ELP Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Someone’s gonna make a sci-fi movie out of this song? Apparently so.

One of the highlights of Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s 1973 album, Brain Salad Surgery is “Karn Evil #9.” The part

That church down the street is gearing up for vacation bible school. That’s a sure sign that we’re deep into

Greg Lake, the vocalist for Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has passed away after a long bout of cancer. It was

Oh, 2016. You keep taking away our rock’n’roll legends. In just the last couple of days, you’ve taken Beatles producer

Okay, stop you’re grade 8 snickering, I’m talking the musical instrument organ, not what ever you might be laughing at.

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver