Every day we receive in the mail copies of cassettes and compact discs containing unreleased recordings, as well as several electronic mail messages asking if we “accept demos”. The easy answer is “no”. That’s the easy answer because without going into the details, the reality is that “demos” just sit in a pile unlistened to; it’s easier to say “no” than to go into long involved explanations about how no one here has the time, energy or inclination to respond to the mountains of unanswered mail. To begin the process of explaining this to a total stranger is to invite an unwanted dialogue that includes going into the same details about why/who/what all over again, with the two parties ending up unhappy and frustrated, maybe more so than before it began.