Willie Nelson Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

You can now buy a Willie Nelson Chia Pet

At age 88, Willie Nelson keeps on keeping on. This is his latest, uh, innovation. Available at Walmart! View this

What’s with the UFOs over Canada? Keep your eyes on the skies! Here’s music news for April 22, 2021. Has

I gotta see this new Britney Spears documentary. It just has to become available in Canada first. Oh, and she’s

The supply of new TV program is so bad that Channel 4 in the UK has greenlit a new show

In 1952, The Great Smog descended over London on this day. It was truly awful. Moving to music news for

Forty-five years ago, Richard Nixon resigned. Are we heading towards something similar? On to music news for August 9, 2019.

Plastic (or at least the first version of it) is 110 years old today. As for music news for February

Now that we’re into October, I feel I can enjoy pumpkin spice-laced foods without rushing the season. Let’s take a

Gotta take the dogs for detailing today. Let someone else struggle with 25 kg bull terriers who don’t like having

This year, February 19 is a stat holiday where I live, so please excuse the later-than-usual posting. We’ll be back

David Bowie died two years ago today. To commemorate that, this demo of “Let’s Dance” was released. And in more

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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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