I don't think it's silly to be sitting in a board room discussing what to do if aliens attacked tomorrow. It's far-fetched, but who would have thought on Sept. 10 that Sept. 11 was a possibility.

It caught us off guard. We had backup tapes, phone call lists, the standard stuff - you think you're prepared.

We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are

[In the meantime, the silly season has another month and a half to go before Parliament returns, which means continued coverage of sneezing horses, World Hen Racing Championships and Jude Law's philandering, After all, while terrorist issues continue to dominate the news,] there's only so much people can take, ... When it doesn't necessarily sell papers after a certain amount of time, you've got to have something more upbeat.

I know that there are a lot of sort of silly things that one thinks as a music listener about bands. I am a fan of many bands.

These great players get me open, and being able to knock down those shots just felt good. I think we're all comfortable in our roles and what they are. The team's kind of evolving as we go.