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Random music news for Monday, June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Elvis Costello, raves

The Raptors could will take it all tonight. Then the city/province/country will lose its collective mind. Ponder that as we

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Random music news for Tuesday, November 6, 2018

November 6, 2018November 5, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Watch, Diddy, Donald Trump, Douchebag Strategist, Elvis Costello, Podcasts, Rihanna, Russia, Spice Girls, Spotify

On this day in 1947, Meet the Press debuted on TV. It’s still on, making it the longest-running TV show

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Random music news for Monday, September 24, 2018

September 24, 2018September 23, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Breaking Bad, Death Metal, Drummers, Elton John, Elvis Costello, HBO, Joy Division, Lamb of God, Mariah Carey, MUMFORD AND SONS, Panic!, Rihanna, Ticketmaster, Toto, Trent Reznor

Winging home from Las Vegas today, so an entire day is lost to travel. But before I boarded my Air Canada

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Elvis Costello battling “very aggressive” cancer

July 6, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cancer, Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello has apologized for canceling a European tour, but I think we can all forgive him because he revealed

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Random Music News for Friday, December 8, 2017

December 8, 2017December 7, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments All I Want for Christmas Is You, Deezer, Elvis Costello, Japan, Jimi Hendrix, Las Vegas, Mariah Carey, Racism, Saudi Arabia

Here’s a fun game to play: Predict the next goofy/dangerous/reckless/unnecessary thing Donald Trump will do to piss off the rest

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Pseudonyms of Musicians and Their Origins

September 23, 2017September 22, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Francis, Bono, Clash, Edge, Elvis Costello, Germa, Iggy Pop, Jack White, Joe Strummer, johnny Rotten, Moby, Nirvana, Pat Smear, PIxies, Rob Zombie, Sex Pistols, U2, White Stripes

[Another assignment from the current intern-in-resident, Dorothy Lee. What are the stories behind some rock’n’roll stage names?- AC] 1. Black

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Honouring Cohen with a “Tower of Song”

September 18, 2017 Amber Healy 0 Comments Adam Cohen, Elvis Costello, Feist, kd lang, Leonard Cohen, Montreal, Sting, Tower of Song

Leonard Cohen’s family will celebrate his life in Montreal in November, with some of the biggest names in music performing

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Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music Encore Presentation: If That’s Your REAL Name…

July 7, 2017July 9, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1000 Homo DJs, Coldplay, Cure, Dukes of Stratosphere, Elvis Costello, Foxboro Hot Tubs, Green Day, Huey Lewis, The Nappies, The Network, The Passengers, Trent Reznor, U2, XTC

Every once in a while you’ll run across an author who releases a novel under a different name. Stephen King

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Music History Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music Encore Presentation: 10 Terrible Career Moves

June 23, 2017June 25, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bad Career Moves, Chris Cornell, Clash, Dee Dee Ramone, Elvis Costello, Hacienda, Happy Mondays, Lou Reed, New Order, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Sinead O'Connor

Ah, the career-limiting move. Coming to work drunk or high. The use of the “reply all” button at an inappropriate

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Random Music News for Monday, September 26, 2016

September 26, 2016September 26, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Allmusic.com, Amazon, Backstreet Boys, Bill Nunn, Bon Iver, Calgary Stampeders, Do the Right Thing, Donald Trump, Echo, EDM, Elvis Costello, Insane Clown Posse, iPhone 7, Jann Wenner, Justin Bieber, Las Vegas, Mengele, Mozart, Mylan Hicks, Radio Raheem, Rolling Stone, Siri, Spike Lee

Is Blac Chyna good for Rob Kardashian? Hint: No f**ks will ever be given by me about this one. And

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Random Music News for Thursday, March 31, 2016

March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brad Pitt, Elvis Costello, Empire, Five Finger Death Punch, Fox, Guns 'N Roses, Melissa Etheridge, Motorhead, Sonita Alizadeh, Spotify, Steve Adler

On this day in 1949, Newfoundland became Canada’s tenth province. Now, in music news… Spotify has raised another $1 billion

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Dave Krikst in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 002 July 29, 2020
Dave Krikst (aka My Man D) is the creative mind behind many of the most memorable shareable off the court or ice moments in Canadian sports over the last 20 years. Throughout his career, starting early on with theScore television network and Rogers Media’s’ FAN 590, and then with Bell Media’s TSN, Dave has established […]
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Launch Day – The Backstage Project Podcast July 23, 2020
Welcome to the launch of The Backstage Project Podcast! I’m Mark Silver, and I’ll be your guide as we weave our way through the history, here and now, and future of the Canadian sports and entertainment landscape. The Backstage Project Podcast takes you on a journey into the sports and entertainment world. We focus on […]
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Rick Chisholm in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 001 July 11, 2020
In our premiere episode we are blessed to sit down with former Vice President of Programming and Production at TSN and Executive VP Broadcasting for Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, Rick Chisholm. We chat with Rick about the formation of TSN, the Vancouver and London Olympics and much much more. Have a listen. The post Rick […]
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