On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Bill Silvers wrote:

> barely on the year-end poll at all, no? What, have the critical cabal who
> make this list so blinkered and IPO-focused weighed in against The Figgs at
> some point and made it impossible for decent, sensitive lurkers to give
> them the props they so richly deserve?

Actually... I have it on good authority that David Bash has been trying to
get the Figgs to play IPO for a while now, and may yet succeed in doing
so.

Just a rumor, though.