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RE: Sad about Dave

I lurk alot Pauly! this is still the best gig/event guide - cheers for your hard work

I don't even know anyone in London any more I could go to this with

How Does It Feel's gig guide has it that David Devant and his Spirit Wife are playing Inn On The Green in West London on Thursday night. I even have Friday off! If it was actual central London I might be able to do it and get the vomit comet home. I'...

Gig guide from this week in 1981!

so it wasn't all big name indie bands playing the Metronome every night as I've been led to believe... here's a fascinating republication of gig listings from 1981, from the good people at www.kentgigs.com. Don't forget my Folkestone gig guide though...

My last Friday, Saturday and Sunday as a single man

I feel I have messed up a bit. My last weekend as a single man was spent partly shopping and mostly sat at home watching DVDs, how sad. Still, it was good. Friday we stayed in for some reason, we were planning to do one or other of our last remaining...

St Pancras to open in 2007

According to this Article in The Times...The three additional platforms to the east are reserved for new fast trains from east Kent which will use the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link line and cut commuter train times by up to two thirds...Fingers cross ...

Rated 8.3/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Chambers Quiz

What was that all about then? There was no quiz at Chambers in December, as they're saving it up for Christmas Day... I guess this means no quiz in January either, when on earth are we meant to defend our title?Advertising of events has been a bit on...

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Amphitheatre gigs

Why no mention of the free open air Sunday gigs at the Amphitheatre in the gig guide - well? Chanced upon VIRAMUNDO playing an excellent latino set on a perfect summers afternoon! There are gigs there every Sunday till the 4th September. Dohh! Folkes...
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A different journey in today

Got busses all the way for a change, as my travel card's run out and we're off to Folkestone for an extended weekend... Walked past the Stags Head on the way in, and it's partly demolished now. Haven't been in there for years, it was very small, but ...

Buffy

So, we finished series 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer last night, and we're all very sad. No more episodes! There's always Angel, but I'm not so sure... our next Buffy fix is the Ghost of the Robot gig, but until then I'm off to prowl the interweb for...

GLC + SFA

Ace, seems Goldie lookin' chain are supporting Super Furry Animals, at the very least at the following gigs:Hammersmith Apollo, London (Thu 8 Apr)CARLING APOLLO HAMMERSMITH, LONDON (Thu 8 Apr)And hopefully the other dates too (see below, click, buy)....

GLC + SFA OK!

Goldie Lookin' Chain support Super Furry Animals! Again! Possibly only the London date, but I'll let you know when I find out more...Also, WORD on the STREET is that the two bands will be recording a track together too!SFA dates are as follows, there...

My Coco

Just a reminder, stellastarr* are finally going to release My Coco on the 8th of March, it's certainly the maddest thing on their album, and quite possibly the best, could be the best single you'll hear all year... www.popex.com/popEx/1/1/1/3/2/4/2/ ...

Insane in the 'Chain

I muchly enjoyed Goldie Lookin' Chain at Metro last night, here is a picture:The band righteously rocked the Metro, a crowd quite evenly split between fans, industry and friends. Highlight for me was "Metal", a rock pastiche laid over a mighty loopin...

Goldie Lookin' Chain tickets (2004)

Goldie Lookin' Chain tickets for sale here:Goldie Lookin' Chain @ Metro Club, London (Tue 3 Feb 21:00) [info / details]Goldie Lookin' Chain @ The Cathouse, Glasgow, Strathclyde (Sun 4 Apr 21:00) [info / details]Goldie Lookin' Chain @ The Charlotte, L...

Stellastarr new tour

Stellastarr play Camden Electric Ballroom today, same day as The Darkness Passport Gig, so it will make an excellent consolation prize when we don't win tickets... full stellastarr* tour dates follow:Stellastarr @ The Charlotte, Leicester (Sun 29 Feb...

Franz Ferdinand

PopEx ticket selling thing seems to be back on track now, got a big bundle of Franz Ferdinand dates, they're hot this year:Queen Margarets Union, Glasgow, Lanarkshire (Mon 12 Apr 21:00) [info / details]Carling Academy Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside...

SFA Tour OK

The mighty SFA take to the road again in the Spring and tickets are selling fast... be careful out there, looks like some dates have moved:Super Furry Animals @ Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, Merseyside (Sat 27 Mar) [info / details]Super Furry Anima...

Goldie Lookin' Chain

The excellent Welsh rappers Goldie Lookin' Chain are doing a proper London gig at last:Goldie Lookin' Chain @ Metro Club, London(Tue 3 Feb 2004) info / detailsThey also play Bristol Fleece And Firkin on the 1st of Feb, possibly a full tour is looming...

And now I'm home

Very speedy journey travelling just after the rush hour, commuting every day is such a waste of my time. The diversion on Manor Road was due to have finished on the 27th of December, so the journey should be back to normal any time now.Plans for the ...

Syndication for the IPOD

I've made this weblog available for my IPOD, here... not sure how useful that will be, but I just wanted to test out IPOD's HTML ability on something, and it gave me a break from present wrapping.Got quite a lot more to do in terms of size checking, ...

Kingsnorth Gardens

The flat I went to see in Kingsnorth Gardens has dropped it's asking price... that was a good flat, in a good location, with almost enough room if we took the smallest room as a bedroom... just read my original diagnosis again and maybe I'm looking 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...
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Turbonegro @ LA2 / Mean Fiddler

Don't you wish you'd bought Darkness tickets when I first mentioned them?Turbo Negro @ MEAN FIDDLER, LONDON, (Mon 8 Dec)Turbo Negro @ Mean Fiddler, London (Mon 8 Dec) [info / details]Turbo Negro @ TJ's, Newport, Gwent (Tue 9 Dec) [info / details]Turb...

Perl / Excel

Programming idea for the day! Instead of me trying to convince everyone to stop using bloody spreadsheet for everything, and use a system of mine instead, why not modify my systems to read a real excel spreadsheet! It's going to be impossible to conv...

PopEx Chart Commentary

Put my popex chart commentary back in, like this for the Triple J chart in Australia... it looks better when not everyone is a new entry! Meeting today to talk about mobile phone things on the web, more popex admin and then The Darkness tonight, hope...

Ten Benson

Ten Benson are touring about now! They've had a few false starts before, but I think this could really be there, time, get in there! Special guests are Sludgefeast, who I remember being similarly styled...Ten Benson @ Concorde 2, Brighton, East Susse...

Def Leppard Cover?

Ah, unfortunately not... Muse release a completely different track called "Hysteria" on the 1st of December... This is taken from their number selling pop album Absolution.As with their last ones, I've no idea what it sounds like as it comes sealed u...

stellastarr* sold out

Their Islington Academy gig is sold out anyway, hope you got your tickets when I first mentioned them... and wishing I'd listened to them when I first heard of them too...Stellastarr @ The Cornerhouse, Middlesbrough, Cleveland (Fri 14 Nov) [info / de...

Looks like it almost worked

I have 300 odd MP3's of almost zero length, tagged up here, that make some sort of gig guide, if I transfer it onto the IPOD... it's harder to read than I thought, and the venue didn't go into the composer tag as I had planned... Clearly needs more w...

You knows it!

Unfortunately for Reuben, I am also listening to Goldie Lookin' Chain, so they's not going to get another look in, you knows it! It's Welsh council house hip hop, maybe just the tip of the tongue heading towards the cheek, and it's funny as. There's ...