Super Bowl 50 Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Chris Martin and Coldplay Better Stay Off the Internet Today

So: thoughts on Coldplay’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl? I thought it was a bad decision to book them

As natives of San Francisco and major football fans, you’d expect Metallica to be involved in Super Bowl 50 festivities.

The Super Bowl halftime show–all 12 minutes of it–is, for many, more important than the game itself. With a potential

About ten years ago, someone asked me why Coldplay was so popular. “It’s simple,” I said, “No one really hates

With the Super Bowl coming up tomorrow, our attention turns to TV commercials and the halftime show. Oh, and there’s

It used to be you actually had to watch the Super Bowl to see the big-budget TV commercials. Now many

Petrolheads have been waiting for Acura to unveil the all-new NSX supercar for years now. But the wait is almost

On this day in 1980–35 years ago–Led Zeppelin announced that they were breaking up following the death of drummer John

Earlier this year, we heard how the NFL not only didn’t pay halftime performers at the Super Bowl, but they

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