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The Joy of Hoovers

Is �209 a good price for one of these? That's how much they are in Stoke Newington Safeways right now. We're going back to get one, hopefully we will see Nigel out of 'Stenders there too....

No sign of Nigel

but 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...

Stoke Newington Action

No Stokey action for several days now, stayed in last night, tonight going to Highbury Garage for *cough* some band *cough* because Corporation:Blend are supporting and a chum is involved in some managerial way...On the bus on the way in this morning...

Saint Rose

Missed 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......

A weekend in Portchester

Was curious about a new road called Caer Peris View in Portchester, dad found info about it on this Portchester Castle site explains that Caer Peris means Portchester Castle, it's named after a guy called Perrex who declared himself king. There's als...

A weekend in Portchester

Was curious about a new road called [map]Caer Peris View[/map] in Portchester, Dad found info about it on this Portchester Castle site explains that Caer Peris means Portchester Castle, it's named after a guy called Perrex who declared himself king. ...

Folkestone weekender

At last, a blog entry that is not just a handy way for me to keep track of what I've been up to at work so I have a smart answer when the boss asks... it's the weekend, so no work at all!Had a delightful weekend in Folkestone, much better than I thou...

Weekender!

LARGE weekend catching up with some old friends, including eating in some posh pub around the Essex Road, no idea what it was called... had a cheeky beer in the Porter House, and tried to buy an exercise bike, wonder how long this fad will last... Al...

Weird Weekend

Fitted in two birthdays a wedding and a funeral this weekend, funeral was very sad, especially seeing all the old soldiers lined up and hearing the last post played. Goodbye Uncle Pym.Wedding was top, rich people always get married better, it being a...

Pop Mate

Testing this for a mate, looks cool:

http://www.popmates.co.uk

It's like Friendster apparently.

Folkestone Weekender

Booked into La Bamba Mexican Restaurant, Hythe which I just found via Hythe Live. I think it's not up to date, as I'm sure the fantastic Kai's has closed now. Also going to Chambers again which I'm really looking forward to - proper beer, pool table ...

Weekender!

Can't decide if Google is being knocked here, even very gently, or just bloggers... it's a bit of a non story and not strictly accurate, in my case anyway. I mostly set this blog up to make a bit of money by advertising, as well as to remind me of st...

Independent testing of David Blaine

Haven't got a lot of time for David Blaine, but I'd like to find out it's some sort of fiddle, so I bought The Independent on Sunday for their "is David Blaine cheating?" headline... hte article (by Andrew Johnson) concludes he's probably not, becaus...

Send out another ad for MTV2 Gonzo tour

MTV2 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...

My bank ought to be turned into a trendy wine bar!

Just tried to follow an ad for insurance, and get:We do not support your browser We're sorry, but Lloyds TSB do not currently support the browser or computer you are using. The browser and operating system you are using is Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linu...

Weekend review

Smashing weekend in Folkestone, they now have a hexagonal pool table in ...

Weekend in Folkestone

Not feeling too clever for spending all day and all night in Chambers, but good weekend anyway. Didn't see any houses, though got a few ideas from property guides and that - stretching to buying a house with a self contained flat (not necessarily tha...

Weekend review

Went to International Student House on Friday for a gig, and to a good pub called The Albany, then to Winchester on Saturday to see MJ Hibbet, had a FOUR HOUR journey back from there because of the rail replacement bus service being caught up behind ...

not available to sendmail

Trying 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...

sendmail bounce handler works!

I'm pleased to report that this works nicely, got thousands of messages today saying "would have deleted this account", so time to really put it into action, disabling accounts, setting them not to receive mail etc...Had a few drinks and some champio...

Friendster

Signed up to Friendster at last, was put off this for a long time, I don't really need any more online distractions, and I suspect it's just another way for THE MAN to gather people's details and market to them. I only like that sort of thing if I ca...

A weekend in Folkestone

These days a weekend in Folkestone is a bit of a terrifying prospect for me. I used to really enjoy going down and I still do but it seems like our weekends are getting larger and larger each time. The last two times it has taken me a good couple o...

Calendar

Meeting Richy, somewhere called The Northgate in Islington... I like the sound of it.

RE: Sending Marketing Materials to Slovakia

While saying they want the paper for recycling, I think the reason is much more pragmatic. If you get companies to send you all their marketing information, and projected sales, brochures, and such, persons in Eastern Europe can make easy reuse of th...

