Ontario 150 Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

23-Date Across-the-Province Tour Announced to Celebrate Ontario’s 150th. Behold ONtour.

Yes, Canada is turning 150 this year, but Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are also celebrating 150 years

It’s Memorial Day in the US and a bank holiday in the UK, but there’s still music news for May

What better place to watch a documentary about obsessive record collecting than one of the biggest record stores in Canada?

With Canada getting ready to celebrates its 150th birthday in 2017–learn to use the word “sesquicentennial” in a sentence–the various

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
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver
The Ultimate Backstage Pass – David Kines in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 032 May 17, 2021
In today’s everything-on-demand world, it may be hard for anyone born post-Y2 K to answer a simple question, “where do you watch music videos?” A reasonable answer would be YouTube, Apple Music, or maybe even Tiktok. Prior to the dawn of YouTube in 2005, the answer was easy. MTV if you’re American, and of course […]
Mark Silver