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Random music news for Friday, November 27, 2020

Will in-person Black Friday shopping add to our COVID-19 problems? I’d bet on it. Stay home, shop online, and enjoy

Someone fraudulently maxed out Ozzy and Sharon’s credit cards. Ed Sheeran is the UK and Ireland’s richest person under 30.

Imagine going to school on this bus. Cool. Now let’s study music news for October 28, 2020. Now that they’re

Okay, I laughed. (Via Tom) Moving to music new for October 26, 2020… I laughed at this, too. (Via Tom

I was behind an SUV on the weekend that sent mixed messages. Right next to a Jesus fish was a

The summer encore season has come to an end. It’s time for some brand new shows. There’s something about creative

We’ve been singing along to “Young Americans” by David Bowie since 1975. In these times, though, we might want to

What could this dude possibly want with a three-and-a-half-foot dildo? The mind wanders. But we really need to focus on

It probably wasn’t a good idea, but these were Bowie’s coke-and-alcohol years. Bowie doing Neil Diamond and Perry Como on

That’s a lot of money for a pair of sneakers. But I guess everyone needs a hobby. Mine is collecting

First, a question: What if Good Fellas was a 1990s sitcom? Now some music news for June 25, 2020. Coronavirus

The Genius of Live Sports Production – Paul Graham In Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 013 December 1, 2020
The best live sports executive producers are a blend of genius, in both art and science. Whether we realize it or not, as viewers, we are of course more deeply engaged in cliffhangers. Match outcomes that keep us tuned in until the very end. That is where the executive producer shines. The research and preparation […]
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Intimate Gatherings of Sports Fans and Media Personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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