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Random music news for Thursday, December 26, 2019

Are we heading out on a Boxing Day run today? Or are you all shopped out? Maybe we can all

Feeling groggy and weird? Blame turning the clocks back. It’s time we got rid of DST, period. Meanwhile, in the

On this day in 1973, Concorde made its first trip across the Atlantic. Forty-five years later, we’re actually traveling slower.

On the morning of November 22, 1997, a maid at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Sydney, Australia, reported that the guest

On this day in 1985, a new computer program called Microsoft 1.0 was released. It wasn’t very good. Really. Here’s

On this day in 1979, the first book in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was published. And in

Michael Hutchence is the Australian equivalent of Kurt Cobain. Tortured by various personal demons, he eventually took his own life

Man, those numbers spin fast on the gas pumps these days, don’t they? Distract yourself with this music news for

November. Not a fan. Only February is worse. Just sayin’. And now, some music news. Ultrasonic hacking? Oh, it’s here.

I’m writing this aboard EVA Air Flight 0035 somewhere above Alaska. Yes, it’s another music conference in the Far East.

It was on this day in 1985 that the original Live Aid was staged. And now, some current music news.

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