Found this article on the Guardian. At first it looks as if the Duchy of Cornwall (i.e. HRH Prince Charles' organisation) wants to destroy farmland to build houses, which is clearly bonkers given the Prince's green credentials. If you read it carefully, it turns out that it's Bath City Council, in attempting to meet government targets, that has ( Read more... )

It's Flock Night!
It's Flock time again, tonight's pre-club is run by the Leeds Gothic Society (9pm - 10pm) and featured free entry for students with a student ID card - and that includes entry to Flock itself, from 10pm - well past most sheepses bedtimes ( Read more... )

Phone scam being reported by both BT and Offcom ( Read more... )

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Nuclear Is Cool

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The unacceptable face of the post-futurepop future of musikind, Mandroid stagger out of the wreckage of their time machine and onto the stage of Leeds' infamous "Subculture" alternative club where they attempt to warn us of the true horrors of the coming age of toasterpunk. Nuclear is dangerous!

The Summer Of 6.9

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"That ( Read more... )

Zeitgeist Zero in Newcastle, tomorrow!
Saturday 29th August 2009 ( Read more... )

And finally the headliners. They played a superb set, containing some breathtaking music.

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More videos from the London Legion gig - here's the mighty Rhombus doing the fantastic "4-4-7-2"

Ignore the shaking camera for the first seven seconds - it steadies after that

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Potentially a good reason to boycott the Marriot hotel chain: The Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa is claiming that a woman who was raped in their parking garage on October 10, 2006 "failed to exercise due care for her own safety and the safety of her children and proper use of her senses and facilities."Basically the lady in question was putting her ( Read more... )

Filament: Filament is an erotic magazine for straight women. Given the vast amount of erotica out there aimed at straight men, you'd think that the only problems facing a similar product for women would be the standard business ones of identifying demand and marketting ( Read more... )

Two moments of history, 13th August 2009:

Rock guitar pioneer Les Paul dies
Les Paul, whose pioneering electric guitars were used by a legion of rock stars, has died at the age of 94.

Women's boxing gains Olympic spotWomen boxers will have the chance to fight for gold at the 2012 Olympics. International Olympic Committee chiefs voted on Thursday ( Read more... )