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Random music news for Monday, October 19, 2020.

Give it a moment. You’ll get it. (Via Tom) Here’s what I have for music news for October 19, 2020.

I completely forgot that we had a long weekend this week. Frankly, EVERY weekend for the last month has been

On this day in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee released his proposal for something he called The World Wide Web. Moving to

It’s the strangest disappearance case in the history of rock. What happened to Richey Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers

For someone who was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death, it’s somehow mathematically appropriate that Stephen Hawking died

This is Cliff Burton Day! I hope you bought a card. In other music news for February 10… Here are

Yep. December. And that bougainvillea in my backyard has finally died. That was one tough tropical plant. And now the music

Much was made about the historic gig played by the Rolling Stones in Cuba back on March 25. “A Western

Well known artists can make a lot of money for private concerts, and apparently, not everyone who has a ton

If you’re a Manics fan, you’ll want to have a close look at this new version of The Holy Bible,

That’s weird. There’s no pro baseball, football, basketball or hockey scheduled today. That doesn’t happen very often, does it? U2

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
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 […]
Mark Silver