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I Like Apple’s New Mixtape Idea

Back in the era of cassettes, making a mixtape was a labour of love that required much time and thought.

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck finally makes it to theatres and HBO this week. If you haven’t seen a trailer

Drixxe is a French producer who has found a niche: mixtapes made from porn films of the 1970s. Here’s a

The Art Behind the Tape, the first book dedicated to the history of mixtape culture, is out now. It includes

This short film on a schoolgirl making a mixtape in 1993 may bring back some serious memories. Click in the

A little sleuthing by Dangerous Minds has turned up a mixtape created by Kurt Cobain dating to sometime in 1988,

UPROXX tells of the Melker Project, a group that has deconstructed every single track recorded by the Red Hot Chili

In what appears to be an effort by HBO to broaden the cultural appeal of Game of Thrones, they commissioned

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