Anyone interested in checking out photos of Paul Humphreys' concert in Anaheim earlier this year should pay a visit to Bob Boyd's website at www.bobboydphotography.com. Bob has taken a number of good quality shots of the show which can also be viewed by this direct link: www.bobboydphotography.com/paul_humphreys_live.htm

While enjoying yet another slice of turkey, UK fans may want to tune into ITV at 5.30pm for The Real Joan Of Arc - a documentary on The Maid Of Orléans which follows her historical origins through to modern day influences.

Pat Fetty, in a Christmas treat, has added 10 more video clips onto his World Of OMD website. Go to www.omdweb.com to check them out.

Pat has also added something quite new to the site:

"Thanks to an awesome Christmas gift I received early, I have put together my first techno song. You will certainly notice the OMD influence in it (well, maybe not all fans will notice) and all that I can tell you is that this is only the beginning. I plan on "attempting" to re-work some of my favorite OMD tracks and producing them for the World to listen sometime in the near future! I like this track because it seems to morph itself as it goes along, unlike some brainless techno tracks that I have heard in the past....

The track in question is an 4.1mb MP3 file titled Technosoldier and is about 5:45 long. Access the track directly with this URL: http://www.omdweb.com/technosoldier.mp3

The Official OMD Website wishes everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year. Thanks for visiting us in 2000 and we hope to see you all again in 2001.

"To everyone who visits this and other OMD sites, I would like to wish you a very merry xmas and a fantastic new year.

Thank you all for your continued interest and support. "

Andy McCluskey

Thanks to all those who entered our recent Competition. There were some tough questions in there and this showed in the entries: Only two people managed to get the correct answers. The lucky winner of the double 12" OMD Remixes promo pack is Dave Sewell from Liverpool. The runner-up was Colin Caulfield from The Wirral (both local boys - that certainly improved their knowledge!)

CORRECT ANSWERS:

• Q: On which OMD record does the song Experiments In Vertical Take Off appear?
• A: None. The song doesn't exist

• Q: Which film was the song We Love You originally written for?
• A: Playing For Keeps

• Q: Which historical figure is sampled on the song Southern?
• A: Martin Luther King

• Q: Name the songs that Andy McCluskey shares writing credits for on the 1993 album Esperanto by the band Elektric Music?
• A: Kissing The Machine & Show Business

• Q: Name two bands featuring other musicians that Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys performed in before OMD
• A: The Id & Hitlerz Underpantz

The Discography has been slightly updated and includes additions/amendments to the entries for Then You Turn Away (7", 12" & Pic Disc), Sailing On The Seven Seas (12") and Dreaming (VSCDX987). Thanks to all those people who spotted errors or suggested amendments including Michael Kellermann, Obsidian and Jon Whitney.

A Dutch dance band Tumba Vira have been licenced by Virgin to produce a record called The Sound Of Oh Yeah which will feature an Enola Gay sample.

The new programming room at the Motor Museum studio (formerly the Pink Museum) has been completed and both Andy and Stuart are settling down to write some more Atomic Kitten tunes.

The Compiled website has just been updated with an online Newsletter. Go to www.compiled.org.uk/ for details.

Thanks to all those who entered our recent Competition. We'll print up the name of the winner, along with the answers shortly.