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Ongoing History Daily: An oral history of Seattle music

When grunge came along in the 90s, it changed rock music forever. Along with punk, it’s the still a driving

Over the last few days, I’ve seen a number of articles and videos published/posted by people very critical of the

In case you’ve forgotten, Kelsey Grammar’s Frasier Crane (from NBC’s Frasier, of course) was a stuffy psychologist who hosted a

We all know what “grunge” is right now. But did that word–“grunge”–ever come to describe a sound and musical movement?

When Eddie Vedder flew up to Seattle from San Diego to join the band in the fall of 1990, he

Today, many musicians are worried about the future impact of artificial intelligence. All kinds of work is being done with

This week’s question comes from a discussion I had with a radio fan who was wondering why Q107/Toronto–formerly a pure

If you’re a fan of grunge history, one album you should listen for is called Deep Six. This is a

SpaceX Starship go BOOM! Now some not-quite-as-explosive music news for March 5, 2021. Ian Brown of the Stone Roses is

Rick Beato has a fairly convincing argument. Take, for example, Live and Throwing Copper. “As the 90s progressed, Live basically

Attention, Batman fans. You could have purchased Batman #1 if you had this much money. You probably don’t, so let’s

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