Conspiracy Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Conspiracy! Was Ozzy guitarist Randy Rhoads murdered?

Rock fans all know the story of the death of Randy Rhoads on March 19, 1982, the brilliant Ozzy Osbourne

If you’ve got four-and-a-half hours, let Mike Williams explain to you why he believes The Beatles didn’t write their own

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]

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

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