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Poll: Who Is the Greatest Rock Lyricist of All-Time?

As the second decade of the 3rd millennium nears its end and I start thinking about what inevitable listicles to

The above photo, if you can’t tell, is of The Strokes. Or the best band that never was, as I

It’s somehow appropriate that on the first snowy night in Toronto this year, the city’s most famous palm tree was

Help choose the very best from Jack White’s 20+ year music career – Rock, blues, folk, country…he has done it

The playlist is now live! Or…is that dead? Thanks for all your input, enjoy! Hello readers, After the success

I’ll cut right to the chase – I want to ask one simple question to the musically-educated readers of this

Remember those adorable fugitive capybaras that escaped from High Park Zoo last summer? The weird giant rodent walkabout went viral

On my radio show today (Tuesday, March 22) on 102.1 the Edge/Toronto, I posed a question: If you’re going to

RAIN reports on a new poll from Harris Interactive about what kind of technology people are looking for in their

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
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