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Ongoing History Daily: Try to imagine The Ramones’ first gig. It went down like this.

On March 30, 1974, a new band called The Ramones played their first gig. It was at a place called

In the late 90s, I was working on a book on alt-rock. As we got closer to the publication date,

The human body can be both very strong and very fragile. Given its complexity, it generally works pretty well. But

And some point, we will all travel into the light and slip the bonds of this mortal coil. Hopefully, it

Big BBQ at my place tonight. Stand back. I’ll cook. No, really. Stand back! And now, music news for June 23,

One day in 1503, Leonardo Da Vinci started on a portrait that would be known as the Mona Lisa. What

Long before Drew Carey began begging for us to have our pets spayed or neutered on the Price Is Right,

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Back to work. Back to school. Back to…pumpkin spice lattes? Really, Starbucks? So soon? And now, some music news. Bono

If you go to a particular corner in New York City and look up, you’ll see this. The sign is

If you’re not Record Store Daying it, here’s some stuff to surf. The South Korean ferry disaster has the country’s

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