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RE: Sounds like crapland

Yeah, saw that this morning - part of me applauds their audacity, part of me thinks there should be more powers to lock people up for taking the piss. I'm a complex person me.Anyway, enough about skilled entrepreneurs / thieving scam artists. What's ...

RE: Nice Thai food no longer

have you even ate in the restaurant?!?! lol!

Its gorgeous!! It also hasnt changed hands either, there was just a bigger market for a Grill restaurant then there was for a thai restaurant so they changed it.

Madame Zingara in London

Hi There,Madame Zingara will be in London at Battersea Power Station with our Theatre of Dreams for a limited run.We've just completed a two-year sellout run of our home country South Africa and are looking forward to entertaining London.More info ca...

Sounds like crapland

My aunt went to this Lapland in the New Forest thing at the weekend and said it was bitterly disappointing, and then I saw it on BBC Breakfast this morning. Read Angry mum's lapland photo diary from [[www.dailyecho.co.uk and a report here from www.bi...

Backstage at Elton John's new year's eve party...

This doesn't actually sound like a bad deal, New Year's Eve is always expensive and disappointing, how do you best tickets for Elton John, at the 'Dome, free drinks and an after show party too? All for less than 300 quid. Regular tickets are around t...
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RE: Thanks for chipping in on the site anyway

Sorry to jump in but I'm seeing some valuable input here. You're all clearly live music fans so could I ask you all who would be your top 5 live bands to see. It would be most helpful if they are current and still performing and preferably the kind o...

Coldplay tickets

Coldplay play Wembley, Hampden Park and Lancashire County Cricket Club in September next year, some very big gigs indeed, and Ticketmaster will have some special packages here. Regular tickets also go on sale at 9.30am today.ColdplayColdplayColdplayC...

Britney Spears is playing the O2!

| Britney Spears tickets here on Ticketmaster, Britney Spears tickets, Britney Spears tickets London, | sold out Britney Spears tickets, Britney Spears tickets Folkestone, tickets for Britney Spears, Britney Spears gig tickets, Britney Spears tickets...
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Someone else struggling with their Habitat Radius wardrobe doors

Wonder if the person selling this wardrobe was planning to sell the wardrobe anyway, or if the doors not shutting properly has driven them mad and made them want rid? That's how I read it:This wardrobe was bought from Habitat around 3 years ago. It c...

RE: now all we need is the date...

sorry to come to this really late...but the Metronome was a great venue...and indeed, i can confirm i saw the following bands there...cardiacs/levitationkingmaker (supported by Suede in the week The Drowners was released)manics (don't remember it bei...

HA! I have no lavish lifestyle

I thought of one place where money will be saved over the next year, if you buy any services were prices are quoted without VAT (IE I might get my heating looked at) then that could be a bill of hundreds or even thousands of pounds that I will be sav...

Lone Star Comedy, now with added German standup

The line up consists of Henning Wehn, Liam Mullone, Jim Smallman and a newcomer�s act.Henning Wehn is the German Comedy Ambassador to the UK. He calmly and clinically debunks the idea that Germans do not have a sense of humour.Henning does this by ...
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RE: Cheers Darlin'

Tell me about it, my expenses form is hard enough to fill in let alone trying to work out what tax rate goes where.Imagine the poor newsagents and shopkeepers who have to go around and take 2.5% off the price of everything? OR, what will really happe...

Evil day

Cold and horrible here, just done the shopping in the rain. Some snow this morning, too wet to settle though. FREEZING like I don't think I have ever known in Canterbury yesterday, proper arctic. Wondered round the shops a bit while Clare was having ...

Ooh took a whacking from russian spammers there

Think my disk space allowance filled up which stopped some things working which allowed a load of spam through, which killed all my websites... Turned anonymous comments of for a bit while it settles down.

Clare's hotpot recipe

Making this for tea tonight, thought I would share the recipe with you...* Heat the oven to 180.* Chop a biggish onion into thinnish rings and start to fry gently in large pan.* Meanwhile make a start chopping up your veg - 2 or 3 large carrots, some...

Pizza Express offers

Everyone's doing vouchers at the moment, Got a Pizza Express discount voucher here on this site, 20% off, Sunday - Thursday only though.
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RE: Westenhanger castle is now a member of the HHA

Westenhanger Castle is open to all members of the public on Tuesdays between April and September. These 'days' are run by volunteers of the castle, therefore it is not possible to open at other times of the week or year. Updated opening times and ent...

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The Royal Oak

Excellent pub, good friendly atmosphere. Food was really great, tasty, good value, cheap and didn't take long to arive. Great choice in real ale and most pints were priced at about �2 cheapest I have seen in this area. Well recommend a visit.
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Bar Below opening night Friday 14th November

Just seen a poster at work. Actually this was open ages ago, we went there for New Years once when Chambers cancelled. Some kind of relaunch then. There will be a DJ and live entertainment:Opening Friday 14th November @ 18:00 � 23:00 with; DJ JDP spi...

