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  • August 31st, 2005

    Happy Birthday to Seb

    sebbyg.jpgNot sure if it’s the 30th or 31st so, at midnight, happy birthday to sebby g.

    Seb just passed all his exams and will be going to study in Cardiff. I hope you had a good summer and look after yourself in Wales.

    In Extras, the new sitcom from Ricky Gervais, there is a character called Maggie who askes questions like “Would you rather burn to death or freeze to death”. This reminds me a lot of Seb. He always asks “What would you do if…” questions, or “who would you rather kill, your brother or your sister”, Answers in the book.

    Probably the most fun of these questions is the 10 metre game – you have to choose who you would kill in a 10 metre radius.

    Extras has finished for this series. I have got them all on video so if you want to come down for a visit and watch them you are very welcome.

    Some interesting facts about Seb:
    He likes pirates
    He has false teeth
    His old website receives over 25 hits a month even though it’s never updated.

    There are absolutely no other interesting facts about him.
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  • August 30th, 2005

    Shrimmo

    Cheeky Steve told me I don’t update my website enough so this is specially for him:

    [it’s only bike riding]

    I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve.

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    That’s Steve on the right. About a year ago we looked for the word Shrimmo (that’s Shrimmo on the left) on Google and nothing came up. I tried to change that but to no avail. This is another attempt – I have put it as a title to help googlebots find it. I hope that if I say the word Shrimmo enough times then it will be found. This was a fairly fun place to work. Not all heads down, type type. I could show you a graph of people verses profits and where does the line go?

    Hopefully going to ride some jumps on Wednesday night and Friday daytime. Email me if you want to join in the fun.

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  • August 28th, 2005

    Winter

    I have just been looking back at old pictures and it made me remember how sad winter is – I actually feel quite sick just thinking about it. I really hate it. It’s so long and so cold and boring. I am going to hibernate and play the guitar for a long time.
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  • August 26th, 2005

    Ben Marwood – Give Up.. Just Once, Give Up

    thumb3.jpg“Somebody once told me that ambition fuels the human race, I believe that inspiration more than has it’s pride of place, If we’re stripped of our ambition we would not sit motionless, If we lost our inspiration we’d all run for government I guess.” – Ben Marwood.

    This is a lyric from the new CD from Ben Marwood. It makes me laugh. If you have never heard on Ben Marwood, which would not be suprising, he is a singer/songwriter from Reading. He likes Ben Folds and he writes good songs.

    Somehow I seem to have heard all of the songs on this CD before, except “Fake It Till You Make It” which is my favorite. I think they are reworkings of some songs that were put on the site a few months ago. They are really good anyway. This is the first time that Ben has attempted a full band version of a song. It works really well, although I generally prefer his more acoustic songs.

    One of the good things about supporting unsigned artists is that the will let you try before you buy.

    Ben will be at the Reading Festival this weekend, so go and place your order today, and hopefully when he returns on Monday his inbox will be flooded with orders. Go on, it’s only £2 – how cheap is that.

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  • August 25th, 2005

    Sk8m8.com

    This website is really good. More people should support it. I added Lenham skatepark. As you can see it is terrible.

    So go here and put in where you live. If you local park doesn’t come up then go and take a picture and put it in. Also if you visit a park on there that hasn’t got a photo, then take one and send it in [like] [i] [did].

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  • August 24th, 2005

    New Job

    I am bored silly. Please suggest some CREATIVE jobs for me to apply for. [never foget].

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  • August 23rd, 2005

    Great minds…

    I noticed the other day that the shovel load has become an online zine. This was also an idea I had a while ago and made this which probably not many people have seen. Funny how we both came up with the same idea.

    For the unobservant, there is a video on the Joey’s Jam page. Download it.

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  • August 22nd, 2005

    The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell

    int_yeahyeahyeahs.jpgWell, since lots of people search for it I might as well write some more about this band. I have had their first (and only I think) album for a while but it has taken me a long time to really get into it. The first few times I heard it I did like it, but it just gets better the more you hear it.

    The end of the album is definately the best – Maps, Y-Control and Modern Romance are probably the best songs but the rest of the album is still really good. (You can hear pin on the easter 05 video). There are also two secret tracks, making 13 in total – good value for money.

    I would really like to see them live. The lead singer is a woman. I heard her on the radio ages ago and she sounded a bit annoying but then I think she would be pretty entertaining as she seems to go a bit nuts in quite a few songs.

    yeah.jpgAlso what I really don’t get is there are only 3 of them, and only 1 guitarist, but there are often 2 guitars and a bass on a lot of their songs. How do they do this live?

    [edit: I have since learnt that the guitarist (Nick Zinner) uses a foot pedal to record a sample and then loops it, which is pretty clever stuff. ]

    What else is there to say really. I don’t much like reveiws where people compare one artist to another, or try and classify the music into boxes. I guess I would recommend that you listen to Maps and Modern Romance. If you like these songs then buy this album. If you don’t then go and buy some Brian Adams.

    The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are currently working on new material in the studio which they say is going in a different direction, (Did someone say tabala?) expected autumn 2005.

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  • August 22nd, 2005

    Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

    These are the most popular search terms on this site for this month. This gives me an idea of what people out there want to see more of on this website:

    mako sharks 9 – Becky can sort this out
    lemon shark 7 – and this
    yeah yeah yeahs 5 – I’ll write something on this
    gbh ramps 3 – I don’t know too much about GBH so if someone wants to write a review…
    nick drake 3 – and I’ll do this
    trampoline tricks 3 – I want to get the trampoline out again soon so more of this I hope
    mirah hindley 3 – I have no idea how this came up, but Becky has a morbid fascination with this kind of thing
    hastings skatepark 3 – Going here soon I hope, so some more pictures on the way.
    saltbury bmx 2 – don’t know
    brian molko 2005 2 – he’s in placebo right?
    fathom bmx 2 – that’s easily dealt with
    sharks eating 2 – another one for rebekah
    where is coxhoe skatepark 2 – go here to find out
    sharks eating humans 2 – rough
    trampoline bike 2 – more on the way I hope
    dirtsurfer uk 2 – hmm maybe we should get the dirtsurfers out again.
    yeah yeah yeahs maps 1 – ok ok.
    steath trails 1 – no sorry nothing on this
    wearing new shoes 1 – what?
    bare boy 1 – sick.
    the shawshank redemption 1 – seb’s already done this but maybe I can add some more
    kenji tsuruta bmx 1 – a rider from Japan I think
    imogen heap hide and seek download 1 – good good
    bmx jam at joey s woods 1 – yep that was yesterday. more soon.
    stink socks 1 – what?
    world war 2 sharks attacks 1 – ww2?
    epsom bmx trails 1 – soon I hope
    when did richard whiteley die? 1 – 26th June 2005
    jumping mako sharks 1 – more sharks?
    photos of dislocated wrist 1 – there are some x-rays here if that helps
    unreal skatepark 1 – yeh, they need a website. I keep on meaning to offer to make one but it’s summer. I’ll make one when they get the new place.

    Interesting? Got to keep the punters happy.

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  • August 21st, 2005

    Joey’s Jam

    Joeys got dried out with a blow torch so the jam still went ahead. Have a picture:
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    More another day. I am off to finish my book – Pet Semetry by Stephen King. Scary.

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