After posting my response last night to Vance Wood's "junk yard dogs/band of brigands" message, I checked the archive this morning and realized that he and I had pretty much the same exchange exactly one year ago (does something about Pearl Harbor Day trigger it, I wonder?) He told me then that my disagreeing with him proved his point (a useful rhetorical device which allows the user to declare victory in any situation), and I'll note the same response now and save him the trouble.
Anyway, if you had a deja vu feeling about this, it was well founded, and I promise that when Vance complains about the hostility of the lute world next year at this time, I'll let it pass. Howard
