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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

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
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