Nah - you never win with Dick - he doesn't listen
A quick point
He boasts tohave visited 20 clubs and festivals
We're talking about clubs here so that number is diminished somewhat
Most of those he would have visited as a booked guest - hardly a position to see whether a club is working or not - such evenings are never representative of what goes on
When push comes to shove, I reckon that cuts is visits down somewhat - little more than the half dozen I visited over the last twelve months - a tiny fraction of the number of clubs left if Britain
Now what can that possibly say about the scene in general   
Jim