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How about a virtual tour of the original CBGB?

CBGB was a dump. But as ground zero of the pretty much all things punk, it was an important and

It was two years ago today that Donald Trump publicly appealed to Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s missing 30,000 emails.

The end-of-summer season sales are now on. I’m not ready for this. I can, however, offer some music news for

Off to Nashville tonight for Vintage-TV business for the Country Music Awards (I know, I know…). Here’s what I’m not

Everyone talks about being first at something because…well, it’s cool to be first, right? But what about being last? There’s

Star Wars Day! May the fourth be with you. And now, the music news for May 4. Kevin Garcia, co-founder

As canvas awnings go, this has to be the most famous in the history of music. It is going up

If you haven’t read Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Leggs McNeil and Gillian McGain, put

I write this from Dubai, UAE, where the air temperature is now 43 C. With the humidity, it feels like

I’m all shopped out and I can’t eat another bite. Thank God for the World Junior Hockey Championship. How else

Happy solstice. As of tomorrow, it’s all uphill to summer. At least the days will be getting longer. And now,

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