Hi Pete. Just found this forum after being a huge Cable fan for many years. Good to see a loyal fan base for such a great band.
To sort of answer to your question about yourcodenameis:milo, I'm a mate of Jim Lockey who's brother Justin was a member of milo. They have more recently worked together on another project "The British Expeditionary Force".
Anyway when milo split a couple of years ago their vocalist/guitarist Paul Mullen did indeed end up joining The Automatic.
With regards to milo being influenced by Cable, I'll have to ask Justin the next time I see him.
All the best
Paul