Podcasts Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Ongoing History of New Music Podcast surpasses 10 million downloads

Sometime around 1 am ET today, someone somewhere in the world became the 10 millionth person to download an Ongoing

We begin with the inevitable mash-up of Beck’s “Loser’ with Donald Trump’s election loss. On to music news for November

Fun with obsolete gadgets! Once you get through that, try music news for October 17, 2020. Coronavirus update: There was

Here comes Playstation 5. And here comes music news for September 18, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: A safe music festival

This explains EXACTLY how I’ve been feeling the last few weeks! I’m so glad I’m not alone. Read that article

I apologize for the dearth of postings yesterday but the website was feeling a little ill. All better in time

Still on vacation staycation. Still haven’t accomplished much around the house–except for putting together music news for August 5, 2020.

The number one question I get about my Ongoing History of New Music podcasts is “Where can I hear the

How would this piece of memorabilia look on your shelf? Now let’s consider music news for July 21, 2020. Coronavirus

Wednesday’s Twitter hack could be worse that we thought. Add that to the pile of crap that is 2020. Let’s

As someone who writes and hosts The Ongoing History of New Music, a music-based radio show, the music is a

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, […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver
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