How Many Miles to Babylon? In the 1824 edition of "The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia" there's a description of the rhyme and the game, giving the distance as "six, seven or a lang eight". The rhyme was originally accompanied by a singing game in which two lines face each other, with one player in the middle. At the end of the rhyme the players have to cross the space and any caught help the original player in the middle catch the others. The game seems to have fallen out of use in the twentieth century. In literature In film In music How Many Miles to Babylon?
Sleigh Bells (band) seven-track self-titled EP. Their EP soon gained attention from "The Guardian", "The New York Times", "Pitchfork", ABC News's Amplified, and other sources. Stereogum named them a Band to Watch on October 22, 2009. "The Guardian" named them Band of the Day in December 2009. Their song "Crown on the Ground" was named the 57th best track of 2009 by Pitchfork. Miller produced the track "Meds and Feds" with M.I.A. from the album "Maya" towards the end of 2009, and began recording "Treats" with Krauss in 2010. All but one of the tracks from "Sleigh Bells EP" have been subsequently included