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Random music news for Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Today’s Groundhog Day? So what? The last year has been nothing but Groundhog Days. And there are still a lot

A long-haul trip home today: SIN-HKG-YYZ. Shouldn’t take more than 23 hours or so. But before I left, I had

On this day in 1896, National Geographic published its first picture of a woman with bare breasts. Scandalous. Moving to

Today would have been John Lennon’s 79th birthday. On to music news for October 9, 2019. A Hole reunion? It

On this day in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee released his proposal for something he called The World Wide Web. Moving to

The New Year has begun with a series of celebrity deaths. This is the roughest start since 2016. Mike Taylor:

I’m now somewhere in the Far East, which means it’s actually Tuesday for me (damn dateline time travel), but for

Still in Nashville. The people are supernaturally nice which is kinda freaking me out. Here’s some music news for November

Now we know why flamingos stand on one leg. Glad that’s been sorted. Where do things stand with music news for

On this day in 1973, the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from its list of psychiatric disorders. And

I hate this song with a passion–and for good reason. When “You’re the One That I Want” first became a

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