These are my links for December 18th 2011 through December 19th 2011:

• Why Spotify can never be profitable: The secret demands of record labels — Tech News and Analysis – "With most other businesses, if a supplier makes unreasonable demands, a retailer can turn to other providers. Since copyright law gives record labels and publishers a government-granted monopoly, no such option is possible with music. Digital vendors have only two options: Accept the terms or not include those songs in their offering."
• Soundmap of London canals and minor rivers –
• Scientists discover source of rock used in Stonehenge’s first circle – News – Archaeology – The Independent – Source of a single bluestone traced to a Welsh outcrop of rock
• Saving Fitzbillies: Tim Hayward’s life-changing year | Life and style | The Observer – Featuring a lost recipe for Chelsea buns and a crucial Bakewell tart…