h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

...to be given co-author credit on your Billy Bragg article. After all, I made a miniscule contribution/suggestion. Needless to say, congratulations! It's a good piece.

Thanks, FG, I liked it

I think it's a good thing that any contribution used in the final article gets a 'co-author' credit: it saves the editors having to make value judgements of relative merit. The whole Guide is a collaboration, and the more people feel they've helped to build it the more they'll keep coming. Jealousy is for frailer egos than mine.

In any case, I owed you one for getting me to buy 'Mermaid Avenue', which has already given me several hours of pleasure.

PF

What did I tell you? Now you should get the follow-up, Mermaid Avenue Volume Two. As a rule, I'm not a fan of sequels of any kind, but this does complement the first CD. If nothing else, I hope for more Bragg/Wilco collaborations in the future...