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Rock My World Canada, chapter 43: Metric

[Mike Carr has put together a massive volume on Canadian music history entitled Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. It’s

If you were fortunate enough to have seen Smashing Pumpkins this summer on the Shiny and Oh So Bright tour

Once again Andrei Chlytchkov was dispatched to cover another big show as an official photographer. Here’s what he captured when

First day of spring! Now if those dirty piles of snow in parking lots would just go away. Here’s what

Metric’s concert film, Dreams So Real, will have a theatrical release before it ends up on DVD/Blu-ray this week. Fans

Whilst in Shanghai, I almost got to see one of those weird Chinese airport fights where angry passengers took on

On Saturday September 17, a benefit concert to help raise awareness about the fight against AIDS is happening at Montreal’s

Happy International Women’s Day! Now let’s just dive right into the day’s music news Irish bus drivers are threatening to

Back in the home office. The more I visit Vancouver, the more I like it. And now, some music news

The CASBY Music Awards–the long-running (since 1981, actually) were held at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last tonight. Here

There was a lot of music to go through this week. We are, after all, moving towards Q4, the busiest

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
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver