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Ongoing History Daily: Phil Hartman’s album covers

We remember legendary Canadian comedian Phil Hartman as part of the Saturday Night Live cast, appearing on the show Newsradio

Let’s start your week with a disco crow. Now that’s done, here’s music news for March 29, 2021. No surprise

Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss. Music news, however, keeps changing. Here’s what I’ve got for October 22,

Music news for All Hallow’s Eve Eve: October 30, 2018. Weekly Canadian music sales and streams vs. this point last

U.S. Thanksgiving. Turkey. Football. Shopping. Yeah, we get it. But there’s still music news on this November 23… Michael Buble

It was on this day in 1990 that Milli Vanilli was stripped of their Grammy Award because they didn’t actually

This album may come as a surprise for a number of readers. Some albums you can rectify with the thought

We’ve lost another one. Walter Becker, the co-founder and guitarist of Steely Dan, had apparently been not feeling well for

When Glenn Frey died, Don Henley said that the Eagles would never play live again. So much for that promise.

Greggory points to an AV Club post highlighting a mashup created by Demi Adejuyigbe wherein Steely Dan’s “Dirty Work” is

April 30, 2016 Alan Cross 5 Comments Aja, Steely Dan

Whenever I was in the market for speakers, I had my reference disc: Steely Dan’s 1977 album, Aja. This thing

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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