[JamesburneyU2@aol.com]

As you can tell by my address, I'm a U2 fan as well, and the Oils topped U2 live any day.  With U2, you can be certain of about 95% of their songs at every concert.  Same thing every time.  With the Oils, they weren't as known and so had the freedom to play whatever they felt like.  The last time I saw them in Kansas City, Jim told me "We're so little known here, as long as we play Beds and Blue Sky, we can do whatever the hell we want for the rest."  Us fans in the States would never have been able to see some of the songs we did this past year if they were huge like U2.  It would have been "greatest hits" over and over.  U2 is great, but the Oils had a lot more freedom which made them the greatest.

That over, two questions.  One, are there still any Powderworks shirts available in any way?  Two, does anyone have the St. Louis or Kansas City shows from July?  They were my final two, and it would be nice to have.  Thanks
James, the mourner