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Random music news for Wednesday, October 23, 2019

The furnace died. You don’t want to know how much it cost. But better now that in January, I guess.

Meet Gemmy’s teddy bear, a plush toy that will twerk to the beat of songs and will lip-sync responses from

Playoffs! Baseball! Yay! And now, the music news for April 12. HMV will be done completely by Saturday night. Can

Now I have a cold. Nice timing, rhinovirus. Christina Aguilera went to Disneyland and got into a fight with Mickey

Greggory found this–linked from a hockey blog, of a places. It’s kinda NSFW–depending on where you work, really.

The Genius of Live Sports Production – Paul Graham In Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 013 December 1, 2020
The best live sports executive producers are a blend of genius, in both art and science. Whether we realize it or not, as viewers, we are of course more deeply engaged in cliffhangers. Match outcomes that keep us tuned in until the very end. That is where the executive producer shines. The research and preparation […]
Mark Silver
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