THANKYOU, ART FOR THE KOTTKE JOKE. ONCE, WHEN HE WAS SINGING HERE IN NEWPORT,RI AT SALT THEATER (NOW DEFUNCT) HE REFERRED TO HIS OWN VOICE AS SOUNDING LIKE :GOOSE FARTS." SO YOUR JOKE GAVE ME 2 LAUGHS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. AS FOR THE AMERICAN ANTHEM, AS A SONG, I CAN'T FAULT IT. ANTHEMS IN GENERAL, HOWEVER, GIVE ME THE PIP. UNLESS MAYBE WE COULD WRITE A TERRAN ONE. BUT WILL THAT EVER HAPPEN? NO, BY SAGAN, NOT UNTIL WE DISCOVER INTELLIGENT LIFE ELSEWHERE IN THE MULTIVERS AND NEED A SNAPPY TUNE TO KEEP OUR PECKERS UP FOR THE FIRST INTERGALACTIC WAR. RAVE ON.