The music of the 80s is now classic for a certain age group

Stary Olsa from Belarus play Another Brick in the Wallby Pink Floyd, using medieval instruments. Note that great armor! Then there is the Harp Twins doing Metallica's One: Thanks to Nicholas at http://quotulatiousness.ca/ for putting me on this tra...

CBC's "The Current" visits Newfoundland and Labrador

The morning public affairs show on CBC Radio One is uniformly excellent. Today "The Current" talked about the changes in the lifestyle of people in Newfoundland and Labrador resulting from the collapse of oil, gas, and mining revenues. Not exactly unprecedented, that collapse, and...

I always liked that name

Ian Anderson, leader of the band Jethro Tull, speaks of his regrets over the band's name (in Billboard):Anderson adds that recording and touring under his own name now also allows him to shed some guilt he's felt since February of 1968, when the group's booking agency gave Jethro Tull the name of an 18th century British agriculturist after several other monikers were rejected....