Torture Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 953: Using music as a weapon

Music is one of the greatest gifts the universe has bestowed upon humanity. It provides so much joy, comfort, inspiration,

Three men who were held in the Oklahoma County Detention Centre claim that they were “tortured” back in 2019 by

Bill Gross is a tech billionaire annoyed with his tech entrepreneur neighbour, Mark Towfiq. At issue is a glass sculpture

If you end up in jail Oklahoma, don’t expect to be a cushy experience. Take the case of inmates at

A new book called The Penguin Book of Hell has a chapter about the music American interrogators use at detention

The story of Jamal Khashoggi’s death keeps getting more and more horrible. On October 1, he walked into the Saudi

TheConversation takes a look at the times throughout history when music was used for evil purposes. There is of course

Music can inspire and invigorate. It can also be used to inflict harm and even kill. The New Yorker takes

The Guardian reports on the work of Morag Grant and Susan Cusick who shed light on the use of music

Scientology is under attack again, this time from a new documentary entitled Going Clear. In a story called “16 Shocking

My wife has a cold. This isn’t good. Why did Stephen Colbert choose “Holland 1945” by Neutral Milk Hotel to

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 […]
Andrew Dick
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