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Random music news for Friday, July 3, 2020

This sums things up perfectly. Don’t be a red shirt. (Via Laughing Squid) And now, music news for July 3,

September 11 is always a difficult date. It’s even more difficult when it falls on a Tuesday, just like it

Eurovision is the biggest and goofiest music competition in the Sagittarius arm of the galaxy. Forty-three nations hold competitions and

I still use cheques. I’ve ruined three already by dating them “2017.” This is a roundup of music news for

The decision to hold back a bunch of secret JFK assassination documents have me pissed. One theory I’ve heard (and

Warm? The coldest temperature ever recorded on the planet was on this day in 1983 at Vostok Station in Antarctica

Question: Will Donald Trump throw Donald Jr. under the bus over this whole Russia thing? And now, music news for

You’re reading this because of something that happened with ARPANET on this day in 1969. Continuing on, here’s some music

I’m writing this aboard EVA Air Flight 0035 somewhere above Alaska. Yes, it’s another music conference in the Far East.

So I’m London to see the Foo Fighters at Wembley Stadium. The problem is that the Foo Fighters aren’t and

As their governments lob rockets and bombs at each other, Israelis and Palestinians seek to express how they feel about

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
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