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Random music news for Friday, November 13, 2020

Paraskevidekatriaphobia. Look it up. Here’s a hint: music news for Friday, November 13. Coronavirus update: The Lockdown Awards? I guess

It’s to the point where I want to stand on the border and yell into the US “GET IT TOGETHER,

U2 was in Tokyo on the Joshua Tree 30 tour when The Edge ran into a typically high-tech Japanese toilet.

Twenty-one years ago today, Google was founded. How long did it take before “google” became a verb? Moving on to

Mascots–yuru-chara–are a big thing in Japan, so big that Last Week Tonight‘s John Oliver also has a big thing about

On this day in 1993, Intel released the first Pentium chips, the first of the new x86 series. They had

Japan is a strange, strange place. Here’s more proof. (Via Danny)

Happy 57th birthday, Axl Rose. And now for music news on February 6, 2019. A Foo Fighter got hurt and

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

Japan loves its mascots, especially when they compete in a dance-off. Not weird at all. Nope. https://youtu.be/ezJFq-TEr-Y

One more great German word we need to have in English: verschlimmbessern. That’s when you make something worse by trying

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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