Covid Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Pearl Jam’s Gigaton tour finally makes it to Ottawa 2 1/2 years late. Here is a review along with photos.

[Another Ottawa report from Ross MacDonald. – AC] At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, Pearl Jam was an early

The Montana Toilet Man. Be afraid. Calm down with some music news for August 18, 2022. Depeche Mode is back

Now that COVID has receded for the moment (or has it?), concerts are back in a big way. Analysis shows

Pearl Jam’s Gigaton tour keeps running into issues. First, the whole thing was canceled in March 2020 in the first

Sales of vinyl rocketed over the course of the COVID pandemic as people sought to pass the time whilst in

“I’m not dead yet!” No kidding. “I’m not dead yet, either!” Oops. Once you shiver at the implications of those

This doomsday alarm clock would want me to stay in bed with the covers over my head. Then how would

Hmm. Interesting. And so is music news for April 23, 2022. Think COVID is done? Hardly. Check out all these

As you read this, I’m somewhere between Singapore and Toronto connecting through Doha. I have no idea what time it

Dammit. I really liked Gilbert Gottfried. He was my favourite filthy comedian.RIP. And now, some music news for April 13,

I gotta get me one of these anti-Putin pro-Ukraine t-shirts. And this one is cool, too. (Via Oreo). Now let’s

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