When I was hospitalized last year, for some days, after a heavy allergic response on Castellani‘s powder, I had arranged an interview with Bill Callahan on his album „Shepherd in a sheepskin vest“ – he would record it by himself, and send it to someone from Drag City who would send it to me. So i was sitting in front of the big and slightly intimidating Aachener Klinikum, evening time, and finally, after twenty minutes, I had him on a phone. It was a good talk, I remember his warm baritone voice coming from Austin, Texas. He didn‘t get it right with the technical side, so it had simply not been recorded, and our talk was lost. Never mind, nice divertimento, and an awesome double album. (m.e.)