kat, I certainly understand both sides of the issue and I come down firmly on the fence. The problem as I see it is just getting enough people to show up. I appreciate all of bigchuck's efforts just keeping the concert notices in front of us for our attention. I for one don't know what I'm doing tomorrow much less next week. There could be privately-scheduled-Mudcat-only-songcircles, and I would probably attend, but I find it very hard to commit in advance. If you'd like to schedule one in the Mudcat Concert room, go ahead, afterall I already have THE LIST of requests.

On the blocking issue, I somehow received messages from somebody after he got booted. Since I didn't add him, I wonder if only an admin can receive these messages. If this happens, take note of the name. Then the admin (I think) can search for that name, add it, and then block it. (Do that when you don't have the message window open)