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Movies Music History 

Here’s the trailer to the new David Bowie docufilm, Moonage Daydream

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biography, David Bowie, Documentary, Moonage Daydream

Bowie is one of those artists that just keeps on giving. Just when you think you know everyone about his

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Documentary Movies 

If you’re into vinyl then you’ll need to see this new doc called Vinyl Nation

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Record Collecting, Records, Vinyl, Vinyl Nation

There’s no sign that interest in vinyl records is going to end soon, let alone plateau. Why? That’s the central

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Documentary Music Industry 

There’s already a documentary on the Astroworld disaster–and the court cases haven’t even begun

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments AstroWorld, Charlie Minn, Documentary, Lawsuits

Back in November, people were killed and scores were injured during a stage crush at the Astroworld festival in Houston.

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Documentary 

Tragically Hip fans: A multi-episode documentary is coming to Prime Video–eventually

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Documentary, Gord Downie, Mike Downie, Prime Video, Tragically Hip

Mike Downie (Gord’s brother) is currently working on a multi-part documentary on the Tragically Hip. There’s no title yet and

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Cool! 

Ghost released a 28-minute mockumentry. This is fun.

April 4, 2022April 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Ghost, Mockumentary

Ghost, the theatrical medieval metal band from Sweden, is probably the biggest rock band in the world not to have

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Movies Music History 

Here’s another trailer for the upcoming documentary on Lowest of the Low

April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Documentary, Lowest of the Low

Lowest of the Low was one of Toronto’s great indie bands of the 90s. They started with a tremendous amount

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Music News AJMT
Medical Mysteries of Music Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, March 1, 2022

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments a-ha, Cancon, Covid, Dave Grohl, Documentary, Snoop Dogg, Spotify, System of a Down, Twisted Sister, Vinyl, YouTube Music

I just read that the question mark is derived from a cat’s tail–as the cat is walking away. Is that

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Music History 

Want to help out with a documentary on Toronto’s Yorkville scene? Take a look at this.

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canada, Documentary, Toronto, Yorkville

For about two years, the Yorkville neighbourhood in Toronto had some of the most fertile musical grounds in the world.

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Music Industry 

There’s a new 12-part doc on record shops coming

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Record Shops, Record Store Day, Record Stores, UK

If you’re the kind of person who loves to root around in record shops, a new 12-part documentary entitled Behind

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Movies Music History 

Here’s a trailer for the upcoming documentary on Lowest of the Low

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Documentary, Lowest of the Low, Simon Head

There were fewer indie bands bigger than Toronto’s Lowest of the Low back in the 90s. At a time when

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Movies Music History 

Here’s the first clip of the new Led Zeppelin documentary

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Led Zeppelin

Getting Led Zeppelin to tell their own story has been an elusive thing with none of the members especially anxious

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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    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 […]
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    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 […]
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