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Random music news for Monday, September 19, 2022

Funeral day with more than 4.1 billion people watching the coverage. Did you get the day off? Me, neither. I

We’ve all misheard lyrics before. Even searching lyrics online for favorite songs can bring up inaccurate transcriptions. But when you

Shocking. Just shocking news from the world of streaming. (And yeah, The Smiths’ “The Queen is Dead” is on the

One of the reasons I like Ryan Reynolds is because he’s not afraid to do things like this. Moving to

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is a huge fan and collector of horror memorabilia–so much so that he’s got a traveling

Labour Day Weekend already? There must be a mistake. How can summer be over? Distract yourself from that fact with

You have to be a real Tesla fan to do something like this. Meanwhile, in music news for August 29,

“Metallic writing?” Oh, dear, dear, dear. This will be unforgiven. (Via Raven) View this post on Instagram A post shared

Along with Kate Bush, Metallica has enjoyed a Stranger Things effect with one of their songs. As soon as viewers

It’s not quite as big a hit as Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill,” but Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” continues

Are you following the pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope? Amazing stuff, really. Slightly less amazing but almost as

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 […]
Mark Silver