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Random music news for Monday, January 25, 2021

If you don’t have enough to fret about, take a look at Satanist robots and vampire dolls. Got that? Then

What do The Tragically Hip’s Day for Night, Bob Dylan’s Oh Mercy, The Neville Brother’s Yellow Moon and REM’s Automatic

The Order of Canada, this country’s highest civilian award, is given out twice a year. The latest crop of 99

Seventy years ago today, the first widely reported sighting of UFOs was made by Kenneth Arnold around Mount Rainer, Washington.

Whenever an artist goes into the studio, they hope for the best but expect the worst. You want the resulting

On March 9, 1987, a little more than ten years after a bunch of kids met up in a Dublin

The 30th anniversary of the release of U2’s The Joshua Tree was Thursday, March 9. This past Sunday (March 12),

U2 fans already know that yesterday (March 9) was the 30th anniversary of the release of The Joshua Tree, an

On this day in 1984, Michael Jackson’s head caught on fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial. Some stories

If you’re in the Greater Toronto Area and are free Wednesday night, you might want to consider attending a special

Daniel Lanois is one of the big names performing at next week’s Green Belt Harvest Picnic outside of Hamilton next

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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The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver