CONCEPT ALBUMI'm listening to Mark's album "This is not a library" at last, and I can' tdecide if it really is a concept album, or if there is some clever copy protection in place that knows I got a copy for free and is repeating the titular phrase in each of the... Congestion ChargeWhat a pain, just sorted the congestion charge for my brother in law who is driving up to London and has decided to cut through. He's a registered disabled so he should be exempt, BUT to qualify for the exemption he has to fill in a form and send it ... Darkness Tickets 2003As you are no doubt aware, all dates for The Darkness' tour of the UK in October are now SOLD OUT. This has left a lot of you unable to get tickets, so it's with great pleasure that we announce that with immediate effect we are upgrading the venues o... Nirvana @ Birmingham HummingbirdTime for another bit of back-blogging... this day in 1991 I was at Birmingham Hummingbird to see Nirvana... I was just inspired to add this by stumbling across NirvanaGuide.com, which has the following details for the gig:Setlist:Drain YouAneurysmFlo... Oasis @ Portsmouth Wedgewood RoomsI was there at The Wedge, ace gig, and I really do remember this one, unlike the Nirvana @ Birmingham Hummingbird one I wrote up the other day...Found this bit of text from an NME interview, written by Simon Williams, quoting the band talking about t... Won't connect to the webDoh! Of course I'm online...A mate contributes:Goldie Lookin' Chain supported the Super Furry Animals the other week - they finish with a song called Your Mother's Got a Penis. I think one of them may be Charlotte Church's boyfriend too. Not sure if those facts are related.... RE: A mate contribute:Nah that was just a wind up by them that fooled heat magazineHow to convert an Excel date to a UNIX dateExcel stores a date as the number of days since the start of 1900, and UNIX as the number of seconds since the start of 1970, so the sum is: <code>$unixTime = ( $excelDate - 25569 ) * 24 * 60 * 60;</code> My Morning JacketMy Morning Jacket, the favourites of Dave Grohl and also Clare's brother, are playing the Astoria in February...My Morning Jacket @ ASTORIA, LONDON, (Thu 5 Feb 2004)If you'd like to know when My Morning Jacket tickets become available click here if y... Rail confusion and the curse of meDoing a bit more research into this rail lark, following a report from Ma and Pa today that a section of track between London and Folkestone is closing for a year, possibly a tunnel, and possibly near Strood... While surfing I found this BBC piece th... RE: Rail confusion and the curse of meit's the tunnel between Higham and Strood on the North Kent line out to Gillingham that's shut for a year - shouldn't affect anything towards Folkestone.The franchise for Kent trains is up in the air after Connex was sacked - while South Eastern Trai... Ghost of the RobotJust found out that annoyingly Ghost of the Robot play The Forum while we're on holiday... this is James Marsters band, he is Spike from Buffy...Other fun links of the day, tonnes of Darkness mp3 bootlegs at http://n00b.org.uk/thedarkness and there's... ContractsSpoke to the solicitor again, he has concerns that the lease of the flat is unreasonably restrictive, this is going to slow things down. I raised a couple of issues that he's not noticed (by not having seen the flat), namely that the lease says "the ... RE: Rail confusion and the curse of meYes, there is a new railway line cutting through kent. It's the high speed channel tunnel rail link. The first stage is up and running with Paris/Brussels to London Eurostar trains wisking along at a cool 300KPH!!! Commuter services along the line wi... Titanic ConventionA result at the Titanic Convention in Southampton, the invitation to Charles and Ada's wedding that went up on rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?type=4&campid=5335822550&toolid=10001&customid=1092&mpre=http%3A//www.ebay.co.uk is now with Dad... those ads on the right there are context sensitiveas soon as you turned up, they're all about drugsRemember grouphug.us, the confessional site?Now they're turning it into a <a href="http://grouphug.us/book">book.</a> Icon design winners<a href='http://www.iconfactory.com/pixelpal1.asp'><img src='http://www.iconfactory.com/graphics/pixelpalooza/previews/2004/p04_osx1.jpg' alt='image' border='0' /></a>All the contributorsare each going to cut a different part out of their brain, to see who develops strange quirks?Leisure Connection WatchLeisure ConnectionGLC play the AstoriaGLC play London Astoria on the 22nd of October, tickets here... Goldie Lookin' Chain tickets for other areas, I know they're playing Edinburgh too.Probably John The White Rapper as support.... Titanic ConspiracyWell, the theory of a plot to switch the Titanic with it's sister ship, the badly damaged Olympic was news to me... Saw a programme on it on Sky the other night, but I should have guessed, this is a very