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Ongoing History Daily: Johnny Ramone’s guitar style

One of the most influential groups in the history of new rock was the Ramones. By extension, the late Johnny

Why is right-wing media lying about COVID-19? Read this. Meanwhile, here’s some music news with the least amount of misinformation

Back in early 1974, Johnny Ramone got high on weed and decided that he wanted to learn how to play

The human body can be both very strong and very fragile. Given its complexity, it generally works pretty well. But

On March 30, 1974, a new band called The Ramones played their first gig. It was at a place called

That’s a lot to pay for a short flight. Still, what a flight, right? Moving on to music news for

Tenacious D‘s Kyle Gass is firmly on the side of vaccinations. This new video–his Ramones spoof–features John C. Reilly, Samantha

When he was still with us, Johnny Ramone was one of the biggest baseball nuts anywhere. For years, he collected

Here is one of the stranger examples of guilt by association. Back in the early 90s, it became fashionable for

In the late 90s, I was working on a book on alt-rock. As we got closer to the publication date,

This is a great article on how social media and public outrage have come together–and it’s not good. Once you’re

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver