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Random music news for Thursday, August 5, 2021

Well, this just made the prospect of dating more interesting–and terrifying. Distract yourself from that by browsing through music news

So we’re getting a new Star Trek film after all! Good. Now some music news for July 17, 2021. RIP

Last I heard, “Don’t Top Believin’” is the biggest-selling digital track in history on iTunes. However, it might have not

Three? Oh, dear. Will all of them, you know, work? Think about that as you browse music news for April

When Journey released “Don’t Stop Believin’” on the Escape album back in 1981, it was a decent-sized hitting the Top

In case you missed it, Dawn Wells–Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island–died this week at the age of 82. COVID. On

If you haven’t heard of Paula White-Cain, she’s a pastor/preacher who once called for “satanic pregnancies” (whatever those are) to

Music Producer Rob Wells drops by Studio 3B to talk about his crowdsourced version of a classic Journey hit by

If you’re of a certain age, you might have owned an Atari 2600 like this. In 1982, Atari was hot,

Yesterday was the 80th birthday of the synthesizing of LSD. Insert quip about the drug’s long, strange trip [here]. As

When someone in the mailroom of The Duke Energy Building looked at the package, it seemed…suspicious. A rectangular shape could

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