It's Monday. It's February. Nobody here is particularly in the mood for work, least of all me. MisterQueue has been scarce of face-showing recently, so I arbitrarily nominate myself as his stand-in apparent.

It's about time we got some Queuestions a Yiquisition going.

Questions within. All of them music-related. Answer them.

Good; glad to have got your attention.

As mentioned, I need a woman. Just getting any woman will not be good enough, however.

I need a woman who:

• can sing
• has a naturally high-ish register
• can manage a range between A4 and A5 [see comments] (come on, that's only an octave; ObHowHardCanItBe?)
• sounds like heaven-with-bells-on (we're prepared to work with some leeway on this one)
• has the facility and ability to record herself singing (in a highish-quality, digital format) and get said data to me.
• wants her name attached to an MFC entry, without having to do very much work at all.
• Can work without lyrics (i.e. lalala, doo-doo-doo, Mmm-mmm-mmm etc.)

Being an interstellar harmonic sex-bomb siren isn't obligatory, but if you've got it, why hide it?

If you think you've got what it takes, apply within (otherwise your part risks being replaced by a synthesizer or piano, and that would be a d'yam shame).

Random tack, electromagnetically.

The once-a-week bulletin you've come to ... expect.

Yadda:

• Emacs
• Mountain of the week #2

Inside:

• The phantoms of the Drop-eh-ra
• Binary confusion
• EU never can tell
• Name that Mountain Range #2 (yes; it's back)

• All good things to those who wait
• Mountain of the week (#1)
• Juice Wars (see poll)

Name That Mountain Range.

Well, it's now been two weeks since Blackburn MP Jack Straw (the former Foreign Secretary and current Leader of the House Of Commons) penned his now-infamous column regarding the wearing of veils (niqab) by women adhering to a certain interpretation of the tenets of Islam. Perhaps surprisingly and perhaps not, the debate is still rumbling unabated.