I enjoyed your comment, Eric.  Was thinking about D.G.’s  comment on the way home yesterday and the way in this morning, wondering if there would be a counterpoint.  Yours is well put.  Somewhere buried in the archives here there is an interview where Grace said that on the next record (current one) the band wouldn’t try to so hard to capture their live sound, and [wouldn’t fight the recording site?].  My paraphrasing is very rough, and I’m not good at searching archives, so hope it gets the proper sentiment across.

Also, I have already decided to go Mac if and when I decide to have computer at home.  Anything that bolsters that decision is welcome.  We are PC-oriented here, too, except for a small minority of mavericks.