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Ongoing History Daily: Dave Matthews and the poop dump

One of the gross things about tour buses—and there are many gross things—is that at some point you have to

I understand that there are some days that you just don’t want to go to work. But this is not

With six people dead and more than three dozen injured in a mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois (the affluent

Give what you know about the rise of the Delta variant of COVID, would you have gone to Lollapalooza last

…and you can see why. The AV Club also has this story. “Is it safe?” That’s the number-one question I

The US has been vaccinating people against COVID-19 like crazy. It’s to the point where the CDC says it’s okay

Here’s a new twist on the JFK assassination. Wrap your head around that and then move to music news for

A couple of years ago in Vancouver, The Edge didn’t look where he was going and walked right off the

Ever since Lollapalooza made Chicago’s Grant Park its permanent home, the festival has thrived. This year’s event, set for the

Last year, Pearl Jam played two night at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. The resulting concert film, Let’s Play Two, is almost

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