Easter Eggs Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: Hidden tracks and Easter eggs

You have music you don’t know about and never asked for. And no, I’m not talking about a U2 album.

If you look at a vinyl record, there’s a gap between where the grooves end and the label begins. That

David Bowie has been gone since January 10 but he’s still managing to surprise his fans thanks to the carefully

One of the sad things about the decline of the CD is that we don’t see as many Easter eggs

I’m almost ready to declare the new puppy house trained. Yay! Name the only band to ever perform a concert

Back when CDs ruled, it became a thing for artists to hide tracks somewhere on the disc. These Easter eggs

You have to do more than watch closely, too. This video uses YouTube’s annotations feature to embed stuff within the

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