Ice Cream Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The ice cream truck that offers only “metal and disappointment.”

The sounds of the ice cream truck are absent in my neighbourhood this year, probably due to the whole COVID-19

Queen Victoria has been dead since 1901, but we’re eternally grateful for this May holiday. She was actually born on

David Bowie died two years ago today. To commemorate that, this demo of “Let’s Dance” was released. And in more

There’s waaaaaaay too much music out there. No one can keep up with the flood of new releases, so we turn

Blur announced that The Magic Whip, their first album in more than a decade, will be out April 27. And

The Beatles’ last performance was held on this day in 1969 on the roof of Apple Records in London. Rush’s

Why don’t Larry and Adam have cool names like “Edge” and “Bono?” Good question. Let’s ask. Post by U2. Now

Item 1: Jack White’s Lazeratto debuted at #1 on the Canadian album charts with 14,000 units and in the US

Yes, it’s a solution in search of a problem, but anything involving ice cream can’t be all bad, can it?

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver
Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
Mark Silver