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Random music news for Friday, February 19, 2021

Before we begin, it’s worth remembering some of the things Rush Limbaugh said about a couple of musicians. Now on

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

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