James Bond Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Here’s a not-so-quick history of James Bond theme songs.

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] This movie is late. Very late. If there hadn’t been a pandemic,

When a movie is successful, you can be sure that someone somewhere wants more. That’s when we get a sequel.

At 18, Billie became the youngest person to sing the theme in the nearly 60-year history of the James Bond

Anyone else see Daniel Craig on SNL this past weekend? He was really, really funny. (SNL has has been on

We now know that Billie Eilish has been selected to perform the title theme for the 25th installment of the

One day, we’ll turn on the news and not hear anything about Donald Trump. One day… Meanwhile, here’s music news

On this day in 1977, the first GPS signal was broadcast from a satellite. It was a 100% military thing

This could be the last day of any kind of workplace productivity of the year–except if you’re in retail or

It was on this day in 2014 that HR Giger, creator of the xenomorph in the Alien movies, died. And

Let’s say for a second that Radiohead’s “SPECTRE,” the Bond rejected in favour of something by Sam Smith, had instead

There was a rumour that the producers of the James Bond films had asked Radiohead to write a theme for

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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 […]
Mark Silver