welcome to the boardIf you have any info that might help with our family tree, please leave it here...HelloToday I started a new website, this is it. It's going to be a kind of weblog, a place for me to post links and stuff, and if anyone else likes it, in the words of the song, that's a bonus.Today I am mostly liking this house more than this, this, and ... The first time I saw The DarknessThe official site had this to say about the day:Saturday 7 July 2001: Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception @ The Water Rats, Kings CrossA handful of Darkness enthusiasts were conspicuous by their absence, apparently preferring to attend an open-air recital ... May I be the first to sayOOOF! That sucks.It's the first time I've experienced any trouble in LondonThere was a bit of a small town air to it. Ah well, might complete on the <strong>Folkestone</strong> residence this week, fingers crossed... Cheers.My first big drug experience...... was in India. I drank two bhang lassis and then sat in a restaurant with some dutch hippies. I saw Jesus Christ in my coffee. He was riding a huge chopper motorcycle. Then I spent the next 4 hours having hallucinatory visions of a small cute dog.... My first free wifi hotspot!Found an open wireless access point right near work, posting using it now. That was easy!First DVD rental hiccupDisc three of Angel is completely failing to play, so what do we do now? Send it back and request another copy I suppose... this is expected by Amazon, so there's no charge and it won't count as one of our monthly rentals.Going to implement Google's ... The first rule about job clubGoogle blogger sacked, don't talk about work kids...Great weekend with a visit to Folkestone by Mum and Dad, took a trip to Lympne Castle, picked out some paint for the front room, and I DROVE A CAR, for the first time in about 8 years... piece of ca... Francis Crick's First DNA SketchFirst image on the Web - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGot the first Darkness EP?They have gone for decent amounts of money before, here's one just listed, good luck. Ah, here's the perfect accompaniment to the t-shirt I already have too...On to the blog, great weekend. Friday saw a visit from Emma and a rare trip to Chambers. Ve... I think the first week I moved here from North LondonI ran into trouble in a takeaway, but all has been serene since then. Repeat after me; it is a nice place... it is a nice place...We got the first disk of CharmedI'd seen it before and thought it was OK, but watching 4 in a row like that just showed it up for the rubbish it is. A poor man's Buffy! Thanks for the suggestions, we have a whole queue of things now.Coldplay / Chris MartinAwesome gig with all the band members. Got to touch...no no no GRAB Chris's Shoe!!! Was wicked. Then saw them drinking like true Brits at the Minneapolis Brit pub. <<< Submitted by J-9 (not Joey)And the winner is...Drum roll.... bu du bu du bu du... Rae Jones, from That London was first out of the hat to win the first of the Motorola V.2288 phones...Don't be disheartened if it wasn't you, there are two more free phones up for grabs, the next competition will ap... Cocks go in Feet FirstEveryone's favourite gypsy hardcore nutters get to ACTUALLY be on the guestlist of Feet First at Camden Palace next week, rather than just trying it on by pretending to be other more famous bands...See them PLAY next Tuesday, 28th of November, it is ... First of many press releases of the weekThursday December 14th is the Club Beer Christmas Party, at Under Solo, Inverness St, Camden...Ian and Angus will be spinning their patented brand of utter shite and nonsense and entertainment will be provided by the Club Beer House Band - Bobby Gill... Desperately Seeking NominationsEmail nominations@popex.com with your nominations for the following categories: Band / Artist of the year Band / Artist of next year Hero of the year Villain of the yearFeel free to post your nominations here too. The First Annual PopEx Awards will b... Captain Soul @ Notting Hill Arts CentreGot a message from Adam of Captain Soul:Happy New Year y'all! The festive spirits must have dulled my wits as I've left it till the last minute to inform you of another night of top toons, good vibes and debauched behaviour at the first Poptones Radi... Divine .COMedySeems Friday's story about the DC website being launched was a little previous... I check it out today and it's ALL CHANGED:http://www.thedivinecomedy.comIn the words of one punter "Fuck that, it's giving me a headache".The two dates at London's Rive... TV TonightITV tonight, about 11.30, sees the first episode of new music show "The Base"...This is going to have live bands, playing live, as well as all the usual stuff...Tonight's live performance will be Muse doing a cover of Nina Simone's "Feeling Good", In... The Worlds First "web enabled" single - on vinylThe next single from MJ Hibbett and the Validators looks set to be the first ever vinyl internet enabled single.Internet enabled CD's have been are commonplace now, but this promises to be something special. Probably."All will become clearer at time ... Depeche Mode är tillbaka!!!Thought we'd stumbled upon a bit of a Depeche Mode Exclusive here, with a couple of tracks from the upcoming album "Exciter" available on Swedish site http://www.aftonbladet.se here: http://www.aftonbladet.se/noje/0102/05/dm_shine.mp3 and http://www... Can anyone remember how they first heard about popEx?I just added a new field to the sign-up / change my details form, so I hope people can give some details as to how they first found out about the site...This is one field that I can't kick-start with my own details unfortunately!If you can give this ... PopBitch A-Z ResultsHere are the 26 artists and tracks of last night's beast-themed A-Z... The Animals - Don't Let Me Be MisunderstoodBloodhound Gang - The Bad TouchThe Cult - Peace DogBlue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The