I was the MC last night when John Kirkpatrick was the guest. It took a bit of organising but I managed to get everybody on for a floorspot that wanted one.

Nobody walked out demanding their money back. John didn't complain. A good time was had by all.

One new face said he'd like to sing next time. We didn't thrust an application form into his hand demanding three references and a demo DVD, we said "Great. See you next week." He may be awful; he may be brilliant. From past experience of such things, he'll probably be OK.