@LinerNotes

"I can't believe the news today. I can't close my eyes and make it go away. How long, how long must we sing this song?" - Bono Led by a militaristic drum line, a violin like the voice of a survivor discovering a loved one shot down in the streets and counterpointed by plaintive, chiming guitar arpeggios, those words herald the start of U2's album War , released 30 years ago today.

"Old Guy In a Record Store" - Original Artwork by @Demon_Jello Recently, I had a pair of music-related encounters with members of two very different generations occur within a couple hours of each other. So cool were these short interactions that they deserve a mention so as not to be consigned to the ephemera.