After my first or second post (I forget which) one of the regulars said - forget it, this ones not worth it! The kind of playground control freakery I hadn't heard since, er..the playground. What a welcome. Hilarious - except adults still think and talk like that.

SS suggested his friends thought folk music didn't speak to ordinary people, I can relate my friends think it's for nutters and pedants and wonder what I get out of it.
Fortunately the music is there for all and so long as you don't visit folk clubs, limit festival visits and don't spend too much time on Mudcat, you can listen to the stuff unsullied by people who want to write history (with committee approval in case they're unsure whether to enjoy what they're hearing or not) in their own image.