CIA Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ongoing History Daily: The Sid Vicious assassination conspiracy

Think the mob killed JFK? A supporter of QAnon? The COVID vaccine filled with Bill Gates-designed nanobots? Try this one

[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.

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver