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Kurt Cobain’s Unplugged guitar is being sold at auction by…someone

If alt-rock had a Stradivarius, it might be the 1959 Martin D-18E acoustic guitar Kurt Cobain played during Nirvana’s MTV

The last Nirvana album made while Kurt was still alive, the MTV Unplugged session, is legendary for how good the

The most famous thrift store cardigan in music is now up for sale again. The greenish sweater that Kurt Cobain

It was a Thursday when Nirvana finally moved into the newly-opened Sony Music Studios at 460 W. 54th Street to

MTV’s Unplugged series had an insanely good run when it debuted more than 25 years ago. Now that the network

Eric Clapton has had a ton of albums released. According to my research, he’s released approximately 20 solo albums. That’s

Michael points us to eBay item number 131679577255. You have approximately until the end of Sunday to make your bid.

Yep. As of yesterday (December 23). Time for a retrospective. Start with this video and them move to UPROXX.

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