Duran Duran Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Muse offers up a studio version of their Duran Duran cover

Back in September, Muse appeared on a French TV show called Taratata during which they decided it would be fun

There’s a French music show called Taratata. When Muse was promoting the release of Simulation Theory, they made an appearance

There are two Friday the 13ths this year. Here’s the second of them. Paraskevidekatriaphobics can rest easy for the rest

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

School’s out! Only 65-ish days until the first day of school! And now music news for Friday, June 29, 2018.

Imagine, for a moment, that awareness of sexual misdeeds and harassment had hit the music industry in the 60s, 70s

Today everything about music is digital (outside of us vinyl anoraks, of course) but 20 years ago it was the

Happy 22nd birthday, Playstation! And it was 24 years ago today that the first text message was sent. And now, the

Just remember that if you hear anything about Tool today, it’s probably fake. They love to pull April Fool’s pranks.

Is this the last week of July? Already? Here’s some music news to start the week. Bobbi Kristina Brown died

On this date in 1971, President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs. How’s that going, by the way? The

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
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