old story... See also The Ship That Never Sank... Re Rail Confusion and the curse of meThe BBC article mentions a high speed link between Folkestone and Fawkenham. Where IS Fawkenham? I've searched in Google and Multimaps but no clue. Is it anywhere near London?Concerts and RubbishPopstars rejects Liberty X rewarded some children from Channel School, Folkestone for doing some charitable things today, according to The Scotsman, though it's likely to have come from a newswire... They recycled rubbish and did concerts. And so did... BACONReally got to remember this time, I DO NOT LIKE THE ANGELIC in Islington... It seems nice enough as a pub, but each time I've been there smy pint's been a bit funny, and I've had to return it... now this time they had no draught beers at all (have th... man, to see AC/DC there...Only been to one gig there, I am new to the area, that was The Darkness earlier this year, with the might Goldie Lookin' Chain in support... my girlfriend's from the area, she's seen loads there.How'd you find this site then?... PopEx Control PanelHigh-speed rail links confirmed<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/3957867.stm">At last</a>! The 140mph trains are expected to be introduced in 2009 WHAT??? TWO THOUSAND AND NINE???Derek AcorahA second night, who is buying these tickets?The DarkRazzle of Hanoi Rocks previous punk band. Plus Sedated, Mutilate and Conditional Discharge.CharlatansVery nice to see contemporary bands coming to town, two in two days, how will people afford it, bit steep!RadioheadConflicting reports, may have been the 6th of Jan... Part of the "Anyone Can Play Guitar" tourQueenOnly Brian May and Roger Taylor, with Paul Rodgers on vocals, no John Deacon. <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/3163100579_5baa77a105.jpg" />The Keith Barret ShowContemporary comedy, award winning to I'm sureNew OrderPissed down with rain. Crystal, Transmission, Regret, Ceremony, 60 Miles An Hour, Atmosphere, Brutal, Close Range, She's Lost Control, Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, Temptation, Love Will Tear Us Apart, (Encore) Digital (with John Simm), Blue Mon... Lone Star Comedy ClubHurrah, back again at Lanterns! Tom Price, Pippa Evans, and headline Ian Cognito. Newcomer to be confirmed. SOLD OUT now, get in quick for next month!... MadonnaPlus 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...... Transvision VampSecond time seeing them here, Sinead O'Connor was there too.Belle & SebastianNot a gig, a weird press conference thing.stellastarr*plus The Ordinary Boys and The 22s. Looks like everyone was there to see the Ordinary Boys, but I thought they were a bit ordinary... stellastarr were OK, not quite as convincing as on record though.Bitch AidThe party to raise some money for popbitch - putting it here as a gig as I met John Deacon that day, I just found an autographed receipt in with my tickets...Tigerplus Chicks, at Camden Falcon. Probably a Barfly thing, but when it was at the Falcon... anyone remember such days?GeneA work freebie, we nearly didn't get in because I couldn't prove I was who I was claiming to be (I wasn't). A charity contribution sorted it out...Billy ConnollyHythe Farmers' MarketFarmers' Market in the hall behind the Light Railway Restaurant, Scanlen's Bridge Road, Hythe. Time: 10:00am to midday (every second and fourth Saturday of the month).Drawing for and from SculptureGroup exhibition of sculptors' drawings, curated by Anthony Heywood and Peter Fillingham, in conjunction with the Public Art Research Centre, Kent Institute of Art and Design.Hard-FiLawks, proper contemporary pop, you are spoiling us!StarsailorContemporary indie, not all that exciting though.Open Air Concert - "It's a Swing Thing" Featuring Peter Dinsley and The Allied Big Band+ The New Debonnaires + Guests. Rat Pack & Swing. Tickets £17.50 adv. 7.30-11pm Gates open 5.30pm "Because you couldn't get tickets to Glastonbury..."Keane in BrandonKeane in Brandon tickets Keane announce a series of UK concerts as part of the Forestry Commission Tour.See Keanelive in stunning forest settings at Bedgebury Pinetum, Westonbirt Arboretum,...DovesDoves, Ed Harcourt, Elbow and Cooper Temple Clause were last minute replacements for Kings of Convenience. NME Brats show.... Torrent Promotions / Cry For SilenceCry For Silence + The Blackout + Second Smile + Words Can Kill + Jaded By FateIreland V England - Full Contact Cage FightingABBA - The ConcertTammy Anderson Tribute Concert, Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham, Catriona Macdonald, Annbjørg Lien, Per Anders Buen Garnås, Shetland Heritage Fiddlers, Shetland Fiddlers' Society, Shetland Hamefarin 2010I Am Ghost, Eyes Set To Kill, Confide, Lower Than Atlantis10.00The ZutonsContemporary pop again... some reports that it's sold out, but NO!Rosita+ Mica Bomb + Reverend Pike. Rosita were two of Kenickie and Mica Bomb were connected to the singer of the Sultans of Ping I'm sure...