The Sidewalk Boys, a wandering folk band from Old Earth’s Golden Carbon Age, conjured up the various myths by which they leapfrogged gazebos and music pubs alike in the old northeast coastal region of the then North American continent. The famous and oft misunderstood fossilized rock stratum is a testament to the musings and many passages by the Boys and their followers. There appear to be many impromptu recordings of seeming musical arrangements, or something in approximation thereto by today’s standard. Also a sort of camaraderie was evident in the logs left by the scribe of the band, who, by all accounts had a warped sense of humor and wit. Not only were ballads collected and sung they were also created and lived as the band moved through the busy century. If history was changed a little nobody seemed to notice because of the high entertainment value. In those days the Great Corporations were warring against the smaller governments of the planet so anything was fair game. Advertising quick gratifications never seemed to fail for the corporations in a Barnum and Bailey sort of way. Based on the ancient record the band seemed to oppose the raiding of public treasuries for political gain but no information survived to support the theory that it made any difference. So it is written in the chronicle, in the Handbook to Indigenous Planetary Musics: 98th edition. 1254 HS