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Random music news for Thursday, April 22, 2021

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

Sixty years ago today, US Customs seized copies of the Allen Ginsberg poem “Howl” on obscenity grounds. Man, if they

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 […]
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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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