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Random music news for Saturday, May 15, 2021

I wonder if this cat landed on his feet? I’ll try to find out while you look at music news

Spare me the Groundhog Day references. I get it. Spare me the Groundhog Day references. I get it. Spare me

On this day in 1973, Concorde made its first trip across the Atlantic. Forty-five years later, we’re actually traveling slower.

I’d never heard of mixed doubles curling before last weekend. Amazing how it suddenly mattered when Canada was in contention

Today is International Darwin Day. Take a Creationist to lunch and try to talk some sense into them, okay? Here’s

This was the first day of the Great Blizzard of 1977. People in the Great Lakes still talk about how

Mark E. Smith, the man with one of the most distinctive voices to come out of post-punk Britain, died today

English bull terrier number one is snoring louder than ever. I may have to get her a CPAP machine. And

Remind me to phone my mom about her birthday. Here’s a story on how U2 is coping with all the

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 […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver