see, i like dickon, but that 'splitting a band up because it looks like success is approaching' thing infuriates me - he's not the only person i've known to do it, either.
i sometimes wonder how much these people take for granted how it would be to be ignored forever.
dunno, just his time in bands appears to be equal to mine and i've got precisely f*ck all to show for it, in terms of what i hoped for.
It was only tindersticks level i was after, for goodness sake...

moan moan moan.

still, i like his bowing out while it's still worth bowing out on philosophy. good luck to him!