HelloToday I started a new website, this is it. It's going to be a kind of weblog, a place for me to post links and stuff, and if anyone else likes it, in the words of the song, that's a bonus.Today I am mostly liking this house more than this, this, and ... 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...... Saint RoseMissed Corporation:Blend last night, but saw second support Saint Rose, very MOR, but good, much better than King Adora. I am clearly old now, as I can't think of much more to say than WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? They are a poor man's Manics, from the pe... 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 ... Meme me me mefatherfucker.net beats weebl.fluent.ltd.uk/toons/21/Lovely lunch in the Princess of Wales, nut roast is back on the menu, and London Pride is never off. Saw some WEIRD posh graffiti on the way back, it was a picture cut out of a newspaper, of Prince ... Camera Obscura @ Kings Cross Water RatsMeeting up in the Lucas Arms before... I like Beer In The Evening, well recommended Inspector, I'm going to attempt to fill it up with all the pubs I know in Stokey, Camden, Fareham, and Folkestone and I urge you to do the same...... Comedy Tonight TooCharity 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... 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... Very frosty todayWorking more today on the development of the new listings format for Barfly that should meet all their needs... still need to to get more graphics into it though, and then get them all using the calendar properly.We're out of tea bags in the office, ... London from Primrose HillImage Stitching from the new camera works well, here's a snap taken lunchtime today from the top of Primrose Hill... no tripod or anything, just four wobbly hand snaps and the software did the rest, shame it wasn't a nicer day...Cropped down a lot to... I went to the zoo todayI was in training all day today at Port Lympne, and what was the most exciting animal I saw? Yes a squirrel!OK I did see rhinos and a red panda on my lunch break, and monkeys by the truckload, more pictures to come. Also they messed up my lunch again... Other people's blogsIt's time for a roundup of things I've lazily ripped off casino-avenue.co.uk before heading home, first this piece about metblogs, interesting. I am trying REALLY HARD to read something rude into "soliciting... advertising" but I can't quite make it.... Google and Microsoft, in a treeJust noticed this link in my referers, what's that all about then? What is it doing? It's putting microsoft into every search, but why?... I lived in New Cross for three yearsI wish I'd bought there then, I'd be laughing now, kind of keen to go back south again...The first rule about job clubGoogle blogger sacked, don't talk about work kids...Great weekend with a visit to Folkestone by Mum and Dad, took a trip to Lympne Castle, picked out some paint for the front room, and I DROVE A CAR, for the first time in about 8 years... piece of ca... Book CrossingReminded of <a href="http://www.bookcrossing.com">book crossing</a> by Del, cheers, this might be an amusing way to get rid of some books this week...<br /><br />Ross NobleRoss Noble's coming to Folkestone in October, get your tickets here...... Folkestone train timesFolkestone trains are a bit messed up for the whole summer (2005), possibly the next six months. To travel at about the same time, and not have to change trains at Ashford or anything we have to get trains to / from Cannon Street instead of Charing C... Double channel crossingsTim Fitzhigham's crossing of the Channel in a bathtub (to Folkestone, of course) is features on Paramount Comedy here, but double Olympic champion James Cracknell is aiming to be the fastest man to paddle across the Channel, on a surfboard.He's goin... slayeroffice | code | image cross fade reduxFlickr slideshow style fading of images, but all in unobtrusive js and cssBen The BoffinFrom old skool big breakfast. He still looks about 12, and was drinking alcoholic beverages with 2 much older geeky blokes. Travis and MarkJust walking along, looking hard...Ha!<br />No, they were smiley, and disturbingly<br />healthy lookin'...No sign of Travis' stalker...