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Random music news for Tuesday, January 28, 2020

If you live in the Toronto area, is your bank suddenly on lockdown with a security guard at the front

This is 11-year-old self-taught Feng Xiaoxiao busking in Taipei, Taiwan. It’s his version of Mason Williams’ 1968 instrumental hit, “Classical

An orchestra of ukuleles? Yes–and they’re very good. Watch and learn as they perform “Heroes” by David Bowie earlier this

Worldwide productivity has already dropped to near zero as a result of the World Cup. Yet there’s still music news

It’s tax day for Americans. Canadians have until the end of the month to do all the tax accounting for

How many times have you been behind some asshat at the drive-through wondering what’s taking so bloody long? Just be

You’ve heard Slayer’s “Payback” performed like this before. Details at Revolver. (Via Tom) Bonus ukulele music: The Stone Roses debut

This guy is planning to do a different Metallica cover each week in May-Tellica. Who knew that “Blackened” worked on

That headline sounds like it could lead to some weirdly disgusting porn video. Instead, we have three Russian women (plus

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One of the great introductions to a newspaper column appeared in the Daily Mail on July 30, 1966, on the

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 […]
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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 […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver