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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...

Day two of IPOD fun

Figured out the IPOD band index duplicates, it was down to rogue spaces at the end of the artist names... on the MusicMatch software it ignores any extra spaces at the end of names, so "Bon Jovi" is the same as "Bon Jovi ", but on the IPOD itself i...

MJ Hibbett and the Validators Christmas newsletter

It's the last working day of the month for me too! I don't think this means it's pay day though, as we should be working between christmas and new year, it's just holiday rather than shutdown. I very much enjoyed Mark's Totally Acoustic at The Lamb, ...

It's been a week

Time to mention the bus again, the 106 is back on track, not being diverted via Stoke Newington Church Street and so on, got me into work a bit too quick today... further investigations into Folkestone Metronome reveal that Zodiac Mindwarp and Wolfsb...

It must get terribly boring in Scandinavia at times

Look what they've come up with! It's Miss Softie.

TV On The Radio

Just put Radio 6 on to listen to MJ Hibbett's last Euro 2004 outing, so "radio on the TV" really, and what should be playing? TV On The Radio, CRAZY eh?All Mark's friends must be tuned in, as now I am trying to tune in through the computer, and the s...

"myself, I'm supposed to be an authority on agriculture and rural development"

The UK Independence Party is setting it's sights on Folkestone, more here from the BBC...

SMS and Americans

I have never known a yank to use SMS. When I asked several them why, they said its cheaper to actually ring the person (damn the UK) and SMS is only of use in exceptionally noisy night clubs. Bonkers I tell you!

SuprNova.org - .com and .net are scammers! - The REAL Universal BitTorrent source

Monkey Island for mobile phones?

Hopefully there are some clues in this article that will show me how to get the SCUMM virtual machine and games working on the Pocket PC... downloaded it, but can't get it working so far, need to spend more time on it. Thanks to engadget.com.What are...

New Home Of Me and My Monkey

FAREWELL LEAS GIG FOR BATTLESKA GALACTICA

BATTLESKA GALACTICA play their farwell gig at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone on Saturday September 6th which also doubles up as a CD release party!The "That Is Really All" show also features LOS SALVADORES, TAR and TWICE THE SIZE.Energetic skacore...

Google Maps Hacking and Bookmarklets

Someone Likes Yoghurt

So, that Lone Star Comedy night is a bit good isn't it? This week's lineup of Richard Herring, Gary Delaney and Owen Niblock plus resident compere Danny James were fantastic. It was my first trip to Lanterns, but those stairs are worth climbing. It's...

Best Gigs Ever

Hmm, having no joy tracking down the full 100 of Time Out's best london gigs chart they did last issue, but prompted by a thread on PopExcellent I've had a think about my top five gigs... I'm sure I'll think of more later and strike these out...1. Bl...

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...

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Please commit crimes between 8am and 8pm only

Murder suspect Stuart Benson tried to give himself up to police at Ashford nick, but it was closed. So says The Currant Bun... in the end he phoned 999, wise choice.

What a day to have forgot my camera and lost my phone

A Royal Mail van just drove right into the front of our building here in Farringdon. We heard an almight CRASH, and there's a big slick of oil coming from the bottom of the van - he's knocked over a sign on the way in which has probably ripped the su...

RE: What a day to have forgot my camera and lost my phone

Busy work day huh?

George Richmand Samways

My grandfather, George born in England, grandmother Rose Freemantle, mother Edith Freemantle. Father George trampled to death by a horse, brothers Walter and Frederick placed in the care of two maiden aunts both schoolmistresses in the village of Lit...

We are dumb and missed it

We chose Midsomer Murders instead... luckily it's repeated on Saturday so will be watching it then.

Michael Owen and Didi Hamann

surprisingly they were bowling... so much for owen being out injured!!! hmmmmm.... funnily enough Michael Owen needed a shave again (such a scruff!!!!) this was last night at about 7pm ish... something is tellin me that Owen doesnt have a change...

Mal Treece and Miles Hunt

Halfway through a hard evening's shuffling about to the shambling sounds of North Side and The Soup Dragons at Feet First, I decided that it was that time of the evening when I would at last have to relieve myself. So there I am, standing at the urin...

Maxine and Dev's assistant from Corrie

They were just walking down towards the Granada studios probably to perform more in this high drama production!

