Is there any way at all to organise these threads into sections? I find it very difficult indeed to use Mudcat due to the huge number of threads, most of which I don't want to read and the way they get bumped off the bottom of the page very quickly...

You separated out the BS threads (thank-you!) so could you make categories like:
Lyric posts and Requests
Events, Festivals and Regional Gatherings
Chords/Music posts and Requests
Music chat
etc.?

If this has been suggested before (I can't find it!) I apologise. I, for one, would certainly visit mudcat more often if there was more sense of continuity and more organisation of topics of discussion.

This is constructive criticism; I'm not having a go at the people who run Mudcat, who I bet do loads and loads of work for very little thanks. (So ta very much).

Daisy