Lego Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

LEGO has teamed up with the Rolling Stones to do this

With the Rolling Stones celebrating their 60th anniversary, LEGO has created this special set: a 1,998 piece thing that, when

A metal bassist stopped a possible mass shooting at a gig in Boise, Idaho. He got shot for his troubles,

Summer’s over. Get back to work/school. The day after Labour Day is always rough. Maybe distract yourself for a second

You know those blue light blocking nighttime modes on devices that are supposed to help you sleep? Yeah, about them…

If you’ve finished Spotify and still haven’t found something avant-garde enough for your chill-out sessions, let me direct you to

This might give you some kind of hope when it comes to what was apparently a hopeless situation. Once you

This just goes to prove that you can do anything with Logo. You can read the entire story behind this

Okay, okay. We’ll restart the show. After an 18-month-ish hiatus and much whingeing by the general public, Michael Hainsworth and

The first-ever mobile cellular network was launched in the US on this day in 1983. Phones were the size of

Today is all about the Zika virus. Forty years ago today, we heard about the swine flu epidemic. The most

Second day in Australia. Still refusing to try Vegemite. This doesn’t bode well for Ontario finally having a place to

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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