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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

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver