Sexism Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Sexist Hell Endured by Female Rockers in the 80s

For decades, women were told that they couldn’t rock. Sure, there were exceptions–Janis Joplin and Grace Slick come to mind–but

The music industry has always been an old boys’ club, although it used to be much, much worse than it

There was an Internet dust-up last week when producer and Apple Music dude Jimmy Iovine opined that women found it

Hip hop has a number of image problems, one of the worst being its treatment of women. The bitches and

For years (decades!) the music industry was exclusively and old boys’ club. That, thankfully, has changed in recent times–it’s sure

Okay, so it might have been a bit creepy to some. As Bob Lefsetz put it, Madonna kissing Drake was

Some one-line news stories to keep you up to date: There was a terrible accident at SXSW last night when

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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