Dark Side of the Moon Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Monday, September 21, 2020

Give an alligator helium to chance its voice? Why not? Now that’s out of the way, here’s music news for

The first time I was told that I was listening to Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here, I hated it.

Spring forward, etc. Why is daylight saving time still a thing? Why do we bother when science says it’s a

The first-ever properly organized indoor hockey game was played on the day in 1875 in Montreal. And now, the music

As the article at Teamrock says, “What Pink Floyd’s ‘Great Gig in the Sky’ needs is more kazoo.”

There isn’t supposed to be any sound in space. Without a gaseous medium, sound has no way to travel. The

In case you haven’t heard, Geeks&Beats can now be access via Nightflight, a website inspired by the USA Networks all-night

Let’s start with the official NASA animation of the far side of the moon. Got that? Then go to the

Never let it be said that the Flaming Lips are anything less than uber-weird–but it a very pleasant sort of

Two things. First, Dark Side was released on March 1, 1973, so this pen is about a year late for

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