Song of the Summer Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Random music news for Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Klingon wine? Absolutely! Post Malone rose? Why not? And now, let’s get back to reality with what’s going on in

Got a nutty friend who believes in QAnon? Better read this. Once you absorb that, move on to music news

Ew. Gross. Now cleanse your mind from those images by browsing through music news for June 15, 2020. Radio folk

It’s that time when the zeitgeist takes over and starts searching for a song that will forevermore embody the song

Happy Thanksgiving, American readers. We appreciate the day of football you provide for us people up north. Please accept our

I hate to mention it, but Labour Day is this weekend. Summer–at least when it comes to those glorious weeks

I don’t want to be an alarmist, but next weekend is Labour Day. Yes, already. Here’s music news for August

If you’re into this whole “song of the summer” thing–this idea that a single song can represent everything about the

It’s both Memorial Day in the US and a bank holiday in the UK, so let’s see if anything is

I honestly don’t remember this “song of the summer” stuff being such a big deal until a few years ago.

It’s a holiday Monday for us in Canada, but since this site has readers around the world, I feel obligated

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
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The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
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Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
Mark Silver