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Online vinyl sales have gone through the roof since the pandemic started

Sales of new vinyl have taken a hit in the page of coronavirus (I look at the dire Canadian situation

Everyone’s attention was on the death of Aretha Franklin this week, but there is still some other music news to

Sixty-five years today, the first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the assembly line. Now we can talk about music news for

If you had to bet on which city features the most record stores, where you place your money? London? LA?

On this day in 1956, the IBM 305 RAMAC computer was introduced, the first machine with a hard disk drive.

What’s better than digging through a well-stocked record collection? How about a whole bunch of collections – that you can

Record collecting can be thrilling, but it also has its pitfalls. How do you know that the coveted record you’re

Happy birthday to English Bull Terrier the Younger. She’s three today. Today is also “Wear Your Metal T-Shirt to Work

A Reddit user by the name of Muctur bought a used copy of Soundgarden’s Superunknown at the online site, Discogs. When

Happy second birthday, faithful bull terrier number two. There’s a special biscuit waiting for you at dinner. And now, music

Every four years, we have to work an extra day. Grit your teeth and it’ll be over soon. And now,

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 […]
Mark Silver
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, […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver