Time flys--and you can't do a damn thing about it.

Back in the late 70's and early 80's when I made my living as a professional drummer I could have told you the makeup of even the most obscure band, who produced their album, who their agent was—heck, I probably could have even told you what they had stipulated in their Rider.

Cut to today, where I just read the article "Polaris long-list announced."

Of the 40 bands/singers on the list I only recognised a couple, and couldn't even tell you what song they're famous for.

To make matters worse, I didn't even know that the Polaris award is actually the sixth annual independent Canadian music award. I only read the article in the first place because I thought it was about the Polaris Sci-Fi/Fantasy Convention in Toronto running from 15-17 July.

Damn.