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The Offspring has reworked one of their biggest hits into a vaccination PSA

The story goes that while working in a university lab, Dexter Holland of The Offspring saw an experiment ruined when

I supposed if you grow up in a creative household, something is inevitably going to rub off, whether it be

Fans of Tiger King know that Joe Exotic commissioned a Vancouver group called the Clinton Johnson Band to write and

We begin this episode with a reading from Ecclesiastes, chapter three, verses 1-3. Ish. To everything there is a season,

A couple of weeks back, I moderated an EntertainmentTO panel on the subject of AR and VR. There was much

It was on this day in 1956 that Elvis appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. Fast-forward

Offspring fans have noted the absence of bass player and founding member Greg Kriesel over the last while. What’s going

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

Everyone needs a hobby, something to divert the mind from the pressures of day-to-day living. Even rockstars need hobbies. The

[Note: 102.1 the Edge ran the wrong program last week. Listeners to the Edge will get the finale of the

Long before The Offspring broke through with the Smash album–we’re talking the period from 1984 to 1987–drummer James Lilja had

Gamifying the Movie Theatre Experience – Aaron Silverberg in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 031 May 9, 2021
People yearn for live experiences that they can share with others. Though fan and crowd-based events such as sports and concerts may be the source of most of our FOMO, movie theatres are even more appealing. Although the film may be the main attraction, movie theatre owners are constantly looking for new ways to maximize […]
Mark Silver
Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver