The Baltic News Service have reported today that representatives of Pink Floyd are not happy about the illegal use of their song, "Another Brick in the Wall," in a video clip made by Latvia's Russian education defenders against the government's reform program. The video apparently features scenes of protesters outside a venue where Alvaro Gil-Robles, Commissioner for Human Rights, is speaking, with the Floyd track playing in the background.

The statement about the band's view on the use of the track was made by Latvia's MicRec music publishers. MicRec is an affiliate of EMI Music Publishing, and is the Latvian division of the record label. More details here.

Mark Fenwick, Roger Waters' manager, has been in contact with Brain Damage, kindly taking some time out of his busy schedule to update us on a number of aspects of Roger's forthcoming opera, "Ca Ira".

David Gilmour, who was made Vice President of homelessness charity Crisis last year, was reported in yesterday's Londoner's Diary in the Evening Standard newspaper, as trying to encourage Sir Paul McCartney to give more to charity.

Yesterday's Independent on Sunday newspaper (UK, February 8th 2004), included a look at how some "historic British rock names have decided that classical sounds might be more in keeping with their advanced age", and looks at two examples - Manfred Mann, who is issuing a collection of previously unreleased hymns by Elgar, and Roger Waters, who as we know has written an entire opera about the French Revolution called "Ca Ira", hopefully being released this summer.