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Random music news for Thursday, September 20, 2018

Off to Vegas for the Life is Beautiful music festival. What could possibly go wrong at an outdoor music festival

On a day just like this long, long ago–1977, to be exact–Star Wars opened in theatres. Now let’s move to

Go home, polar vortex. You’re drunk. That’s all I’ve got–other than these music news items for April 14, 2018. Here

Today is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Church of Satan. The album cycle isn’t dead yet, but

This group of Peruvian nuns will perform for Pope Francis on his stop in Mexico today. A group of pop-singing

For some reason, this date is indelibly etched into my mind because a billion years ago, my mom prohibited my

I’ve spent the last couple of days fiddling with my new iPhone 6s. Jeebus, I’m frustrated. It’s not the phone,

As someone brought up in the Catholic Church, I should have probably known about Wake Up, the new album from

Still in London having meeting with the Vintage.tv folk. Canada is on the list. Here’s some music news from this

Is this for real? God, I hope so. Interesting that he was into the classic Sabbath lineup. None of that

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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