Friday, 30 November 2018

A Song of Fire and Reggae


Is George R.R. Martin, the author of the books on which Game of Thrones is based, Del and Rodney Trotter's uncle Albert.


I heard on the news that reggae is to receive protected status from UNESCO. What the hell does that mean? If you're a reggae artist will the Reggae Police check your music adheres to certain standards before allowing you to say it's reggae? Will those who hate reggae have visits from the Reggae Police? Sounds daft to me.


2 comments:

boromax said...

Hmm. A protected musical genre does sound daft. How could one possibly enforce said status?

boromax said...

Went to that linked site. That is quite a list. Interesting, though, in those hundreds of "intangible cultural heritage..." specialties, not a single entry for North America or UK.