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Random music news for Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Jeezus. These people are nuts. Ignore them and focus on music news for December 29, 2020, instead. That recorded voice

Want to be turned into an evil doll for Halloween? Try this site. Once you do that, come on back

Blur is still officially a going concern, but like that classic convertible in the garage, the members only take it

Happy 76th birthday, Paul McCartney! If you’ve never seen him live, do it. I swear that a Macca show has

Everyone needs a hobby, something to divert the mind from the pressures of day-to-day living. Even rockstars need hobbies. The

It was fifty-one years ago today that the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper in North America. It had come out the

The first regularly-scheduled transatlantic airline flight began on this date in 1951. El Al of Israel began flying a turboprop

Woke up in Nashville again. The amount of meat and fat available to the average person around here is mind-boggling.

It seems that everything is virtual these days. Outside of the stuff you’ve got in your pick, money is nothing

Whilst in Shanghai, I almost got to see one of those weird Chinese airport fights where angry passengers took on

Forty-seven years ago today, Paul McCartney announced he was leaving The Beatles. And now, the music news… A Spotify executive

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
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