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Spent a lovely day in Brighton today but couldn’t shake of the sadness at seeing the sad trashed ruins of Brighton’s half-collapsed West Pier. Why the fuck was such a …

The office is currently reverberating to… Tom Waits, ‘Closing Time’ Ms Dynamite, ‘a little deeper’ Monochrome Set, ‘Dante’s Casino’ Psychedelic Furs, ‘Forever Now’ Hem, ‘Rabbit Songs’

The bulletin boards are back! After much techie fiddling about, I’m delighted to say that the urban75 bulletin boards are now back in full swing. Yipee! I was worried that …

Lovely, lovely Wales! Here’s some remotely interesting facts about my home country: Mount Everest was named after a Welshman (Sir George Everest from Crickhowell – surveyor-general of India 1865). The …

Battling with bulletin boards After the original boards finally melted down due to sheer weight of traffic, die-hard urbanites have been huddled together in this makeshift freebie forum. Meanwhile our …

Woe is me! I’ve just endured the uncomfortable spectacle of watching the, err, mighty Cardiff City being blasted out of the FA cup by Coventry City. The jammy gits soaked …

King of the Hangovers! After a hard week battling with a writing deadline, I figured I was entitled to a beer or two last night.Sadly, it turned into an alcoholic …

New tunes! I forgot to mention this on Saturday, but Londoners be sure to check out the excellent FOPP music store in Covent Garden: it’s got a great stock of …

Happy New Year! OK, it’s a bit belated, but it’s taken me a day or two to get over the fierce quaffing! The weather in London remains a most unseasonal …

tunes of the day… Dexy’s Midnight Runners ‘looking for the soul rebels’, Be Good Tanyas, Sterephonics ‘word gets around’, Microdisney ’39 minutes’, Gene ‘Olympian’ and a large festive wodge of …

A never ending horizon of beers and mince pies Shit, I’ve gorged myself so much over the past week I’m starting to dream of all the excess! Still, there’s always …

Still recovering… It’s been a hectic few days.. the urban75 party rocked big time with an up-for-it friendly crowd, some top tunes and the loveliest people – big respect all …

Tax return hell! Is there anything more boring, more mind-numbingly fucking tedious than rummaging around in boxes of yellowing receipts and then having to type all the shit into Microsoft-arsing-Money?! …

Site of the day! Check out this superb site, Butlins Memories that has loads of obscure facts and photos from the British holiday camps of the 1950s-80s. If you’re in …

F-f-f-fucking f-f-f-freezing! Now, I like cold weather. You can’t beat walking through fresh snow in the crisp light of a winter’s night, jacket zipped up against a chilly wind and …

Spamtastic 🙁 Fuck me: 240 identical spams in 2 minutes marks a new record even for me (and, believe me, I get a load of shitty spam every day). The …

Manics at the Academy Brixton Just come back from an excellent show in Brixton (on the guest list too, thanks to my CCFC-loving chum, Scott!). I know that the Manics …

what a day… …consisting of a cod-mystic gay marriage ceremony in the GLA buildings (“earth energy streams”, my arse!), followed by a lovely N London reception. Then the news of …

The mother, father and close family of hangovers …is coming soon! Yep, after tonight’s alco-fest at a London Bridge Xmas party my head is sure to be spinning tomorrow. I’ve …

Brixton Winter Lights are go! Or rather, they will be at 7pm tonight when internationally-renown, A-list celeb, Jeff, err, Schuman (who he?) from, err, Choice FM (who they?) throws the …

Things I liked this weekend: Cardiff City crushing QPR 4-0 at Loftus Road (although I had to sit in the wrong stand), the fantastic Butlins photos at the Photographer’s Gallery, …

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NYC photos are go! After days and days of editing, sorting and generally fiddling about in a caffeine haze, I’ve now uploaded 200+ brand spankin’ new New York photos. Click …

PowerPoint: the output of Satan’s electronic bottom Why do people inflict ghastly PowerPoint presentations which only echo the exact words the bloke is saying? Do I really need to see …

Bleary eyed in Brixton Friday night was party night down Brixton way as we first hit a packed Albert for some heavy-duty quaffing before moving on to the Canterbury Arms …

Pubs rule! Let’s be honest: is there anything better than spending a few hours chatting with your mates over a few beers? Things get even better when the Stella is …

New York photos coming soon (honest!) I’ve spent hours today trawling through some of the 800+ photos, weeding out the crap (there’s a lot of that!) and optimising the decent …

Internet Launch Party nostalgia! Last night I went to a truly bizarre West End launch party for a really crap website, with a comically bad presentation that had all my …