"heard of em, thanks for all the further info."

No prob ;-) - Hope you (or some of the other readers wanna check out the other mentioned bands ;-) )

"saw Ani at the Greek in Berzerkly last night, just her and a guitar, and...um, wow. she's Got It, and bad. whew. a lefty with the cojones (?!) to speak it loud and proud. and a major poetic gift, and a ripping guitarista to boot. sure, she's 50 pounds of earnest in a 10 pound bag, but i love her."

Coincidentally I also saw her here in Denmark - awesome experience, and you are right, its amazing what she can do with a guitar and a carpet.

"funny, us old-schoolers call it X, the young'uns call it E. i've taken the liberty, if you will, of forwarding your message to Herr Asscroft; expect a middle-of-the-night knock soon. just respond like a true patriot, and tell 'em, 'give me Librium, or give me meth!'"

Well - Im not much into X,E,Y and Z's, but feel free to mailbomb Herr Ashcroft all you like ;-)