Liz Phair Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Liz Phair may be the first artist to record a song using Twitter’s brand new audio tweet feature

In what may be a very good or very bad idea, Twitter is rolling out “audio tweets,” a chance to

My hair has turned into a reverse mullet with all the party at the front. Soon I may have no

It was on this day in 1956 that Elvis appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. Fast-forward

In a less-enlightened time, women were barely tolerated by the rock’n’roll establishment. They could sing, maybe shake a tambourine and

If you pay attention to long-term cyclical trends in music, you could have predicted this was going to happen. When

My beloved Saeco coffee machine gave up the ghost this morning after almost two decades of faithful service. It’s so

The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
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Creating An Entertainment Culture – Jeremy Cammy In Conversation With Tbp Podcast Ep 009 October 27, 2020
Thinking back, pre-covid, did you consider that visit to your local big-box bookstore an entertainment experience? For those lucky enough to attend a book signing or celebrity talk, you’re even more aware of the lasting impact that encounter had on your deep connection to the store’s brand. For Canadian retailer Indigo, at the centre of […]
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