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A new dawn, a new hope, a new America, etc

A shift away from Conservatism, it's Obama what won it. The number of seats makes it look like a proper drubbing, Barack Obama winning two for each one that John McCain did, and it wasn't close like George W Bush's controversial win, but it looked li...

The Death of Twitter

Last Bus Home has the details. I hope it's true, I'm glad, can't be doing with it at all myself. I think I said before, it seems to me like someone thought blogging was a bit of a hassle, having to think of something to say and then saying it, if onl...

No lunch for me thanks

Blee, it's our "rumble in the jungle" fun day at work and they've just completed their bushtucker trial type thing. Brains, tongue, testicles, scorpions, all sorts. Couldn't really get close enough to take any pictures or shoot any video but I will c...

The Long Blondes at the Amersham Arms

Just reading this post about a gig in New Cross (from one of my regular reads) makes me think I should go back and visit one day. I wish I'd bought a flat there when I was renting - I had more money those days, and I ended up paying more for this fla...

Spoof stories

Noticed a lot more people recently turning up here having looked for spoof stories or spoof story, mostly as a result of this spoof story about Dickens World. Wonder if it's just coincidence that people are trawling for spoof stories around the time ...

A friend's comments on the Camden fire

Here, brings back some memories, though I've not been there for longer even than he's not been there. Clare was actually there last night, struggling to get to a friend's club night at The Enterprise, but the only kind of burned she would have got wa...

Magic Numbers every bit as good as I predicted

OK my prediction of Morrissey joining them on stage was a complete fabrication, but we did get Bernard Butler appearing with them to perform "Love's a Game", which then medleyed on into "People Get Ready". They did another wacky ending of another of ...
Rated 5.04/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Don't you wish you worked in as fun a place as me?

We have an "I'm a celebrity" style tournament going on today, they just did the bushtucker trial, starting off gently with things like spam and blue cheese, through mussels, whelks, kidneys, tongue, testicles, tripe, brain, worms, crickets and scorpi...

What a rotter

I missed most of the Girl with a one track mind sex blog stuff, I'm too lazy to read all but the tiniest circle of other weblogs (which I link to over there -->) but this Nicholas Hellen sounds a bit unpleasant.Thanks to Last Bus Home and other membe...

Back in blog

Reading: The Last Bus Home. Yes, we watched "This Life +10" last night, and it was a bit rubbish. I didn't watch all of This Life the first time round, I'd just moved to London and was really sharing a house on the south bank with some barristers, I ...

RE: Fareham makes the national news again

off topic, but...Have you seen the new darksided movie with Marguerite Perrin unloading on Bush for not being a Christian? Brilliant mate. Must see.http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2700870alsohttp://www.youtube.com/?v=F_ohEkhGXC4...

RE: DARKSIDED!!!

I live in Seattle (geographically, just about as far away from this woman's home as one can get and still be within the US), and we're as dumbfounded by this display as you are. It frightens me to think that this woman votes, but at least I can now u...

The Ordinary Boys

Get Ordinary Boystickets here or stroll down there a bit sharpish, with all this Big Brother stuff going on these will sell out fast. There will be more girls in the audience than usual for a Folkestone gig I guess! Delirious-question-mark are coming...

Rated 4.73/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Best Gigs Ever

Hmm, having no joy tracking down the full 100 of Time Out's best london gigs chart they did last issue, but prompted by a thread on PopExcellent I've had a think about my top five gigs... I'm sure I'll think of more later and strike these out...1. Bl...

Morcheeba!

Touring, and playing the Leas Cliff Hall of course...Morcheeba @ Colston hall, Bristol (Sun 22 May) http://www.popex.com/img/cal.gif Colston hall calendarMorcheeba @ Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone (Wed 25 May) http://www.popex.com/img/cal.gif Leas cliff...

Rated 4.73/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Idlewild

The Idlewilds have announced a tour, visiting Folkestone on the 13th of April... they've got a new album out too, and by golly does it sound like REM... full dates are:April 20055th: Newcastle, Northumbria University6th: Liverpool, Royal Court Theatr...

Rated 4.73/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Carol singers

Had some carol singers outside the house last night, but they weren't collecting for anything, they were just spreading christmas cheer... this is NOT what I've come to expect from Stokey, nice though.Penultimate day at work today, pleased that I got...

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Free MP3 of George W Bush singing U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday... good mash up work! Via www.engadget.com podcast....

Brown haired guitarist from McFly

Oh yes indeedy, at the Killers gig (Shepherds Bush Empire) on Saturday night. Surrounded by a gaggle of girls, who looked like cats who had got the cream....hmmmm.

Visions of sinking ships

Mmm, saw a squishing on the road yesterday, not a pigeon, hedghog, or even a squirrel though, which are fairly common, this one was a RAT. This made me think that the rat must have been desparately trying to escape from something to be travelling acr...

It's big scaly spines!

Don't forget, he is a lizard...Also don't forget, David Devant and his Spirit Wife LIVE at Islington Academy on Wednesday night... it will be SMART! Hmm, I might have some free tickets for this, drop me a line if you fancy it. But better be quick......

Johnny Borrel, Carl, Gwen Stefani, Gavin from Bush

well well well, there i was planning to start up me own website and here it already is! no only joking. But seriously. I seem to find them all. the who box wouldnt allow me to write everyone else i have seen. But oh i can tell you, there have been ma...

Sue Barker

In television centre foyer, smartly dressed with trade mark helmet hair.

Jeremy Clarkson

Yesterday. Outside Television Centre having a fag

London venue capacity

Aha, a chance to take a step towards my self-imposed remit when I started this site, being a bit of a resource for local people. Were you wondering about the capacity of certain London venues? I have done before, just got a press release from Shepher...

James Dreyfus

It would seem the hells kitchen lot were out in force for Belinda at the weekend, who put on a really good show. james was looking very trendy indeed, he was lovely as well, they were all nice!

Amanda Barrie

She was adorable, looks good for 68 as well. She was going on about how she was really ashamed of everything on hells kitchen.

Matt Goss

He was also at Belinda, he is gorgeous! He was very friendly and very tall.

Abi Titmuss

I was intoduced to her on Saturday night, she was very nice but so not attractive, she's just nothing special at all in real life. miaow!

Weekend plans

For those of you in London, you could do worse than The Barfly, I'll hand over to them to explain why:Spitfire Club's opening night plays host to riotous rockers Tokyo Dragons whose live set promises to be an onslaught of true rock n roll. Having jus...

Goldsmiths College

Reading warmup, got very drunk on vodka red bulls, fell in a bush,and you can see me on the South Bank Show Special that was filmed there. Off to Reading the next day.

The Wedgewood Rooms

plus Placebo. Not sure I actually went to this, I remember feeling really ill at the previous day's gig, think I was out for a few days with something like flu or glandula fever......
Rated 6.04/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Shepherds Bush Empire

Superunknown warm up show at Shepherds Bush... pretty huge venue for a warm up show now I come to think of it...