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Random music news for Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Now that the Super Bowl is in the books, the annual impeachment event starts today. This will be weird, of

This might give you some kind of hope when it comes to what was apparently a hopeless situation. Once you

Can the coronavirus be transmitted through farts? This leads to a discussion of “aerosolized feces.” Once you get over that,

Here’s a topic worthy of exploration these days: edible vaccines. And here are 18 more common ways to die than

If you remember the story of the fire at Universal Music’s secure vault back in 2008, there were allegations that

It’s the future. Time for the first roundup of music news of the new decade. Here’s a list of all

I woke up in Phuket this morning. Bonus points if you can pronounce that correctly. Here’s some music news for

Millennials have figured out how to stop spam calls on their mobile phones. Basically, if the phone rings, it’s spam.

On this day in 1955, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sold its first transistor radios. When it comes

Summer long weekend number 2. How many people are going to *cough* call in sick today to make a four-dayer?

No basketball. No hockey. I feel so…empty. Best just concentrate on music news for June 17, 2019. And here come

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver