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Ongoing History Daily: Climate change, a bug, and guitars

For decades, one of the best woods for making electric guitars has been ash. Not only has it been plentiful

I wonder if this cat landed on his feet? I’ll try to find out while you look at music news

How confident is the UK government that they’ve got the pandemic under control? They’ve approved casual sex. Transitioning now to

Every electric guitar player I know is infatuated with their effects pedals. And why not? Guitar pedals devices can turn

Can you give your cat COVID? Apparently so. Careful with kitty, okay? On to music news for April 27, 2021.

The description on this video says that this is “the world’s first-ever historically accurate musical comedy… about guitar.” All right.

Guitarists love their effects pedals, but no one is into this more than Rob Scallon. He decided to see how

I gotta see this new Britney Spears documentary. It just has to become available in Canada first. Oh, and she’s

Today’s Groundhog Day? So what? The last year has been nothing but Groundhog Days. And there are still a lot

Fun fact (via Sean): Magicians have been sawing women in half for a hundred years now. Who knew? Now educate

Rick Beato’s YouTube series does a great job of deconstructing music, right down to drum sounds and guitar tones. In

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