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

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 […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver