Haiti Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Arcade Fire’s Win Butler Has Something to Say About Donald Trump Referring to Haiti as a “Shithole Country”

Win Butler, along with his wife and bandmate, Regine Chassange, the descendant of Haitian immigrants, has something to say about

I think you get the gist from the title. Here’s a band that has always things the wrong (i.e. unconventional

Donkey Kong first showed up on this day in 1981. It featured a character named Mario, of course. Interesting theory:

On this day in 1949, EDSAC, the first digital(ish) computer ran its first program. Duran Duran anti-wrinkle cream: just £4,000. Seriously.

Happy birthday, Mike Patton. You’re 47. Pras of the Fugees wants to get a diaper-wearing pop star elected president of

Sean Penn held his third annual Help Haiti event at the Montage Hotel in LA on Saturday night. And who

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
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 […]
Mark Silver