It's not that we don't all love her, but with the bum economy, the houses we can't sell and fears of a Wall Street meltdown, we're just not looking to spend, you know, as much on her this year.

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The music-loving public decided that after all it didn't really love Mr Ornstein and his contemporary composers, although what they did was undoubtedly clever.

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What she wasn't counting on was that love did not conquer all obstacles, so there's quite a bit of tension between the two of us.

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