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Random music news for Wednesday, June 9, 2021

That was some internet outage yesterday, huh? When Amazon goes down, you know it was bad. We’re okay now, so

Two kangaroos walked into a pub. One spilled the other’s pint. That’s when this happened. And with that, here’s music

Because we can never get enough of The Simpsons’ steamed hams. There should be an InstaPot update, if you ask

Stressed? Watching these little guys is actually kinda soothing. Or maybe not. Give it a look after you tend to

Your job today is to praise your dog. Science proves that they love it. On to music news for August

Bell had problem with a cable near my house. I haven’t had a land line since Thursday. Funny how it

I’m not a fan of Halloween, but I do like a good scare from things like movies, novels, and even

It was a big day in space history on this date in 1970 when Apollo 13 made it back to

A Nick Cave show in the lead-up to Halloween? That’s what staff photographer Andrei Chlychkov captured at the Scotiabank Arena

On this day in 1965, the Beatles played to 60,000 people at Shea Stadium in New York. This is considered

You have music you don’t know about and never asked for. And no, I’m not talking about a U2 album.

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