On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Kerry Kompost wrote: > And, although I really can't stomach Dire Straits, the song "Making Movies" > is very visually evocative -- proof of Knopfler's songwriting prowess > (however sleep-inducing). Don't you mean "Skateaway," which features the "making movies" line? There is no title track per se on MAKING MOVIES. While I recognize Knopfler's sleep-inducing qualities, and my Dire Straits fandom waned the more I explored the Richard Thompson catalog, I really like the whole MAKING MOVIES album. Yeah, Roy Bittan! Come to think of it, there's a lot of COMMUNIQUE that I like too. Hm, maybe I'm still a fan. I guess some people just can't stand the musical widdly-widdly aspect of > prog (which is my favorite element; after all I'm a musician, so that level > of playing/composing has always been a benchmark of sorts). And for me, that is where a lot of prog loses me - the widdly-widdly aspects hold no interest for me whatsoever. later, Miles -- now with blogspot retsin! http://readingpronunciation.blogspot.com/