Ahhh - Gotcha. I disagree though. "Friends Of American Old Time Music And Dance" does a bit more than imply. It tells me that the society the are involved in the old time music and dance of America.

What is more, by choosing the word 'friends', they more than imply that they like that type of music and dance. When I say that the name says it all I mean that it does tell me an awful lot about their ideas. I would not expect such a society to be overly enamoured of Springsteens music any more than I would expect a hard rock society to approve of a folk version of 'Smoke on the Water'.

The tone of their article does seem to prove me right I think. What does surprise me is that anyone would presume to tell me what I should consider good or bad music. I may not be an 'Old Timer' in the sense that the critic meant but I will certainly never see 50 again. Even so, I can't even imagine why he or she should tell me that Mr Springsteens work is good for nothing but putting coffee on.

I, for one, would not dream of telling the reviewer that his or her music is bad. I will simply put it down to a difference in culture and character and carry on listening to music from all and every source. Deciding for myself what I do and do not like. Remember the old maxim? Those that can, do. Those that cannot, criticise:-)

Oh, and as for Dave the Gnome. I am surprised you have not figured that one out. My name is Dave. I am short, fat and ugly. I am grumpy and the guardian of a secret treasure. So, yes I suppose, it does also say it all:-)

Cheers and keep playing that good old time music.

DtG