Today's Links
Hamish the Highland Cow - a children's book from Scotland. "Hamish is a Highland cow and VERY hairy. He hates having baths and NEVER cuts his hair. Why should he when his shaggy coat is the perfect place to keep his favourite sweet — toffees! But one day his friends get fed up with the increasingly smelly Hamish, and they hatch a plan that involves a hairdresser and, yes, toffees ..."
William McClelland's The Revenge of Hamish - a Choral work from Scotland. "The Revenge of Hamish" includes settings of texts by some of America's finest poets and authors including Elizabeth Bishop, Richard Wilbur, Mary Oliver, e.e. cummings and Conrad Aiken. Featured are two powerful extended ballads: The Revenge of Hamish by Sidney Lanier, and The Ballad of Don and Dan by Ian Frazier. Hamish is a chilling tale set in the highlands of Scotland which McClelland brings to life with Celtic fiddle, piano and bodhran and traditional jigs and reels. Don and Dan describes a bizarre kidnapping 20 years ago in the mountains of Montana with a text drawn from news items written in the Montana papers at the time. The chorus is accompanied by electric guitar, piano, bass and drums. Other works include Five Sonnets for Men's Voices, settings of Dante and John Bunyan, and what is, undoubtedly, the first hymn ever written to the activity of removing plastic bags from trees!"
A man's home can now really be his castle! These guys build custom castles.
Apple opens iTunes Music Store in Canada! Finally. It's accessible using iTunes. Whoo...
U.S. Using Napalm in Fallujah. The UN Banned the use of Napalm in 1980 - The US didn't ratify that treaty, and is the only country in the world still using the wepaon.
You Have Bad Taste in Music - really funny video clips. Buy a t-shirt!