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Random music news for Thursday, October 28, 2021

You know what else is in short supply these days? Exorcists. Moving on to music news for October 28, 2021.

If you hate having to return a rental car with a full tank of gas, you’re going to love this.

When any artist goes on tour, they need to purchase insurance just in case something goes wrong. You’d be crazy

The Mother of All Cannabinoids: Weird how we were told for decades that they were bad for us. Now let’s

There are just some days when I really gotta scrape for some music news. October 4 is one of those

I know it’s Monday and it’s hard getting back to that job you hate. But do you really want to

Looks like Brits measure things a lot like Canadians do. What can we take from music news for September 21,

America is facing another toilet paper shortage because of COVID. Let’s try some music news for September 2, 2021. Two

The Metallica/Soundgarden Venn diagram has come to life with this special vinyl-only tribute released through Metallica’s record club. It features

This is why some people shouldn’t have nice things. That’s not gonna buff out. Moving to music news for August

Maki Kajo, the Godfather of Sudoku, has died. He was 69. In non-puzzle music news for August 18, 2021… Jonathan

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