r.e.m., my longtime favourite band, announced Wednesday that they’re breaking up after 31 years and 15 albums. “A wise man once said — ‘the skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave.’ We built something extraordinary together. We did this thing. And now we’re going to walk away from it,” frontman [...]

At the risk of turning our impressionable youth into Republicans…

R.I.P. Clarence Clemons.

It’s Memorial Day here in the States, where we honor those who’ve died in our country’s wars by eating, drinking, and shopping. Eric Bogle’s “And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda,” written 30 years ago, is as good a reflection on the sacrifices of war as any.

With bonus typos and misspellings in the lyrics.

It’s 5:59, 21 May 2011, where will you’ll go? That was pretty obvious, so here’s BONUS TRACK that only seems appropriate on the surface: