Suicide Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

What are the scariest rock songs of all time? Here are my 10 picks just in time for Halloween.

I’m not a fan of Halloween, but I do like a good scare from things like movies, novels, and even

This story drips with both goodness and irony. Christina Settanni was driving in Orlando when she passed a young man

Sometime on April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain, who had walked away from a rehab facility in LA four days earlier,

At first, there was nothing particularly special about Friday, April 8, 1994. I came to work at the radio station

The suicides and needless deaths keep coming. Just last week, Huntress lead singer Jill Janus took her own life after

Had a bad day? Some sad music might be just the thing to help you feel better. But what should

Vicky Cornell appeared on Dr. Oz last week to discuss Chris’ suicide, including his behavior during Soundgarden’s last show. It

If an autopsy ultimately determines that Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan committed suicide, a newly discovered voicemail left hours before her

…there’s really not much we didn’t expect. The toxicology report revealed that Chester had a small amount of MDMA (Ecstasy)

No one will ever know why Chester Bennington took his own life this summer. In some cases of suicide, it

Draven is one of Chester Bennington’s six kids. He has this message during National Suicide Prevention Week, which runs until

Pricing a 30 Second Spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
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King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
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Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
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