When I say 'the otherside' I mean ask anyone in the street who Jasper Carrot is. They all know. Then ask them who Keith Donelley is. They won't know that he was one of Jasper's joke writers. Now in the folk world most of know 'Oh no it isn't!' and The Bear Son. Ask anyone in the street who The Old Rope String Band is. The folkies know. There is a world that hasn't broken out. If it did and these brilliant artists appeared on TV etc., they'd have to keep coming up with new material. As it is Les Barker can still hawk the 'Shipping Forecast' around the festivals as tho it was new, and of course we all love it.

Sal