Cassette Store Day Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Here’s some good news. Your dog WILL come to your rescue–if he/she knows what to do. Nice to know as

[I have this assignment to Gilles LeBlanc because you know how I feel about cassettes, right? – AC] Did you

Let me be clear: Cassettes are a hateful, obsolete format that deserves to die. Anyone who longs for the days

Saturday (October 8) was International Cassette Store Day? Really? Sorry I missed it. Actually, I’m not. I hold in my

Cassettes are hateful things. Anyone who romanticizes/fetishizes them never had to deal with them when they were A Thing. And

I played softball for four hours on Saturday. My Apple Watch told me I exercised for two minutes. That tells

My feelings about this stupid cassette revival have been well documented (Go here for a refresher on why cassettes suck.)

While I’m fully on board with Record Store Day‘s vinyl mandate, I will have no truck with a day that

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
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