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Random music news for Wednesday, September 14, 2022

When Starbucks gets into NFTs, you know we’ve reached an odd place. As for music news for September 14, 2022…

A suggestion for King Charles III: Declare that all shampoo and conditioner bottles must be transparent so we can all

Labour Day Weekend already? There must be a mistake. How can summer be over? Distract yourself from that fact with

There’s a new survey by the Pew Research Centre into how American teens use social media. The music industry would

Sermons gone wrong. Music news done right for July 26, 2022. Eddie Vedder’s voice is back. He’s recovered after damaging

Why would a robot dog with a machine gun bother anyone? Oh, right. More indications of the dystopian future ahead.

Why does this groundbreaking sex robot speak with a Glasgow accent? Ponder that as we look at music news for

Imagine if this was your mom. Now that image is in your head, this is music news for February 7,

Nice to be quoted by American rapper Talib Kweli on Instagram. He used me to bolster his argument about record

It’s American Thanksgiving so music news is a little hard to come by. But I have found a few things

This rare Apple computer just sold for US$400,000. Old tech can be worth big bucks. Let’s move over to music

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 […]
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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 […]
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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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