I wish the whole of folk club world was like the one you describe, the Snail. No-one would ever have any cause to complain about anything if it was.

As things stand, as soon as someone starts raising concerned based on their perception of how things are, you come down of them like a ton of bricks, as you have done with John Kelly. You've been similarly harsh with Tom Bliss in the past, I recall. I suspect for all your protestations to the contrary, you really don't like professional folk singers very much. Or if you do, you don't exactly advertise the fact.

I'm really glad all your experiences of the folk world have been so positive for you (having to deal sternly with whinging folksingers notwithstanding). In fact it makes me quite jealous.

Howevah, your seeming belief that your version of reality is the only tolerable one is starting to smell suspiciously like, shall we say, folk club Stalinism.

Sorry and all that.