Music Video Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Rolling Stones have released a restored 4K version of a 1968 video for “Jumping Jack Flash”

Back in 1968, no one was using videotape to shoot music clips. It was all on film–and usually 16 mm,

Metallica and “Master of Puppets” continue to ride the Stranger Things wave ever since Eddie was seen shredding the solo

It was on this day in 1985 that the world was first subjected to this. We’re now 1,255,948,148 views in.

I’m not sure how Marcus Mumford got Steven Spielberg–perhaps you’ve heard of him?–to direct music video for his solo single,

As of this morning, Rick Astley‘s “Never Gonna Give You Up” has been seen 1,219,210,331 times on YouTube, probably mostly

Once George Harrison stepped out of the shadow of Lennon and McCartney, he finally got the recognition he deserved as

Here’s another quick story about the video for Nirvana’s “Smell Like Teen Spirit.” This remains one of the best-known videos

Back in their heyday, the budgets for music videos could reach into the millions because they helped sell records. What’s

Paul McCartney is 79 years old. He’s looking good for his age, so that may have made this software voodoo

Montreal band Suuns remembers those 90s-era art pieces that could only be resolved by letting your eyes go blurry. They’ve

Back in the day when music videos held sell billions of CDs, artists were willing to do almost anything to

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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