Pledgemusic Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Tuesday, July 30, 2019

On this day in 1962, the Trans-Canada highway opened for business, making it the longest national highway on the planet.

Today is one of my favourite days of the year. This long weekend signals the unofficial start of summer in

The first weekend without football since June. Time for NASCAR. And did you know that the UN has declared today

If there’s one band that will never, ever say die, it’s Anvil. They’re turning to Pledgemusic to fund their next

Things got very, very scary for Sum frontman Deryck Whibley a few years ago when his body told him in

Now that Weiland will never, ever be part of the Stone Temple Pilots or Velvet Revolver again, he’s, um, free

Bush, the pseudo-grunge band fronted by Gavin Rossdale (also known as Mr. Gwen Stefani), wants to make a new album,

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 […]
Mark Silver