1. How do Swedish indie musicians manage to create that completely unaffected and crushingly sad air of melancholy? (See Jens Lekman's Pocketful of Money for example)

2. Why can't Patrick Wolf be some weird, cute 19 year old with an accordion and a copy of 'The Marble Index' and 'The Bloody Chamber' in his bag?

3. Why did Sleater-Kinney split up?

A prize for the most convincing answers.