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Random music news for Monday, May 3, 2021

Let’s start the week with 99 pieces of advice that everyone should heed. (Via Walter) Once you digest that, here’s

If you miss live music, try Antyfest. It features audiences of ants–as in the insects–reacting to performances from eleven different

How would this piece of memorabilia look on your shelf? Now let’s consider music news for July 21, 2020. Coronavirus

Because we don’t have enough to worry about, here’s the story of poop plumes. Once you’ve read that, try music

The Raptors could will take it all tonight. Then the city/province/country will lose its collective mind. Ponder that as we

One hundred years ago today, the Great Winnipeg General Strike began. It was one of the biggest labour protests in

I saw some romaine lettuce on sale at my grocery store. so it must be safe. right? So can we

Note to Toronto coffee drinkers: Try Quantum Coffee at King and Spadina. Wow. And now, some music news. Beyonce and

Allegedly, this is real. Allegedly. The story goes like this: A Czech artist by the name of Jan Poope (really) has

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