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Random music news for Saturday, September 15, 2018

Gotta take the dogs for detailing today. Let someone else struggle with 25 kg bull terriers who don’t like having

Fashion is one of the most disposable of all the artistic endeavors. Much of what’s created and sold isn’t designed

If it seems that all the good names are band names taken, you’re not far off. Despite the best intentions

Every Friday, I publish a playlist of songs that have for whatever reason attracted my attention over the past week.

If you were into British alt-rock in the 90s, you’ll know that it was quite a party. And it was

This year is the 20th anniversary of the birth of Britpop, which means plenty of retrospectives on the whole Cool

Twenty years ago today–April 25, 1994–is the day I consider to be the birthday of Britpop. A new record called

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 […]
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