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

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