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A Device That Wants to Bring Back Cassettes

Please. Why do we want to bring back an obsolete bad-sounding music storage format? Those who are nostalgic for cassettes

What is it about cassettes–a hateful, obsolete technology, in my opinion–that engenders so much love in certain quarters? The Vinyl

I’m currently working on a children’s book for Kids Can Press which traces the evolution of the gadgets we’ve used

Today is the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. Morrissey was so outraged about the flippant way the news

The Slim Shady LP, released on February 23, 1999, went on to sell somewhere close to 20 million copies, turning

I love the concept of time capsules. Locking away artifacts of an age so that they may be discovered by

My feelings about cassettes are clear: they’re a hateful outdated technology that deserve to go the way of the 8-track.

Imagine this: you go to the mailbox one day to find an envelope containing and old-school cassette. The only information

At some point in the 1990s, this choking hazard seemed like a good idea.

Give a kid a cassette and a boombox and tell him/her to make it work. This might be the result.

Today I look at the cassette as a vile piece of outdated technology. But back in the day, it was

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 […]
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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