Thomas Hansen aka ST THOMAS wonders whether maybe he should have been a rap artist. Watching 8 Mile recently, he couldn't help but be reminded of his childhood in a working class suburb of Oslo. s It might seem faintly ridiculous to the more cynical that a 26 year old former postman from Norway, who also played football for one of Norway's leading football team's junior and reserve sides, might see himself as a potential Eminem, but no more so than the idea that he might see himself as the missing link between country music, Norwegian folk and pop. And we say our cowboy loving Scandinavian is entitled to think what he likes, because his most recent single, A Long, Long Time, the opening track from his new album HEY, HARMONY, went straight into the Norwegian charts at Number 2. In actual fact, it held its place in the Top 10 for six weeks. Not so bad for a man who only first picked up a guitar in December 1997... read on...