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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 879: Alt-Rock Revivals Part 1 – Punk

We begin this episode with a reading from Ecclesiastes, chapter three, verses 1-3. Ish. To everything there is a season,

It takes anywhere from a dozen to twenty years for nostalgia to kick in for a previous era of music.

There was a time in the mid-00’s when alt-rock was almost nothing but emo. What started as an intense form

Despite the fact that a slew of new songs skyrocket to the charts every year, there always seems to be

Full disclosure: I hate emo. I always have. Bands like Dashboard Confessional, My Chemical Romance, Senses Fail, Black Veil Brides

Please stop this cassette madness. “Stubbornness and stupidity” is right. More here. (Via Steve)

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
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King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
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Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
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