Jamiroquai Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Friday, January 8, 2020

If you’re the kind of person who enjoys doomscrolling, take a look at this. If you can, move from that

Is Cyber Monday still a thing now that almost everyone has high-speed broadband? Chew on that while you browse through

[Note: 102.1 the Edge ran the wrong program last week. Listeners to the Edge will get the finale of the

Would someone please invite Melissa McCarthy back to SNL to do another Sean Spicer skit. Pleeeeaaasssse? And now, the music

Some really interesting stuff came across my desk this weekend, including an up-and-coming Canadian two-piece called Crown Lands. If you

It was on this day that the Beatles performed in public for the last time. It was a 42-minute rooftop

I have a new word that you need to incorporate into your vocabulary: kummerspeck. It’s German and refers to the

You may remember this music video from back in the 90s. That’s now been turned into this. Via AV Club.

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
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