Jukeboxes Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ongoing History Daily: Remembering jukeboxes, part 2

Last time we talked about the first jukebox installed in a saloon in San Francisco back in 1889. Eventually, amplifiers

There was a time when almost every restaurant, bar, bowling alley, and truck stop, had a jukebox. For a coin

Back in the 1930s when music charts first appeared, songs were ranked on not how many times they were played

I might not be writing this had it not been for a jukebox. Lemme explain. My first experience to a

As this show went into production, I was suffering from severe anxiety. Somewhere in the handoff between United and Air

The history of the jukebox–a machine in a public place that plays music in exchange for a coin or two–goes

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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