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Random music news for Tuesday, October 19, 2021

How would you like to have this guy sell your house? No thanks. I’d rather read music news for October

Happy Thanksgiving! (To American readers, yes, we have Thanksgiving, too. It’s just that we do it early and don’t make

Principal Kanye? Headmaster Kanye? Dean Kanye? We’re not sure. We do know the following about The Donda Academy: It’s named

Watching Squid Game on Netflix? There’s new merch. On to music news for October 5, 2021. Things are getting back

Helmet has canceled their headlining tour. They’ve got COVID concerns. Speaking of which, it looks like it could be a

Forget the current beef between Kanye and Drake. The real feud is between Kanye and Peppa Pig. Pitchfork didn’t think

Wanna buy a triceratops? Good news! Now some music news for September 3, 2021. At least four anti-vaxx American conservative

It’s called Ye, an AI program that’s supposed to mimic all things Kanye. I gave it a try. I did.

“Man dies after using adhesive instead of a condom during sex.” That was in Florida, of course. The rest of

This is the sort of thing that used to live just in my nightmares. Now it’s here. Ponder that as

It’s my parents’ anniversary today: 64 years. Wow. As for other things happening on August 3, 2021, here’s some music

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