Vinyl Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Time to start prepping for the Black Friday edition of Record Store Day. Here’s what we can look forward to.

I know, I know. We’re only halfway through September and people are already talking about Christmas shopping. But if we’re

You gotta hand it to Romanus Records and Audio Disruption Services for coming up with yet another interesting twist on

The most popular album in the Tragically Hip catalogue is Fully Completely from 1992. It’s sold well over a million

I’m trying to imagine a world without a Queen Elizabeth. I can’t. Moving on to music news for September 9,

The things you find on the 500 level at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Get a room, people. Moving on

Leave it to Jack White’s Third Man Records to come up with yet another interesting way to release an album.

No, Mark. Just…no. If you want us to try your metaverse, you’re going to have to do better than this.

The Japanese government wants young people to drink more to help the country. No, really. Here’s music news for August

Is this real? If so, I don’t want to see the litter box. Let’s instead focus on music news for

Are you following the pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope? Amazing stuff, really. Slightly less amazing but almost as

A music research firm called MusicWatch has released a study of young vinyl buyers in the US (i.e born 1989

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