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Random music news for Thursday, May 26, 2022

Japan continues to lead the world in vending machine technology. And this site does pretty good for music news on

Worrisome news from Mars via Perseverance: Still no sign of Matt Damon. But there is music news for February 20,

Here’s one set of private diaries that I will definitely read. Meanwhile, in music news for September 26, 2020… Coronavirus

Life on Venus? Damn, I wish Bowie were here to write a song about it. Moving on to music news

Imagine seeing this at the grocery store. Hey, I laughed. Moving to music news for August 18, 2020, here’s what’s

It’s a tradition that goes back decades. Britons bet on which single will finish at #1 on the charts on

On this day in 1952, The New Musical Express published the first-ever UK singles chart. Fast-forwarding to November 14, 2018,

August already. And my parents are coming to visit for almost a week. This should be interesting. Here’s music news

At 76, Paul McCartney shows no sign of slowing down. He returned to Liverpool earlier this week for a visit

Every night at precisely 6:45, English Bull Terrier the Elder stares at me from the door leading to the garage.

Ugh. Snow. Lots of it. I say again: Ugh. Oh, and happy (merry?) Pi Day. And now, the music news…

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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