Etymology Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ongoing History Daily: The origin of the term “Britpop”

Back in the middle 90s, the big buzzword in the UK was “Britpop.” This became an umbrella term for a

. [This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The English language has been evolving for centuries. Each year,

This email arrived from Susan over the holidays. “Is there a word for the sense of immense disappointment that occurs

When the word “punk” is thrown about today, chances are the conversations (a) a form of loud, fast alt-rock; or

As someone who churns out tens of thousands of words every week–emails, blog posts, business documents, tweets, radio scripts–I’ve developed

Some musical terms worth remembering: Earworm: A clip of a song running through your head on a seemingly endless loop.

[This is something I wrote for Nightflight.com. Go there for more interesting music articles from a wide variety of authors.

In order to make the complex comprehensible, humans are always looking to put things into nice, neat piles. Music, for

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