VR Archives | Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

How about a virtual tour of the original CBGB?

CBGB was a dump. But as ground zero of the pretty much all things punk, it was an important and

Klingon wine? Absolutely! Post Malone rose? Why not? And now, let’s get back to reality with what’s going on in

If you’re outside Canada and wondering why things are a little light today it’s because today is a stat across

Nobody cares about audio until they can’t hear it. But when it comes to VR, what makes the virtual real

A couple of weeks back, I moderated an EntertainmentTO panel on the subject of AR and VR. There was much

Turning the graphic novel Scary Girl into a VR world was a tall task for Dark Slope Studios. Author and creative director

It was on this day in 2003 that the World Health Organization warned of a new threat called SARS. Moving

Four more shopping weekends until Christmas. How’s your shopping going? Let’s move to music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018.

On this day in 1994, WXYC, a student radio station at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, became the

My neighbour has started to go crazy with Halloween. There are skeletons hanging from all the trees. Charming. And now,

Facebook’s Oculus has finally given early adopters a reason to jump into VR. But should the rest of us? Augmented

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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The Ultimate Backstage Pass – David Kines in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 032 May 17, 2021
In today’s everything-on-demand world, it may be hard for anyone born post-Y2 K to answer a simple question, “where do you watch music videos?” A reasonable answer would be YouTube, Apple Music, or maybe even Tiktok. Prior to the dawn of YouTube in 2005, the answer was easy. MTV if you’re American, and of course […]
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