BlurSaw 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... MJ Hibbett and the Validators Christmas newsletterIt'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, ... Remote light switch has arrivedIf you never hear from me again it is because I've tried to do some mains electrics by myself and it's gone horribly wrong. Dad helped replace the dry liner that I broke on the bathroom light switch, it seemed to go smoothly, we can isolate the power... Wireless home networkSome right useful info about setting up my own wireless home network from mate at itchypaws.co.uk... Posting it up here so I don't delete the email again, and just in case it's useful to anyone else!I have the following router (I think I sent this th... The internet's all gone a bit rude todayAs if it wasn't bad enough not being able to avoid seeing Abi Titmuss' home videos at every click, link of the day on memepool is dog toy or marital aid, it's one of those b3ta type quizzes... So, trying to keep things clean, it seems some of my blog... Internet Bollocks ExplorerThat browser checking nonsense is soooooo 1990s... vote with your mouse and don't go there. 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So we waited there from about 6 o'clock, and around 7 o'clock JJ72 came in with their crew... josh hartnettfriday night, was wearing a beanie, looking very nice, all very surreal...only stayed for one pint. lightweight.Rah, NME didn't let me downThey've featured us in their "essential websites" guide, part of the AltaVista sponsored "internet guide" pull out in this week's issue, very nice... Also in the "fun and games" section are:popjustice.compopbitch.comchasndave.co.ukbless 'em... This w... Why popEx was out of actionAny idea what any of this means? It explains why popEx was unavailable last night, apparently... Here goes:During last night C&W INS migrated part of their core networking to a new platform (Juniper). During this time our RIPE IP range was mistagged... 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Em Pee FreePearl Jam debut a new song on the internet for the first time this week (officially that is, not counting the million bootleg MP3s probably out there...The new album "Binaural" is out on May 16th, but the first track "Nothing As It Seems" is availabl... Magnet DownloadAcclaimed lap-steeley man Even Johansen aka Magnet releases Last Day of Summer on very ltd gatefold 12 inch and an exclusive download here. Live shows with Doves, Gemma Hayes, Frank Black and Kathryn Williams have won this Nord outstanding press accl... Love on the 'RatsThe Darkness rocked the post "In The City" night in Kings Cross last night, will there finally be a suitable major deal for them? Either way, if you're still missing the experience, tune in to Steve Lamacq's Evening Session tonight, while you still c... It's all going off at ULUSorry to be all Londoncentric, but popex is a one man band, and this is the town in what I reside... Got a couple of announcements from ULU for you... 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