Month: January 2003

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 …