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All those John Hughes movie soundtrack songs have been compiled into an upcoming box set

Some of the greatest movie soundtracks of all time came with the films of John Hughes. Pretty in Pink. The

This infamous orgy club–i.e. a place where people gather to have sex with strangers–doesn’t seem worried about the coronavirus. Ew.

Still at CES for another day. Man, there are a lot of people plugging new wireless headphones here. And there’s

Argos, the British chain, has a new name for their catalogue and decided to kick off the Christmas season with

The Wife’s birthday tomorrow. Cannot forget that, even though she insists no one should make a big deal about it.

Artist: Editors, “Hallelujah (So Low)” Album: Violence A band I never stop being impressed by Sounds like: That darkness that

Once upon a time, rock stars did horrible things when left to their own devices. Trashing hotel rooms. Driving cars

When it comes to music, I’ve noticed that many fans of all genres seem to regard the eighties as being

The most famous movie ever made about high school detention is now three decades old. Rolling Stone has a big

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