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Random music news for Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Toaster broke this morning. Any recommendations for a new one? Think about that as I present music news for March

William Shatner’s recording career goes back to 1968. Since then he’s (a) mashed up popular songs and Shakespearean dialogue, (b)

William Shatner has been making records since the classic The Transformed Man from 1968. (Listen to some highlights here.) There

I’ve had the same three twenty-dollar bills in my wallet for six weeks. I have no loose change in the

About 15 years ago, William Shatner (with help from Ben Folds), had something of a hit with his version of

Plutonium was isolated on this day in 1940. As for music news on December 14, 2018… Nominations for the 2019

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] In the pantheon of most-ridiculed albums of all time is William

Tuning through satellite radio channels the other day, I chanced upon the season’s first play of Mariah Carey’s “All I

William Shatner’s latest music project is a Christmas album. Yes, he’s Jewish, but that doesn’t mean he can’t get into

Back in 2011, I was won a gig to be William Shatner’s on-stage straight man in a production called How

[It’s Star Wars Day, so the Law of the Internet requires that something related be posted. Punishment may extend to

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, […]
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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