Ministry Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

Wait: Al Jourgensen of Ministry recorded a soft drink commercial?

Long before the stigma of selling out over licensing music to TV commercials died away, Ministry’s Al Jourgensen was making

Like every other good citizen, Uncle Al Jourgensen is in self-isolation. However, Al has access to a studio.

Naturally, Al Jourgensen is being very subtle about it.

Is it “Happy Martin Luther King Day” or “Merry Martin Luther King Day?” I can never remember. Never mind. Let’s

Cue the Apocalypse. Al Jourgensen and Ministry have gone acoustic. A quiet, gentle, and, er, rather pretty version of the

A few weeks ago, I posted up an interview that I did with Julia Nash, daughter of Wax Trax! Records

When I was getting my musical legs under me in the early 90s, Wax Trax! Records was by far my

Nine Inch Nails released The Downward Spiral at the perfect time to completely hook a kid like me. And while

There isn’t a musician in the world who doesn’t want to grow and evolve as an artist. This sometimes leads

Jeremy handed me the CD. It had an animal skull on the front which kind of made the rest of

Happy birthday to English Bull Terrier the Younger. She’s three today. Today is also “Wear Your Metal T-Shirt to Work

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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