From: "Latthew Marge" <landof_thelarge@hotmail.com>

you know,

there used to be a time when everything oh jay _really_ riled me, but one time he mailed me privately, and what he said made me think that perhaps we, as a crowd, should listen to him.

WOW_!!! >:-O erm ... i must admit that i'm indeed deeply impressed by your kind words about me , matt !!! *shy_smile* :-) anyway ... please DON'T take my opinion to seriously ... or interpret to much into what i write here or elsewhere , fellows !!! ;-) however ... dirk matten knows the facts !!! i'm jus' a fan like the rest of u !!! ;-) my kw "connection" is rather outdated ... especially since oskar sala's death a few weeks ago !!! *sigh* :-o florian & dieter ( doepfer ) are really good friends , so it was no surprise at all for me to see him ( again !!! ;-) @ a booth in ffm , twiddlin' @ some doepfer & other equipment !!! *G+* ;-)

it upsets me to hear people criticising kraftwerk's sounds (although i'd never suggest these opinions are invalid), and i fear that when they release new sounds these same opinions will be voiced.

well ... i suppose that's also what kw themselves "fear" ... somehow !!! :-/

kraftwerk are human,

nope , "they are the robots" !!! *hehehe* ;-)))

they are hurt by negative criticisms - aren't we all?

that much is for sure !!! :-/

might this stop them from letting us hear their new sounds?

"maybe ... perhaps ..." ??? :-o

thanks for listening

thanx for writin' , matt !!! ;-) however ... many greetinx , oh jay ;-) *~\^/~*