As I said at 11.41 (which is going on for 5 in the morning here) in the course of pointing out that I wasn't and didn't intend to be engaged in house cleaning but was reading a few tunes, the Oxidised Non-Instrument can sod off too.

I was deeply incensed by his (yeah, has to be a him) intensely personal, trivialising shit but decided to ask the Big Mick person how it was he was justifying having a go at me for the way in which I counter the sexist abuse and trivialisation yet was failing to condemn the idiots who spout it in the first place. I said:

I write to topic and, sadly, know the facts of the issue. I'm considerably more impressed by those blokes who cringe at the arrogant gits who don't know what they're talking about, and decide to go for me instead. The issue is far too important to any of us closely involved to have any time for the pompous, testosterone-fuelled (thanks Steve) throwbacks.

Mick mentioned that he thought I was 'unfair' to Mr Olesko, at which I said:

But that's exactly what I mean, he went completely off-topic to talk about ME in a derogatory way instead of what to do about the issues under discussion. When Steve or Dick argue against the, at best ambivalent at worst weasly stance on the villains and even defend me (thanks chaps), they at least get a reply that takes them seriously. All I get is trivialised crap because it is beyond their comprehension that a woman could have anything to contribute. That's why I have to shout to make myself heard. 'Twould be better if I didn't need to, I agree. But I do have to. I suppose they don't even know they're doing it. Ingrained superiority, or as Steve put it, testosterone-fuelled baying.

Don't know yet what he thinks about that.

As it goes, I have known Bill Leader since the late 1960s, was there through his recordings and knew many of the artists, some of whom still talk to me (when not spitting feathers at the situation). I really don't give a toss what many of you (especially 'over there') think of me cos you don't know me anyway. But don't any of you dare diminish what the artists are going through and, as yet, getting nowhere.

And DON'T call me a 'f*lkie. My music extends way beyond that narrow ghetto and I have no wish to be lumped in with (some of) you lot. Thank you.