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Random Music News for Saturday, December 23, 2017

This is a HUGE day in the history of technology. Seventy years ago today, a new thing called the “transistor”

My family is Dutch and my parents took me to Holland for the first time when I was 12 back

No, I don’t need my furnace ducts cleaned. STOP CALLING ME! And now, the music news for August 14. In

It’s a holiday Monday for us in Canada, but since this site has readers around the world, I feel obligated

On this day in 1941, Canada declared war on Finland. (It’s complicated; we followed the UK and Finland was at

Unfamiliar with the whole concept of pirate radio? Then give this a look. It’s been fifty years since Radio Caroline

Aussie Greg Clayton has put together an amazing rock’n’roll tour for fans of both British rock and the pirate radio

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