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Judas Priest guitarist has mid-show aortic aneurysm, keeps playing, survives

One of the most serious cardio-vascular disasters that can happen to a person is to have your aorta rupture. When

A desktop quantum computer? Want! Moving to music news for September 29, 2021… Your debate question for today: Should R

First day of fall. Autumnal equinox. Still dark in the morning, darker earlier at night. Leaves are changing. Winter’s coming.

If you’re into metal, there’s no way you don’t have any Judas Priest in your collection. The Metal Gods are

Want to feel small and insignificant? Read this. Now come back to earth with music news for June 17, 2021.

It’s become a regular thing with me: What cover has Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox posted today? Well, if you’ve

Probably not a great story for a Monday, but hey, we need caffeine, right? (Via Walter) Moving now to music

If you don’t have enough to fret about, take a look at Satanist robots and vampire dolls. Got that? Then

Um, okay. (Via Tom)

There’s another health issue caused by COVID-19: cracked teeth. Let’s see what we have for music news for October 1,

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

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