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Splendid weekend of comedy, food, double dinners, and everything

Great weekend. As an intro though, specifically for the people from work who mentioned they had found this page recently - at no point did I drink too much and become annoying, I am a fine upstanding member of staff. Probably you can go back to work ...

Strange time travel

As previously possibly mentioned, I am listening to old Mark Radcliffe radio shows, on the mp3. Just listened to the last ever graveyard shift show on Radio One, and then (in exactly the wrong order) the first ever graveyard shift show from 1993. And...

hi hopes dashed!!

On 8th March my girlfriend and I decided to visit Cafe Belge in Canterbury with another couple who had highly recommended the restaurant to us. I must say that none of the four of us have ever received a service as rude and discourteous as we receive...

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Don't you wish you went to school in Ashford

A twelve year old Ashford has been arrested for letting one off in class. Political correctness gone mad? Oh no, didn't I say, it was a pepper gas cannister, not a bottom burp.Ambulances and things were called, parents turned up panicking to find the...

RE: Sadly disappointed with La Tavernetta

I agree we went there Friday 25th January 2008 the wine wine was good and that was the best part of the meal.Old fashioned and over priced springs to mind with over rated food,my wife was nearly in tears as it was are 15th wedding aniversary and a t...
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RE: Oof, just deleted the whole site

Never attempt something technical like that in live before 9am - it'll only end in tears.

In other news, are you preparing for the flood? Are you safely ensconced on higher ground, or are you hoping your flat is going to be high enough?

Blackpool (being the third part of my two week holiday write up)

Have you been to Blackpool? DON'T EVER EVER GO THERE, man alive, it was the worst place I've ever been to. A few people gave me odd looks when I said I was going to Blackpool for a couple of days as part of our grand tour, but only one person got clo...

RE: The announcement no-one was waiting for

*wipes tears from eyes* This is so wrong. I know that I was only there intermittently, but I just assumed that Popex would always be there.Bob, Ian, Daisy and I were canting the other week and realized that our gang was basically formed from Popex...

Welcome to Miami!

Or, rather, from Miami, or even (by the time I write this up) hello from England, Miami sends its regards. Just BACK from a trip to the US of States to visit Clare's bro and sister-in-law in the pan-handle bit of the Americas. Tiring flight over to M...

Woo got me The Tears album

I knew working in this industry for long enough would pay off, I just got it for free... Now I will feel obliged to say nice things about it too.Mmm, programming things today, changed the "band selecter" for popex, has had a knock on effect across th...

No More Tears

Woo The Tears played a Suede Song! Cheers for this Stu...

The Tears on DVD

Ooh, Cheeky Tears bootleg on Ebay... I was at that gig, wonder if it's any good... Asking on www.thetears.org forum...

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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Keeping my head down

Not actually much to report this week, just keeping my head down to get through the week, really looking forward to 5.30 on Friday. This weekend Clare's bro is over from the Americas, where he lives, so it should be a right royal piss up.Our living r...

I can't pass the invites on unfortunately

I could maybe pass the Tears tickets on, but that would be out of order... They know me at the Barfly. I have to give one of them back...

Tear vs Bloc Party

Simple solution.
You go to Tears.
I'll go to Bloc Party and let you know how good it was.

This is a serious offer.

--Jon

Dilemma

Bloc Party or The Tears? The Tears or Bloc Party? I can go to either, on the 16th of Feb, but not to both... Bloc Party is at the Barfly, never seen them and that venue is far too cosy for them... The Tears is at the Astoria, part of NME week which I...

Tears before bedtime

(I think nme.com already used "Tears in Heaven")So, I went to see The Tears last night, at Heaven nightclub at Charing Cross... you know what? It wasn't all that. I love Suede, but never saw them live with Bernard Butler, so the opportunity to see hi...

Secret Franz Ferdinand gig

Writing the number one Stoke Newington website, and sharing an office with their manager, obviously I knew all about this secret gig in Newington Green last night... err... According to www.nme.com "Franz turned up at the Mildmay Social Club in Stoke...

Looking forward to The Tears

We're off to see The Tears tomorrow night, if the tickets ever show up... got a call from SMS who are delivering them today to say they're going to try again tomorrow... USELESS BASTARDS! Anyway, Nic went yesterday to the warm up in Oxford and says:i...

Hmm: "Recently our company released a string quartet tribute to The Darkness. I would love to send you a copy for linking, reviewing, posting, whatever you think your viewers and patrons might be interested in"... it's on www.vitaminrecords.com appa...

Slaughtering cows

1. It was Top Gear for food. A bit contrived, but the cheese bloke was well funny.2. They did show the slaughtering of the cow and, believe me they showed everything. They didn't shy from any of the camera shots. There was the knife, the slitting act...

MORE Tears tickets

Oxford Zodiac on the 14th... damn I thought I was goign to the first show...They're not fetching the prices they might have done on ebay......

The Tears tickets

Tickets for Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler's new band The Tears...

You want tears, you got tears

Just missed out on tickets for the Tears, was expecting an email alert when they went on sale... the link was posted on their forum about three hours ago, and I missed it.Led to believe they'll be on general sale at 9am, either tomorrow or Friday, so...

Brett and Bernard's Tears Confirm Live Shows

Dang, I heard this earlier and thought I was in WELL EARLY, but XFM is reporting the dates and venues of the live shows, The Tears, the group featuring recently reunite Heaven on December 16, and Barcelona Razzmatazz on December 18."First dibs will g...

The Tears

Just added The Tears to popex, that's the name Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler are going under now......

Uncle Bob's Christmas Wedding Reception, 10th Birthday Party, Centenary & Farewell!

FeaturingCELEBRITY GUEST DJ SARAH CAWOODplusvery special live guests SCHWABplusthe return of DJ Simon PriceplusResident DJs Miss JT, Billy Reeves & Hitman HearnSATURDAY 6th DECEMBER 8pm-lateatTHE WATER RATS THEATRE, Grays Inn Road, Kings Cros...

Feeder are back...

Feeder's new album (the first since the tragic death of Jon Lee, like that's not been said before) is out on the 21st... "Awesome but devastating" say Amazon, crikey, not sure I can bring myself to listen to it today... Even the cover looks like it'l...

Astoria

Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, weren't they in a band together before? One of the NME gigs, support included The Magic Numbers I think but we stayed in the pub and missed them all....
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Heaven

plus 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....