welcome to the boardIf you have any info that might help with our family tree, please leave it here...Jeremy's Little HandI've used it and it was great! Thanks boysRe: Jeremy's little handAndy - can I borrow it next? Cheers, Rob.More tree info and photos coming later today<a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/img/oldClarkes/">images all moved to here now</a>...All the names I know of are on the "All Names" link over on the right there...http://www.clarkeology.com/names/No sign of Nigelbut the Dyson was fine - one pass of the living room though and the chamber (there's no bags in these non-hoovers) is half full, it's disgusting. Going to hoover all my clothes next.Big up to the wanker security guard in Safeway who challenged me for... Staying In vs Going OutJust contemplating whether to go out and drink beer some sort of BEAR themed evening with chum MJ Hibbett at the Bull and Gate or stay in with Clare and watch some films she's got in, Ocean's Eleven and Meet The Parents. Also currently consuming the ... REM tickets going for a hundred pounds a go or so...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... Robbie Williams!Just discovered today that in one month, my day job website popex sold THIRTY GRANDS worth of Robbie Tickets, through this page here... mad eh?Also talking of day job websites, the Barfly Cardiff listings page is now updated directly from the calenda... Saint RoseMissed Corporation:Blend last night, got to the Garage too late, but Saint Rose were the middle band on, and were quite MOR, but much better than King Adora... a poor mans Manics, when the Manics were a poor mans Guns'n'Roses...... Birdcage was too loudThe music's good, but maybe we were just sat at a shitty table, sound was a bit crap. So where tonight? Not back there, maybe to The Fox Reformed or whatever, the wine bar down the bottom of Stoke Newington Church Street, it's about the only bar we'v... arcade gamesWalked the long way round Listria Park on the way to Church Street today, and saw two magpies and a squirrel raiding someone's bin. They weren't at all bothered by me walking so close to them.Also saw a discarded arcade machine on the road, all it's ... Royal BengalAfter a very short pub crawl yesterday (couple of smashing pints in The Defoe, then no drinks in Bar Lorca, as their "all cocktails £9 a jug" offer turned out to be a lie, then the Coach and Horses]]) we did end up going to The Royal Bengal in the en... LinksHmm, The Royal Bengal's menu advertises http://www.theroyalbengal.com but it's going nowhere at teh time of writing... http://www.barlorca.com doesn't work in this browser and didn't come up when I searched for them on the web... in MSIE it works and... Barfly Glasgow"http://www.barflyclub.com/listings/glasgow.html" Barfly Glasgow has gone live with the new code what I done writ. Oh, and I saw a policeman on a little moped today. That's the most exciting thing that has happened all day. I might buy some "http://w... The pain, the angstTrouser shop was closed, but I need something "smart casual" for later in the week, what's a guy to do? Felt like punishing myself so am listening to the new Stereophonics album "You gotta go there to come back"... some nice guitar sounds on it, but ... FaveletsAKA bookmarklets. Saw these mentioned on pidster.com yesterday, and then blow me, saw one in action today... as I get it it's the art of putting a little bit of javascript in as a bookmark / favourite... I've not done this exactly, but the new "appro... 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.Charles Valentine & Ada Maria ClarkeHiI'm a distant relation to Charles Valentine Clarke, who was aboard the Titanic. My grandfather was a cousin of Charles Valentine Clarke. My mother is in possession of a card which announces the death of Charles Valentine Clarke. I am wondering i... Clarke Family of AscotHi Paul - I think we might be related. My late father was born in Ascot - his father ran Drakenmounts (?) store. I've looked at the photographs you uploaded I definitely remember my dad talking about Auntie Sissie. Also, my grandfather had 'Cole' ... RE: surnameSorry Wendy there are no Clarkson's in our family treeBahia De Alcudia"Guten Tag" as they say in Majorca... weather is fine, though we had one day of rain, food is shockingly bad, Clare got food poisoning one day. Not from the hotel though, we've not eaten much here. The guests seem to be about half English and half Ge... Holiday readingWhile I was away I read Matthew's Prize: Being the Tale of a Whitby Orphan Boy's Longing to Navigate the Broad Seas though I didn't know the title was so long at the time... it's about PIRATES, and it's quite good, if a bit of a blokey