Although Mal Holmes appears to have kept a low profile since last year, he's still alive and well and working on some new and exciting musical projects.

Some people might recall that the Fin Music website disappeared last year and were concerned with what had happened. Mally says that there was a particularly tense period last year in which a planned floatation deal for Fin fell through. There was also the frustrating situation where he had a critically acclaimed album (Loser Friendly by Dean Johnson), but not enough funds to market it.

Mal decided to put everything on hold for a while - including the Fin Music website - and spent some time in South Africa. Returning to the UK in October, Mally began working on a new musical project with Dean Johnson. This venture also featured Wet Wet Wet's Graham Clark, along with his wife who was providing vocals.

Unfortunately, Mally forgot to renew the Fin Music domain name during this time and someone else registered it! So if you visit finmusic.com, that domain has nothing to do with Mally.

Mally and Dean have also been working with a new singer called Jo Mooney. 22 year old Jo has "an amazing voice" according to Mally and the response so far to the new material has been very good indeed.

Outside of that, Mally and his partner have been working on a pilot for a new TV music show. Although Mally can't divulge many details of it at this stage, he does add that the response has been good.

Roger Kimber has a remix version of The Romance Of The Telescope up on the Unofficial OMD Covers website. Check it out via this link: http://listen.to/omd.covers/

Attendees at the forthcoming Motion And Heart OMD Fan Gathering on 30th March will have a chance to snap up an exclusive item - a Limited Edition OMD T-Shirt produced by Pat Fetty.

Pat, responsible for the World Of OMD Website, is flying from the US for Motion And Heart and has commissioned a specially designed T-shirt for the event. You can view the designs for the T-shirt via this link: www.omdweb.com/shirt.htm. Pat will also be taking orders via this link prior to the event itself.

More details on the Motion And Heart event are available via this link: Motion And Heart Promo Page

If you would like to attend the OMD Fan Gathering then visit the Motion And Heart website for details at: www.motionandheart.co.uk.

The last part of Liverpool : The New Wave is broadcast tonight on BBC Radio 2. The final programme looks at the current crop of Liverpool bands including Ladytron, The Coral, Clinic and of course Atomic Kitten. The programme goes out at 10pm. More info on the show is also available via this link: www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/inside/liverpool_doc.shtml

Tim Blackburn writes with details on an OMD art inspiration: The 3rd March edition of the Sunday Times Magazine featured a long article on the original World War One Dazzle Ships. The article also featured photos and copies of the original colour-schemes. The article has also been archived on the Sunday Times website (minus the photos) which is at: www.sunday-times.co.uk/article/0,,185-220033,00.html.

You will need to register with the website to read the article, but registration is free.

XFM have released a 3-CD compilation album entitled The RemiXFM which features the unique vocal talents of Paul Humphreys on a unique edit of the Moby mix of Souvenir.

The album also features remixes of songs by artists such as New Order, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Goldfrapp and Badly Drawn Boy amongst others. Visit www.xfm.co.uk/shop for details.

A new OMD Survey is now up: What is your favourite Architecture And Morality song?