In principle, rapid productivity should make wages rise, but it seems that until the job market tightens up a bit, all the productivity gains flow to corporate profits,

You will see more wage growth. The productivity numbers have been so good and the margins have been so good we can easily afford more wages.

There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles!

It's hard to put this all together,

A lot of the focus, at even the venues that support underground music, seems to be less on live music groups and more on records by other, more well-known national acts.

We're not desperate, we just want to get our head count up to our control level. I'd like to hire about nine or 10, and I think that would move us into this winter and spring. We're basically hiring and training year- round.