Skiddaw Slate (as opposed to Honister slate which has a green hue) and is used for building, in the Lake District. The traditional buildings of Keswick and other settlements are almost entirely of Skiddaw slate. The slate is also used for making souvenirs, monuments, ornaments etc. Smaller fragments are used for gravels or for ornamental pathways. Skiddaw Slate Skiddaw slate is an early Ordovician metamorphosed sedimentary rock, as first identified on the slopes of Skiddaw in the English Lake District. The base of this series is unknown. The thickness could, therefore, amount to several thousand feet of sediment. These sediments were formed
Loosely Tight Loosely Tight Loosely Tight is an American hard rock band originally based out of Phoenix, Arizona. The band came to prominence after taking top honors at the 1979 California World Music Festival held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. More than 2100 bands entered the competition and shared the stage with Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Van Halen. In conjunction with their festival success, the Loosely Tight song "Rough and Tough" was the lead off track for radio station KDKB (93.3 FM)'s 1979 album, "Arizona Sounds Volume 3". After a brief stint with Capitol Records, the band's album "Fightin' Society" (1981)