
Kenneth Higney is a rock musician whose only album, Attic Demonstration , became a cult favourite amongst record collectors. It was recorded in 1976 as a means of selling his songwriting services to other musicians, but was released as a commercial prospect. Attic Demonstration featured Higney on vocals and electric guitar, with an ad-hoc band consisting of Higney's personal friends Gordon Gaines (guitars, drums), John Duva (bass guitar), and Mark Volpe (guitar, percussion). It had a limited release of 500 copies in September 1976, and earned a favourable review in Trouser Press magazine, but [...]

• Two beer-related news stories in one day? It must be Memorial Day weekend! I can't wait to go to work for seven hours and watch people strolling through the door with that look of complete and utter relaxation spread across their ugly faces. I'm not bitter about having to work on major holidays, trust me. So, yeah. Article number one speaks to the fact that in this "economic downturn" the price of brewing beer has risen, but the actual cost of beer has not. I guess that makes booze just about the only thing in this world that is [...]