Cyndi Lauper Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Isolated vocals fun: Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”

I’m fascinated by isolated vocal tracks because it gives such incredible insight into a singer’s decisions (conscious or instinctual) when

This past Tuesday (December 10), Cyndi Lauper held her annual Home for the Holidays benefit for homeless youth and was

Despite it being American Thanksgiving week and Black Friday, there’s still music news to report. Here’s what’s happening on November

Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane was on the BBC’s Graham Norton show along with Cyndi Lauper. He decided to cover

There’s been some interesting musical moments through all seven seasons of Bob’s Burgers, so it kind of makes sense that

They’re called political parties for a reason, right? The presidential elections in the United States take entirely too long. We know.

The first Volvo was produced on this day in 1927. I don’t know what you need to know that, but

I love cover versions and the more bizarre the better. Here are two such delights. GWAR covering Cyndi Lauper’s song

It was on this day in 1975 that Jimmy Hoffa disappeared. Sleeping with the fishes? Interred in concrete in a

During a Mardis Gras parade in Australia. a street preacher let loose with an anti-gay sermon. That’s when a street

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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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