Clare's not keen and neither am IWe've had other people's weddings the last two years on the 27th, so our birthdays got totally sidelined, so not keen for that to happen again... it's like bein Jesus, the poor mite being born on Christmas Day, he only got one lot of presents.Denim and Leather (but not actually leather)What a smashing day, it's the first time this year I've not had my big coat on and have given the denim jacket a dusting down, nice... I will be up Primrose Hill later with my top off no doubt.Had a bundle of things I wanted to say, but spent so long... Another task listUp early to sort of fix broken noisy toilet - go Pauly the Plumber!Making a way of having "bands" in the popex database, without people being able to trade in them, or them being listed anywhere... starting with this guy as a test...popex admin, dele... not using popex message boardsBarfly / Channelfly not so keen on having a chat board thing.Safe and not so safeGoldie Lookin' Chain tickets went on sale today for London and Birmingham, see popex.com/artists/goldie_lookin_chain/tickets.html for purchasing options... SMART!Music Passport has thrown up a few difficulties, the winners have all been notified, bu... Another burst main on Regents Park Roadanother regurgitating drain on regents park roadNow I have taken one picture, I just can't help myself, here is another one. This was also spraying water out over Regents Park Road, it must be something to do with the suddent burst of hot weather.The... Send out another ad for MTV2 Gonzo tourMTV2 Gonzo tour update! The fantastic new Rough Trade signings Fiery Furnaces are joining the bill (first on) on the Liverpool date, and local heroes Biffy Clyro are the special guests headlining the Glasgow show, on the back of their sell out show a... Not the flat for meThis flat in Kingsnorth Gardens was nice, and interestingly laid out, but not quite right for us... In an estate agent stylee, the house featured an entrance hall, leading to the shared hall of the house (there are two other flats), and all other roo... I noticed someone searching for Clarke and Rainey the other dayit showed up on the logs as they clicked on one of these pages, was it yoU?Five reasons not to believe "five reasons not to buy an IPOD"It's good that someone is the devils advocado I suppose, but don't let this put you off owning a smashing gadget...Six-plus hours of battery life is not always enoughHmm, starts off with a good one, not that I'm in the habit of frequent journeys of m... not available to sendmailTrying to write a mail bounce handling thing for popex, but getting an annoying error saying not available to sendmail... thought it might be about the script / directory being symlinked from somewhere else, but it's not, sendmail insists on any scri... Train newsHey 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... Trains are not so good today...Heading down to Folkestone after work, will skip lunch to get out early...Been sent details for a dead cheap flat, surely too small, and a modern town house type affair, probably also too small, but it has an integral garage, might be worth a look...... Another tense dayStill got monster popex issues, half way between original code and redesign code at the moment, should get it stable before heading off to Folkestone for the week though...Got an annoying feature with the referer processing at the moment, it's not ha... It's not as flowery as it looksQuite neutral, all the furniture (and the teddy) was gone before I viewed the flat, and obviously I'll be putting a skate ramp in there...THIS IS NOT LARRY KOVACS SITEThis is my site, where I reposted the suspicious email I got, supposedly from his company. It's not a hoaxI bought more <strong>Pixies tickets</strong>, for the Wednesday this time, they're sold out now though. Not sure why they issued more, but they did, this always seems to happen to sold out shows.RE: THIS IS NOT LARRY KOVACS SITEWe are a Tour Operator in China , received this email days ago . Fortunately we read your messaged!God!Thanks for your useful inforamtion.<br /><br />NOTHIN to do WIT GREEK FOODaight you boys, don't forget THE FIGHTING COCKS return on Friday 30th at Last Rockers Club / Caernarvon Castle plus guests, see u down the front INNIT. Pauly, I have a Pikey T shirt for you.Dunno about u lot, but highlight of my weekend was seeing Mo... robo, but not cop<a href="http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/">robots in disguise</a>...<br /><img src="http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/images/photo_thumb.jpg" width=133 height=200 />You're not wrong!I'll fix that, it's some dodgy HTML...I keep meaning to say I have a problem with your XML feed too, using the RSS plugin on Mozilla... the headlines show up OK in the sidebar, but if I click it says "wrong username password combination" or something... RE: You're not wrong!yeah the rss plugin dont work with the blogger site for some reason. works with every other rss reader. unfrotunately the atom feed gets generated automagically and I cant be arsed to edit an xml file everytime I update my site.im not being funnybut those arent as good as the sony ones...the sony ones are grate...although not as good as those £120 sony onesRE: im not being funnyyou are correct: you're not being funny<br />i have both the sonys pictured above and the sennheisers here in front of me - if you'd like to pop around for a comparison test let me know.The John's Not Mad / Mad World mashupat <a href="http://www.cartelcommunique.co.uk">http://www.cartelcommunique.co.uk</a> always bears another watch.Not yetI'm withholding some cash until that's done, ont he advice of the solicitor. That share of the freehold can't be transferred to anyone other than me, it's not worth anything to anyone else, so I hope it'll go smoothly. Hmm. Don't be putting the fear ... Another day, another hangoverDAMN, last night was meant to be an early one, definitely staying in tonight, to pack and things. Went to the All Bar One in Covent Garden, it was very nice, though it meant eating hummus for something like five days in a row.Hey Hey 16k seems to be ... is your environment not trippy enough?solution one:this is a sort of smell generator thing with a complementary CD that, like, chills you out man…solution two:this is a sort of plastic block doohickey that sticks to your TV to, like, chill you out man…... not 'down' with the 'kids' anymore ?click <a herf="http://www.