[Brian Mansberger]

Hello all -

1) For starters, I too expected a little something more critical from PG 
about the war in Afghanistan, but what would *YOU* do if you were a foreign 
band touring in a country which has just had its worst war tragedy 
committed?  You'd tread lightly (since you are ultimately there to 
entertain) -- no sense inflaming the possibly hostile crowd and ruining the 
entire show.  C'mon.  It's just common sense.  Things like this are highly 
explosive issues right now.  I think Garrett's response during his shows to 
the tragedy have been highly appropriate, expressing sorrow for the deaths 
while withholding support for any military action.

2) I want the new release of the 20,000 Watt RSL DVD, but it's PAL and I am 
a North American -- what options do I have to play it without buying an $800 
PAL/NTSC DVD player?

3) The material from the new album sounds like it's going to be a beautiful 
one, a lot of melodic guitars (like ESM) -- gone (maybe) are the primal, raw 
sounds from Redneck Wonderland (which I also enjoyed)....we'll see, but it 
looks excellent so far, if the new material is any indication.

4) I was at the first show at the HOB in Chicago -- I was the guy with the 
goatee and black shirt in front middle jumping around like a lunatic and 
singing at the top of my lungs.  My voice was in the gutter for 4 days 
afterwards. :)  I took my girlfriend to the show (who is ambivalent to the 
Oils) and she admitted to me that it was the best show she's ever seen, and 
that the energy was AMAZING.

Peace,
Brian

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