Viet Cong Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Really Think It Through – When Band Names Go Bad

Coming up with a band name can sometimes be even harder than making music. It needs to be memorable and

I stumbled across this one when poking around SoundCloud. Preoccupations, who are from Calgary (the formerly named Viet Cong, t00),

Almost all of today’s music news is consumed with stories of Prince. But there are a few other things going

Viet Cong, the Calgary band whose self-titled album os on tonight’s Polaris Music Prize short list has seen the light

Come September 21 at the Carlu in Toronto, one of these album will be declared by a jury of twelve

Still working on flushing out that goddamn kidney stone. This is NOT fun. The lawsuit against Led Zeppelin over “Stairway

I clearly remember when the first Lollapalooza came to Toronto in 1991, local TV news anchors had a hard time

It was one year ago today that Russia annexed Crimea. How’s that working out for everyone? Bette Midler has found

Another eleven songs that for whatever reason tickled my fancy this week. Maybe there’s something here that will tickle you.

Remember the Calgary indie band Women? They had plenty of potential but blew apart in spectacular fashion right on stage

The premise of this week’s list is very simple: artists to watch in 2015. The hosting comes, as always, from

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
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 […]
Mark Silver