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Random music news for Friday, May 7, 2021

Microsoft to Calibri: “Buh-bye.” The company now needs help choosing a new default font. Consider that while you browse music

I had kinda predicted this: Research into the coronavirus could give us a cure for the common cold. Maybe. Good

There will be no Star Wars puns this day. Not from me, anyway. Here’s music news for, er, the 125th

Remember the NHL players’ strike of 2005-2006? On this day in 2005, the league canceled the rest of the season

Four more shopping weekends until Christmas. How’s your shopping going? Let’s move to music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018.

The church down the street from me is already advertising August vacation bible school. Too soon, people. Too soon. It’s

Thirty-two years ago today there was a massive tornado outbreak that hit areas around Barrie, Ontario. It was bad. As

Happy International Women’s Day! Remember that as you peruse the music news for March 8, 2018 There will be one

Happy 80th birthday, Toyota Motors! And now, the music news for August 28. I have it on pretty solid authority

It’s a new week. What sort of Trump craziness will ensue? (Notice how he conducts his administration like a TV

We’re spending the weekend at my parents’ place, sleeping in my old bedroom. Mom’s happy. And now, the music news

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