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Ongoing History Daily: Why do the RHCP love such long albums?

When the compact disc first arrived in 1982, it could store 75 minutes of music. Some discs could stretch that

It was on August 17, 1982, when the first commercially-available compact disc rolled out of the Philips factory in Germany.

If you feel that the world is spinning faster than ever before, you’re not wrong. Literally not wrong. Now try

Spongebob? Is that you? If not, who or what is it? Ponder that as you browse through music news for

I already miss Paulie Walnuts. So do many others. Now let’s look at music news for July 11, 2022. How

When I opened the weekly report from Luminate, the company that keeps track of the recorded music industry, I thought

The live Tragically Hip album is called Live Between Us and there’s a great story about the origin of the

Last time, we talked about a weird, white dust; a mold that contaminated and destroyed magnetic audio and videotapes across

I think it goes without saying that we as a species would like to preserve our music forever and ever,

Science has discovered The Most Boring Person in the World. Meanwhile, music news for March 21, 2022, is anything but.

Does anyone else find it strange that news networks will show the uncut carnage from Ukraine but if there’s any

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