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Random music news for Monday, May 25, 2020

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments A380, ABBA, Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys, Brian May, Elvis Presley, Grateful Dead, KISS, LXB, Madonna, Nikes

If hair salons don’t reopen soon, I’ll be back into ponytail territory for the time time in decades. This would

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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: A history of shock rockers

May 22, 2020May 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Arthur Brown, GG Allin, Iggy Pop, KISS, Marilyn Manson, Sex Pistols, Wendy O. Williams, White Stripes, White Zombie

[Time for the summer break and a chance for everyone to catch up on any OH shows you may have

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Random music news for Friday, May 15, 2020

May 15, 2020May 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chainsmokers, Coronavirus, Hollywood Bowl, Joy Division, KISS, Marilyn Manson, Peter Hook, Radiohead, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Zoom

Who’s excited for the long weekend? Anyone? Oh, right. We’ve been on a long weekend for nine weeks. Here’s music

Cool!

The show must go on, part 1: KISS cover band member’s hair catches fire. He keeps singing.

February 18, 2020February 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hairball, KISS

Bobby Jenson plays the Paul Stanley part in a KISS cover band called Hairball. During a recent show in Sioux

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Random music news for Wednesday, February 5, 2020

February 5, 2020February 4, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC-DC, Arkells, Bon Scott, Julian Lennon, KISS, Liam Gallagher, Linkin Park, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Podcasts, Radio, Smartphones

Other than Michael Jackson, which pop star likes to sleep in a hyperbaric chamber? This guy. On to other music

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Gene Simmons of KISS will try to succeed where so many others have failed: Staging a music festival in Canada. UPDATE: First acts announced.

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 Alan Cross 7 Comments Gene Simmons, KISS, Music Festivals, Titans of Rock

Staging a music festival in Canada is a hideously difficult thing. So many have tried and so many have failed.

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Ancient concert of KISS unearthed. This could could be the earliest footage in existence.

December 29, 2019December 29, 2019 Alan Cross 3 Comments KISS

Dangerous Minds found this bit of film featuring KISS performing in Queens, New York, on December 21, 1973. The venue

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Random music news for Saturday, November 16, 2019

November 16, 2019November 15, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britney Spears, Concert Tickets, Disney, Gowan, Jay Z, KISS, Michael Jackson, Neil Young, Osbournes, Simpsons, Styx, Twenty One Pilots, Vladimir Putin

Home from Asia after a 27 hour trip. Let the jetlag begin–but not before we tackle music news for November

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Random music news for Friday, November 8, 2019

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Boris Johnson, Canopy, Cars, Chanel West Coast, Drake, KISS, Michael Jackson, Noel Gallagher, OLO Radio, Paulina Porizkova, Ric Ocasek, Sharon Stone, Tori Amos

Gordon Ramsey turns 53 today. F**kin’ hell. Meanwhile, in music news for November 8, 2019… Looking to write a catchy

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Random music news for Monday, November 4, 2019

November 4, 2019November 3, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andrew Loog Oldham, Guitars, INXS, Kanye, Kirk Hammett, KISS, Metallica, Michael Hutchence., Prophets of Rage, Rage Against the Machine, Rolling Stones, TikTok, Violin

Feeling groggy and weird? Blame turning the clocks back. It’s time we got rid of DST, period. Meanwhile, in the

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Random music news for Thursday, October 31, 2019

October 31, 2019October 30, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Black Keys, George Michael, Kanye West, KISS, Podcasts, R. Kelly, Spotify, SWMRS, Thunderdome

Halloween, the night when disguised extortionists appear at my door demanding nutritionally-deficient foodstuffs with the full approval and endorsement of

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Dave Krikst in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 002 July 29, 2020
Dave Krikst (aka My Man D) is the creative mind behind many of the most memorable shareable off the court or ice moments in Canadian sports over the last 20 years. Throughout his career, starting early on with theScore television network and Rogers Media’s’ FAN 590, and then with Bell Media’s TSN, Dave has established […]
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Launch Day – The Backstage Project Podcast July 23, 2020
Welcome to the launch of The Backstage Project Podcast! I’m Mark Silver, and I’ll be your guide as we weave our way through the history, here and now, and future of the Canadian sports and entertainment landscape. The Backstage Project Podcast takes you on a journey into the sports and entertainment world. We focus on […]
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Rick Chisholm in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 001 July 11, 2020
In our premiere episode we are blessed to sit down with former Vice President of Programming and Production at TSN and Executive VP Broadcasting for Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, Rick Chisholm. We chat with Rick about the formation of TSN, the Vancouver and London Olympics and much much more. Have a listen. The post Rick […]
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