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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

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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