Real Estate Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

This guy has a California mansion to sell so he got some rappers to make a promo video

If you’re into hip-hop, you probably know Swag District, the rap group that had a hit with “Teach Me How

Gotta take the dogs for detailing today. Let someone else struggle with 25 kg bull terriers who don’t like having

Off to Asia again for a couple of weeks. Further reports will come from SW Thailand. And now, the music

In a city already enduring sky-high housing prices, Prince is making things a little more frothy. The Purple One’s former

Your family is expanding and you’ve outgrown where you’re living now. Time to shop for a new house. And if

Lenny Kravitz continues to make a nice living from music, but he’s also serious dosh from his work in real

Back to work. I know, I know. The first week of January is always THE WORST. Still, we must trudge

Has anyone famous died yet this year? Read on to find out. You never know what you’ll find amongst the

Another day of low productivity thanks to the Olympics. I just can’t help myself–but I can multitask enough to aggregate

It was thirty-five years ago today that the first space shuttle was launched. It was Columbia, by the way. And

London is bloody expensive. Whenever I’m there on business, I stay at an unpretentious little hotel between Paddington and Lancaster

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
Mark Silver
In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver