Record Store Day Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The first Record Store Day 2021 list has arrived

In the Before Times, Record Store Day was held on the third Saturday of April. COVID screwed that up with

With Record Store Day set for June 12 and July 17 this year, we needed some musicians to serve as

When we finally get back to traveling, I think I’m gonna get me one of these. Meanwhile, more pandemic distraction

We begin with the inevitable mash-up of Beck’s “Loser’ with Donald Trump’s election loss. On to music news for November

Aliens are watching us from here. Maybe. It could be that they’re looking for music news for October 24, 2020.

In the Before Times, Record Store Day was held on the third Saturday in April. COVID-19 killed that idea, so

I gotta stop buying the stuff advertised in Instagram. My record is Pieces of Crap 5, Actually Useful Stuff 1.

When we’re not busy having a pandemic, Record Store Day falls on the third Saturday in April. This year’s spring

Despite the pandemic, sales of vinyl continue to do well in most territories. If you’ve caught the bug, maybe you’ve

If the limited-edition releases distributed as part of the first Record Store Day drop this past Saturday have you and

And it’s only part one, too. In the Before Times, Record Store Day was a mid-spring ritual cemented to the

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver