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Random music news for Saturday, May 8, 2021

Need a vacation? Maybe you can volunteer to see if cruises are safe again. Over to music news for May

Higher power/space station. Got it. And then there’s the whole alien language thing that goes with the video. (Scroll down

In the 2009 movie Moon, starring Sam Rockwell and directed by David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, there’s a robot named

I wonder what kind of week Donald Trump is going to have. He’s gotta be stressed. Meanwhile, here’s some music

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield started a thing when he took a guitar up to the International Space Station and began

Because it’s Monday, you’re probably looking to kill some time by watching this guy play Korn with, er, corn. Why

Boosting materiel into orbit is expensive, so nothing makes it onto a rocket that shouldn’t be there. Every extra gram

Well, I’m back in Singapore again, but you’d never know it looking out my hotel window. The smoke from Indonesian

You may remember the soprano from many West End and Broadway shows including Phantom of the Opera. And now she’s

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 […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver