Subject:Re: demographics
       Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 21:02:29 -0400
      From: Thomas North <thnorth@erols.com>
         To: Multiple recipients of list SATB-L <SATB-L@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>


Firstly, everyone should tap their space bars in thanks for Mr. Burch
and his efforts in compiling his list, and to those listees who provided
the raw data.  It is good to see that Siouxsie's older material still
rises to the top.  And I am deeply grateful to see that "There's a
Planet in My Kitchen" came in dead last.  I won a bet with my housemate
on that, and I will think of you all as I drink my winnings.

I never miss an opportunity to cast my personal particulars into the
vast socialogical mix, so here are my demographic two cents.

I am the ripe old age of thirty, and I first saw Siouxsie and the lads
in 1983 on the "juju" tour.  She was opening for David Bowie, if memory
serves me correctly, at the Hollywood Bowl.  She came out on stage,
rather shyly I thought, and that was it: I was hooked.  That was the
first of 23 concerts I have seen with her.  In spite of how that sounds,
I do like to think I do indeed "have a life."  I have been to college
and grad school already, and I just left active duty service with the
Army as an interpreter.  I am a native Californian, but I went to school
in England and Switzerland, and I am now looking for a little niche job
somewhere within the vast military/industrial complex that surrounds
Washington DC.

When not listening to Siouxsie, I enjoy Bauhaus, Joy Division/New Order,
Ministry, the Dead Kennedys, the Clash, KMFDM, the Cure, the Smiths,
Tones on Tail, Sonic Youth, Pretenders, Nine Inch Nails, along with
good, hard-core industrial techno; anything to stay out of some
marketing executive's demographic worksheet.

Waiting for the Flash to Crash,

Tom North