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Random Music News for Friday, May 12, 2017

It was on this day in 2014 that HR Giger, creator of the xenomorph in the Alien movies, died. And

A good thing about getting old is that you might have more money to devote to seeing your musical heroes

March 5, 2017 Alan Cross 7 Comments Desert Trip

One of the most successful and profitable music events of 2016 was Desert Trip (aka “Oldchella”), the two-weekend festival featuring

Have I mentioned how much I hate the flip-top lids on tubes of toothpaste? Who came up with these useless

It was on this day in 1977 that Lynyrd Skynyrd had that horrific plane crash in a swamp. The accident

That there will be another version of Desert Trip next year should be a foregone conclusion. Over two weekends, the

I spent the weekend in the California desert at Desert Trip, the three-day festival featuring some of the ur-acts of

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Off to Desert Trip Part 2 in the California Desert. This had better be good. And now, the music news.

The first-ever mobile cellular network was launched in the US on this day in 1983. Phones were the size of

The first weekend of Desert Trip–the California event some have dubbed “Oldchella” (cumulative age of all the performers is 651)–is

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