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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

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 […]
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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 […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
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