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Random music news for Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Thirty years ago today, the first episodes of The Simpsons premiered on Fox with an episode entitled “Simpsons Roasting on

If you’re going to a movie this weekend, note that Thomas Edison patented something called “motion pictures” on this day

Happy 77th birthday, Paul McCartney! (Check out the reference to him in this story.) Now on to music news for

Those last few seconds (specifically that lat 0.9 seconds) of last night’s game were excruciating. But in the end, the

The Toronto Raptors missed a chance to take the championship last night with game five of the NBA finals at

It seems that everyone in Canada is now a Toronto Raptors fan, none more crazy than those who show up

Azeem Haq is an extreme fan of Toronto sports teams. His latest opus is entitled “King of the North,” a

A robin has built a nest on top of the lantern on my front porch. I’ve named her Estelle. As

[Frequent contributor Gilles LeBlanc has set up a battle between the two cities with teams in the NBA finals which

My spring speaking tour resumes tonight with a gig in Buffalo. If you want to see if I’ll be in

God bless Drake for his enthusiastic support of Toronto and the Raptors. But a lot of people outside the city

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