<br />About 1.00pmBonoHe was spotted, though not by me, in Kings Cross, where they were filming a new video, this morning (9th Feb)The DarknessThe band were sat quietly with friends before last night's triumphant post "In The City" gig at the Water Rats.Bobby GillespieHe just walked past the PopEx office, heading away from Regent's Park, and muttering MADLY to himself.<br /><br />Or, he might have been singing to himself.Arthur BakerThe legendary producer, remixer, and owner of the Elbow Rooms was just TOO DAMN BUSY to wait in the queue of a deli on Regents Park Road yesterday (26th April) lunchtime, so he jumped in his car and went somewhere else...Justine FrischmannSaw Justine walk past the Pembroke pub, at the end of Regents Park Road yesterday afternoon. She was looking quite haggard, so possibly it was just some old lady who looked a bit like her.Travis and MarkJust walking along, looking hard...Ha!<br />No, they were smiley, and disturbingly<br />healthy-lookin'...No sign of Travis' stalker..<br />About 1.00pmJudge JulesGoing shopping, just casually browsing through. He's got a new car, numberplate "relic". I dont know where he gets all this money from........Bob Hoskinsdriving his swish car like the top-notch star that he is. bbrrmmmmmmmm.....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.Rosie's DumplingsIrish folk, back for a post Paddy's day booze up... what do you reckon, should I try and book them for my wedding?ROSS NOBLECrazy hair, crazy guy. Comedy.The Inbreds + Hatemail + My life In The Making + ZeroscapeGreat Indie/Alt. Rock From Canada & UK. 7.30pm &pound;4</b>The Stone RosesNo, I wasn't there.The DarknessBest of In The City, with the Raveonettes (who we saw) and Saint Rose and more... The Boo RadleysWas it Sigur Ros supporting at this one? Just around the time I moved to London, was this really my first gig of that era?The Montrose Avenue<strong>Matt Everitt</strong> of <strong>Menswear</strong> was in the band, this was the height of girly indie, there were tiaras, fairy wings, and even rollerskates in the crowd.Beetle BashVW festival, think this is the one with Collapsed Lung, Reef, and The Prodigy, with Keith Flint rolling across the crowd in a big hamster ball...... King Adora+ Saint Rose + Corporation:BlendThe Seventh Cross+ Ella + Clone The Fragile + A Story At Three + The Arcane War MachineRosie's DumplingsBurns night celebrationDavid Devant and his Spirit WifeBefore I lived in <strong>New Cross</strong>, didn't really know where it was. We thought we could get a tube there (it was not running) and walked back to Waterloo after...Caitlin Rose, GuestsComplete Stone Roses, Kings Of LyonRoss NobleCrazy hair, crazy guy. Very funny comedy btw, will there be young people dressed up again?Crash, Higher On Maiden, Mentallica, Guns 2 Roses15.00CocoRosie15.00The RubReni out of the <strong>Stone Roses</strong> and his band... was looking forward to this a lot, but it was absolutely shocking.Rosita+ <strong>Mica Bomb</strong> + <strong>Reverend Pike</strong>. <strong>Rosita</strong> were two of <strong>Kenickie</strong> and <strong>Mica Bomb</strong> were connected to the singer of the <strong>Sultans of Ping</strong> I'm sure...Guns'n'Rosesat Hammersmith Apollo! Should we try and get a ticket? Have to be online the right time this Friday xxxRossini Opera Festival - Demetrio e polibio in Pesaro, ItalyRossini Opera Festival - Demetrio e polibio tickets for 10/08/2010Lee Mack in BristolHighly regarded in industry circles as one of comedy's most exciting new prospects, Lee's lightening sharp mind for gag writing and joke telling has set...Glastonbury 1995The year <strong>Pulp</strong> replaced <strong>The Stone Roses</strong> as headliners, along with <strong>Oasis</strong> and <strong>The Cure</strong>. Great weather. Peak of the <strong>britpop</strong> years.Peter Maffay in Rostock99.53Alessandra Amoroso in Cagliari21.80Alessandra Amoroso in Alghero21.80Rossini Opera Festival - Demetrio e polibio in Pesaro, ItalyRossini Opera Festival - Demetrio e polibio tickets for 13/08/2010Lee Mack in NottinghamHighly regarded in industry circles as one of comedy's most exciting new prospects, Lee's lightening sharp mind for gag writing and joke telling has set...ReadingMy first gig with nme.com, I started work there that weekend. I left part way through the worst ever Stone Roses performance (OK, the only time I saw them)....