CIA Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The great KGB punk conspiracy

[We’re taking a one-week pause for a COVID mental health break. But new shows will resume again next week. -AC]

Time for Canadian Music Week. No sleep ’til Sunday. And now, the music news for April 18. The music sales

On this day 59 years ago, Elvis was drafted into the army. And in music news… Chuck Berry apparently left

There was another huge dump of documents–8,761, to be exact–by Wikileaks today under the name “Vault,” all purported to be

I love me a good conspiracy. Who really shot JFK? Is the British royal family actually lizard people? Did NASA

Trust in politicians, corporations, banks, sports figures, the church and the media has gone off a cliff over the last

Last night on The Late Show, Stephen Colbert wondered how Beyonce could have made her new Lemonade “visual album” in

Before the Internet came along to distract me, I often sat up late at night with my Sony ICF-7600W shortwave

This week’s show was recorded after too much turkey and wine. Although my Thanksgiving meal was the day before, I

[Note: This is an article I wrote for Nightflight.com. You should check out that site for 80s and 90s material.

You can’t make threats against the President of the United States without attracting the attention of the Secret Service–even if

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver