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Here’s something festive: A new video for the Flaming Lips’ “A Change at Christmas”

Yes, the song was originally released in 2003, but Coyne and Co. thought it needed a new video.

Two kangaroos walked into a pub. One spilled the other’s pint. That’s when this happened. And with that, here’s music

With touring out of the question for the foreseeable future, the Flaming Lips decided to draw on their experience using

Want to be turned into an evil doll for Halloween? Try this site. Once you do that, come on back

Two weeks until the US presidential election. And wouldn’t you know it, but this could happen the day before. So

Skull cakes? Kinda cool, actually. As for music news on Thursday, October 15… Coronavirus update 1: Remember that no social

It’ll be some time before we feel comfortable going back to gigs in the way we used to. Until then,

In September 1977, a still reasonably coked-out David Bowie was invited by Bing Crosby to appear on his annual Christmas

There’s something fun and satisfying about learning to play one of your favourite songs for yourself: learning the lyrics, figuring

Tom Brady is 41 today. Retire, already. And in music news for August 3, 2018… Apple hit $1 TRILLION in

I’ve heard from a number of people that the current Broadway production based on Spongebob Squarepants is a real hit

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver