National Doodle Day, on February 27th, is a UK-wide campaign of fun which aims to get the nation doodling and raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for The Neurofibromatosis Association and Epilepsy Action. They are currently auctioning 341 items on eBay to raise funds - most of which are doodles, one of which is a drawing of a car by Nick Mason, on the reverse side of an official National Doodle Day card. More details here...

Director Alan Parker has a whole television programme taking a look at his long and fascinating career, being screened by European satellite and cable station The Biography Channel. Amongst the stars telling his story are Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins, covering his work from advertising copywriter to the world-famous director of films such as Bugsy Malone, The Commitments, Angela's Ashes and Pink Floyd's The Wall.

The programme airs on Friday February 20th at 22:30hrs GMT, and repeated on Saturday 21st at 21:30hrs GMT.

The Baltic News Service have reported today that representatives of Pink Floyd are not happy about the illegal use of their song, "Another Brick in the Wall," in a video clip made by Latvia's Russian education defenders against the government's reform program. The video apparently features scenes of protesters outside a venue where Alvaro Gil-Robles, Commissioner for Human Rights, is speaking, with the Floyd track playing in the background.

The statement about the band's view on the use of the track was made by Latvia's MicRec music publishers. MicRec is an affiliate of EMI Music Publishing, and is the Latvian division of the record label. More details here.

Mark Fenwick, Roger Waters' manager, has been in contact with Brain Damage, kindly taking some time out of his busy schedule to update us on a number of aspects of Roger's forthcoming opera, "Ca Ira".