Latest on the ATL Interview Treadmill, two young bucks from the vast musical collective that is The Lowly Knights. They speak of such things as the veiling of dark lyrics in happy tunes and their favourite confectionary in the current marketplace. You will like.

A rainy day, a BBC studio, a man called Rigsy with a microphone, a video camera, a wee thing called a quick-screen with an ATL logo on it. All that was needed was a local band on the up and up to waltz in and give us a bit of their craic before they became too famous for us to talk to. Step forward the Panama Kings.

Our man-in-the-field, (Rigsy) takes local pop stars Oppenheimer up to the BBC NI roof garden, (an elusive haven the peasants down here on the shop floor rarely get the chance to enjoy), where he plies them with corporate hospitality and coerces them into admitting their new album is excellent apart from a dip in the middle?? Rocky may sense a touch of jingoism from the local critical body, but Rigsy doesn't care - he just loves the album.

Rigsy is a man on a mission - to talk to enough pop stars to get him into the Guinness Book of World Records. The most recent "beneficiaries" of this quest are rocking rapscallions General Fiasco, local knob-twiddler turned rock frontman Gregory Ferguson, of AJ Suzuki fame, and the wonderful Elbow, available here as a complete, mint condition set.

Fight Like Apes cower before the might of Rigsy-in-the-throws-of-another-merciless-media-blitz. Questions are fired like farts out of a cat's bum - fast. The band speak of the merit of paying your dues on the way up, and generally come across as the thoroughly sound people they are. Rigsy manages to mention his 'nads and his nipples.

Holy Feck! It's Holy F**k, blethering to Rigsy about how much they love Belfast. Rigsy reciprocates by listing a load of Canadian bands he's heard of! What is it about bands with cuss-names? S**t Disco, F**k Buttons, The W**kers... alright - that name's still up for grabs. Making lists remains good fun, though.

Ting Tings' Kate kindly removed her hat for this interview with our Rigsy. Where the heck is this girl's Topshop endorsement deal? What porous, bleach-baked shame is she hiding under there? It looks pretty good to us... The bloke from the Tings is in this interview too, but y'know, who cares?

Rigsy got the scandal from Steve and Paul of Ed Zealous concerning a recent raid on the infamous Ice Box. Why were the police there? Gavin Millar probably booked them for a shoot...

Fighting With Wire's Cahir dropped into the studio to give us the lowdown on the band's deal with Atlantic Records. Fancy. Rigsy was also given a trip round local music photographer Graham Smith's exhibition at the Waterfront Hall. Double fancy.

ATL was so heavily involved at the Choice Awards (Rigsy presenting, Paul judging) that we barely had time to speak to the artists. We still managed to bag chats with the winners Super Extra Bonus Party and nordie-affiliated nominees Dry County. Good value the pair.

Dizzee Rascal revovered from his distressing encounter with a Belfast "tramp" at a local "chicken shop" to tell Paul McClean all about what was big in London right this very second (so us yokels can keep up) and many more interesting snippets. Fix up, look sharp, and watch it.

Dubliners Channel One had innocently stopped by the BBC's Broadcasting House in Belfast to sit in the lobby and see if they could get Stephen Nolan's autograph when we swooped for an exclusive interview with the boys.

Paul McClean was buzzing about backstage like a little music-loving fly when Orchestral Manoeuvres in Belfast came to the Ulster Hall. He had a few words with Duke Special, Foy Vance and Julie Feeney ahead of their unique collaborations with the Ulster Orchestra.

ATL presenter Rigsy can often be found idly sitting on staircases across the city of Belfast. Sometimes, people ignorant of his status will throw him some change. Other less charitable passers-by will simply hurl abuse. Mercifully a local musician will, on occasion, recognise him and join him for a wee chin-wag, as in the case of Iain Archer.

More usually, he tracks the movements of all the musical players throughout the streets of Belfast from his lofty position in ATL Towers. When he spies some he wants to have a word with, he drop a net on them and pulls them in the window. So it was with the Evil Harrisons, JP McCorley from Red Sirus, Paul & Angie from Cutaways, as well as the hard-working, hard-rocking trio that is The Dangerfields.

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