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Fascinating: 7 of YouTube’s top 10 music artists are from India

With over a billion people and its robust Bollywood industry, India is one of the great music markets on the

It’s been a productive holiday season. I’ve done little more than watch a House marathon on TV. I’m now convinced

It took more than 800 singers running through somewhere north of 9,000 songs, but organizers of a karaoke singing marathon

Metal is the most universal form of rock’n’roll, reaching into every corner of the planet. When it takes root, it

If you’re into computers and don’t know about the Sinclair ZX81 (which was launched on this day in 1981), look

It was on this day in October 1970 when Pierre Trudeau enacted the War Measures Act. It was a scary

Were Freddie Mercury still alive, he would have turned 72 today. And in music news for September 5, 2018… Canadian

Today would have been Michael Jackson’s 60th birthday. And in music news for August 29, 2018, there’s quite a bit

The Kiki Challenge continues unabated around the planet, showing that humanity will always love a good dance craze. In today’s

You know that a dance craze is out of control when you see something like this. A couple of Indian

I had my windows professionally washed the other day. They looked great for four hours. Then a flock of Canada geese

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver