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This altered album from Alvin and the Chipmunks is the sludgey Goth album I’d been looking for

Alvin and the Chipmunks were invented by Ross Bagdasarian back in 1958 as a novelty record. They’ve been around ever

You’re going to church on Sunday, right? No? Maybe you’re just part of the wrong congregation. Let’s look at the

Schmooze, the elder English bull terrier is now 13. She’s a little hung over from the party but otherwise fine.

On April 10, 1815, a volcano erupted in the central part of the Indonesian archipelago. Mount Tambora blew up, ejecting

Have you ever wondered where the term “goth” came from? Most people assume that it was derived from the term

Well, that wasn’t very Christian of him, was it? The backstory: After an apparently previous encounter, our Goth hero goes

Someone noticed that if you take a video of bats–actual bats–hanging about in their cage and flip the perspective upside

Thanks. I needed to know that. Over to music news for August 4, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: Gamify the pandemic

It’s the future. Time for the first roundup of music news of the new decade. Here’s a list of all

Why does a salad seem taste better when someone else makes it? Just wondering. Meanwhile, here’s what I have for

Officially back at work after a two-week hiatus, although after the US Thanksgiving weekend, it’s going to take some time

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
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