ReaperThe Stone Roses - Elephant StoneThe Farm - Gr... Uncle Bobs Saturday NightNEW START TIME - BOB'S GETS EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER! Yours hosts Miss JT and Plum Promotions cordially invite you to: UNCLE BOB'S WEDDINGRECEPTION Featuring special live guests CHINESE BURN plus Resident DJs Miss JT, Billy Reeves & HitmanHearn and Gue... Darkness @ SXSWThe first reviews of the Darkness' show at the South By South West festival are in... this from our US of States correspondent:jesus hell, man, means what the fuck was going on? it was REAL metal, done REALLY seriously, EXCEPT YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANYM... Monkey Boy is the new "World of Leather"No, not the band with one million guitar players, but the company that just ceased trading on the REAL stock exchange... PopEx Administrators will be brought in who will assess a fair price for the Monkey Boy stock (about a penny a share sounds fair... One of the first multi player WAP games...BIG UP "WAP" magazine, new out from Future Publishing gives a good review to <strong>popEx</strong>'s WAP site, calling it "Idle and long term entertainment"... <br /><br />WORD to you fellers!Glastonbury 1994My first Glastonbury festival, went in my van, hard to fault the lineup on the NME stage... Blur, Pulp, Oasis, Beastie Boys, Bjork, Manics, etc. Britpop-tastic.... The Tearsplus The Subways. First official gig for Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler's new band, though they went and did a couple of sneaky warmups before this in Oxford and somewhere else. Not that great really.... Reading Festival 1999<strong>Blur</strong> headlined, not a very strong lineup I don't think. I was working mostly, and managed to lose my first mobile phone that work lent me.The DarknessFirst time I saw them, at <strong>Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception</strong>.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...... Anthraxplus <strong>Living Colour</strong>. My first proper gig, went up on a coach trip. See the patches on my denim jacket m/Love / HatePlus my first time (of many) of seeing <strong>Atom Seed</strong>, and a couple of other bands. Happy new year!ArtA play, a birthday treat, long running, had <strong>Art Malik</strong> in it and it was <strong>Frank Skinner</strong>'s first night.Primal ScreamSome sort of <strong>all nighter</strong>, we didn't stay the pace. Was this the first gig with <strong>Kevin Shields</strong>?The Boo RadleysWas it Sigur Ros supporting at this one? Just around the time I moved to London, was this really my first gig of that era?Black GrapeTheir first gig. <strong>Joe Strummer</strong> and <strong>Alex Blur</strong> were there too.Suicidal TendenciesI 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.ChumbawambaFirst of the <strong>Portsmouth Venue Campaign</strong> freebies helping out on the door. Plus Gunshot, Attilla the Stockbroker, nad Spot the Poet.Molly Half HeadI remember going clearly, but don't think this can have been the first of my trips to the <strong>Wedgewood Rooms</strong>, can it?Bottom<strong>Rik Mayall</strong> and <strong>Adrian Edmondson</strong>, the first of the Bottom tours...TadFirst time they visited WITHOUT <strong>Nirvana</strong> in tow, just my luck...Devil Sold His Soul+ November Coming Fire + Enter Shikari + Her Words Kill + Adler Falling. Please come we are hoping this will be the best yet! First band on stage by 7 with any luck, even if the flyers say 6. It's six quid but totally worth it!Jamie Cullum in NottinghamJamie Cullum in Nottingham tickets Jamie Cullum returns with new album 'The Pursuit' and his first full UK tour in 4 years! Jamie Cullum tickets are now on sale....Jamie Cullum in LiverpoolJamie Cullum in Liverpool tickets Jamie Cullum returns with new album 'The Pursuit' and his first full UK tour in 4 years! Jamie Cullum tickets are now on sale....QuizWhat is the regular night for this quiz then..? Sort of first Sunday of the month? Or is it last Sunday? Best give them a shout to check - 01304 204759EchobellyPossibly this was 1994, I thought they were one of the first bands I saw at the Joiners, but I've got the details from <a href="http://www.olivergray.com/giglist.html">Oliver Gray's gig list</a>.Leona Lewis in GlasgowBorn: 1985 in London, EnglandStyle: Pop / R&BCheck out: "I Will Be" 'Run" "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis in Glasgow tickets See Leona Lewis on her first ever UK tour....Leona Lewis in LondonBorn: 1985 in London, EnglandStyle: Pop / R&BCheck out: "I Will Be" 'Run" "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis in London tickets See Leona Lewis on her first ever UK tour....Jamie Cullum in BirminghamJamie Cullum in Birmingham tickets Jamie Cullum returns with new album 'The Pursuit' and his first full UK tour in 4 years! Jamie Cullum tickets are now on sale....Beauty contestThe first ever beauty contest in the world was held today in Folkestone!Jamie CullumJamie Cullum tickets Jamie Cullum returns with new album 'The Pursuit' and his first full UK tour in 4 years! Jamie Cullum tickets are now on sale....ReadingMy first gig with nme.com, I started work there that weekend. I left part way through the worst ever Stone Roses performance (OK, the only time I saw them).... Wishbone Ash[quote]The original Wishbone Ash perform onstage for the first time since February 1974, playing the first concert of their reunion at Folkestone Leas Cliffe Hall on February 27th 1988. Due to a late arrival from Chicago due to immigration problems, ... HairHair tickets The Broadway production of the iconic musical, Hair arrives at London's Gielgud Theatre. It is the first time that an entire New York production...Jamie Cullum in EdinburghJamie Cullum in Edinburgh tickets Jamie Cullum returns with new album 'The Pursuit' and his first full UK tour in 4 years! Jamie Cullum tickets are now on sale....