They would be rebellious, anarchistic and uniquely different from the established English pop scene," said Stamp.

"He had made some prior commitments," Stamps said of Jefferson in a telephone interview.

"Stamps and letters," Wil said, obviously no idea what he was talking about.

"Can't locate him," said Stamp, which was the truth although his efforts to find Paul D had been feeble.

"This is hard for me," said Stamp.

Actually, Vlad," Stamp said, "I was thinking of asking you guys if you could take over the maintenance.

"There goes one of our crack employees," Stamp said.

"It's not a union song," Stamp said.

Stamps, who graduated from Stanford last year without winning any major titles, said she felt "tremendous pressure" as a young runner in high school.

"I tried to compete against myself," Stamps said.