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Spinal Tap, the sequel is coming. But who will be the drummer?

Forty years after Rob Reiner created the best parody of rock (and especially metal) culture comes news that there’s going

The latest crisis? Sexist dictionaries. Moving on to music news for March 8, 2021. It’s International Women’s Day. Here are

It’s over. The next couple of months will be rough, but things WILL get better this year. Meanwhile, distract yourself

A interesting point, don’t you think? Here’s what’s going on in music news for October 3, 2020. Coronavirus update 1:

The battle between Star Wars and Star Trek has been taken to a whole new level. Now let’s concentrate on

I woke up in Phuket this morning. Bonus points if you can pronounce that correctly. Here’s some music news for

On this day in 1921, KDKA Pittsburgh became the first radio station to broadcast a live football game. Fast-forwarding to

Deep in my vinyl collection, I have a record from a Windsor, Ontario, band from the 70s band called Teaze.

Labour Day. I plan to do no labour at all today–except maybe a little reporting on the music news for

Today is the 55th anniversary of the Washington-Moscow hotline that went into use after the Cuban missile crisis. And when

Not that I’m counting, but there are only two more weekends left before Labour Day. Distract yourself from that fact

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