Mel B and Atomic Kitten but not REM

Giving interviews and posing for photographs. REM showed their true rock 'n roll credentials by refusing to meet the assembled hacks and leaving immediately after the end of their set.

Roddy Woomble and someone from Seafood

Watching PHNOM PENH's set, who RW described as sounding like The Go-Betweeners.

Emmy Kate Montrose and Marie Du Santiago

The two lovelies from Kenickie who are not Lauren Laverne were queued up just like mere mortals to get their tickets for AC/DC at Hammersmith Apollo this morning...

TWO HOURS, and it was freezing!

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...

KISS

plus Rage Against The Machine, Skunk Anansie, Thunder and Three Colours Red and L7. Got freebies from the NME and drank all the money I saved. Kind of lost it about five songs in and ended up in Covent Garden....

Hawkwind

this page about Hawkwind support acts:

The Hippy Slags supported at Folkestone in 1988(ish), with another band maybe the Ozrics?

Skid Row

Gary Moore (also of Thin Lizzy's band of this name (nothing to do with Sebastian Bach et al) played Folkestone some time this month, not sure what day...

Charlatans

Very nice to see contemporary bands coming to town, two in two days, how will people afford it, bit steep!

Guns n' Roses

Izzy Stradlin's last ever show. Support Nine Inch Nails and Skid Row - Sebastian Bach swore too much and got them barred for life.

Blur

Reading warmup, got very drunk on vodka red bulls, fell in a bush,and you can see me on the South Bank Show Special that was filmed there. Off to Reading the next day.

James

+ Thousand Yard Stare, James were the support, Thousand Yard Stare were the headliners. I think Suede support Thousand Yard Stare in Portsmouth......

Polyphonic Spree

with Mull Historical Society, Hope of the States and The Hokum Clones

Europeans and how we live

Something to do with John Otway and also Steve Hogarth - the same one who took over from Fish in Marillion?

Space

They still going? The Female of the Species, and all that... I think the ginger one might have left.

Catya Maré - CANCELLED

Danish sensation voted no.1 on Myspace will be coming to La Vue restraunt and Wine bar to dazzle people with her classially fused sounds and her violin. Tickets are only £12 and available from 0871 918 0949 or online at LSP99.co.uk...

Queen

Only Brian May and Roger Taylor, with Paul Rodgers on vocals, no John Deacon.

Super Furry Animals

Soho Live with Mansun and Fun Lovin' Criminals. I met Noel Gallagher at this show.

Howard Marks

Drugs-TASTIC, you and me and the guy from Sparks, hanging out with Howard Marks!

Westlife in Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Formed: in Dublin, Ireland Style: Pop Check out: 'Uptown Girl' 'Mandy' Westlife in Dublin, Republic of Ireland tickets Westlife announce a series of UK dates between May and June. The Westlife...

The Darkness

I dragged Neil and Camilla, of The Face and Popbitch along. IT WAS ME THAT MADE THE DARKNESS POPLIAR!

The Tears

plus The Subways. First official gig for Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler's new band, though they went and did a couple of sneaky warmups before this in Oxford and somewhere else. Not that great really....

Lone Star Comedy Club

Hurrah, back again at Lanterns! Tom Price, Pippa Evans, and headline Ian Cognito. Newcomer to be confirmed. SOLD OUT now, get in quick for next month!...

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/...

Travis

With Starsailor and Ryan Adams and I think Remy Zero. A Warchild benefit night, I quite literally have the t-shirt for this one mate.

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......

The Tears

Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, weren't they in a band together before? One of the NME gigs, support included The Magic Numbers I think but we stayed in the pub and missed them all....

Stephen Malkmus

and Graham Coxon and Super Furry Animals and more

Belle & Sebastian

Karaoke as a warm up act? Or was it Franz Ferdinand? We went in late and missed all that, but a friend of a friend did get up and sing Lazy Line Painter Jane with the band....

Paul McCartney

Mothers Day present for Mum and Clare's mum, we went with them and Dad and Emma. Jim missed out as he has been to more gigs with us before...

Limp Bizkit

plus Cooper Temple Clause and more

Nirvana

plus Captain America and Shonen Knife. I got the t-shirt and everything, wish I still had it. Birmingham Hummingbird is now part of the Academy.

Revolting Cocks

plus Godflesh and Bomb Everything (AKA) Bomb Disneyland. Got a video of this gig, you can see me stagediving on it.