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Fender has just re-released a Kurt Cobain signature guitar

With all the hoopla surrounding the 30th-anniversary release of Nirvana’s Nevermind, Fender has decided to re-issue its Kurt Cobain signature

Two interesting things about Nirvana that you perhaps did not know. First of all, Kurt Cobain met Krist Novoselic through

The Mother of All Cannabinoids: Weird how we were told for decades that they were bad for us. Now let’s

Love wrestling? Then you’ll love this 52-page wrestling romance comic. It’s very sweary, too. Now for some music news for

On this day in 1991, Nirvana’s Nevermind, BloodSugarSexMagick, and Badmotorfinger from Soundgarden were all released. Yes, on the same day.

In January 1994, flush with money from the sales of Nevermind, Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love plunked down US$1.48 million

If you’ve always thought that the Foo Fighters song “Everlong” was about Kurt Cobain and his various addictions, that’s not

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

People are always looking to a higher power in order to bring meaning to their lives. For a while back

Alan Robert, bass player with Life of Agony, has a new colouring book coming next month. Beauty of Horror 5:

Remember the story of the Singaporean journalist who got Kurt Cobain to scribble her a self-portrait back in 1991? That

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