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Coldplay is really going to confuse some people with their new album

Coldplay is about to complete their transition from a British indie band to a full-on mainstream pop band with their

If you’re an REM fan, you’ll want this new demo reissue. Spotify will start auto-transcribing podcasts over the next few

Back on this day in 1962, the US banned Cuban cigars. They’re still banned, right? Moving to music news for

It was on this day in 1989 that things all went very, very wrong for the protestors in Tiananmen Square

No more Olympics. I feel a void. I’m filling it with music news for February 26, 2018. The #MeToo situation

I still use cheques. I’ve ruined three already by dating them “2017.” This is a roundup of music news for

In Edmonton today for a speaking thing and the Up and Downtown Festival. If you’re in the neighbourhood, drop in.

Still can’t find the right emoji to express your feelings? Then maybe you need Emojams, a new set of pictograms

The first emojis emerged in text-happy Japan as a way to economically express emotions, reactions and opinions. Today there are

A company called KeyLuminati has issued a full emoji keyboards featuring nothing but metal-related symbols. Available for just iOS at the moment,

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