Lord of the Rings Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Saturday, April 10, 2021

If you want to kill some time this weekend, check out this Russian-made version of Lord of the Rings. It’s…quite

The first book in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series was published on this day in 1979. And for

If you can’t be without your music even as you’re engaging in Lord of the Rings cosplay, maybe you need

As of today, my parents have been married for 60 years. Give them a Diamond Award! And now, the music

Game of Thrones vs. Lord of the Rings. Who will reign supreme?

Good news! We’ve made to through January! Bad news! This February has 29 days. And now, the music news. Wait:David

Michael was very ill this week–a chest cold–and was self-medicating with a combination of dirty martinis and decongestants (do NOT

Notice how it took about three days after Halloween for the Christmas commercials to start and for Starbucks to launch

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver
Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
Mark Silver