Rick Astley Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The world’s greatest music video was released 35 years ago today

It was on this day in 1985 that the world was first subjected to this. We’re now 1,255,948,148 views in.

Then it might sound like this. (Via Metal Injection)

The Wife is now really deep into F1 racing. The other week during the Austrian Grand Prix, she turned to

Putin is calling up retired generals to help with his awful war in Ukraine–including this guy. Once you’re done scratching

As of this morning, Rick Astley‘s “Never Gonna Give You Up” has been seen 1,219,210,331 times on YouTube, probably mostly

If you need something to worry about today, how about this Planet of the Apes scenario? Maybe skip that and

Let’s begin with some science news for the ladies. Now let’s move to music news for December 29, 2021. How

When Rick Astley released “Never Gonna Give You Up” on July 27, 1987, no one outside of a handful of

Got my first vaccine shot yesterday. Do your work, Bill Gates nanobots! You know where I am. Moving to music

I’m not surprised at this. I already know people who are poisonous. As for music news for April 2, 2021…

When it comes to laying artists out on the music spectrum, the distance between Slipknot and Rick Astley has to

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 […]
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