Sony Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Here’s a 40th birthday salute to the compact disc

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] After more than a decade of work, building on an idea

It was on August 17, 1982, when the first commercially-available compact disc rolled out of the Philips factory in Germany.

THIS JUST IN: Video from the presidential SUV when the Secret Service refused to take Trump the Capitol on January

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest areas of research right now as scientists and engineers work to (a)

Nothing to see here. Just a Russian oil oligarch dying from toad poison. Not suspicious at all. Meanwhile, nothing but

Oh, great. As if we don’t have enough to worry about, there’s this. Try not to worry too much as

So that’s what Venus looks like. And here’s what music news looks like for February 12, 2022. Snoop Dogg denies

Simon Cowell shouldn’t be allowed on e-bikes anymore. It’s not good for him. Over to music news for February 3,

Back in the summer when it seemed that every second heritage artist was selling their catalogues to companies like Hipgnosis

You might remember the Crazy Frog, uh, craze back around Christmas in 2004 and into the summer of 2005 when

Have you ever heard the name Jim Russell? He’s an American scientist. The name doesn’t ring a bell? Russell is

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