Collectibles Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ongoing History Daily: Weird eBay collectibles

eBay has changed the way people look at music memorabilia. Not only has eBay vastly inflated prices for collectibles, but

As the live event industry moves more and more towards digital tickets, I’ve heard many complaints from old-schoolers who have

When he was still with us, Johnny Ramone was one of the biggest baseball nuts anywhere. For years, he collected

It used to be that bootlegs and promo items were the most collectible things a music fan could look for.

Joe Exotic was one a pro wrestler? That got left out of Tiger King. Moving to random music news for

When it comes to collecting music, all the glory and attention goes to rare vinyl. That’s the stuff that tends

My wife demanded that I go through my closet as part of a spring purge of clothes. This led to

Funko, a toy manufacture, has announced the imminent release of a series of GNR dolls (these are NOT action figures)

When a piece of consumer electronics becomes outdated, it usually ends up in the basement, a drawer or a landfill–after

At some point, this conversation took place somewhere in Ohio: “Honey? I bonked Elvis once.” “Really?” “It was 1965. And

Way back in the 1990s, a young Detroit guitar player named Jack Gillis (soon to be rechristened Jack White) worked

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