David Gilmour Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Pink Floyd: “We are never ever getting back together.”

I’ve always been fascinated by the depth of animus former bandmates can have for each other. Take the situation between

Fifty years ago today, the first permanent ARPANET (a forerunner to the internet) was established between UCLA and Stanford. And

Kawhi Lenoard turns 28 today. Send him a card. Don’t forget to urge him to stay with the Raptors. And

In one of the most remarkable cases of decluttering in the known universe, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour decided to unload

For someone who was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death, it’s somehow mathematically appropriate that Stephen Hawking died

[Here was something I wrote for the Cineplex newsletter. – AC] When Mount Vesuvius rained holy hell upon Pompeii on

Ninety years ago today, the last Ford Model T rolled off the assembly line. It was vehicle number 15,007,003. And now

It may be a long weekend, but the music news never stops. Norman Reedus of The Walking Dead got down

Whilst stuck in an interminable traffic jam, flipping through some satellite radio channels landed me on the solo of Pink

I haven’t had a first day of school in a long, long time but you never get over that feeling

Been to many shows so far this year? Revenue for touring is up in 2016 with these artists grossing the

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