version of a m... Maggots Michael, you're eating maggots...Not my house, this is the fridge where I work... haven't used the fridge in all the time I've been there, and I don't think I'll be starting now.Working from home today, planning out my future projects so they can be cross charged properly.Todays tas... REM and Old RosieHey they have Old Rosie in the Beehive in Brixton... long way to go for a pint really, and BLEE head is hurting today... Working from home, tasks so far:adding bands based on midweeksstirring up the popex boards goign to make them popbitch style see ... RE: John SamwaysHi Jonathan,Our John Samways was born in 1851 in Fareham, Hants his wife was Matilda Grant born c1853 in Winterton Stoke, Wiltshire. Their children were Fanny Alice, Laura, Fred, and Amy. All born in Fareham. Thats all I have on Samways, although I a... Darkness Album arrived todayso back in the office to pick it up... tasks:Admin and reviewing and news story preparing for popexExtracting content from The Fly magazine for use in linking to them from popex, generating page impressions and thatFurther chasing of ringtones deal, ... RE: names look familiarIt would appear that my James Clarke (Gardener) is not the same one who married Elizabeth Cole.Obviously now it appears that Mary Dash does not belong. I found her as a daughter of a James and Elizabeth and jumped to the wrong conclusion.My Adam was ... TRAPPED!I had a JOYOUS afternoon yesterday... I was working from home, nipped out for some lunch, got into our communal hallway and realised I'd left my keys in the flat - both doors were locked needing a key to get out, so I was shut in the hallway until ou... The Cure Passport gigAmazing, we got in to the <strong>Barfly</strong>, read my <strong>Cure review</strong>.CKY<strong>Camp Kill Yourself</strong>, featuring Jackass <strong>Bam Margera</strong>'s brotherDerek AcorahMedium type from the "Most Haunted" TV show. I'm a medium, it says so on my vest.Jimmy GreavesAn audience with Greavesie, plus Ron 'Chopper' Harris and compere Terry Baker.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...The DarkRazzle of <strong>Hanoi Rocks</strong> previous punk band. Plus Sedated, Mutilate and Conditional Discharge.Roger ChapmanRick WakemanThe Pretty Things+ Quiklik. Someone has memories of them playing at The Flamenco but I've seen a poster says it was the LCH.KISSplus 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.... Gene Loves JezebelNot sure if the gig was actually at the Metronome or not, were you there, do you know?CreamEric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, in Folkestone, wow...... Travis+ Remy ZeroJacques<strong>Anthony Reynolds</strong> and <strong>Matthew Scott</strong>, <strong>Jack</strong> basically, I preferred the whole band, but still good.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>Taylor MadeMick Taylor, sometime Rolling Stone...John Mayall's Blues BreakersFeaturing <strong>Eric Clapton</strong>, and maybe <strong>Mick Taylor</strong>.The WhoRoger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon...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...Goldie Lookin' ChainAt Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms, no I didn't go...Big Night Out in Covent Garden, 4 World Class Comedians. Great Drinks Deals, Superb Aftershow Nightclub., Every Friday & Saturday.That Petrol EmotionSuedeDefinitely played here, supporting Kingmaker, it's in <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/023300047X/?tag=clarkeology-21#Suede-Love-Poison-Official-Biography/">Love and Poison</a>.CharlatansVery nice to see contemporary bands coming to town, two in two days, how will people afford it, bit steep!SoundgardenSuperunknown warm up show at Shepherds Bush... pretty huge venue for a warm up show now I come to think of it...Guns n' RosesIzzy Stradlin's last ever show. Support <strong>Nine Inch Nails</strong> and <strong>Skid Row</strong> - <strong>Sebastian Bach</strong> swore too much and got them barred for life.Blur<strong>Reading</strong> warmup, got very drunk on <strong>vodka red bull</strong>s, fell in a bush,and you can see me on the <strong>South Bank Show</strong> Special that was filmed there. Off to <strong>Reading</strong> the next day.DioCrazy hobbit loving one time front man of <strong>Black Sabbath</strong> -Folkestone, are you READY TO ROCK???Coldplay<strong>Coldplay</strong> <strong>Barfly session</strong> was today, <a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/7358/Coldplay+at+Barfly+yesterday">I was there</a>... cosy.James+ Thousand Yard Stare, James were the support, Thousand Yard Stare were the headliners. I think Suede support Thousand Yard Stare in Portsmouth......