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If Seth Rogen is doing transit announcements in Vancouver and Toronto, why can’t Terry from FUBAR do the same in Calgary?

With Seth Rogen now providing the guest voice for both Toronto and Vancouver transit, Terry Cahill from FUBAR (think Bob

We’re all about trying to identify hate groups, apparently. Who are these people? Where can we find them? What do

Musicians can be a quirky lot. Most of these quirks are (mostly) harmless. Sometimes, though, they move into realms of

Calgary and area musicians can now enter submissions to the YYC music awards and have until May 31 to do

Calgary’s National Music Centre (NMC) has launched a new online platform in celebration of Canada 150, allowing fans to browse

I stumbled across this one when poking around SoundCloud. Preoccupations, who are from Calgary (the formerly named Viet Cong, t00),

The timing might not be the greatest–downtown Calgary is suffering mightily because the collapse in oil prices–but the good news

Juliette Jagger, a frequent contributor to these pages, wrote this history of Toronto’s Horseshow for the National Music Centre, which

It’s hard to believe that Calgary hasn’t had its own music awards event up until now. But this is a

Chris Tenz, a fixture to many Calgary indie musicians, died Saturday. It was a suicide, which he discussed in this

April 24, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Calgary

Here’s a local Shaw cable show from Calgary featuring Zack Hewitt (Kool FM), Bob Steele (XL 103) and Tim Morgan (Q

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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