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RIP Mr. Chi Pig

The above image is from Ken Chinn’s AKA Mr. Chi Pig’s last-ever interview with BeatRoute Magazine, and pretty much says

It’s not every day a performer gets tossed from the bill at a music festival. Especially when it relates to

A while back Cameron Gordon’s Completely Ignored featured a post on Toronto music venues that no longer exist. The declining

I’ve been asked to speak about geeky music things at the Uptown + Downtown Music Festival in Edmonton on Thanksgiving

It was a Friday afternoon in 1987 when the skies over Edmonton turned ominously dark. Thunderstorms were moving through and

Canada’s a pretty big country, and getting music across the provinces – like, from one physical location to the other

Meat Loaf has not been 100% for a while with stories of health problems going back for years. Last night

The Foo Fighters continue to have a tremendous amount of fun on their North American tour by engaging their fans

This from an Edmonton band called NN. Damn, they mashed this up well. Could be my song of the week.

Behold the work of Travis Nesbitt (ex of Edmonton’s Social Code, now of SIINES) and singer-songwriter Russ Dawson. (Or was

Off to Edmonton today to speak on music geekery at Grant Macewan University in Edmonton. If you haven’t heard of

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