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You've probably already seen it, but

A guy skiing down the escalator at Angel tube station...Why was there no Youtube when we were towing each other behind the car on a bun tray?...

What a Hampton Wick

Oh dear, be careful with your sat nav (particularly if you are visiting me from Fareham this weekend) and don't make the same mistake as this Fareham coach driver. Instead of taking a party of school children to Hampton Court, he ended up round the b...

Trivium doing a warmup show

Ember & The Infernos play London Islington Academy on the 22nd of March, that's Trivium under a "secret" name.There are still tickets for Trivium @ The Leas Cliff Hall, though all other dates have sold out....

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Please drive by carefully in our village

One of the very few things I'll miss about not commuting into work on the 243 bus any more is the graffiti. There are some big works by Banksy and others that you get a fine view of from the Kingsland Road. A reallly simple one just said Please drive...

COCKS

Went to The Stab in the Dark yesterday to see MJ Hibbett and The Fighting Cocks and a good time was had by all, despite everything. I walked there from work, and probably could have had better weather for it, but was nice and easy. The pub is an odd ...

Crack Down

In Stoke Newington, North London, one dealer serves up cut-price crack from behind the counter of a grocery shop, according to The Sunday Mirror... The killer of a Stokey resident on Upper Street last year has gone down for 14 years. Welcome back to ...

Motley Crue

Playing a UK arena tour in June 2005 according to this fan site... I hate Wembley more than I hate Islington Academy!Wow, in two weeks it'll be FIFTEEN YEARS since I first saw Motley Crue... also at Wembley Arena, with Skid Row and White Lion and Lem...

BACON

Really 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...
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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......

Good Charlotte

Carling Academy Islington. Sept 24th. Was amazing. Got pulled out of crowd thought but overall, good time!
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"Edgy"

The new Lonely Planet guide to London calls us "Edgy" apparently... not picked it up myself (not sure it's out yet, that's an older version there) but the Evening Sub-standard have and they report on it here.Camden and Islington are passé, but...

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...

Not feeling too bright today

Goldie Lookin' Chain were ace at Islington Academy last night, not a capacity crowd though and still not really a very good venue which is a shame. Still, cheers www.virginmobile.com.Saw John the White Rapper in support, I enjoyed him, anyone else se...

Guns don't kill people, rappers do

Feeling a bit slow today as a result of last night's Goldie Lookin' Chain gig at Islington Academy, and the quantity of booze consumed thereat. Started off with a few pints in The Angelic with Creatif, Big Jimmy and Mr and Mrs Kosso, and another frie...

Yahoo Mail

Maybe it's because I set my "out of office" reply to say "I'm not using this account any more", or maybe they've made the same offer to everyone, but Yahoo mail just changed... they've gone up to 100MB of storage, with a 10MB max for each mail. Are t...

But let's not remember

From a review on ohio.com:"But let's not remember it was The Wildhearts who took The Darkness on their first tour and from whence The Darkness came."WHAT? Is Britain cool again in the Americas, and is this an American journalist trying to sound cool ...

GLC play Islington Academy

Got a monster mailout to do for Virgin Mobile... and it's all about the Goldie Lookin' Chain!Virgin Mobile customers can enter a special competition to win tickets to see the band at Islington Academy, and I can go too... Wednesday the 16th of June, ...

Ghost of the Robot

Aren't vanity projects GREAT? Went to see Ghost of the Robot last night, man alive were they not good. Odd thing is the rest of the band looked quite a bit younger than James Marsters the singer. I really wanted to like them, I think the problem is t...

Suggs

At the Islington academy 2, last night checking out the mighty DDIHC's!

Hey Hey 16k

The b3ta flash movie for MJ Hibbett's "Hey Hey 16k" is available for public consumtion now, check it out...Off to Ghost of the Robot at Islington Academy tonight, I have listened to a few tracks now and it's not that promising. Still good to meet up ...

Shaun of the Dead

Saw Shaun of the Dead at last, see www.romzom.com for more details on it... I am so glad it was as good as I'd hoped, and was surprised that as well as being funny and cool and a bit gory, there were also moving and sentimental bits. I had the slight...

Ghost of the Robot

Just 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...

Jim Bob Book Tour

Ex Carter USM singer JIM BOB tours again in MAY playing his usual mix of newsolo material and old Carter classics.He will also be reading extracts from his fantastic new Carter autobiography"GOODNIGHT JIM BOB - On The Road With Carter The Unstoppabl...

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

They're playing Highbury Garage tonight aren't they? I hear they're also playing at Notting Hill Arts Centre too. Unless they pull the show because it's now been leaked on the web I suppose.www.carlinglive.com are putting on these shows at the Isling...

Calendar

Meeting Richy, somewhere called The Northgate in Islington... I like the sound of it....

My Coco

stellastarr* kick off the new year in fine style with the long awaited release of "My Coco". Their album has already been heralded as something of a classic debut by the likes of Time Out, NME, Observer Music Monthly and Q. "My Coco" will be the band...

Return of the King

Up early today, maybe because we were out all last night without drinking, so feeling a bit spritelier than normal...Went to see Return of the King at Warner Village Islington, good film, though I didn't think it was better than the other two. Annoyi...

Very frosty today

Working more today on the development of the new listings format for Barfly that should meet all their needs... still need to to get more graphics into it though, and then get them all using the calendar properly.We're out of tea bags in the office, ...

Stoke Newington serial killer

Back facing a computer instead of a toilet for the first time in a few days, honest I have an alibi for this attempted murder in Clissold Park... Saw many police bundling someone into a van just at the end of the road, hopefully that's the guy...Have...

Stellastarr*

Last night's Stellastarr* gig at Caling Islington Academy was very good indeed. Not only did stellastarr* meet all the expectations of their album, but also there were two good support bands, that's my whole year's worth of gigging in one week!The 22...

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Hope And Anchor

Charlie, Molly, Cha Cha and Kinky, aka the mighty FIGHTING COCKS play live at Islington's Hope and Anchor on Wednesday 28th, that's tomorrow night as I write this... they are a force to be reckoned with, though the venue might be too small for sou...