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The Higher State, including the higher state in my blog, the higher state in Folkestone, and any mentions of the higher state in my family tree. Also there's a feed of the higher state stories / mentions, a JSON feed of the higher state, a KML feed of the higher state , search my the higher state venue info. Hope you can find what you're looking for, if not please leave a message about the higher state.
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Thanks if you just tried to add the band The Higher State to the database, but you didn't enter venue info, or you did and I didn't recognise it. Done a bit of a search, www.dirtywaterclub.com says the band are there on the 9th of December. This is a good venue, I think I saw The Darkness there, not too local for me these days though. They also add:
After seven years in the wilderness, former member of the Mystreated, Marty Ratcliffe, returns with a new band! These guys give you a totally authentic, retro if you must, sixties garage band sound. These guys and a gal will have you trippin' all the way back to San Francisco's Fillmore Ballroom in late '66. A lovely West Coast, Byrdsy jangle played like you think you're truly listening to a "Back from the Grave" LP!
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Interview yesterday was good, but it's a small company and I'm still after more money than they can afford. It wis great to work on interesting projects, but I'm still holding out for a higher wage too right now, we have a mortgage and want a new house etc. Maybe in a few months when all the redundancy money has gone I'll be thinking differently... Weather yesterday was terrible, and again today, winter seems to have come on really quickly. Hoping tomorrow is good, we're off on a day's shopping in Maidstone for a change. Clare is shopping, I will be trying to reign her in anyway, and we'll be calling a ceasefire for a nice lunch somewhere. Anyway, here is a brief roundup of things.
Scrapping coursework sounds like a great idea to me. I was in the first year of GCSE's, and the only A grade I got was in the one subject with no coursework. So if it would have worked better for me, then I say do it:
GCSE coursework has become "less valid" and should be scrapped in several subjects, the exams watchdog has said.
A Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) report says coursework "does not fulfil its stated purpose" in an age of league tables and targets.
Amid concerns about cheating, it was announced last week that maths coursework will be scrapped next year.
It should also end in subjects such as English literature and the humanities, or be more controlled, the QCA says.
It sounds to me like they're not just worried about parents doing kids work for them, but teachers manipulating marks so as to get better results for the schools to me. What a carry on...
Anna Friel, what on earth were you up to in yesterday's papers? You'll catch your death!
RUBBISH feature on supermarket packaging on BBC Breakfast today, obviously supermarkets use too much packaging, so what can we do about this? Use recyclable / compostable / less packaging, obviously. Whose idea was it to get a representative of Smart packaging on to go on and on and on about a new super plastic they've made that makes food taste nicer? It wasn't relevant at all, why not someone talking about supermarkets that are doing something to cut down on waste? What a balls up...
Folkestone made it into Popbitch again, that's good isn't it? I wonder if I can get this craze for jumping videos a mention?
Bah, got a "green light" on my Asylum torrent (that's the elusive comedy show starring Simon Pegg and everyone who's cool from comedy today) for the first time ever, and still got zero download speed... this means the only people who are sharing online only have the same bits of the file that I do. Just fired up bittorrent again to download Ubuntu at last, for the broken computer that I brought back to life.
Oops, broke Folkestone gigs for a bit there, fixed now.
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Just came across your mention of The Higher State. I saw them on 9th December at the Dirty Water Club and they were really very good. It's seldom that I see a first band on get such a reception from an audience that mostly doesn't know already, even asking them for an encore. They're back at the Dirty Water Club on 14 April (with an Australian all girl group called The Dollsquad and a spanish garage band called The Hollywood Sinners).
The Higher State :: 20 Dec :: 2005 :: Comment / reply
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The Higher State Leas Cliff Hall 01 Feb 2007 authentic garage/psych with touches of folk rock - the sound is a blend of west coast byrdsy jangle and harder edged texas punk!!
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The Higher States Chambers 01 Feb 2007
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The Higher States The Frenchman 22 Jul 2006
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The Higher States Chambers 06 Jul 2006
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The Higher States Leas Cliff Hall 26 Nov 2005 Psychadelic band
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Higher State The Frenchman 26 Nov 2005
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The Higher State The Frenchman 22 Jul 2005 Bloodhounds
