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Random music news for Monday, October 14, 2019

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

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
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