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Can Cardi B/Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” be translated into American Sign Language? Surprisingly, the answer is yes.

The raunchiest song of the pandemic has to be “WAP” from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion. What if they

That’s a little too much for a Super Mario 64 game, don’t you think? Now let’s switch to music news

Interesting: Donald Trump’s personal 757 is parked and abandoned at a New York airport. Now some music news for March

Be happy you don’t live in this quaint English village. Gross. What’s wrong with people? Distract yourself from the mental

As this wretched, wretched year comes to an end, here’s something else to be paranoid about: You are nothing but

Yep. That’s about right. No worries. On to the next court. pic.twitter.com/xR2vA0FRzS — Brown Eyed Susan (@smc429) December 15, 2020

Before we begin, you may be happy to know that Canada now has its own mysterious monolith. It’s in rural

Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts, one of the biggest annual music festivals in the country, got wiped out in 2020

Is there something happening today? I seem to recall hearing the news about some big thing that’s going on. A

The battle between Star Wars and Star Trek has been taken to a whole new level. Now let’s concentrate on

Life on Venus? Damn, I wish Bowie were here to write a song about it. Moving on to music news

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