Then again, I just picked up the new Chuck Eddy collection from my postbox, and right in the first sentence he thanks "any and all friends on Facebook (more or less 570 these days — I'm kind of selective)."* I can see this, Chuck rolling along in full voice, gabbing with others about whatever old or new record he's just found, or old or new idea someone's just put forth, as if he's on the ilX "Past Expiry Hard Rock Dollar Bin" thread. He knows what the conversations are missing, and where they're frustrating, but that's not going to stop him from playing around with whatever he's happened this day to have gotten his teeth into, not constrained or abashed in the least.

*You and I, among many others, get our own special thanks on the next page.