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

Here’s a chance to be in a music video from the comfort of your own home

If you’ve ever wanted to be in a music video, a new opportunity has come up courtesy of Rough Trade’s

I don’t know where to begin. Love the super-accurate closed captioning, too. I thought at first it was a foreign

Not the whistling bit. The stuff that comes after. (Via Danny)

COVID-19 restrictions have meant big reductions in traffic, which has been a boon for cyclists. Richard Vaughan, a Toronto singer-songwriter,

Like everyone else, blink-182 has to balancing moving forward with doing the right thing when it comes to containing the

The staycation continues. How much have I accomplished with that list of things I was planning to do around the

If you’ve ever listened to the mostly instrumental “Corporation” off of Jack White’s 2018 album Boarding House Reach and thought

Back in the golden age of music videos, a single clip could cost millions. Micheal and Janet Jackson, “Scream” (1995):

Marbles, magnets and music–Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the Flowers.”

Yes, it’s spelled “ButterFRIES.” You’ll see why. (Blame Tom for the link.)

I’m…I’m really not sure what to make of this. It’s one of those Sharknado-type creations: “Did someone actually make this?

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver