Olympics Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

This is not a joke: Breakdancing could become an Olympic sport by 2024

There’s no question that breakdancing requires great physical effort, years of practice, and much creativity. But does it seriously deserve

Two of the greatest figure skaters ever, Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, are going to perform one last time

If Dolly the Cloned Sheep were still alive, she’d be 21 today. In music news for February 22, 2018… The

We were watching the Olympics over the weekend when my wife pointed at the screen. “What OAR?” “‘Olympic Athletes from

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

As the thermometer hit 33C outside my house, there were guys on my street sealing driveways in the hot sun.

Watching the opening ceremonies from Rio on Friday, you just knew that “Girl from Ipanema” just had to show up

Recovering from kidney stone removal surgery today. Near-Prince levels of fentanyl barely dented the pain in the recovery room, so

It’s almost time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Leading up to this year’s games, the

I don’t normally post anything to do with country–it’s just not my thing–but given that we have two big Canada-US

The IOC probably won’t approve, but screw ’em. From Chill Magazine: We’re well into the Winter Olympics and they’ve been

Sam Galet in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 003 August 5, 2020
Sam Galet is one of the sponsorship industry’s most successful connectors. Over his 20+ year career, he has been directly involved in leading a number of massive sports, entertainment and lifestyle sponsorships, endorsements and naming rights deals. From an early age, Sam knew what he wanted to achieve in his career and he set his […]
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Dave Krikst in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 002 July 29, 2020
Dave Krikst (aka My Man D) is the creative mind behind many of the most memorable shareable off the court or ice moments in Canadian sports over the last 20 years. Throughout his career, starting early on with theScore television network and Rogers Media’s’ FAN 590, and then with Bell Media’s TSN, Dave has established […]
Mark Silver
Launch Day – The Backstage Project Podcast July 23, 2020
Welcome to the launch of The Backstage Project Podcast! I’m Mark Silver, and I’ll be your guide as we weave our way through the history, here and now, and future of the Canadian sports and entertainment landscape. The Backstage Project Podcast takes you on a journey into the sports and entertainment world. We focus on […]
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