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The Foo Fighters cancel a big LA show because of COVID

The Foo Fighters‘ show at the Forum in Los Angeles Saturday night was supposed to be a big post-COVID celebration

Canadian Thanksgiving. I get that. But why is Columbus Day still a thing? Think about that while you browse through

I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near Los Angeles these days, even if Dave Grohl has started his own BBQ

Well, that’s quite a way to open your set at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre! Arcade Fire performed Funeral in full

Chad Kroeger (no, not that one) recently appeared before LA City Council. Please, please, please let this guy be the

As part of the launch for The Joshua Tree, U2 set up on the roof of a liquor store at

We’re deep in the midst of Awards Season, which covers ever many of music, movies, TV and whatever other fields

Diffuser found this short doc called The New Wave, which dealt with punk and the nascent New Wave scene in

And here’s how the LA KISS was born, kids. The home opener is April 5. (From AdWeek via Rupinder)

If you’ve taken the obligatory cruise down Sunset in LA, you’ve probably seen the Whiskey a Go Go. It was

Filmmaker Dave Markey discovered this lost footage of Nirvana’s final LA gig which took place at the Great Western Forum

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