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Blur

Saw Blur at the Astoria, reviewed it here, apparently the song they did with Phil Daniels is called "My White Noise" and is featured as the hidden track on Think Tank... nice that it's done as a REAL hidden track, not just tacked on the end after a b...

Robbie Williams!

Just discovered today that in one month, my day job website popex sold THIRTY GRANDS worth of Robbie Tickets, through this page here... mad eh?Also talking of day job websites, the Barfly Cardiff listings page is now updated directly from the calenda...

arcade games

Walked the long way round Listria Park on the way to Church Street today, and saw two magpies and a squirrel raiding someone's bin. They weren't at all bothered by me walking so close to them.Also saw a discarded arcade machine on the road, all it's ...

David Devant

An press release about David Devant the Magician, not to be confused with old fave of mine David Devant the band... Well, maybe it's OK to confuse them as one is named after the other.English Heritage plaque to conjurer David Devant to be unveiled at...

I don't like Mondays

Along with the fall out of Friday's divi mail, Monday is the busiest day... charts to process , new bands to add, and a lot of emailing

At least I'm working from home today, temperature is over 30 in the office

I don't have to sell my soul

He's already in me:While sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot. While doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.Your foot will change direction....

Doctor Doctor

Had a great weekend, Chambers let me down a bit though, or I let it down, it was too smokey in there, so I was sat there being a bit quiet with streaming eyes, and feeling guilty for getting everyone else to go there. No-one else seemed to mind, or n...

What's that light? Don't make me go out there!

Born, three weeks overdue, about 8lbs.Partly inspired by the Samuel Pepys weblog, I'm going to have a go at using this to record events that have happened in the past, no reason why not...(gave up on this idea pretty quickly)...

London On London

Apparently there is a website called "London on London", it is made by the people who make the Friday Thing... so where is it? No sign of it , unless I am being a mong...on Google, unless I am being a mong...Help me, I am London (baby), I might like ...

I don't know who it is

Someone who really likes the Black Crowes I guess, and might want to be anonymous... anyway off to Folkestone for the duration of the break, enjoy the gigs!

Spitalfields

Spent a few hours today in old Spitalfields market, bought some Sedlescombe organic booze (cider and apple wine) and some Elvis coasters, and seen some prints that we like.I also ordered me a new modern [[http://www.oystercard.com Oystercard, which w...

Don't fear the beeper

Plan for the day, change submitEvents() to editBill() - what does this mean? You have no idea do you? How queer.Also further Blue Oyster Card fears, if the little scanning device that reads your card is on the right hand side of the ticket barrier, a...

Belle and Sebastian tickets

Lets see if I can do the same trick I've done with The Darkness, by reposting all Belle and Sebastian dates up here as they go on sale...Belle And Sebastian @ USHER HALL, EDINBURGH (Sun 14 Dec)More tickets on my Belle and Sebastian tickets page...Bit...

The things you see when you don't have your camera

Hmm, actually it was only a crane on a truck picking up a car to paint double yellow lines under it, but it looked sort of cool. More double yellows are muchly needed along Manor Road, it's not really wide enough to be a bus route with cars parked ei...

Comedy Tonight Too

Charity show at the Theatre Royal Haymarket... decided not to go for the gala buffet tickets, even though Clare's fave Ian McKellan MIGHT be there... there couldn't offer any guarantees on the phone, so it could easily just have been a Sunday night i...

Suede @ London Astoria

Man I'm spending too much on gigs, but it's turning into a really good year for good bands touring... Just got Suede tickets, it's good that they've added a new date at a smaller venue... Also GOOD that it's a Saturday night, we can really make a day...

Belle and Sebastian @ London Astoria

Well, this is the day we've picked, hope it's a good 'un...

Casino Avenue

Curmudgeonly thoughts from London's chi-chi Charlton - he's not as miserable as he sounds, honest!

Lol Tolhurst is back for this Cure show

A different lineup of the band for each album, reflecting how the band were at the time. I'm not enough of a fan to know exactly how accurate this :ProgrammeThe 'REFLECTIONS' show comprises around 150 minutes of music:Three Imaginary Boys (1979)The C...

Darkness @ London Astoria

The Darkness are playing a Carling Homecoming gig at the Astoria, possibly win tickets at carlinglive.comDon't forget the Darkness ticket exchange and at popex.com from Monday!...

Belle and Sebastian Tickets

London Astoria just went on sale here, get in quick!

Train news

Hey London tube travellers, Here's a song for you. Only listen to it if you like lots and lots of swearing, and weak b3ta style graphics over a tune you've heard before mind. I'm not really that arsed about the tube strike today as, HEY, I'm well ou...

