In case you are wondering too, the author finally chose musca as his default WM: http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=206350#p20635...
Surprisingly, I've actually had people be genuinely surprised as some of the simpler things, such as binding the mail key on the dell keyboard I was using to slide toggle Thunderbird in and out of view (move from off-screen on right to 90% of current screen), regardless of which desktop I'm on.