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Random music news for Saturday, December 5, 2020

For reasons unknown, this earworm has been going through my head for a week. Think very carefully before you click

How did Aunt Jemima last this long? Buh-bye. And on the topic of extremists, we have John Cleese to explain

Yes, the iPhone gets most of the hype but Android rules the planet. This is easy to explain. While iOS

I have a couple of old iPod Classics lying around the house, uncharged and unused. But every once in a

Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) opened in San Jose today, which Apple uses as a platform to announce plans

I don’t know where you are in the world, but here in central Canada, spring is nowhere to be seen.

Today is the long trip home from Asia. Thanks to crossing to the dateline, April 6, 2018, will be about

Happy Pi Day! Celebrate by doing some math involving 3.14159265359. And in music news for March 14, 2018… This summer’s Warped

Fifty-five years ago today, country star Patsy Cline died in a plane crash. As for stuff making music news for March

Someone is doing a podcast with each show focusing on each episode of Friends, starting with the pilot. One question:

Anyone else miss Cassini? Now, some music news for September 19, 2017. Some U2 fans are proposing that September 25

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 […]
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