RE: Sending Marketing Materials to Slovakia

I've had several of these so told them I didn't have a printer. They still send duplicates, tho.

RE: Sending Paper to Slovakia

I received the "Sir or Madam" e-mail. Of course I didn't think it was serious. I searched for the subject in internet and I've found this site.I could never imagine that the e-mail could be a mean for obtaining paper for recycling!Amazing, no?...

Weekender

A bit of an underachiever of a weekend all told, watched a lot of Buffy mostly. We managed to spare a few hours to go to the pub, checked out the Red Lion (what was The Tup), it's not changed at all, they still have Tup Ale at the bar and the same pe...

Weekender

We're off to Timothy's Wine Bar for dinner on Saturday, some sort of Spanish evening, will obviously report back...

RE: Tres productive weekend

good luck with converting them. i can assure you, if you want to author them properly, you'll need to put aside a good....errr....50 years....

this is maggie's bay in all its splendour

oooh, the excitement

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...

KISS

plus 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....

The Who

Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon...

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi also attends a New Years Eve party at Margaret Redding's house, Folkestone...

Eamon

Genuine spat with his ex-girlfriend? Or a couple of stage school brats put up to it by the label? You decide... Only 17.50 to you squire! He's opening for Britney Spears in the US of States you know...

Funeral for a Friend

SOLD OUT

WASP

Not 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......

Madonna

Plus 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 & Sebastian

Karaoke as a warm up act? Or was it Franz Ferdinand? We went in late and missed all that, but a friend of a friend did get up and sing Lazy Line Painter Jane with the band....

Bowlie Weekender

Belle and Sebastian etc, the forerunner to All Tomorrow's Parties. Got very drunk.

Damon Albarn

Democrazy, bit worthy really, and not that thrilling, but nice to be somehwere trendy for a change...

The Beta Band

Tonight's venue is crammed with indie's brightest and best, all happily expectant

according to the review in the Independent, that's me in particular to which they were referring...

Delirious?

Ha, AWFUL christian rock. I was accompanying a friend who was reviewing or something.

David Devant And His Spirit Wife

This 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...

Scalarama 2

MJ Hibbett, Jacques, Spearmint, Baxendale and lots of other bands

Green Day

Some special Radio One thing, got a nice freebie from friends I was about to start working with at Channelfly. Green Day picked some kids out of the audience and made them play a song.

Chilli Fiesta

Some sort of chili event on this weekend in Chichester... best we keep the weekend free though I think...

Suicidal Tendencies

I drove my van into London for this gig, I almost never did this... ST played their encore first, and part of the gig from the top of a step ladder.

Dee-Lite

plus PM Dawn. A Nixdorf friend's birthday, the only gig we could find in town to go to. Bootsy Collins played bass for them at this show....

Highlights of new graduate work 2005

Kent Institute of Art and DesignSurrey Institute of Art and Design and theEcole des Beaux Arts, ValenciennesA selection of work from students completing their BA (or equivalent) at these three institutions made by independent curator, Clare Smith...

King Adora

+ Saint Rose + Corporation:Blend

Oliver

Oliver TicketsOmid Djalili is taking over the role of Farin from Rowan Atkinson in the new West End hit musical 'Oliver'. Get your Oliver tickets...

Frankie Boyle in London

Frankie Boyle gained a reputation for his quirky, dark sense of humour. Loved for his stand-up comedy shows, as well as his legendary appearances on...

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...

Pendulum, Sub Focus

22.50

Mendeed

A night of metal. Mendeed, Burning Skies, Architects, Fallen Grounds (Fallen Grounds possibly replaced by Moesaboa now)

Frankie Boyle in Brighton

Frankie Boyle gained a reputation for his quirky, dark sense of humour. Loved for his stand-up comedy shows, as well as his legendary appearances on...

Ocean Colour Scene

Is there some kind of indie pop revival? Not my cup of tea, but sure to join the recent trend of LCH sell outs...

Deathstars, Sevendaysofnight, Sybreed

Frankie Boyle in Newcastle Upon Tyne

Frankie Boyle gained a reputation for his quirky, dark sense of humour. Loved for his stand-up comedy shows, as well as his legendary appearances on...