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Friday night mash-up! at ULU London

Wed 5th October, 2005Sat 5th June, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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urban75 stats – Sept 2005

Mon 3rd October, 2005Wed 14th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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

Mon 3rd October, 2005Mon 17th January, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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Offline with Howard Marks, Sept 2005

Tue 20th September, 2005Sun 28th March, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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, …

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Fopp records tempts me again

Sat 10th September, 2005Wed 31st March, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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

Sun 4th September, 2005Tue 17th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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Thu 1st September, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

When ‘finding’ turns into ‘looting’… These pics from the dreadful flooding in New Orleans have done the Internet rounds, but the message bears repeating: White people “find” food…. While black …

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Cruising around the coves of Cornwall

Tue 23rd August, 2005Fri 4th June, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

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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Today I snarled and laughed at my stereo

Sat 13th August, 2005Wed 14th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

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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Thu 11th August, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Aaargh! My head! Feast your eyes on this image and then be amazed to learn that Square A and Square B are exactly the same colour! Don’t believe me? Reckon …

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Thu 21st July, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

London Bombs (part 2) The fuckers are it again, but this time it looks like the bombs didn’t go off properly. Four minor explosions took place on three underground trains …

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Thu 7th July, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

London hit by terrorist bombs Brixton tube station has stayed closed all day It’s been a terrible, terrible day in London after a series of bomb attacks has killed more …

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Ready to rock!

Thu 23rd June, 2005Mon 17th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Ready to rock! After a lazy afternoon on the ale, I’ve been chilling in the tent ready for tonight’s session. Unhappily, my neighbours had to move elsewhere (they had the …

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Fri 17th June, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Buzz Aldrin’s Smackdown I like it! (Thanks to onemonkey)

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Fri 6th May, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

It’s election night… I voted. And what a miserable experience it was, I stood in the booth for about five minutes mulling to myself: this one? no, she’s fucking uselessthis …

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Offline rocked

Sat 30th April, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Offline rocked! Thursday’s Offline Club was a corker with a great selection of live acts on the main stage. TV Smith, singer from the frontman of 70s punk legends The …

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Sat 23rd April, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Happy St George’s Day! Royal Society of St George at Covent Garden, London You’ve got to feel sorry for the English. Unlike my Welsh compatriots and fellow Celts, the Irish …

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Spring in Sussex – a country walk. With lambs!

Sun 17th April, 2005Wed 22nd December, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Spring in Sussex We went for another fabulous country walk yesterday, this time catching a train to Robersbridge, on the Sussex/Kent borders. The walk was a big one – 18km …

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Sat 16th April, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Epping/Ongar Essex stuff Two site updates for you: urban75 Epping walk – lost ramblings through a forest… and… history of a tube line in the country – the Epping to …

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Fri 15th April, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

ITV lunch time news – WTF?! It looks like a load of Nathan Barleys have Hoxtonised the ITV lunch time news with a ludicrous hi-tech makeover. To the blaring sounds …

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One day stat attack for urban75!

Thu 7th April, 2005Thu 22nd April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

One day stat attack! I know some of you are interested in this kind of thing, so here’s a snapshot of the server stats for urban75.net (only) for Tues 5th …

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The Banjo Artshow exhibition at Cide, Waterloo

Wed 6th April, 2005Tue 14th September, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The Banjo Artshow exhibition at Cide, Waterloo Hung out with the low-trousered skateboard doodz tonight at the Banjo Artshow downstairs in the cide skateshop, 88 lower marsh street, waterloo, london. …

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Wed 6th April, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Offline rocks! Thursday’s Offline was the best ever, with an enormous turn out leading to queues at the door by 10pm! The acoustic acts were excellent – I particularly enjoyed …

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Hampstead heath and NYC photos

Wed 30th March, 2005Thu 3rd June, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Some quick updates! I’ve posted up my photo report from the weekend’s fabulous Hampstead Heath walk and I’m steadily working my way through a huge pile of my new New …

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Thu 10th March, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Another quick update It’s about three weeks overdue but here’s my Photo Report of the urban75 walk around the ‘London Capital Ring’ a while ago. The walk took me through …

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Wed 9th March, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Quick catch up Today’s tunes while I work – LCD Soundsystem, Helen and the Horns, Kate Bush, Go Team, Beyond Nashville.CD about to go in the bin: Jimi Tenor: Organism. …

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Pub quiz: Team Not So Clever

Fri 4th March, 2005Sat 8th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Team Not So Clever Admire the collective genius of ‘Team Clever’ – the urban75 pub quiz team that managed to come fifth in a competition of just seven teams. The …

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Happy St David’s Day/Dydd Dewi Sant! !
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Happy St David’s Day/Dydd Dewi Sant! !

Tue 1st March, 2005Fri 1st March, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Happy St David’s Day/Dydd Dewi Sant! ! Bummer. I’m so busy right now it’s looks like I’m not ever going to find the time to go to the pub to …

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Drinking, walking, clubbing and recovering

Tue 1st March, 2005 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Drinking, walking, clubbing and recovering Last Thursday’s Offline was a hoot: a good crowd, some great acts and even a snow storm outside! On Saturday, we headed out to Kent …

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Woohoo! Offline gets Time Out’s Critic’s Choice!

Thu 24th February, 2005Mon 2nd August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Woohoo! Offline gets Time Out’s Critic’s Choice! Our Brixton club night this Thursday I24th Feb) is the Time Out’s Critic’s Choice, and the review is very flattering indeed, starting with …

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