Spring in St Ives
Spring in St Ives Its narrow streets are thundering to perhaps a few more tourists than I’d like (the curse of Easter continues!), but once you get away from the …
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Through the Cornish hillside…
Through the Cornish hillside… There aren’t many things nicer than watching the verdant hills of Cornwall rolling by from a train window with “When Mac was Swimming” (Innocence Mission) on …
Through the Cornish hillside… Read More
A bad technology day
A bad technology day This cartoon (from Rana and Peter’s birthday card to me) seems to perfectly sum up the last hour of my life, although this time the grief …
A bad technology day Read MoreMo:blogging on the Palm
Mo:blogging One of the articles I wrote for Internet Magazine was a four page special on mobile blogging, explaining how you can use a Palm and a mobile phone to …
Mo:blogging on the Palm Read MoreEaster blues…
I fucking hate Easter. It’s like four dull Sundays all shunted together into a 1950s-style weekend of cruelly curtailed drinking hours. A great mass of London buggers off leaving the …
Easter blues… Read MoreWriting and alcohol
Writing and alcohol I’ve always warmed to the romantic notion of the late night writer, pumping out damning prose on a rattling typewriter, a bottle of whisky on the desk …
Writing and alcohol Read MoreA Brixton drunk night
A Brixton drunk night It was one of those nights that make you feel good to be alive: meeting loads of chums in your local, chewing the fat, talking shit …
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Le Tigre at the Astoria, 2004
Top night! Updates from a fabulous night in the West End, watching feminist Oregon rockers, Le Tigre at the Astoria. And they rocked! We met up with urban75-ers Kea, Phototropic, …
Le Tigre at the Astoria, 2004 Read MoreApologies to urban75 bulletin board folk
Apologies to urban75 bulletin board folk The boards have been going up and down faster than an over-excited pneumatic drill on amyl nitrate today, but the word is that someone …
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Ouch! Me ‘ead. Birthday party hangover
Ouch! Me ‘ead Today I’m suffering the mother, father and extended family of hangovers. Last night was lager plus – and more – and now I’m paying the full price …
Ouch! Me ‘ead. Birthday party hangover Read MoreWeb-tastic
Web-tastic It doesn’t seem that long ago that the web was seen as the exclusive domain of tightly zipped anoraked spodheads – I can remember when receiving an email was …
Web-tastic Read MorePeople! Bugger off! (the site’s too busy)
People! Bugger off! Well, I don’t mean you, dear blog reader, but it has to be said that this site is becoming a victim of its own success. Right now, …
People! Bugger off! (the site’s too busy) Read MoreCafé 1 Work 0
Café 1 Work 0 It seemed like a good idea: go out for a walk in the spring sunshine and then go to The Lounge café to start work on …
Café 1 Work 0 Read MoreGreat time-waster!
Great time-waster! Bored at work? Check out the Yeti Sports Penguin-throwing game – version THREE!
Great time-waster! Read More
Stockwell Skate Park
Hanging out in Brixton After my failed mission to sort out a new pair of pants, I returned to Brixton to check out a fund raising benefit for the Stockwell …
Stockwell Skate Park Read MoreI would go out tonight…
I would go out tonight… Shopping for clothes? God I hate it! As anyone who knows me will testify, I’m not exactly Mr Fashion, but I try and dress vaguely …
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A trip….north of the river with the Actionettes
Being a dyed in the wool Brixtonite, I always feel mighty uncomfortable when I’m asked to venture north of the river, but tonight I made an extra big effort to …
A trip….north of the river with the Actionettes Read MoreTonight’s pre-pub sonic delights!
Tonight’s pre-pub sonic delights! Franz Ferdinand: “Take Me Out” The Smiths: “Boy With a Thorn In His Side” New Order: “Ceremony” The Stills: “Lola Stars and Stripes” The Who: “Cut …
Tonight’s pre-pub sonic delights! Read MoreThe horrors of ‘on hold’
The horrors of ‘on hold’ Unhappily, as a result of the urban75 server becoming flakier than Cadbury’s finest, I’ve found myself becoming heavily acquainted with telephone ‘on hold’ music and …
The horrors of ‘on hold’ Read MoreSpanking new ‘urban75 updates & blog’ page launched! (March 2004)
Spanking new ‘urban75 updates & blog’ page launched! For too long, the blog was hidden away, only accessible by clicking on a tiny link lurking at the top of the …
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London showers and the National Portrait Gallery
London showers It’s a windy, Spring day in London and I’ve been enjoying another of my mighty cross-town walks. I got the tube to Warren Street, walked along Tottenham Court …
London showers and the National Portrait Gallery Read MoreTerrible accident on Brixton Hill tonight. And a rant
Ban cars? Terrible accident on Brixton Hill tonight. (my rant posted on the bulletin boards last night) There’s too many emotions spinning through my head right now to construct a …
Terrible accident on Brixton Hill tonight. And a rant Read MoreMore bloody records
More bloody records Once again, I was unable to resist the lure of the fabulous FOPP records store in Covent Garden. I’ve never managed to leave this excellently-curated, cut-price record …
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