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Random music news for Saturday, January 16, 2021

A “smart mask?” I’m surprised it took this long. Moving to music news for January 16, 2021… RIP Tim Bogert,

Question: Humans have created hundreds of breeds of dogs. Why hasn’t anyone bred a dog that lives longer? Just a

Is 2020 over yet? There’s still seven months to go? Jeebus. Let’s do our best. Here’s music news for June

The COVID-19 dreams are getting crazy. I dreamt that I was in charge of a McDonald’s focus group to determine

Happy birthday, Dave Grohl! He’s 51 today. Meanwhile in music news for January 14, 2020… Even though music fans are

Outside of certain Latin-based nomenclature requirements, the rule in science is that if you discover it, you name it. Christina

The Cuban Missile Crisis began on this day in 1962. We don’t need another one of those, ever. Otherwise, how

Day three of my trip to CES in Las Vegas. Man, there’s a lot of weird stuff on display here.

Say what you will about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – who deserves to be in and what

One day, we’ll turn on the news and not hear anything about Donald Trump. One day… Meanwhile, here’s music news

On this day in 1902, the Antikythera Mechanism was discovered. We still don’t know who made it. Or when. As

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