Jack Black Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Children Will Rise Up: Tom Morrello and kids

Let’s be clear on the billing. This song is by Nandi Bushell, Roman Morrello, his dad Tom, Greta Thunberg, and

Tenacious D‘s Kyle Gass is firmly on the side of vaccinations. This new video–his Ramones spoof–features John C. Reilly, Samantha

That headline pretty much says it all. You’re welcome. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jack Black

“Challenge accepted?” Oh, dear. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jack Black (@jackblack)

It was on this day in 1965 that A Charlie Brown Christmas aired for the first time. Meanwhile, in music

I’m one of those people who might need therapy with the end of Game of Thrones (seriously; it’s a real

Not only Tenacious D’s new album, Post-Apocalypto, arrive Friday, but there’s also an animated YouTube series that starts the same

Back in the home office after two weeks in the Far East. Better get started on my Xmas shopping, huh?

Been watching the reboot of The Gong Show with its heavily made-up host, Mike Myers? The show recently featured a

Happy 7th birthday, iPad! And now, the music news… Over the weekend, Bob Dylan finally picked up his Nobel Prize,

There were a whole slew of notable Twitter hacks over the weekend. Let’s clear this up. 1.Jack Black is NOT

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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