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Random music news for Monday, September 6, 2021

I know I shouldn’t really be doing any labour on Labour Day, but here I am with music news for

“Our brains exist in a state of ‘controlled hallucination.’” Discuss. Then move on to music news for August 28, 2021.

A punk rock car followed by music news for February 25, 2021 (Via Paula) Something VERY weird happened with Eddie

Here’s a collectible that doesn’t come up for auction every day: a hospital gown once owned by Kurt Cobain But

Today is the 55th anniversary of the Washington-Moscow hotline that went into use after the Cuban missile crisis. And when

At this past weekend’s Reading Festival, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda paid tribute to Chester Bennington with help from Sum 41.

The music festival is hardly a recent creation. People have been gathering in fields to hear music for centuries. In

I’d never heard of mixed doubles curling before last weekend. Amazing how it suddenly mattered when Canada was in contention

On this day in 1965, Singapore was kicked out of Malaysia, becoming the first country to achieve independence against its

This is just about the best ticket deal to date. For a one-time price of $800, you can be the

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