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Random music news for Monday, July 12, 2021

Back to work after a short vacation. Things on these pages will be operating as normal for the next while.

If you’re not too baked, here’s music news for April 20, 2021. What does the summer concert season look like

Great. Now we’re on the CDC’s shit list. WHERE ARE OUR VACCINES? COME ON, GOVERNMENTS! Now that my rant is

If you like hot, spicy food, you might want to get this smartphone thing that measures the heat of chilis.

Give an alligator helium to chance its voice? Why not? Now that’s out of the way, here’s music news for

New survey from ‘Murica: Americans would rather give up sex and Netflix instead of their pickups. Moving on to music

Remember when the US Memorial Day Weekend used to be a big time for blockbuster movies? This has already been

Remember when we were excited to see Friday come along? But if you’re stuck inside, it’s just another day wearing

Wearing a face mask to keep from being sick but frustrated that your iPhone’s Face ID won’t work? Try this.

Fifty years ago today, the first permanent ARPANET (a forerunner to the internet) was established between UCLA and Stanford. And

The Cuban Missile Crisis began on this day in 1962. We don’t need another one of those, ever. Otherwise, how

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 […]
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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 […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver