Wow! I started to say "Hi, y'all" and I must have pushed the fire missile button by mistake!! I just got back from a gig in Hamilton, Bermuda, and thought I would check in and see how dem ol' mudcatters is doin' . . and ran right into the Hershey Bar/Cheesehead 'discussion'. Intellectual differences?? Puts me in mind of a conversation I had in Houston a few years ago . .a large, florid, Texan was telling me how the only real American music was that performed by Wilf Carter, Hank Williams and Hank Snow. I said " Well, one outa three aint bad, I guess . ." He said "Mister, those gentlemen are like the Father, son, and holy Ghost to me, so you'd best be treadng softly if you got anything to say about them" I said "well, two of 'em are Herring Chokers that never saw a horse until they mosied south" . . ." Hay-ring Chokas??" he said "That better mean sumthin' awful nice where you come from, son, or you're in a heap of trouble . . " So, it's a matter of perspective, I guess. Look at the Emmys, The Academy awards, etc.. Those million selling gal singers like Celine Dion, Alanis Morrisette, Shania Twain, Sarah MachLachlan,Diana Krall . .Canada hasn't got anything like them, . .least not anymore! Or K.D. Lang, Rita McNeil, Buffy St. Marie, Joni Mitchell, Sylvia Tyson or 'that bitch, Anne Murray', and on and on. Then there's the Robbie Robertsons, Neil Young,Bruce Cockburn, Stan Rogers,Gordon Lightfoot, and about a hundred more - performing in bands like Buffalo Springfield, Steppenwolf, Lovin' Spoonful, The Band,Rush, The Guess who, and on and on. Finally, You guys got all the good songs like 'American Woman', 'Bo Diddley', Born to be Wild',Four strong winds, Early morning rain,Lonesome Mary, Suzanne, The circle game, Shakin' all over, Universal soldier, etc. So, when you couple all those bastions of Americana to switchin' on the tube to see Michael J. Fox steppin' down from his show amid a tearful farewell, or Jim Carey grinning in classic American style as he accepts yet another award, or 'Pa' giving fatherly advise to the sons of the Ponderosa . .it kinda makes you wonder about the US/Canada 'differences' As Pogo once put it " We has seen the enemy and he is us" What's my point?? Jeez, darned if I remember, after all that!