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Random music news for Monday, March 9, 2020

Yes, I’m glad for the extra daylight at the end of the day, but switching to DST is not healthy.

Aliens exist. Tom DeLonge will be proven right. Moving to music news for February 1, 2020… This is important: A

I got my first back-to-school school supplies email yesterday. Too soon, people. Too soon. And now, music news for July

Whilst browsing through a junk store on Sunday, a man stumbled across a VHS tape (remember those?) adore with a

There’s no question that streaming will continue to be A Thing in 2018. The question is, how much will streaming

VHS tapes? Collectible, sure. Valuable? Apparently. Michael points us to LoveAntiques.com which has a list of the most valuable VHS

It’s the morning of April 4. There’s 15 cm of fresh snow outside my door. It’s Monday. To say I’m

Before we set the lineup for this week’s show, we conducted a Twitter poll on whether we should cover the

The Great Format War of the 1980s pitted Sony’s Betamax video system against JVC’s VHS. Although Betamax was superior in

You’ve probably seen music videos YouTube where someone has obviously uploaded something they recorded on beta or VHS back in

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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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