----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Vancha" <mvancha@sasktel.net>
> If the music is great, why have anything else that's going to take 
> away from
> the artists' performance of the music or the audience's enjoyment of 
> it?

I'm not talking about gimmicks.  All I ask for is that the performers 
look like they're enjoying themselves on stage.  Too often when I've 
seen Fountains of Wayne onstage, it's looked like Collingwood in 
particular is mentally ticking his way down the setlist thinking 
"Okay, just six more songs and I can get out of here..."  I'm sorry, 
but that DOES take away from my enjoyment of the music.

S