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Rock (and Italy) rules at Eurovision 2021. And the Italian band may have snorted coke on live TV. (Update: They didn’t.)

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2021, Eurovision, Italy, Måneskin

Eurovision, the ultra-weird international song competition that consumes a couple of continents every spring, concluded last night (May 22) with

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Random music news for Tuesday, May 26, 2020

May 26, 2020May 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brian May, CKLW, Concerts, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Elon Musk, Grimes, Italy, Music Magazines, Nightclubs, Sting

Coronavirus update 1: Concerts will resume in Italy on June 15. Coronavirus update 2: British music magazines–the best on the

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Quarantined Italians sing “War Pigs” together

March 19, 2020March 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Coronavirus, Italy

These balcony singalongs are getting better and better. (Via Tom)

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Serenading Italians with SLAYER from a balcony.

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coronavirus, Italy, Slayer

By now, you’ve probably seen video of locked-down Italians singing together from the balconies of their apartments. That’s wonderfully uplifting

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The Foo Fighters Repay That Italian Town Who Turned Out to Perform “Learn to Fly”

November 5, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cesena, Foo Fighters, Italy, Rockin' 1000

Earlier this year, a thousand Foo Fighters fans turned out to perform “Learn to Fly” in an effort to lure

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Dave Grohl Responds to the Italian #Rockin1000

July 31, 2015August 1, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments #Rockin1000, Cesena, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Italy

You’ve probably heard by now that a thousand musicians gathered in Cesena, Italy, to perform “Learn to Fly” in hopes

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1,000 Musicians Play the Foo Fighters

July 30, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments Cesena, Fans, Foo Fighters, Italy

The good people of Cesena, Italy, would really appreciate a visit from the Foo Fighters. To show how much they’d

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I Like This: Polar Station

March 17, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Italy, Polar Station

Interesting sounding band from Italy. Thanks to Keith for the link. Hear more of their stuff on Soundcloud. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/194619802″

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Out of the Mouth of a Nun Comes This

March 30, 2014March 30, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Italy, Nun, The Voice

When a nun showed up as a contestant on the Italian version of The Voice, no one expected this to

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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