Conspiracy 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]

Late in 2020, I did an Ongoing History of New Music program on great musical conspiracies. One of them involved

You may be aware of a podcast that came out in the spring of 2020 that sought to get to

Music theory 101: A 4/4 beat means there are four beats to a bar. There are different ways of emphasizing

[This is my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] Gather ’round, kids. Those of you with tinfoil hats may wish

Well, kind of–if you believe silly (read: humorous) conspiracy yarns like this one from WundergroundMusic.com The recent resurgence in sales

You know what’s missing from today’s music? Mystery. Back in the days before the Internet–even better: before the days of

Oh, Internet. You can be so wonderfully looney, especially when it comes to propagating weird rumours and theories. You want

I can’t confirm this, but that’s what the Internet is saying. Take a look at the comparison pictures of Kellyanne

Come to think of it, I don’t want to know. Let’s just say it is. (Via The NME) Then again,

Home Alone is one of those movies that runs Every Single Christmas. Should you chance upon it this season, take

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
Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
Mark Silver