Christmas Song Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

It’s a COVID Christmas song!

They say you should write about what you know. The cAbiners have done just that with this Christmas song.

Arkells have become one of the most prolific Canadian bands of the last decade. They’re always writing, recording, and releasing

According to research by Viberate, there are more than one million Christmas songs in the wild. I believe it, too,

If you follow UK politics, you might remember Lord Buckethead, a one-time candidate for Prime Minister. He says that his

Green Day has been around for more than a quarter century without releasing an original Christmas song [citation needed]. They’ve

The Darkness–who, by the way, released an excellent album entitled Last of Our Kind, one of my favourite hard-rockin’ records

A porn song that ended up in Sesame Street? Jingles by Barry Manilow? And Brian Eno did what for Microsoft?

Every year, The Killers pump out a new Christmas single. Their 2014 model–maintaining a streak that began in 2006–features Jimmy

Welcome to The Roth Show. (Via Hennemusic)

Steel Panther is the LA hair metal band for whom 1987 never ended. They’d like everyone to know that they’re

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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