Holiday readingWhile I was away I read Matthew's Prize: Being the Tale of a Whitby Orphan Boy's Longing to Navigate the Broad Seas though I didn't know the title was so long at the time... it's about PIRATES, and it's quite good, if a bit of a blokey version of a m... Beatrice O'BRIENIs there any other information available about the name O'brien?Beatle clash!The <strong>Backbeat Beatles</strong>, the <strong>Bootleg Beatles</strong> and the <strong>Acoustic Beatles</strong> are all lined up for Folkestone, which one is the best? Who will win?JohnskibeatJust realised valued popex punter and fellow Clarke (though no relation) Johnskibeat isn't linked up here either...... Wife beatingYesterday I beat the wife! Yes, it was the completion of the second ever Clarke Cup, and it went all the way to the wire. Scrabble was mine, cards was Clare's, then pool was mine, then the darts went to Clare, so it's all down to the backgammon... I ... RE: Wife beatingThat happens next door to us, they're completely unprotected and we've often been tempted to lock them out of their own broadband service. not done it yet. don't think we've collectively been drunk enough.It's handy if our connection ever plays up th... The BeatingsSocialising.Bad Boy Beat By Builder BobEven the rumours of his death in a car accident failed to boost Eminem's sales figures in time... That combined with the repulsive red tops campaign to get him off the number one means Bob The Builder takes the top spot...If you know of any Bob The B... Atomic Kitten Beat Off Teenage DirtbagCan't be arsed to write any sort of news story here, just wanted to use that headline...<br /><br />Blah Blah, Atomic Kitten number one, lots of new entries, check out http://www.dotmusic.com or something for the details...Captain Soul Album LaunchTo celebrate the launch of their debut album "Beat Your Crazy Head Against The Sky" next week, "The Soul" (as they're calling themselves) are playing at "Radio 4" on Wednesday (Alan McGee's club, yeah?).Hey, Brett Anderson was there last week you kno... Beat the Tube StrikeWhat better way to celebrate the tube strike than leaping around like a loony at Radio 4, 21 Notting Hill Gate this Wednesday, May 2.Captain Soul and Spare Snare play live, and there will be the usual eclectic disk-jockeying, and also "a full quota o... Want to fight Fred Durst?Is this the new PS2 game you can "unlock" Fred Durst in, and give him a good drubbing?Oh the joy to be had pummelling Fred Durst around the ring...... Super Furry BeatlesThe Super Furries remix of the Beatles is available at last, and sounds more complex than anyone ever imagined, it's not just a remix, it's a collaboration between Sir Macca, SFA's Cian Ciaran and producer Youth.A "mad platter of tangled audio spaghe... The Beatles are RUBBISHIt's official, the Beatles / SFA collaboration should have been drowned in a bucket, rather than released to shops... after last week's news story LOADS of you checked the album out on Amazon, but NOT ONE PERSON went on to buy it.It's no wonder boo.c... Huge Kinesis TourKinesis follow their celebratory In the City show by taking to the road throughout October and November, with The Beatings and later with Hundred Reasons. The band, who recently signed to Independiente, are currently demoing tracks for their debut LP... Beating off the Red Hot Chili PeppersHello, London's own "Belasco" release their limited edition debut single "15 Seconds" on the 1st of December. It's already achieving success in European radio charts, where it's been beating off the likes of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coldplay, and t... Free bonus bit of decorationGot decorators in right now, finally getting our earthquake damage done, and they've done a nice job so far. They just came back for a couple of hours finishing off today, and one of them confessed that he'd broken one of our pictures. "No problem, w... b-dum b-dum b-dumClare had a midwife appointment yesterday while I was at work, everything is good, Clare and the baby are healthy. I have mentioned we have been trying to hear the baby's heartbeat with a stethoscope I bought, no joy. By some modern technological MAG... b-dum b-dum b-dum take two, with sound this timeHere's the recording we got off Clare's mobile phone, of our baby's heartbeat, as previously mentioned: No it wasn't recorded entirely by mobile phone, it was done using the midwife's doppler machine, then out through a speaker, and then recorded ... Beating the systemHmm I'm sure I posted on here somewhere a "note to self" type thing telling me not to buy the next Raymond Feist book, as I think they had been getting worse. Can't find it, but I didn't buy the book anyway. See me, saving money. Went to the library ... Oh yeah, Play Up PompeyThey are doing something good at the moment aren't they, so it's time to put my head above the parapet and say I'm from there, and if I was into football I would be an ardent Portsmouth supporter. If they beat Chelsea I will probably wear my Pompey s... Burke familyHello from New Zealand, I am having trouble tracing a Thomas Austin CLARKE BURKE bc1885 to a father of the same name. The younger Thomas married Bessie CLARKE 1909 at St Mary,Paddington Green. They had a daughter, Dorothy Beatrice BURKE 1911. Do thes... RE: Burke familyI'm an idiot. My wording should have been: Thomas Austin Burke bc1888, whose father had the same name. He and Bessie had Dorothy, Lily, Maurice and possibly one other son.<br /><br />Colleen NewtonMan with mullet sought<a href="http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8765708.Attacker_had_a_mullet_hairdo/">Someone was attacked</a> on their way home from the Cuckoo Pint, Stubbington. This was on the 23rd of December. Not me, I was at home!DreamsLast night I dreamed (or is it dreamt?) I was doing a quiz, for one of the questions we were given some sheet music or some tablature and we had to work out what song it was, and the only way we could do it was by trying to play it on the guitar. It ... John Peel / Beatles posterThis is cool a John Peel / Beatles poster from when John Peel was a DJ in the US of States, under his real name John Ravenscroft. That's being sold by Andy Kershaw who you may remember from the radio and that. He's selling all his stuff. Via Popbitch... Snooker<strong>Jimmy White</strong> beat <strong>Peter Ebdon</strong>Oasisand the <strong>Bootleg Beatles</strong>OasisDid they have the Bootleg Beatles again? 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