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Check Out Motion Exposure at Lumen Art Festival!

September 9, 2018September 8, 2018 Nerhys 0 Comments Art and Technology, Cool, Lumen Art Festival, Motion Exposure, Stephen Orlando

If you’re in the Waterloo area on Saturday September 29 — or are looking for something to do and don’t

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Google Surveyed Teenagers on What They Think is Cool. Prepare Yourself.

April 4, 2017April 3, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Coldplay, Cool, Gen Z, Google

Google, a company that knows a thing or two about analytics, thought it was time to take a close look

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Awesome Music Created Around–Wait, INSIDE–Volcano

August 24, 2016August 24, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Cool, Experimental Music, Stefanos Crater, Volcano

If you had the chance to spend the night around a volcanic crater and create music inspired by it, would

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Cool! Gadgets 

Pizza Hut UK Introduces Playable Pizza Box Turntable

August 20, 2016August 20, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Cool, DJ, Pizza Hut, Turntable

Have you ever had an empty pizza box and thought “I really wish I could somehow use this to make

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Would You Pole Dance While Pregnant? This Lady Does Between Contractions!

August 2, 2016August 1, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Bad Ass, Cool, Pole Dancing, Pregnant

If there’s anything I’ve learned from my plethora of mom friends it’s that every pregnancy and birth is different. All

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A New Way to Remember Grandma: Press Her Ashes into Vinyl

August 2, 2016August 1, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Cool, Hearing Madge, macabre, momentos, Strange, Vinyl, Weird

A few months ago I wrote about weird special edition vinyl that some musicians have released. Once again, I’ve learned

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What If You Were to Play “Bohemian Rhapsody” on a Fairground Organ?

June 19, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bohemian, Cool, Cover Version, Queen, Rhapsody

Then it would sound like this. (Via Daily Megabyte)

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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  • 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 […]
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  • 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 […]
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  • 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 […]
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