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Ongoing History Daily: Johnny Ramone, baseball fanatic

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When a piece of consumer electronics becomes outdated, it usually ends up in the basement, a drawer or a landfill–after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

News-Antique reports on something called the PFC4 Autograph Index, which I gather is an assessment of the most valuable autographs

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 […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver