Well, thank you once again Janos for your review of Kennedy in San Francisco. Tonight he played the Elgar Concerto here in Edmonton, Canada. And I haven't seen anyone play with such energy and commitment. No wrong notes and no violin pieces were flying about, except a few foul words from Nige. It's hard being objective about this, since I've been a fan for the last 10 years, but the bad outfits aside and the chatting, Kennedy, I think really owns this piece at the moment. He really played as there was no tomorrow, something about which Janos can testify. As for the guy himself. I got to meet him after, and yes I was wearing my Aston Villa sweater. He wouldn't let go of me for almost an hour, dragging me around. I got an invitation from him to England, naturally. ;-) Suprsingly, he was out of his concert uniform (which consisted of sweats pants and mismatched socks) and instead was wearing a casual suit. What's even more surprising is that he doesn't keep the act up off the stage. He's just very easy going and talks too much. His new girlfriend, a shy Polish girl, keeps him in check. As for chatting about music, that didn't really happen. We talked about football for most of the time. Milan Gowin [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~mgowin/