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Random Music News for Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Me and The Wife just saw Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in Arrival. It took us a while to figure

Don’t let the last of the summer slip into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the summer!

Isn’t it amazing that every four years we become fans and experts at sports we normally don’t care about? Guilty

July 31, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Viola Beach

Things were going well for Viola Beach, a four-piece British indie band touted for success by people such as Coldplay’s

Damn. I missed Einstein’s birthday yesterday. Go here to catch up. And now, the music news… Brian Johnson is not

On this day in 1979, it was so cold that it snowed in southern Sudan. That’s the Sahara Desert. Never happened

All four members of Viola Beach, an indie band based out of Warrington in the UK, were killed along with

Delivering Reach for the Biggest Brands – Alan Dark in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 027 April 12, 2021
In a world obsessed with digital and mobile engagement, as well as the rise of subscription streaming entertainment services, like Netflix and now Disney+, it’s easy to overlook the going’s on in the broadcast media business. The reality is, the 75-year-old business is having a moment. Perhaps it is due, in part, to a global […]
Mark Silver
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 […]
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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