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NME Big Gig 2009 / The Cure support acts

Line up according to various sources (including last.fm) is The Cure, Justice, Foals, and Crystal Castles so far. The supports don't seem up to the standard of last year at the moment.Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig - Featuring The CureThe Cure tickets...
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Cure tickets on sale at 9am

Get them here, good luck. An initial batch already sold out through www.nme.com, guess that's why there are no advanced tickets that we O2 customers are supposed to get.Maybe see you here later if we miss out, though I'm not sure we'll pay much if Th...
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If you google for Kaddy Lee-Preston

You are instantly served up a picture of me, lovely... That's my all time most popular picture on Flickr, just browsing my stats. Here's the rest of the top ten, with their number of views. Kaddy Lee-Preston and me (4,578)music quiz* (3,106)Jellyfis...

RE: Toft`s / gigs in 1969

I used to go to Tofts regularly during the 60s (when it was at Grace Hill). Used to be one of my favourite venues. (The other being the Epress Ballroom, a bit further down the hill on the other side)Can't remember dates, but I saw Long John Baldry th...

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RE: Google Maps API + Thickbox

I tried this fix for loading a google map in a thickbox window. It works on Safari and FF (mac) and FF (PC). But IE and Opera (PC & MAC) still don't work. Does anyone have any ideas?You can see my example here:http://www.davidcool.com/gallery_view.ph...

Cure tickets

Seems it's nearly time for our annual pilgrimage, The Cure are playing the O2, it's an NME brats show, except it's called the Shockwaves big gig now. Seems they're playing Brixton the night before but it's at the awards ceremony. I've been before, la...
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I fought the law, and the post office won

Damn, tried to beat the system this week, and failed. We went to see David Starkey last night, presenting his new book Henry: Virtuous Prince, part one of his biography. Very interesting, and makes a change to sitting in front of the telly, sort of. ...
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wahey, thanks for letting me know it is now the Marlowe!

I didn't know which venue the Odeon was. One of those nights you'll never forget? You forgot the date! Have you seen the photos that were taken that night? They're linked to from this site somewhere, some ace live shots...UPDATE: Here's that picture,...

The Ramones 1980

I was there when the Ramones played the Canterbury odean (now called the Marlowe theatre)and i have to say its one of those nights I'll never forget.I'm glad i found this site because i was a bit unsure of the date they played. Thanks

Non political news

Ah, the weekend, seems like so long ago now. Chocka at work this week, I am shut away in isolation for two weeks to work on a new project. Good to be without distractions of people coming up to my desk, and actually good to be so busy, it's making th...

Folkestone Academy

Part of the lit fest, see you there.
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Folkestone Academy

Part of the lit fest, see you there.
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Heaven

plus 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....

12 Bar Club

MJ Hibbett is doing his first gig of the year at the 12 Bar Club, that's Denmark Street isn't it? Onstage 9pm, 26th Feb at the monthly Hieronymous Bisch Bosch night... seeya there.Last night's Valentine's pub crawl was very nice, we st...

Islington Academy

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....

Wembley Arena

Spandau Ballet, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Howard, Toyah and China Crisis. Don't laugh!

Astoria

Not convinced I was at this one, where did this ticket come from?
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Brixton Academy

Went to an aftershow for this at Mass, also in Brixton, there was free absinthe and things, it got a bit messy.

Astoria

Two gigs in one night, off to a club night at the Barfly after I think, where The Darkness were playing....
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Mean Fiddler

Pissed down with rain.[quote]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), Bl...

Saint

The 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...

The Scala

Another freebie of some description. Noel and Liam Gallagher were there.

The 100 Club

£6.50
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Goldsmiths College

A great gig, just round the corner from where I was living. Cheap booze and accompanying art exhibition.

Barfly

Before I worked there, I think there were bands. THIS is why I left the Wonderstuff early, doh... There was a ruckus and the police sent us all home.

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The Garage

Tickets say "Keep Calm", it was a warmup for Reading. Howard Marks and Chris Morris were there amongst others....

Barfly

Coldplay Barfly session was today, I was there... cosy....

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David Devant

Somewhere, can't remember where this gig was but I mentioned it on popex...

Dingwalls

Camden Crawl type thing, can't remember where we went or who we saw right now.
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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.

Shepherds Bush Empire

MTV Five Night Stand. Could be the 18th or the 28th, my ticket is ripped there...

Kings College

One of Menswear was in the band, this was the height of girly indie, there were tiaras, fairy wings, and even rollerskates in the crowd

Union Chapel

Paid 5x over the odds for a ticket, but we had to get in. Got in the aftershow too, there was just us and Jarvis Cocker there. Ooh did I drop another name?...

Electric Ballroom

Where I met Clare, bless! Hope I got that year right...
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Astoria 2

A benefit gig for a journalist, with Ash and possibly Tiger and Formula 1. Matt Lucas was there....

New Cross Venue

Before I lived in New Cross, didn't really know where it was. We thought we could get a tube there (it was not running) and walked back to Waterloo after...
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Astoria 2

Soho Live, plus Divine Comedy, and "special guests" as headliner it says here...

Electric Ballroom

Not just this venue, all around Camden, I saw Collapsed Lung and Moby here though......
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Reading Festival

My 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)....

The Joiners

Was this the gig where they were still called Manson, and had at least one extra band member?