Robin Mitchell-Boyask lamented: >My only complaint about this list is its obsession with recordings, and the >almost complete absence of reports of happenings. Do so few people here >have real attachments to musical groups at home? I don't dispute that we spend a lot of time discussing recordings but there are those of us who simply do not have access to regular concerts. In my case, the nearest concert I can attend is a 2-hour plane ride away. When I'm in a place where there are concerts to be had, I go to as many as I can. On the few occasions I've been in London, I was going to concerts every day and evening and when I wasn't doing that, I was going to plays and when I wasn't doing *that*, I was doing serious damage to my credit card in the CD shops. These occasions are very rare. I would love to have a real attachment to a musical group and I would cheerfully report on its concerts - it's just too expensive and too far away. In the meantime, I'll get vicarious pleasure from reading of the experiences of others. Am I the only one on the list who seriously envies Janos? Richard Pennycuick [log in to unmask]