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It's a god-awful small affair...

HOLY COW, Mars Phoenix has discovered life on Mars! Well, possibly, there is a rumour they have discovered the potential for life. I would have said the chances were something like a million to one against this happening, but what do I know?...

Weekend train fun

Planning a little trip to Winchester tomorrow evening, to catch up with old friends and have a curry and a few drinks. Staying over, so no worries about trying to get back here, and then meeting Clare in London the next morning for shopping and thing...

Short weekend

Where did that go then? I'm sure I was only at work an hour or so ago and now it's time to go back again... Tired today, had quite an action packed weekend that just went too fast. Started off with work drinks in Trashford, a couple in the Phoenix (S...

10 myths about vegans

www.bboheme.com (who I once bought some shoes from) emailed me today to tell me it's world vegan day and to share with me an advert for their shoes and things, cunningly wrapped in a "10 Myths about Vegans" list. They know bloggers love lists like fr...

Sophia Clarke

I am looking for Sophia Clarke who worked at the Phoenix Theatre around 1990. I am from Brazil and I was in London studying Drama at the time, and she was a very good friend. We lost touch over the years, but I would very much like to know of her whe...

Jack White

In the Phoenix Theatre Bar last night, with Jude Law... Not spotted by me but by pal Nic P, who spoke to Jack too. Looks like they'd come from The Raconteurs gig, at the Astoria across the way.Also in the same bar but a bit earlier, Stephen Merchant....
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Patrick McGuinness comes to the LCH

Paddy McGuinness star of Max and Paddy's Road To Nowhere and Phoenix Nights brings his show to the Leas Cliff Hall on Monday September 25th. This is apparently your last chance to catch Paddy live on his first solo tour before the DVD is released and...

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You've been framed

BBC reports about a burgliar caught on a webcam, and the 11 month sentence he got... have a look at the homeowner Duncan Grisby's site with the original pictures on, in that third one down is the burglar doing that "pretending I'm just rubbing my eye...
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Bernard Butler

We were in the Phoenix artists bar last night before The Tears gig, precisely because it's the kind of place where you might spot somebody... And LO! There was Saint Bernard Butler, dressed like a student in a big coat and hat. I nearly snapped him o...
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Mark Frith

I think I've said before, I've had a real drought of celeb spotting since we moved offices... I spend my days in Farringdon now instead of leafy Primrose Hill, I rarely go out in the evenings, and weekends I usually head out of town. So, this is a ve...
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No weekend plans

Working from home again yesterday worked out well I think, though no actual results to show so far. Getting into Class::DBI, I like it, and might start to use it in other things I do... Here's a handy guide to using Class::DBI.Heading to Folkestone t...

DJ's

Well Justin Moorhouse was in Phoenix Nights as Young Kenny. Mike Toolan is another DJ on Key 103.The Cow Auction was when they sold off all the cows from the Manchester Cow Parade, www.cowparade.com/manchester I think....

Shanel's Brasserie

Delighted to see that a phoenix has risen from the flames of Kapetan Michales, and it's not a kentucky fried one either. Popped into Sharnel's Brasserie on Saturday for some much needed sustenance on a bank holiday beer festival weekend. We were warm...
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Mike Leigh

I was expecting to see a big bundle of celebs at the last ever Suede gig at the Astoria on Saturday night, but as we stood downstairs I missed all the usual melee in the Keith Moon Bar... I DID however see Mike Leigh in the Phoenix Theatre bar before...
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Suede were amazing

So glad we went to the Astoria to see Suede on Saturday, they were fantastic. They played two sets, the first being all the non singles that they say they wanted to play - coincidentally it was all their best songs, all the songs they've been ignorin...

Ralph Little

Saw our Anthony in the Phoenix bar before The Darkness gig at the Astoria, also in the Astoria, and also at the after show party, at Rouge, also on Charing Cross road. He was following me around....

Steven Merchant

Ricky Gervais' partner in crime is a regular feature at the Phoenix theatre bar (aka Shuttleworths) I think, have seen him there before, and saw him there again yesterday before The Darkness gig at the Astoria....
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Blogging about Blogging about Blogging

www.pidster.com got a mention on www.zeldman.com for pointing out something wonky in a favelet he'd written, nice. Now after a bit of log checking etc, someone who's beeen driven to pidster by the link on zeldman has checked out his redesign of bbc.c...

Turd of a journey home

All the power went off on the tube, got stuck in a tunnel between Chalk Farm and Camden for forty-five minutes... all the tubes were still out until just now, apart from the Victoria Line luckily, so got back from The Phoenix OK.I hate everything abo...

KISS and Aerosmith tour together

Which of these venues is nearest to here?Hartford Sat-Aug 2 New York Mon-Aug 4 Washington DC Sat-Aug 9 ...

Tony Slattery

He appeared to be on a blind date and on his way to see The Darkness, across the road at the Astoria.

Saturday 5th April.

More than a feeling...

When you have a bad day, isn't it just GRATE to get a bit of a pick up by someone being nice to you?OK, I didn't actually lose any money by the popEx database messing up last night, but I have to work on a Saturday to fix it! And it's all fixed now.....

Phoenix, tonight

Phoenix play tonight at the Mean Fiddler (pah, it were the LA2 in my day), with support from Turin Brakes...Phoenix are ace, just listening to the "United" album now... a lot of it has a soft MOR feel, like Hall and Oates or something, but it's hard ...

Happy National Vegan Day!

It's national vegan day today, joyous celery crunching greetings all round...Of course it's a music related thing, KD Lang is a vegan, and so was River Phoenix, who famously choked on his own vomit outside The Viper Rooms, now you don't get more rock...

Mean Fiddler

80s style rock, they did a Cheap Trick cover

Santa Pod Raceway

I clearly remember David Devant and Holy Barbarians, David Bowie, Sex Pistols and Foo Fighters too I think, must have seen a lot more though......

The Joiners

plus Linoleum. Had to walk back from Southampton after being stopped with no lights on my bike, then head to Phoenix Festival the next day.