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Random music news for Friday, September 23, 2022

As you read this, I’m somewhere halfway to Singapore. Fortunately, there’s in-flight WiFi so I can do music news for

THIS JUST IN: Video from the presidential SUV when the Secret Service refused to take Trump the Capitol on January

REM’s first gig was in a deconsecrated church in Athens, Georgia, on April 5, 1980. That gig was cobbled together

Fun with chalk and a blackboard. (Via Tom) And here’s fun with music new for September 23, 2021. If you’re

[This is the last of the summer encore shows. The new season starts next week! – AC] A couple of

Many REM fans consider New Adventures in Hi-Fi the band’s last great record. It’s now coming in an expanded 25th-anniversary

Michael Stipe of REM has never been a fan of the Republican Party—and this animosity goes all the way back

If you’re still being very careful about wearing a mask, here’s one that takes things to a whole new level.

It used to be that bootlegs and promo items were the most collectible things a music fan could look for.

If you’re an REM fan, you’ll want this new demo reissue. Spotify will start auto-transcribing podcasts over the next few

The battle between Star Wars and Star Trek has been taken to a whole new level. Now let’s concentrate on

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 […]
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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 […]
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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