Hello everybody, Not strictly a B&S thing, but relevant to the list, I hope.... I've noticed a bit of a trend with the younger members of our extended family of frustration with references to bands they nothing about, especially in the 'claim to fame' department, and a fear of showing themselves up in case they get tut-tutted by more knowledgable people. I also noticed one person's notion that it was the older people who had the more esoteric taste. What I want to say is, firstly, if I've ever gone on about someone relatively unknown and alienated someone, I'm sorry. I'm an old fart by the standards of this list (but young at heart, of course, and only a few months older than Stuart Murdoch), and so it's kind of inevitable that some things I love are from before someone else's time. But I'll also say that I'm learning all the time, I certainly don't feel an authority on everything, and my taste evolves constantly, thanks to the recommendations of others, or from tapes people have done for me, or whatever, as well as things I've found myself. And I don't believe that it's entirely an age thing. I've learnt of loads of things I've missed by people several years my junior, especially things from other countries, lots of ace French, German, Japanese, American and Scaninavian pop. As Keith said, anyone who judges people younger than themselves for lack of knowledge has problems of their own. I know there are people who contribute more regularly than others, but this shouldn't turn into an old boy network. Hopefully, this can be a sharing thing, an open-minded thing, where kids of all ages can offer opinions and options without being sneered at (ugh, I sound like a hippy, but you know what I mean). Claims to fame? Nah, everybody is a star.... Night-night Tag ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------