Mental Health Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Blue Rodeo’s Michael Boguski and friends release song for Secret Path Week

Michael Boguski of Blue Rodeo is joining this year’s Secret Path Week efforts to help move Canadians toward healing and

Want to be turned into an evil doll for Halloween? Try this site. Once you do that, come on back

Elon’s super-pig. Cool. I think. Coronavirus update 1: Glastonbury is optimistic about a return in 2021. Coronavirus update 2: This

After a week off (I think we’re going biweekly for the rest of the summer), we brought in TSN’s Michael

Staying home and remaining distanced is the smartest thing we can do right now. It’s short-term pain for long-term relief.

Anyone who chooses to follow their heart into the music industry may end up with doing harm to their heads.

It was on this day in 1956 that Elvis appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. Fast-forward

With some people scapegoating metal for the mass shooting in Dayton, it’s time to bring out a new study that

The suicides and needless deaths keep coming. Just last week, Huntress lead singer Jill Janus took her own life after

We hit the summer solstice at 6:07 am ET this morning. Next stop? Winter. And now music news for June

How often have we heard that metalheads are degenerate weirdos who spend too much time in their bedrooms, the only

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
Mark Silver