Power cut

Just been for lunch at Sesame and they have a power cut up there... it's quite a way up the road, but it could be something to do with the cold weather, we had a lot of power cuts here last year...On a brighter note, I just found this picture of the ...

Squirrel vs Magpie

Just about got the sites back up by the end of yesterday, this has unfortunately meant rushing through the new design barfly (see it here), which doesn't quite work, which has led to a lot of complaints, ah well, needs must or something. This will al...

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London By London

My Morning Jacket

My Morning Jacket, the favourites of Dave Grohl and also Clare's brother, are playing the Astoria in February...My Morning Jacket @ ASTORIA, LONDON, (Thu 5 Feb 2004)If you'd like to know when My Morning Jacket tickets become available click here if y...

London Bloggers

Not sure how long I'll keep the link to London Bloggers up there, I've had a look at the other Stokey ones, and there's nothing with any great local relevance there. Unlike this page, look, a picture of a 73!Got the promoter and club logos back into ...

London from Primrose Hill

Image Stitching from the new camera works well, here's a snap taken lunchtime today from the top of Primrose Hill... no tripod or anything, just four wobbly hand snaps and the software did the rest, shame it wasn't a nicer day...Cropped down a lot to...

London By London

Aha, the fabled London On London is actually called London By London and is at thefridayproject.co.uk/lbl/For some reason they're sending me the premium edition, what smashing people they are....

famous people what done live in folkestone

knowhere has it all... I just made an offer on a house in the same street as Dot Cotton!

Chicago in London

?Celebrating a decade of decadence?, Chicago The Musical enters its tenth year in London?s West End and remains one of the hottest musical tickets in...

The Rainmakers

Don't know what day in February this was yet... Very poor turnout though apparently.

Caravan

Caravan Express Tour with Gordon Giltrap and Sundance

So Solid Crew

The tour was cancelled after a shooting at a London show

Thunder

I don't need your dirty love...

Jersey Boys in London

110.00

Jersey Boys in London

110.00

Jersey Boys in London

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Selling Houses

Oh yes lover, another one! Only half an hour this time, clearly we don't have to watch it though...

DONOVAN

FOLKESTONE.

Oliver in London

Oliver TicketsOliver is the new spectacular musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Starring Rowan Atkinson as Fagin, the musical features a sensational score full...

Jersey Boys in London

110.00

Jersey Boys in London

110.00

Jersey Boys in London

110.00

Reading Festival 1999

Blur headlined, not a very strong lineup I don't think. I was working mostly, and managed to lose my first mobile phone that work lent me.

Monsters of Rock

AC/DC, Metallica, Motley Crue, Queensryche, and the Black Crowes. A pretty special line up at the top of the bill, shame it was the shortest Donington bill ever. Got a coach up from Portsmouth. m/...

The Libertines

XFM Xmas party, watched support act The Darkness then went mad on free cocktails, don't remember the headliners.

Madonna

Plus Hue & Cry and The Bhundu Boys, but not the rumoured Wet Wet Wet. My first concert, went with a friend from school and some friends of his dad. Sounds a bit weird now. Got the t-shirt, programme, every bit of junk going......

Dogs D'Amour

plus Under Neath What... went to London to see UNW a few days later, probably the Marquee...

Skid Row

plus LA Guns and Love / Hate. The latter announced a "secret" gig they were doing the next day in London, I should have gone they were one of my fave bands of the day.

Snooker

Jimmy White beat Peter Ebdon

Here and Now

Spandau Ballet, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Howard, Toyah and China Crisis. Don't laugh!

Belle and Sebastian

Think this is they did a cover of London Calling and Another Girl, Another Planet.

The Beta Band

NME Brats show, lovely write up: [quote]Flash forward a few years to the Beta Band in January 2000, at an NME Brats show. I don't really remember much, other than that I was with a big group of my gigging mates in the upstairs bit, we were all trolle...

The Boo Radleys

Was it Sigur Ros supporting at this one? Just around the time I moved to London, was this really my first gig of that era?

Manic Street Preachers

with support from Super Furry Animals and Stereophonics, who I don't remember at all...

Terrorvision

with Mutha's Day Out and Valve. Sure the last Portsmouth Venue Campaign show that I did was Terrorvision, but these dates still don't line up......

Ed Tudor-Pole

Caberet, with Nan Vernon, Wasp Factory, Kevin Eldon, George Egg, Rahmond and Mr Timpkins Revue, The Really Band and compere Lee Hurst

Suicidal Tendencies

I drove my van into London for this gig, I almost never did this... ST played their encore first, and part of the gig from the top of a step ladder.

Molly Half Head

I remember going clearly, but don't think this can have been the first of my trips to the Wedgewood Rooms, can it?