Classic Rock Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

What is “classic rock, anyway?” Let’s look into that.

About a year ago, filmmaker Daniel Sarkissian asked me to sit for an interview on the topic of classic rock.

Cameron Gordon’s Completely Ignored went through the streams generated by classic rock artists. Here’s what he found out. Click here

I saw some romaine lettuce on sale at my grocery store. so it must be safe. right? So can we

Both the US and the UK are back to work after a long weekend today, so is there any music

On this day in 1902, the Antikythera Mechanism was discovered. We still don’t know who made it. Or when. As

I started writing this post just before I boarded flights from Singapore to Toronto via Taipei. In the way was

Major League Baseball players went on strike on this day in 1994. That was a bad one. It took me

While the music of the Beatles, the Stones, Led Zeppelin and others of their age will remain with us forever,

Seventy years ago, something crashed at Roswell, New Mexico. Probably a stupid grey. And now, the music news for July

Video never quite got this radio star. One of the mainstays of Toronto over the decades, Q107 is turning the

How does a genre that never adds anything new stay afloat? You’d think hearing the same set of songs would

The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
Mark Silver
Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
Mark Silver
Creating An Entertainment Culture – Jeremy Cammy In Conversation With Tbp Podcast Ep 009 October 27, 2020
Thinking back, pre-covid, did you consider that visit to your local big-box bookstore an entertainment experience? For those lucky enough to attend a book signing or celebrity talk, you’re even more aware of the lasting impact that encounter had on your deep connection to the store’s brand. For Canadian retailer Indigo, at the centre of […]
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