Joe...re: cascading menus...I have advocated 'some' form of parallel forums for years. It is hard to predict the exact effect that would have, but I have both given and attended sings/parties where those who chose to chat and socialize rather than sing were politely told to do it in another room. In a large enough house, it is not only possible, but essential! What happened was that people tended to wander back & forth and the hard-core singers weren't seriously distracted.

**IF** the Forum menu were clear that parallel 'rooms' were operating, much like Jon's Annex works, and *IF* seriously off topic posts and thread drift were directed 'over there', I think it might be useful.

I know...some music threads include banter and remarks, much as real sings get noisy interruptions temporarily, as folks react to each other....but wouldn't it be just as easy...or easier...for you to ahem 'edit' things if major distractions were sent somehwere else??

what we are fighting here is human nature...and I suspect it would be a bit easier to "give the boys a racetrack" rather than trying to prohibit them from racing up & down Main Street (yeah, I sometimes race MY engine, too)