I hate to argue with a chap who dreams of building a Protofour version of Backworth Colliery. Now that is dreaming on a protean scale, just think of the endless derailments! But Suibne's admittedly subjective remark about "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" inducing him to vomit has to be challenged.

That song can indeed cause projectile honking - for some reason most of the dire versions seem to be Irish. But June put it over totally sincerely, nay downplayed it, live and on record, and her version seems to have reduced (nearly) everybody who's heard it to tears. It's not mawkish schlock IMHO, just turned into it by certain tasteless singers.

Aside from that, I agree with his other remark about the folk world being seen as a minority adjunct to Easy Listening/MOR. That is very true. And of course it's a crap perception - the key words are "seen as" thank God. It's up to us to stop it. Now. I'm tired - can you do it Suibhne?