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Random music news for Thursday, July 5, 2018

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

The two most unattainable records in the universe are aboard the Voyager spacecraft, which are both flying beyond our solar

We’ve heard a lot about that golden record aboard Voyager as its journey to the stars continues, at least for

Bolted to the side of the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft are the famous “Sounds of Earth” Golden Records, a

When the two Voyager spacecraft were launched on their grand tour of the solar system, they each left Earth with

When the Voyager spacecraft were launched 40 years ago, each of them carried a Golden Record (that’s the official name),

One of the coolest music projects ever was the Carl Sagan-curated Golden Record, phonograph records attached to the Voyager 1

I’m somewhere between Perth, Australia, and home in Toronto. Through the miracle of traveling east across the date line and

Voyagers 1 and 2 are now a long way off (20.6 billion and 16.9 billion miles away) and still light-years

The two rarest and most unattainable records are the golden discs curated by Carl Sagan aboard the two Voyager spacecraft.

First contact? Probably not, but a good (if not hokey) try. Hey, it’s Tuesday, the day of the week we need

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