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This week’s Sunday Lunch from Robert Fripp and Toyah rocks us like a hurricane

This week’s Sunday Lunch kitchen jam features the Scorpions’ “Rock You Like a Hurricane.” Robert Fripp is wearing makeup. Sidney

[We’re taking a one-week pause for a COVID mental health break. But new shows will resume again next week. -AC]

Who’s got the fastest internet? Not us. Moving to music news for February 24, 2020. Kurt Cobain would have turned

Outside of certain Latin-based nomenclature requirements, the rule in science is that if you discover it, you name it. Christina

The alleged “greatest game ever played” took place this date 60 years ago. Was it really that great? Debate that

Off to LA today to see Morrissey at the Hollywood Bowl tonight. He’d better not cancel. And now, some music

Construction in my basement continues. The smaller of the two bull terriers is losing her mind. Meanwhile, here’s music news.

I’m a little late posting this today because I was at Dancehall Night at Reggae SumFest in Montego Bay until…I

If you live in Canada, we’re now past Tax Freedom Day. You’re done paying the government. Theoretically. Ticketmaster has a

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
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver