Here's a large image of our mangy mascot, Pan. Suitable for use as a pinup, sticker, t-shirt transfer, tattoo, dartboard, birdcage liner... At this point you may be wondering just what we're talking about with this two-fisted accordion talk. Well, for one it's simply a good, snappy tagline. But also... it seems that with the accordion's maligned reputation, players are too often trapped into wasting time defending or explaining or rationalizing or excusing the instrument. My own inclination, and maybe this is just the old punk rocker talking, is to forget that often losing game and say, "If someone has a problem with the accordion, hey, that's their problem. Let's just do what we do, do it well and do it strong. In their face. Nyahh." Errr, maybe nyahh is a bit much, but you get the idea. It's a powerful, complex instrument that can explore any sort of music (not just its stereotypical genres -- not that there's anything wrong with them, either), so let's pop off those bellows straps and GO!