Dead Kennedys Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox go for a Dead Kennedys classic with this week’s Sunday Lunch performance

Yep. Robert and Toyah do THAT song–except they change that one word. “Too drunk to funk?”

When will Canadians get a chance to get their COVID-19 vaccination? Use this calculator. Once you know your place in

All change, all evolution, all revolution in music comes from the street. It’s up to indie musicians, indie labels and

When punk bands go on the road, they tour far and wide. Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored put together this

All change, all evolution, all revolution in music comes from the street. It’s up to indie musicians, indie labels and

I still haven’t downloaded the Pokemon GO app. I’m not sure how much longer I can hold out. Meanwhile, in

Halloween is a great subject for a song because of the practices, history, and spirit of the holiday that can

For the casual observer, punk seemed to explode everywhere at once in about 1977. In the days before the Internet,

In 1987, Napalm Death managed to make a statement in all of 1.316 seconds with “You Suffer.” According to the

I clearly remember when the first Lollapalooza came to Toronto in 1991, local TV news anchors had a hard time

Last Thursday, the Dead Kennedys were playing a gig at a place called the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach,

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