h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Let's not forget B.B. King (85) and the never ending Bob Dylan (70)

I didn't realize he was still alive.

King or Dylan?

No, Berry.

Yes, I keep thinking I really *should* go see him sometime, because he's a legend and there's really no reason I can't. Especially given how often he performs within a 30 minute drive of my house.

I never ever dreamed that the rock stars I grew up with would still be doing their stuff as octogenarians.

Yeah, funny, aint it? "Never trust anyone over 30"? These days I find it hard to trust anyone younger than that

The people you can't trust range in age from 0 to 100. The people you *can* trust cover the same range. It's hard to see through the veneer that enfolds each of us.

I'm not suggesting that people over 100 are more or less trustworthy than those who are younger. They are statistically quite rare, and not many of them get out in public much.

Nobel Prize laureate André Gide is quoted for saying "believe in people, who seek the truth, be wary of people who have found it"

Not many of us on this side of the Atlantic have ever read anything by Gide. I'm an exception: I read his "La Symphonie Pastorale" in college, in French. I liked it at the time. I don't remember much about it, now....

I was never taught French. They said I could choose between Latin and French - in principle - only they didn't have a teacher who could do it. So I learned a bit of Latin - and then I gave up on school

Oh, by the way, since we have both sung in choirs (oh yes, this used to sing in a church!) I thought you might like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmmUOpLQnLs&feature=youtu.be

It is estonian and I find it very beautiful

Sorry, I don't go to youtube very often. It takes forever to load, and I get frustrated watching three-second chunks of whatever is there, followed by long pauses while it loads some more.

That is so sad. This is a 6 minute clip of a very touching and moving song, performed by the lovely estonian Siiri Sisask and thousands of youth gathered for an open air song festival. See if you can catch it somewhere else, you will not regret it!

My local radio station used to have a show called "Spotlight on Latvia." Apparently there are numerous Latvian immigrants in and around Boston, so this program must have been popular enough to keep broadcasting.

Be careful not to confuse Estonia with Latvia. There is a big difference. Bigger than the difference between Minnesota and Arizona I think

I'm not confusing them at all, Pierce. It's just more likely that I would recognize Latvian music than Estonian music if I heard it. It's all a matter of exposure; I've heard hardly any Estonian music.

hiya lil

You should look for music by Arvo Pärt, a great Estonian composer who has won respect all over the world - plus some big prices, the Leonie Sonnings Music Award included

Sorry, I didn't realize Part was Estonian. I thought he was Swedish or Norwegian or perhaps Finnish.

I sang one of his pieces a few years ago. I guess I *do* know some Estonian music, then. This is great!