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Random music news for Friday, December 25, 2020

Merry Christmas! Bet you thought there’d be no music news for December 25, did you? Wrong. An original Dave Grohl

Before we begin, you may be happy to know that Canada now has its own mysterious monolith. It’s in rural

Are you woke? Are you sure? On to music news for July 10, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: Aid to the

Bored? This is guaranteed to make you laugh.

Julian David Stone was a terrible French horn player. As he explains in the prologue of his new book, “No

Turns out that penguins talk a lot like us. I wonder how you translate music news for February 8, 2020,

The bad news: Flight delayed because of late-arriving aircraft. The bad news: We’ll miss our connection in Istanbul. The good

Note: This week’s podcast was recorded at 10 in the morning as opposed to our more civilized time of 7pm. That

nerd: (nərd) n. informal. 1. A foolish of contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious. 2. A

There have been endless mimes featuring The Donald. This one made me laugh and just seemed particularly appropriate here! An

Sometimes the most unexpected things can bring you great joy. For me, this qualified! I think it will for you

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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