Half the Songs My Mother taught me
A Calgary radio station , using the slogan “Now Twice the Music!”, has cut all the pop hits it plays in half in order to cater to listeners’ decreasing attention spans.
Tommy Hunter “The Great Mail Robbery”
![Canada Post has honoured county musician Tommy Hunter, [ironically creator of the hit song: "The Great Mail Robbery"], with a commemorative stamp.](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1502201403082014_31.jpg)
Canada Post has honoured county musician Tommy Hunter with a commemorative stamp. [One of his hit songs, ironically, was “The Great Mail Robbery”.]
Farewell to Hugh Davidson
Canadian Hugh Davidson, champion of the Arts, May 1930 – July 2014
Remembering Lorin Maazel
![Internationally renowned composer, violinist and conductor, Maazel dies at [mm] 84](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1502201416072014_5.jpg)
Internationally renowned composer, violinist and conductor, Maazel dies at [mm] 84
That’s definitely Harrison Birtwistle I hear
Composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle turns 80
Prince Charles and Camilla hit with the full Arsenault in PEI
The Royals attended a concert in Prince Edward Island which included music by the late Angele Arsenault and performances by Paper Lions, The Meds, Tim Chaissson, Wade Lynch and an appearance by Anne of Green Gables.
Air Canada drops the ball
![A passenger's video which shows Air Canada baggage handlers dropping gate-checked bags 15 meters has gone viral. [Proving that nothing has improved following Dave Carroll's internet hit "United Breaks Guitars"]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1502201419042014_4.jpg)
A passenger’s video, which shows Air Canada baggage handlers dropping gate-checked bags over 18 feet, has gone viral. [Proving that nothing has changed even after Dave Carroll’s internet hit “United Breaks Guitars”]
Einstein: “Happy Birthday to me”
Albert Einstein, born March 14th, 1879, plays “Opus 135”
Skating on thin ice
Japanese figure skate, Takahashi, performs in the Olympics to “Sonatina for Violin” by discredited composer Samuragochi who hired a “ghost writer” to compose the piece and who also faked deafness to gain fame and comparisons to Beethoven.
No “Hurrah” for Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams is criticized for agreeing to play a concert in Harare, Zimbabwe in spite of international sanctions and boycotts provoked by autocratic ruler, Robert Mugabe
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