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Random music news for Wednesday, August 11, 2021

My garden shed doesn’t look like this. And who knew there was a “Shed of the Year” competition? Now: about

Damn, these little buggers are tough. It’s a good thing they’re so tiny. Over to music news for May 22,

This might cheer you up: The Knight Rider theme performed on eight cellos by the same person. Now that you’re

On this day in 1911, a Louvre employee stole the Mona Lisa. They got it back, obviously. On to music

This is what thinking looks like. Cool! Grow more neurons by reading through music news for Tuesday, June 4, 2019.

It was a big day in space history on this date in 1970 when Apollo 13 made it back to

Last day of July already and the back-to-school ads are in full effect. Fantastic. Here’s music news for July 31,

I had my windows professionally washed the other day. They looked great for four hours. Then a flock of Canada geese

Heading back from the Junos in Vancouver today. There had better be Wifi on this flight. How else can I

David Bowie died two years ago today. To commemorate that, this demo of “Let’s Dance” was released. And in more

Yep. December. And that bougainvillea in my backyard has finally died. That was one tough tropical plant. And now the music

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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