Rare Records Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Ongoing History Daily: Loud music makes you drink more

Have you ever wondered why many bars and restaurants insist on playing music so loud while you’re trying to have

Hardcore Nirvana fans already know that the rarest record in their catalogue is their very first single. It’s a 7-inch

[This was my weekly column for Globalnews.ca. – AC] Most fans of vinyl are happy collecting 33 1/3 RPM albums,

Time for Canadian Music Week. No sleep ’til Sunday. And now, the music news for April 18. The music sales

Back when Jack White was still Jack Gillis, he worked as an apprentice upholstery in Detroit. Working with his buddy

Back in January, Elvis Presley’s first-ever recording–an acetate made at Sun Recording Studios as a birthday present for his mom–went

Easy. For me, it would be a copy of the Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen” on A&M, the single

Way back in the 1990s, a young Detroit guitar player named Jack Gillis (soon to be rechristened Jack White) worked

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