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Music History 

The time pot was smuggled into Canada using vinyl records

January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Jamaica, Pot, Vinyl

Back in the day when vinyl ruled the planet, lots of people exchanged drugs by hiding them inside album jackets.

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

A good question: Why does music sound better when you’re high?

October 22, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Marijuana, Pot, Weed

The Great Canadian Social Experiment with Pot™ continues. I’ll be honest: it’s a bit surreal seeing government PSAs talking about

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Music News 

Going green and Gord: medical marijuana, brain cancer and the Hip

October 17, 2018October 14, 2018 Amber Healy 0 Comments Brain Cancer, Glioblastoma, Gord Downie, Medical Marijuana, Newstrike, Pot, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, The Tragically Hip

The Tragically Hip announced their partnership with Newstrike, a Brantford-based marijuana producer, in May 2017. It’s a partnership that makes

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Music Industry 

How the legal weed industry will affect the music industry

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Newstrike, Pot, UP Cannabis, Weed

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back in January, UP Cannabis, one of the country’s budding (sorry) legal

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Why Does Music Sound Better When You’re Stoned?

October 14, 2017May 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Marijuana, Music, Pot, THC

Anyone who’s ever been high knows that music sounds so much better on weed. You hear notes that you didn’t

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 147: Petty’s Stash AKA The Cannabis Show

October 4, 2017October 11, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cannabis, Geeks and Beats, Pot, Tom Petty

Yes, this is the pot show. We look at the life of rocker Tom Petty. He and the Heartbreakers make it

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Recommended Music 

This Band Made a Music Video in the Middle of a Marijuana Plantation

August 2, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Marijuana, Pot, Waxhead, Weed

Here’s a new one on me: a gig in the middle of a hemp farm–or, as the band describes it,

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Music Industry 

“Can Legal Weed Save the Music Industry?”

February 12, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amoeba, Merry Jane, Pot, Snoop Dogg, Weed

That’s the headline in this story from California’s East Bay Express. The author may have a point. Maybe record stores

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Music News 

It’s Here: Marley Weed

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bob Marley, Dope, Marijuana, Marley Natural, Pot

It’s just a matter of time before marijuana becomes legal in a big chunk of the Western world. It’s already

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Music News 

Ed Sheeran Has Written a Love Song to Weed

June 2, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ed Sheeran, Pot, Weed

We think it’s called “Sweet Mary Jane.” Spark it up below.

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Controversy 

The Problem with Bob Marley Being a Brand of Marijuana

December 28, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bob Marley, Marijuana, Pot, Toronto Star, Weed

Bob would certainly appreciate the fact that we’re moving towards a world with legal weed. However, as this story in

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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    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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