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Children are experts at practicing anticipation. “When I’m big,” they tell us before launching into elaborate and unrealistic dreams for the future. “How many days ’til I’m 6?” they ask curiously, the day after they’ve turned 5. “How many…

Someone committed murder. At least, according to George Strait and Alan Jackson when they sang “Murder on Music Row” in 1999. “The almighty dollar and the lust for worldwide fame/Slowly killed tradition, and for that someone…

Elton John, singer famed for “Tiny Dancer” and “Rocket Man,” announced to a theater audience that he had lost his sight, risking his ability to record new music. What do you think? “It’s a good thing music is sounds.” Moe Birk,…

OSHAWA, ON – Local indie band The Kneeling Neils have announced a new concert tour to recover the financial losses from their previous tour. The indie folk rock outfit shared the news after the final tally for their most recent tour left…

Stevie Nicks has released a new single, “The Lighthouse,” currently being celebrated by all the usual suspects as an “anthem” to abortion rights, female empowerment, and individual freedom. The song was purportedly written shortly after the…

This week, federal agents in New York arrested rapper and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs on charges of, among other things, alleged arson, bribery, kidnapping, forced labor, and sex trafficking. The federal indictment comes after Combs has…

LONDON – Following years of fomenting hostilities, Liam and Noel Gallagher, founding brothers of British rock band Oasis, have announced a diplomatic breakthrough, each recognizing the other’s sovereign right to exist. “In respect of our…

The classical schooling movement has become a source of retrieval, revival even, of so many sources of knowledge and human flourishing abandoned by modernity. The classical Christian school can also renew the rich Christian heritage and…

Read any Jane Austen novel, and you’ll find that young ladies were often asked to sing and play the piano to entertain family members and guests. Even those who didn’t have particular musical talent, such as Elizabeth Bennet, were…

LAS VEGAS – Speaking from her residency in Las Vegas, British singer-songwriter Adele has announced the release of a new single all about spending time at the mall, checking out cute boys, and just doing, you know, whatever. “I’m quite…