Dr. Dre Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Saturday, April 17, 2021

Got my first vaccine shot yesterday. Do your work, Bill Gates nanobots! You know where I am. Moving to music

If you want to kill some time this weekend, check out this Russian-made version of Lord of the Rings. It’s…quite

No. Just…no. Let’s begin the first day of autumn with music news for September 22, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: There

Give an alligator helium to chance its voice? Why not? Now that’s out of the way, here’s music news for

This is the creepiest website I’ve seen all week. Click at your peril. Now some music news for September 5,

Still on vacation staycation. Still haven’t accomplished much around the house–except for putting together music news for August 5, 2020.

The people over at Forbes love to track how much money celebrities make. Their latest list has to do with

It was 62 years ago today that the Russians freaked everyone out by launching the first Sputnik spacecraft. The space

Remember the Heaven’s Gate suicides? The bodies were discovered on this day in 1997. On a happier note. here’s some

On this day in 1973, Concorde made its first trip across the Atlantic. Forty-five years later, we’re actually traveling slower.

A court case initiated by Dr. Dre in 2015 against a gynecologist has been settled after a trademark court ruled

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver