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Random music news for Saturday, November 14, 2020

Fifty years ago, officials in Oregon, had to nuke a whale. And that’s not much of an exaggeration. And thirty

In Singapore to see U2’s first-ever show in the city state. This should be interesting. As for music news on

Not that long ago, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un were on a path to nuclear war. Now they’re apparently BFFs.

It’s FINALLY warmed up around where I live. About time, too, because the dogs had been asking how to use

Don’t celebrate this: the Nazi Party was founded on this day in 1920. Let’s leave that behind and focus on

I’m back home now, but the last two weeks’ worth of podcasts were done from hotel rooms, one in London

Excuse me if I sound a little out of it on this week’s program because (a) I had just arrived

I think I saw my first “back to school” flyer. This is depressing. Let’s distract ourselves with some music news.

Every May I come here to Singapore for the Music Matters Conference, Asia’s biggest music industry gathering. It’s my annual

So I’m back in Singapore, sweltering in the equatorial humidity as I attend the annual Music Matters Conference in an

Back on this day in 1967, Robert Ebert filed his first movie review for the Chicago Sun-Times. What’s with the

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