Merch Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

Best re-purposing of a band t-shirt EVER

Check out what Black Sabbath is doing with their famous t-shirt design from the Master of Reality album. All proceeds

Is 2020 over yet? There’s still seven months to go? Jeebus. Let’s do our best. Here’s music news for June

With no concerts to go to and no merch to buy, how can music fans help the artists they love

More coronavirus-related merch is appearing every day. Here’s a clever one from Union Transfer. Just US$35. Buy ’em here.

This might give you some kind of hope when it comes to what was apparently a hopeless situation. Once you

Merch–that is, the t-shirts, posters, and other stuff you can buy at a concert–has become a vital revenue stream for

Socks are that fashion accessory that lets you be a little subversive, even in a work environment where there’s a

I’m always interested in bands that sport t-shirts of other bands. These semi-subliminal shout-outs indicate (a) that this band (or

CDs sales continue to crater, down 30% from where they were this time last year. Digital albums are down, too,

Like most acts these days, British metalcore band While She Sleeps is struggling to get by in the age of

With physical music sales not what they used to be, even the biggest bands need to find new sources of

Dave Krikst in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 002 July 29, 2020
Dave Krikst (aka My Man D) is the creative mind behind many of the most memorable shareable off the court or ice moments in Canadian sports over the last 20 years. Throughout his career, starting early on with theScore television network and Rogers Media’s’ FAN 590, and then with Bell Media’s TSN, Dave has established […]
Mark Silver
Launch Day – The Backstage Project Podcast July 23, 2020
Welcome to the launch of The Backstage Project Podcast! I’m Mark Silver, and I’ll be your guide as we weave our way through the history, here and now, and future of the Canadian sports and entertainment landscape. The Backstage Project Podcast takes you on a journey into the sports and entertainment world. We focus on […]
Mark Silver
Rick Chisholm in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 001 July 11, 2020
In our premiere episode we are blessed to sit down with former Vice President of Programming and Production at TSN and Executive VP Broadcasting for Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, Rick Chisholm. We chat with Rick about the formation of TSN, the Vancouver and London Olympics and much much more. Have a listen. The post Rick […]
Mark Silver