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Random music news for Friday, October 16, 2020

I could use a face mask like this. We all could. And we can also use some music news for

Still on vacation staycation. Still haven’t accomplished much around the house–except for putting together music news for August 5, 2020.

Wednesday’s Twitter hack could be worse that we thought. Add that to the pile of crap that is 2020. Let’s

Stay inside. Take it from Samuel L. Jackson. And now, music news for Friday, April 3, 2020. Coronavirus update 1:

I’m in Las Vegas all this week attending 2020, the massive showcase of all matter of consumer electronics. These are

Tony Visconti, David Bowie’s favourite producer back in the day, has remixed Bowie’s ’69 hit, “Space Oddity” for Sony’s new

Leonardo DiCaprio turns 45 today. He still looks, like, 17. Moving on to music news for November 11, 2019… If

The Cuban Missile Crisis began on this day in 1962. We don’t need another one of those, ever. Otherwise, how

It was 40 years ago–July 1, 1979–that Sony transformed personal music listening with the release of the first iteration of

On Thursday, word came down that blink-182 was jumping from BMG (an indie label these days) to Columbia (part of

On this day in 1955, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sold its first transistor radios. When it comes

The Genius of Live Sports Production – Paul Graham In Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 013 December 1, 2020
The best live sports executive producers are a blend of genius, in both art and science. Whether we realize it or not, as viewers, we are of course more deeply engaged in cliffhangers. Match outcomes that keep us tuned in until the very end. That is where the executive producer shines. The research and preparation […]
Mark Silver
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, […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
Mark Silver