Manchester Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Who wants to join me for a rock tour of Manchester and Liverpool this spring? Here are all the details.

Back in 2018, I led a week-long tour of rock’n’roll landmarks through London. We visited everything from Abbey Road to

The trouble with trying to follow the goings-on of the Trump administration is that as soon as new salacious allegations

Can you imagine if Jack White were paid royalties every time a soccer crowd chanted “Seven Nation Army?” (He gets

Jet lag is real. I’m still so dizzy from the time change (12 time zones!) that I’m not even sure

Most of us will (hopefully) never have to endure a gig where there’s a shooting, a bombing or some other

Oasis’ “Don’t Look Back in Anger” has become an anthem for the city of Manchester in the months following the

I can’t seem to get the theme song of Curb Your Enthusiasm out of my head. And now you can’t

Dammit, Microsoft! You updated Skype and now I have to update a bunch of other stuff to make it work

Notice how more people are referring to Donald Trump as “45” instead of “President Trump?” No? Watch for it. And

This is a weird day for business. In Canada, it’s a long weekend. In the US, it’s a gap day

Which is the most depressing show on TV: The Leftovers or The Handmaid’s Tale? And now, the music news for

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
Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
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