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Random music news for Wednesday, October 6, 2021

So how did Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp disappear for six hours on Monday? Here’s an explainer. Once you’re done, there’s

So we’re getting a new Star Trek film after all! Good. Now some music news for July 17, 2021. RIP

Here’s a truism: People cannot get enough about The Beatles. More than 50 years after the group broke up, there

True or false: There was once a female member of the Beastie Boys. True. Kate Schellenbach was a full member

We don’t know when it’ll debut nor do we have a title, but this six-part documentary on the music of

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

New survey from ‘Murica: Americans would rather give up sex and Netflix instead of their pickups. Moving on to music

When a jury ruled that the vibe of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” (a song co-written by Pharrell Williams) was too

Any news from Mars yet? Just checking. Maybe someone up there needs music news for November 27, 2018. Here are

What makes the California wildfires so deadly is that they’ve created a firestorm that travels along the tops of trees,

A couple of weeks back, I went to see Billy Corgan perform a two-part solo acoustic concert. The first half

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver