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Random music news for Thursday, September 30, 2021

Love wrestling? Then you’ll love this 52-page wrestling romance comic. It’s very sweary, too. Now for some music news for

You gotta be careful when you’re dealing with Tool. You never know when they’re telling the truth and when they’re

The new season (the 29th!) of The Ongoing History of New Music begins! Long before I started doing this for

We never hear much about the personal lives of the guys in Tool, but this is an exception. Maynard James

Tool is one of those bands who, when given a choice, will always do something unexpected and weird. In a

While music festivals are being canceled all across the UK, this swinger’s festival went ahead. What could possibly go wrong?

Letterkenny is one of the weirdest and funniest things on Canadian TV right now and its slow rise to international

What do you do for fun? I’m talking about hobbies, pastimes, and other things you do just for you, away

If you’re not too baked, here’s music news for April 20, 2021. What does the summer concert season look like

Why not? It’s the internet. Behold the work of Michalina Malisz. (Via LouderSound)

No, really. He did. (Via CoS)

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