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang/CSRP921.html">here</a>!RE: Another day, another hangoverHi Pauly, I've got those headphones and they are amazing. They completely block out external noise and the sound quality is fantastic. However, I assume you are going to use them on your iPod - they really show up tracks that aren't recorded at high ... Gene Loves JezebelNot sure if the gig was actually at the Metronome or not, were you there, do you know?Hawkwind<a href="http://www.starfarer.net/support.html">this page about Hawkwind support acts</a>:<br /><blockquote>The Hippy Slags supported at Folkestone in 1988(ish), with another band maybe the Ozrics?</blockquote>Ride+ <strong>Mercury Rev</strong>, and not <strong>Verve</strong> who I originally said...Skid Row<strong>Gary Moore</strong> (also of <strong>Thin Lizzy</strong>'s band of this name (nothing to do with <strong>Sebastian Bach</strong> et al) played Folkestone some time this month, not sure what day...Faith No MoreSetlist: Chinese, Faster, R'n'R, Crab, Care, Sweet, Blood, Spirit, Bowen, War Pigs, Grade, Anne, Bother, Jungle... not sure where this gig took place.RadioheadI was not at this Radiohead gig, it's not meant to be showing up in <a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/misc/gigography/">my gigography</a>...Six By SevenPlus <strong>...Trail Of Dead</strong>, awesome. There was another Trail of Dead show just days before this, not sure it's the Highbury Garage show I'm thinking of buy maybe.Goldie Lookin' ChainCANCELLED!!! Do you remember howling them off the stage when they supported The Darkness last January? Well, they're BACK! You knows it. Update: oh no they're not, it's cancelled...The Tearsplus 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.... Selling HousesOh yes lover, another one! Only half an hour this time, clearly we don't have to watch it though...Reading Festival 1999<strong>Blur</strong> 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.Belle and SebastianPaid 5x over the odds for a ticket, but we had to get in. Got in the <strong>aftershow</strong> too, there was just us and <strong>Jarvis Cocker</strong> there. Ooh did I drop another name?WASPNot sure what day, the ticket is very faded... Zed Yago supported, this site says REM played there only two days before, I did pick the gigs to go to...... The DarknessBANG Magazine launch party, free booze! Plus another band, was it <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/tag=clarkeology-21#&amp;mode=blended&amp;keyword=the+libertines" title="Amazon: The Libertines">The Libertines</a> again?MadonnaPlus 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...... Belle & SebastianNot a gig, a weird press conference thing.Duran DuranCeleb-tastic, we were sat just a couple of rows behind <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/tag=clarkeology-21#&amp;mode=blended&amp;keyword=stephen+fry" title="Amazon: Stephen Fry">Stephen Fry</a>.<br />Not sure if this was the 14th or the 13 though...stellastarr*plus <strong>The Ordinary Boys</strong> and <strong>The 22s</strong>. Looks like everyone was there to see the Ordinary Boys, but I thought they were a bit ordinary... stellastarr were OK, not quite as convincing as on record though.Belle & SebastianWent to both nights, but not the extra afternoon show they did. Shambolic, but funBelle and SebastianThink this is they did a cover of <strong>London Calling</strong> and <strong>Another Girl, Another Planet</strong>.Damon AlbarnDemocrazy, bit worthy really, and not that thrilling, but nice to be somehwere trendy for a change...Dr JohnGot in free because of the support, think it was Ben and Jason. Not much copy anyway.SuedeAnother fan club job I think. Not in the fan club, but someone got me in.The Black CrowesAnother freebie of some description. Noel and Liam Gallagher were there.David Devant And His Spirit WifeThis actually might not have been the LEGENDARY album launch do, found a pass with a date on it so guessing it was earlier this year...Camden Crawl IINot just this venue, all around Camden, I saw Collapsed Lung and Moby here though...... LilysThey did a Levi ad I think, we went for the support <strong>Hooverdam</strong>. Not sure why I've put this as <strong>Highbury Garage</strong> I think the gig was in Hoxton, but can find no reference online...OutkastWILD furry trousers. Them, not me.Reading Festival 2000Placebo, Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot, Gorky's, Foo Fighters, Ween, Primal Scream, Daphne and Celeste, JJ72, SFA, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, At The Drive In...... ToyahCaberet, hosted by Lee Hurst, with TV Smith, Dave Spikey, Pooka, Crisis Twins and almost certainly the Raymond and Mr Timpkins revue. Not sure this date is right, thought they were all on Fridays...