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#1: Working Gloves

In the last year or so of temping I've collected a wide range of gloves. They'll no doubt come in useful. One day.

#2: Hedgehog

Saturday morning and there's a bundle of spike sleeping by the front door.

#3: Banksy

From 2002 on the South Bank, near Vinopolis. I suspect it's way gone now

#4: New Guardian

Surprisingly I haven't seen any photos of the new Guardian design as it appears in newsagents - folded. This, to me, if the genius of the design. Folded out is doesn't look radically different to your average paper but when folded blue logo bar...

#5: Birmingham Tornado 10

Birmingham hit by freak tornado! These photos were taken in Moseley around the Church Road / Forest Road / Sandford Road area about an hour after it hit.

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#6: Mistress

Playing at the Capsule Xmas Party, Medicine Bar, Birmingham, December 21st 2005

The flash makes it look like he's wearing eyeliner, which I kinda like.

#7: Quite Hard, Actually

Evidently no-one at the Conservative Party HQ or their ad agency has ever worked at a hospital. And they're assuming that most floating voters haven't either, and when they were there they were too ill to realise that cleaning a hospital must be a...

#8: Polysics - Fumi

Barfly, Birmingham November 6th 2005. Gig review .

#9: Birmingham Tornado - Jez's House

Birmingham hit by freak tornado! This is chum Jez's house. They were on holiday but I got the keys and Matt and I sealed everything up. Matt and Marv are housesitting until they return. Lots of glass everywhere...

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#10: Magsheet Anna

#11: Monkey Penis

Mardou photographing Kelly playing with a Kochalka monkey puppet

#12: Fascists

This sticker was by the bus stop in Kingstanding, North Birmingham. While not directly related to the election (I hope) it kinda illustrates something about the underlying spirit of this area.

When I saw it at 7pm it was intact. At 2am it was...

#13: Polysics - Kayo

Barfly, Birmingham November 6th 2005. Gig review .

#14: Bob Mould

Bob Mould at the Mean Fiddler, London, September 6th 2005

#15: Melt Banana

At the Medicine Bar, Birmingham, November 9th 2005
Gig review .

#16: Andy, Mardou and Jon

Three cartoonists ( Andy Konky Kru , Sacha Mardou and Jon Chandler ) outside the Whitechapel gallery in London

#17: Polysics

Pom pom action!

Barfly, Birmingham November 6th 2005. Gig review .

#18: Birmingham Tornado 12

Birmingham hit by freak tornado! These photos were taken in Moseley around the Church Road / Forest Road / Sandford Road area about an hour after it hit.

Related blog post .

#19: Flaming Lips - Confetti

The Flaming Lips playing the Academy, Birmingham, April 24th 2006. It was, frankly, amazing.

#20: The Old Electric Cinema

The old Electric Cinema in Birmingham after it shut down before undergoing a massive renovation.