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Random music news for Friday, July 17, 2020

July 17, 2020July 16, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Britney Spears, COVID-19, Dan Reynold, Drive-In Concerts, Facebook, Imagine Dragons, Kanye West, Live Nation, Podcasts, Sony, Spotify, Twitter, Zoom

Wednesday’s Twitter hack could be worse that we thought. Add that to the pile of crap that is 2020. Let’s

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Friday’s Spotify crash was caused by…Facebook?

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Facebook, SDK, Spotify

There was panic Friday when Spotify and a few other big-traffic websites crashed and experienced problems. Naturally, initial thoughts were

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Random music news for Friday, June 19, 2020

June 19, 2020June 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Facebook, Gwyneth Paltrow, Live Nation, Matthew Wilder, Miley Cyrus, Music Festivals, New Zealand, Streaming, Supercrawl, Urban Music, Woodstock

Before we begin, here’s a tutorial on farts. Oh, and Gwyneth Paltrow has a new scented candle. And yes, it’s

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Random music news for Wednesday, May 20, 2020

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Coronavirus, Dropkick Murpys, Ed Sheeran, Facebook, Fall Out Boy, Glastonbury, Green Day, Hella Mega Tour, Joy Division, Travis McCready, Trump, Weezer

Coronavirus update 1: Almost 150 British music venues have been saved from closure by some last-second donations. Coronavirus update 2:

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Random music news for Tuesday, May 19, 2020

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arkansas, Billboard, Bruce Dickinson, Ed Sheeran, Facebook, Faith No More, Gliphy, Iron Maiden, Live Nation, Metallica, Radio, Reeperbahn, Roddy Bottum, Tekashi 6ix9ine, Texas Rangers, Vera Lynn

Schmooze, the elder English bull terrier, turns 12 today. What a sweetheart. And moving to music news for May 19,

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Random music news for Friday, May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Apple Podcasts, Brampton, Britney Spears, Deezer, Eminem, Facebook, Gene Simmons, livestreaming, Memes, Nadine Shah, Spotify, Streaming, TikTok

Here’s something everyone can use: The four SECOND workout! Get that in before you check out music news for May

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Random music news for Tuesday, April 28, 2020

April 28, 2020April 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Baseball, Beyonce, Clubhouse, Facebook, George Harrison, Jack Dorsey, Lego, Merch, Universal, Yoshiki

This might give you some kind of hope when it comes to what was apparently a hopeless situation. Once you

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Random music news for Thursday, April 23, 2020

April 23, 2020April 22, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bee Gees, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Edmonton Folk Festival, Facebook, Google, Loop Production, Songwriting, Star Wars, Streaming

This guy was protesting against the coronavirus lockdown policies. Wow. Just…wow. I have to agree with the #maga hoard and

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Random music news for Wednesday, March 11, 2020

March 11, 2020March 10, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments a-ha, Black Sabbath, Brain.FM, Chester Bennington, Denmark, Facebook, Michael Bolton, Neil Young, Simple Minds, SXSW, Tidal

This infamous orgy club–i.e. a place where people gather to have sex with strangers–doesn’t seem worried about the coronavirus. Ew.

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Random music news for Saturday, February 29, 2020

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, BTS, Coronavirus, Facebook, Green Day, Netflix, Oasis, Podcasts, RZA, SiriusXM, SXSW, Wheat Sheaf, Wu Tang

Look at it this way: Get past today and we won’t have to deal with another extra-long February until 2024.

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Random music news for Friday, February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020February 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bernie Sanders, Britney Spears, Facebook, Jay Z, Killer Whales, Metalliac, Music Fingers, Parrots, Public Enemy, StubHub, Sumeria, Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster

That’s one tiny moon. Here’s what I have for music news for February 28, 2020. Coronavirus update: Facebook has canceled

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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 […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver
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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