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Random music news for Monday, July 13, 2020

If you need some affirmation to start the week, here’s Jonathan Frakes telling you you’re right for 41 seconds. You’ll

Who’s excited for the long weekend? Anyone? Oh, right. We’ve been on a long weekend for nine weeks. Here’s music

REM 1, Donald Trump nil. Alexisonfire played a surprise set in a small Toronto venue on Friday. Here’s a fun

Back in my parents’ basement for a couple of days on the annual Xmas visit. Interesting that all Mom has

Google says that today is the anniversary of its founding in 1998. Interesting how they retroactively made that declaration. I

Come December 8, Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order will hold a garage sale of sorts. He’s looking

Martin Hannett, the producer behind records for Joy Division, the Stone Roses and so many others, was a genius. A

It’s still summer. Tomorrow, though… Here’s some music news for September 21. This weekend’s Global Citizen Festival in New York

MCing a wedding in Singapore today. A dry wedding. This should be interesting. Now, the music news. Daniel Ek, the

If it were up to me, there would be no talk of Christmas until today. You may proceed. Now, some

On this day 95 years ago, a Montreal station that went by the name XWA began broadcasting the first ever

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 […]
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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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Rick Chisholm in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 001 July 11, 2020
In our premiere episode we are blessed to sit down with former Vice President of Programming and Production at TSN and Executive VP Broadcasting for Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, Rick Chisholm. We chat with Rick about the formation of TSN, the Vancouver and London Olympics and much much more. Have a listen. The post Rick […]
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