The Scope

Don’t take (pills that look like) candy!!!! from (Saudi Arabian@!!!) strangers.
What a perfect news story. The Saudis are trying to get innocent Newfoundland school children hooked on methamphetamine by decorating it with cartoon characters! Okay police, listen: it’s not hard to get parents scared, but by speculating wildly like you are you’re wrapping a blanket of panic around something that doesn’t exist. Are naive little kids actually ingesting these pills thinking they’re candy? To speculate wildly, maybe part of your marketing ploy is to whip up the fear so more government  funding is diverted your way. (More at http://tinyurl.com/m6wznu)

Globe covers the St. John’s Music Scene
Lots of people have seen this article already, but I think it’s a good overview of the scene here. Kudos to Cliff Lee and the Globe for this. (More at http://tinyurl.com/oc7ca2)