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Random music news for Monday, November 16, 2020

Stupid sexy Flanders ass. One you investigate that, move on to music news for November 16, 2020. Coronavirus update: This

There’s another health issue caused by COVID-19: cracked teeth. Let’s see what we have for music news for October 1,

We’re in that weird limbo period between Christmas and New Year’s. Do we shop? Eat? Party? Relax? Go back to

Should a baseball umpire be involved in something like this? Just askin’. Off to discuss music news for October 25,

Tyrion turns 50 today. He used to front a punk band back in the day. As for other music news

“Shorter of breath/One day closer to death.” And in other news for April 6, 2019… Ticketmaster has been sued over

Today’s music news–June 13, 2018–remains tariff-free and welcomes all readers. This will keep you busy at work today: 35 of

The first regularly-scheduled transatlantic airline flight began on this date in 1951. El Al of Israel began flying a turboprop

“Sweet Child ‘O Mine” by Guns ‘N Roses is a true hard rock masterpiece. Everything–the songwriting, the lyrics, the performance,

I’ll say it again: There are only so many ways you can order the tones of the Western musical scale

I’m serious. STOP WITH THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC! It’s there some kind of law surrounding this sort of thing? It’s December

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
Mark Silver
In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver