Well. Now I have FOUR stars in my signature (!!)
I think I should introduce myself, too? So if anybody is interested:
Born 1971, so I am not 40 yet, books are my life, librarian, studied in Hamburg, working in a bookstore now, I love it. Live in a small town in Northern
Germany, near the dutch border, so I could be a "Border Reiver" anytime and visit Geroen, Fienecke and all the others.
My sister had Brothers in Arms from her friend, back in 1985, and he forgot it in our living room, so I found it there and listened to the intro from MfN for about 80 times - in the first week! Then she told me she had some cassettes from them, and I was able to listen to aLCHEMY, (but TOL was cut in the middle of the intro, so was PI - which never was a problem. When I had my first CD player in 1990, the second CD I bought was Alchemy (( the first one was BIA)) and when I was able to listen to TOL COMPLETE for the first time, I was in heaven!)
It was about then that I was going on everybody's nerves because of MK and Dire Straits and stuff, and all my friends were impatient with me within minutes!
My first live experience was 1991 in Bremen - and was totally stunned for weeks! I drove to Munich one week later without having a ticket and trying
to buy one outside the venue, found one, missed the first 10 minutes of Calling Elvis and saw Dire Straits the second time then! And so on and so on.
When I had my first internet, the first search word was "Knopfler" (I swear it!) And it was 2000 and I read that there will be a new album out "STP", which is my all time favourite. Will always be and ever was. Dire Straits included. So that was another big moment.
Last year, I joined this forum, and was "at home" within days - much more than I ever was at "the other side" - and feel so here since then.
This year, I will be at a concert at the RAH for the first time and looking forward to it very much!
Next year, I will write a book about MK and call it "Memory Lane" - A biography of Mark Knopfler - or maybe not.
Love Expresso is just my name because I was not able to get an account for "Creole Blue" which I would have loved much more!
All the best,
LE