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10 Songs to Dead Friends and Loved Ones

By Adam Morrison Music can be used to express even the most complicated and darkest of emotions. Here are ten

Well, I’m back in Singapore again, but you’d never know it looking out my hotel window. The smoke from Indonesian

Well, this looks interesting–if 7-inch singles are your thing. It’s coming from Universal Music Canada on December 9. I’m

When REM finally called it a day in 2011, a lot of fans expected Michael Stipe to get deeper into

The Late Show is recorded in the late afternoon, so anything that happens on the show becomes public knowledge long

More Auto Tune-free fun, this time courtesy of Consequence of Sound. I love this sort of thing because it offers

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver