Loud Music Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

If you’ve been to a loud concert, don’t drink coffee the following morning.

You’re back at home after attending an amazing live gig. You try to sleep but you can’t. The music was

The sky is blue. The sun rises in the east. My bull terriers think they’re lap dogs. These are undeniable

The first-ever mobile cellular network was launched in the US on this day in 1983. Phones were the size of

Rupinder, a guy who’s always on the lookout for stories where music and medicine intersect, sent me this article from

Last week, a post called “A Serious Question: Where Are All the Angry Rock Songs?” created quite a passionate discussion

According to some outfit called Healthista, loud music might be making you fat. They point out things around the house

Now that Ebola seems to be fading, the World Health Organization, being the “this-is-bad-for-you” busybodies that it is (and often

Earlier this week, the US government opened up its files on how various agencies have used torture to excise information

The deal was that Wyatt Schrepfer had to do the lawn at his parents’ house in Trinidad, Colorado. This kind

Usually hearing damaged is caused by hard rock and metal bands who insist on turning the amps beyond 11. (KISS

Eighteen year-old Thomas Alcock of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire loves music. But out of the 200-ish CDs that he owns,

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