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Apple scrape the barrel
Apple scrape the barrel Some fuckwit at Apple thought it would be a grrrreat idea to “associate” the “values” of the multi-billion company with Rosa Parks, who died recently. Parks …
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Cross wielding Christians in Brixton
Cross wielding Christians in Brixton The corner of Brixton Road and Coldharbour Lane (aka the KFC Crackpot Corner) has long played host to weird and wonderful religious types. We’ve had …
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New Brighton photos!
New Brighton photos! I’ve just added about thirty new pics to the Brighton photo gallery Sad to see the West Pier looking so moribund – here’s how it looked just …
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Brighton 1 Cardiff City 2
Brighton 1 Cardiff City 2 It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Cardiff win, but I was a happy bunny on Saturday, even if the ‘field of dreams’ looked …
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Cycling through the New Forest
Cycling through the New Forest It’s taken me a while to get around to it (nearly five months – eek!), but I’ve now posted up a page about a delightful …
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Offlines coming up
Offlines coming up Its going to tally up to three Offlines this month, with another Birkbeck gig on the 21st, followed by a Dogstar mash up on the 27th. Here’s …
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My terrorist flight. And also the Cardiff railway
Terrorism and railways Two new features on the site: A fearful flight with a wannabe terrorist tells the story of the day I found myself in a plane that had …
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Vauxhall Cross
Vauxhall Cross It’s been mistaken for a ski-slope, a roller coaster and some sort of weird launch pad. Not everyone likes it, but Vauxhall’s Transport Interchange sure isn’t boring! Read …
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Photos from Offline2 @ Birkbeck College
Photos from Offline2 @ Birkbeck College It was a strange night at first – I had to grimace through 45 minutes of a horribly over-enthusiastic salsa instructor whooping up a …
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Brixton Crack Squirrels and urban75
Daft story of the day – from the South London Press. It’s about squirrels supposedly becoming addicted to the crack rocks that addicts have been stashing in Brixton front lawns …
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Friday night mash-up! at ULU London
Friday night mash-up! I’m doing a mini-Offline type event at Birkbeck College this Friday. Entry is free. Beer is cheap. Very cheap. I had trouble coming up with a name, …
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Stat-tastic! For those of you interested in this kind of thing, here’s the urban75 traffic stats for September 2005. Bulletin boards Sept 05 New posters registered: 872 New threads: 4,214 …
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Clubbing, drinking and walking and Howard Marks at Offline
Clubbing, drinking and walking Blimey, it’s been a busy week! Thursday’s Offline proved to be a ton of work to organise and run, but I’m happy to say that it …
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Just seen the BFB at the Spitz in east London and have to say it was good ‘un. Top band! When I left to go out, Cardiff City were trailing …
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Offline coming up: Thurs 29th Sept I’ve been working my nuts off to get this bill together, but it’s looking like a good ‘un – check out the bill! Oh, …
Offline with Howard Marks, Sept 2005 Read MoreFopp records tempts me again
Today’s records: Once again, Fopp Records got the better of me and I left their Cambridge Circus store £40 lighter after buying: Magic Numbers Arcade Fire The Editors and on …
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urban picnic in Dulwich
urban picnic! Just spent a delightful day in Dulwich picnicking with the urban75 massive on a little known patch of green which affords fabulous views over the whole of London. …
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Cruising around the coves of Cornwall
Cruising around the coves of Cornwall My Dahon Jetstream bike We’ve just come back from a fabulous five days in Cornwall, where we got to give our new Dahon folding …
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You know how it is when a simple inanimate object can send you red-faced with rage? Now, music’s pretty important to me. I have the radio on, or play tunes …
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My Big Chill 2005
My Big Chill 2005 With forty minutes between connections at Great Malvern from our London train to Ledbury, we decided to take a spin on our new folding bikes around …
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Offline photos, bikes and Blagging Lizzy
Offline photos, bikes and Blagging Lizzy Thursday’s Offline at the Dogstar was a hoot – there was a busy crowd and the acts were excellent. And I got drunk. Last …
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