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Misty’s Big Adventure

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Right, that cements it. After my fourth Misty’s Big Adventure gig I am now happy to say that they are my favourite band in the world ever. I’ve not danced so much at a gig in ages. My favourite song of the evening was I Can’t Take The Time Back or as I originally called [...]

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If you’re wondering about the name change…

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Astute, observant or just plain obsessed readers may well have noticed that after many years of calling this Alex’s Blog I’ve finally decided to change name to nutty’s nuggets. I’d love to claim that this change was precipitated by weeks of research or even some discussion. But no, instead it’s me ignoring what made this [...]

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2007: now I know…

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In web comics I learnt that xkcd rocks (and is worryingly accurate). Google Reader made my internet addiction quicker and more fulfilling. Facebook contains most of humanity (and some folk I went to school with) Planning systems bear no relation to democracy, logic or a useful method of improving your neighbourhood. Going to gigs a [...]

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Big Screen Indie

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As part of the continuing August gigs extravaganza I’ve seen two great American Indie bands, both of whom gained plenty of fame last year for contributing large potions of soundtracks for films that I completely failed to get around to seeing. First off was Spoon, who I came across via the excellent yet sadly cancelled [...]

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Fog lifts

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photo by Mr November (CC Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0) I went to see Fog play their only UK gig for their new album Ditherer last week at The Luminaire (a rather nice venue in Kilburn). It was a really good evening, with some especially strange support from Napoleon 3rd and Team Brick. Both of whom were interesting [...]

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