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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 892: Still more where-are-they-now stories featuring CanRock band of the 90s.

At some point, you will be invited to a high school reunion. And you’re probably going to go because you

There are a lot of things wrong with Facebook–don’t get me started–but there’s no denying that it can be addictive.

It was on this day in 1986 that things went very, very wrong at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine.

The words “Houston, we have a problem” were uttered on this day in 1970. Now, the music news for April

On this day in 1962 at the Marquee Club in London, a band called The Rolling Stones played their first-ever

At the height of nü-metal, Limp Bizkit headlined the Anger Management Tour at the Skydome in Toronto. I seem to

Elastica was one of my favourite bands of the Britpop era. But after that phenomenal debut album, the band, torn

Yeah, we all had a good laugh at Rebecca Black’s expense with “Friday.” But who’s laughing now? From Buzzfeed: Rebecca

I remember Live Aid well: Saturday, July 13, 1985. It’s hard to overstate just how big an event this was.

The Huffington Post put together this gallery of 90s alt-rock stars comparing what they looked like then and what they

I was–and still am–a big fan of The Catherine Wheel, the British band that never really got their due outside

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver
Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
Mark Silver