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Random music news for Friday, March 4, 2022

It finally happened. I had an order of chicken wings and every single one on was the bad part (i.e.

The story of the vomited false teeth. You read that correctly. If that’s too much for you, skip directly ahead

A couple of times a year, someone puts together a list that estimates the revenues of musicians from the previous

This rare Apple computer just sold for US$400,000. Old tech can be worth big bucks. Let’s move over to music

Five hundred terabytes can be stored on this disc about the size of a toonie. Anyone want to calculate how

There are just some days when I really gotta scrape for some music news. October 4 is one of those

Are Zoom meetings making you so self-conscious that you’re running for the plastic surgeon? You’re not alone. Now take a

This is one weird looking animal. Now we’re off to music news for June 21, 2021. French police broke up

Want a pizza? Maybe you can use this thing. Take a look and then move on to music news for

We now have a list of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2021. The name I’m

SpaceX Starship go BOOM! Now some not-quite-as-explosive music news for March 5, 2021. Ian Brown of the Stone Roses is

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