has been thinking. “If Dave Grohl can make a movie about Sound City in LA, then why can’t

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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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 […]
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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 […]
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