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Random music news for Thursday, January 27, 2022

These are the cities most obsessed with Pornhub. You’re welcome. Moving to music news for January 27, 2022… RIP Andy

Whatever Pete Davidson has, I want some of it. What’s the dude’s secret? Ponder that as we go through music

Need a vacation? Maybe you can volunteer to see if cruises are safe again. Over to music news for May

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

Is it “Happy Martin Luther King Day” or “Merry Martin Luther King Day?” I can never remember. Never mind. Let’s

It was on this day in 1989 that things all went very, very wrong for the protestors in Tiananmen Square

At the end of it all, the Smiths were a five-piece unit: Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce and

Billboard takes a good look at this classic, and final, Smith’s release. That includes the differing views of the band’s

When concert promoters go to sleep, they dream of a short list of reunions they’d like to see. Led Zeppelin.

Readers still reverberating from seeing Iggy Pop this spring as part of his Post Pop Depression tour will soon have

Note to people in the Toronto area: notice how those “temporary” HOV signs are installed in sturdy wood poles? Don’t

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