Ho Ho Ho and may your Bells Jangle with the utmost jangleness. Merry Xmas to you all from the Dun Ringles and may you all not forget the true meaning of this time of year, the birth of Santa. (If I can borrow that one from Bart Simpson)

The message board is getting very heavy of late what with references and links to Germanic Wagnerian Ring Cycle type things and debate about the very existance of Goth.

I note a bit about a Guirean meeting someone famous, that Midge Ure cove from out of Slick, and I was wondering if anyone else has come across a famous rock star. My favourite is meeting Martin Barre of Jethro Tull after a gig in Glasgow a few years ago. All us Dun Ringles were ver ver drunk and as we staggered up the road wee Martin emerged from the Concert Hall en route to the tour bus. We rushed towards him and Jason tried to convey to him how majestic he thought his guitar playing was, however, Jason was so drunk all that came out was 'oh, that gig was 'quite' good' where upon Mr Barre almost burst into tears at this damning with faint praise. I suppose you had to be there.

I also once asked Ian McCulloch of the Bunnymen if they would do a cover of Zing Pops Me and My Tractor when they played in the Cabar in 83 but they surprisingly enough didn't.