Thanks to all who tried to clear up PT for me. Some of the comments were very helpful. I guess if you get popular you are doomed to be criticized for being banal. Steve Schwartz: >And, of course, let's not forget that everything popular is, a priori, >junk. Somebody get a little Kant into the mix? One last PT anecdote: I recently heard it said that Tchaikovsky wrote 3 symphonies, and called them "numbers 4, 5 & 6." Bob K, thankful Kant didn't compose music