North Korea Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Fun with bloodthirsty ruthless dictators: North Korea’s video summarizing the Singapore Summit

Not that long ago, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un were on a path to nuclear war. Now they’re apparently BFFs.

Funny how Donald Trump likes to cozy up to authoritarian leaders and dictators while simultaneously insulting America’s allies and friends.

North Korea is one f-ed up country. Citizens are required to have a radio, but the only approved units tune only

A couple of years ago, I had a chance to visit the DMZ in Panmunjeom along the border between North and

Sixty years ago today, there was a big underwater boom in Canada. A BIG one. Let’s see what’s booming in

Thirty-nine years ago today, Pennsylvania almost disappeared with the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown incident. And for music news on

Laibach, the heavy industrial act from Slovenia (est. 1980), was weird to begin with. But when they announced they were

Under the heading of Snake Flux International – “Cheerleader Song” comes this music video featuring North Korea’s Army of Beauties

When you load the video (click on the image to get started), you’ll be taken to a Weibo website in

It was on January 22, 1984, that this commercial ran once. It was during Super Bowl XVIII. It’s still one

Now that Blue Monday is behind us, we can concentrate on getting through the second half of what’s been (generally)

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
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