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It's a quickie from me for the blog this week as I'm off to the Alps for the weekend, not a holiday as such, but to DJ at a party, celebrating the end of a week of snowboarding for the Boardb*tch girls. Ah, yes, sometimes, I can say, oh the life!

But my week has also been really hectic, and dominated with Welsh rock, from Straight Lines in session for the show last week, and interviewing them at their launch party with Cuba Cuba and Tiger Please, to heading to see the Lostprophets end of tour shebang at the Bristol Academy on Sunday.

On Monday I was back with Kids In Glass Houses discussing the Welsh music scene in three minutes - an impossible task - for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Wales' news shows, and Tuesday I was in London to interview a few key figures in the Lostprophets story.

It's no coincidence that I'm finding myself in the heart of the Welsh rock scene, as I've started producing a rockumentary for Radio One's stories on the glorious South Wales Valleys and the bands that have been spawned from them.

If you have a vital part of the story you'd like to share, please do so in the comments section, it'll help me with my research.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Music site also has an excellent section on the whole history of Welsh rock, so while you're waiting for my production to air, head on to the main website for the written word.