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

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver