i pollute

today's drive from williamsburg to winchester took five hours. but i got to listen to, in this order:
pinson on the phone
the Cardigans "Life"
Paul Simon "You're the One"
marianne on the phone
The Irish Tradition "[the first one]"
Björk "Vespertine"
a lot of wind, squeeky breaks

What is the difference between making cool new music using old traditional music and taking cool old traditional music and totally fucking it up? Is it taste? or invention or something? Tradition rocks, but drums also rock.