I'll be in Belfast for a couple of days in the middle of this week, and I may get to go to Sketchy at Auntie Annies 24th Oct, as The Clone Quartet and Drebin are playing. Back in England, Hefner have a few dates next week - 24th Brighton Concorde 2, 25th Oxford Zodiac, 26th London Shepherds Bush Empire. Appliance support on all three, and Beulah open the show in London only.

Audio Galaxy would seem to have gone the same way as Napster. The authorities (RIAA) forced them to block their files on Wednesday night, unless an artist previously granted permission to use their mp3s. What do you use instead? Take it to our message board.