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Upstairs Downstairs at the 02 Academy
In: music
27 Jan 2009Amused to notice on the way home tonight that if you go to the O2 Academy, you have the option of going downstairs to watch The Buzzcocks, and upstairs to watch Lily Allen. Slightly different choices, there.
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- Tags: gigs, lily allen, music, O2 academy, oxford, the buzzcocks, venues
Brickwork Lizards – The Wheatsheaf
In: music
25 Jan 2009For something a bit different musically, it’s worth going along to The Wheatsheaf, Oxford on Saturday 31st January 2008 to see The Brickwork Lizards. Have a listen to a few tracks on their Myspace page, and if you like it, why not see them in action?
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- Tags: brickwork lizards, gigs, music, oxford
What if Lost merged with Heroes?
In: video
25 Jan 2009I’m about to lose any fanboy credibility whatsover by the end of this sentence, when I admit that I still watch both Lost and Heroes, and enjoy them. I kind of put it down to my love of Twin Peaks, which I feel means I have far more patience with inexplicable plot twists and a [...]
Very slow news day for the BBC
In: news
23 Jan 2009I suppose no news is good news…
Metronomy – Radio Ladio
21 Jan 2009Saw this for the first time on 120 minutes on MTV2 at the weekend. Great place to discover good music you’ve missed and should know about in general.
Great band I’m glad to have heard, love the lo-fi sound. Worth looking through their other videos, they’ve done some interesting stuff. The Smiling Assassin should particularly have [...]
Mum’s been dead a while…
In: youtube
21 Jan 2009Words pretty much fail me here.
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- Tags: commercial, just for men, youtube
What’s going on at The Regal?
20 Jan 2009According to the article from the Oxford Mail, The Regal hasn’t re-opened after its Christmas break, and has been shut eight more days than planned thus far.
It’s a lovely place, and a lot of money seems to have been spent getting it back into shape, it would be a big shame if it isn’t going [...]
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- Tags: hospitality, music, oxford, the regal
Dear Obama…
20 Jan 2009Congratulations on what you have achieved so far to get to this point. You should be proud, and many are proud of you. What has impressed me today is not just the support and passion you’ve inspired in your own country, but the belief and hope that other people around the world now have that [...]
CCTV on the Cowley Road
19 Jan 2009And so we are now “protected” on the Cowley Road. I’m not keen personally. I don’t think they protect us that much. However if we’re going to have them, the feed for the cameras should be online for all to see. We should know what can be seen, and we should be able to benefit [...]
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- Tags: cctv, cowley road, open source, oxford, pubs
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Regal to reopen?
In: comment| music| news
25 Jan 2009A quick follow-up to my previous post What’s going on at the Regal?. The Oxford Times is reporting that it is due to reopen this week, as it has heard from a couple of sources that events have been confirmed as going ahead now.
I’m going to check for myself later in the week to [...]