Torture Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Weekly survey: What songs would you use to torture a neighbour over a perceived slight?

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

Earlier this week, the US government opened up its files on how various agencies have used torture to excise information

While many of us may believe that listening to any of Bieber’s music is torture, let’s get real. And let’s

Intimate gatherings of sports fans and media personalities – Kevin Kennedy in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 012 November 25, 2020
No matter the sport, passionate fans and pundits have long debated the goings-on in the clubhouse or on the pitch of every pro sports team. For most of us, this dialogue and discord are limited to Twitter, or perhaps yelling at sports talk radio hosts in our cars. If you were paying slightly more attention, […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Independent Production – Don Young in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 011 November 18, 2020
Canadians have long heard about Canadian content, aka CanCon. What most outside of the broadcast business don’t generally realize is that much of that content is actually subsidized by the private broadcasters, such as Bell Media and Rogers Media. Many independent producers have made a career, and a lot of money, perfecting the art of […]
Mark Silver
Reaching new VR frontiers – Laura Mingail in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 010 November 10, 2020
Pushing boundaries and breaking with convention takes more than confidence, especially when you’re working inside a media giant. To do this in an authentic and meaningful way one needs to truly believe that they can make a difference, for the greater good. Laura Mingail has done just that in many of her roles, and as […]
Mark Silver