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Random music news for Friday, November 15, 2019

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

A bazillion years ago, I worked as a fry cook at an ice cream shop in my hometown. Above the

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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