I'm on Frank's team on this one. Way back when the naysayers started threatening to leave if we didn't talk music exclusively, my response was, "We will miss you, ....goodbye". I haven't changed on that. Joe and I use to quibble about whether it is a music forum or not. My view is that it is not. It is a forum that is peopled by musicians mostly, where we talk about the music, the history, the issues that have and will spawn music, techniques for writing it, making it, reproducing the sound of it live and on media...............in short all of the things (including the inspirations for it) that go into "music". The BS discussions are a major part of that. Either in the main or in the abstract, the voices will spawn music and inspire performance. And the old rule still applies...................if you don't like it, don't open it. If you respond, you are part of the fray and open for all that implies.

All the best,

Mick