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Unless you shopped for music gear in New York City back in the day, you probably have never heard of

It’s Cyber Monday. But given that so many of us are in lockdown anyway, is that even a thing this

Whenever there’s a survey on the greatest guitar riffs of all time, “Layla” from Derek and the Dominos one-and-only album

Today is the 11th birthday of the Android operating system. And as for music news on November 5, 2018… The

And how was our first weekend with legal weed? In any shape to look at music news for October 22,

It was another full day with our guide Lee on our private mini-bus as our group continued its tour of

My friend in Singapore WhatsApp’d me to say that the nighttime temperature has fallen to 24 degrees. “We’re wearing LAYERS, dude!”

If you’ve been following along with the various chapters in this story you will notice that I have a rule

Now on the ground in Singapore after some 23 hours in transit. And there’s plenty of music news to report

Eric Clapton has had a ton of albums released. According to my research, he’s released approximately 20 solo albums. That’s

The Wife has me scheduled to do all kinds of flower planting this weekend. Lovely. And now, the music news

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