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Random music news for Monday, January 18, 2021

Attention, Batman fans. You could have purchased Batman #1 if you had this much money. You probably don’t, so let’s

Now we have to worry about universal warming? Great. I’d rather just deal with music news for November 12, 2020.

A interesting point, don’t you think? Here’s what’s going on in music news for October 3, 2020. Coronavirus update 1:

No. Just…no. Let’s begin the first day of autumn with music news for September 22, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: There

Off to Vancouver today to cover the Skookum Festival. I just have time to report on some music news for

Still fresh from the breakup of The Beatles, John Lennon got to work on music that would become the Imagine

Thirty-two years ago today there was a massive tornado outbreak that hit areas around Barrie, Ontario. It was bad. As

Toronto police are investigating the theft of a rock–like, a pebble–from the Yoko Ono exhibit at the Gardiner Museum. The

Fifteen years ago today, one of the worst concert tragedies in history happened with a pyro display during a Great

The Widow Lennon is not a fan of the 45th president of the United States. She had this to say:

It’s still summer. Tomorrow, though… Here’s some music news for September 21. This weekend’s Global Citizen Festival in New York

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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