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Random music news for Monday, September 3, 2018

Labour Day. I plan to do no labour at all today–except maybe a little reporting on the music news for

This is the 45th anniversary of the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game. And in music news

God bless the British, a people who will on anything. For decades, many millions of quid have been laid down

Malcolm Young, brother of Angus and a co-founder of AC/DC, has died at the age of 64. He’d retired from

Thanks to everyone who offered up home remedies for kidney stones. So far, so good. John Lennon’s iconic spectacles are

This is one of the slowest music news week of the year. Blame American Thanksgiving. There will be a revealing

This comes via Loudwire.

Part of the source code for the rumours surrounding AC/DC’s imminent retirement–rumours the band has denied–involves the health of rhythm

The rumours began with a report out of a Perth radio station which was based on some kind of anonymous

There are all kinds of rumours coming out of Australia today regarding a “sad detail” with AC/DC’s future. While the

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