Category Archives: Media

Venue's latest revolving door shocker!!!

Posted on July 5, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

They’re keeping that revolving door of editors at Venue’s St Andrew’s HQ very well oiled. The latest to jump ship is hackette Rebbecca Dean appointed less than a year ago in a blaze of publicity as Venue’s first female editor. … Continue reading →

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More plaudits for The Cancer

Posted on July 1, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Here’s a nice example of a traditional Bristolian greeting for journalists and photographers of The Evening Cancer. The non-news here is that the lads pictured are leaving prison after serving their sentences. The Northcliffe bedwetters are getting their pissy knickers … Continue reading →

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Arena announcement imminent

Posted on June 26, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The Blogger learns there is a press conference first thing tomorrow on the future of the Arena project. Apparently only the city council and the SWRDA will be attending. No sign of the private partners SMG… More news as it … Continue reading →

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Ashton Court RIP (Slight Return)

Posted on June 22, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Ashton Court Festival organiser Steve Hunt was on BBC Radio Bristol this morning engaging in yet another bout of backtracking. On Wednesday he was claiming that his festival booze ban was due to “feedback we have had from previous years … Continue reading →

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Concrete marketing opportunities available in Bristol schools

Posted on June 18, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

For over three years now people in Totterdown have been promised a far-reaching consultation on the 10,000 seat Arena that may or may not be built just yards from their homes. Despite a stream of warm words and guarantees, initially … Continue reading →

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Let's vomit over…

Posted on June 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Final proof – as if it was needed – that Southville has now been entirely overrun by the worst kind of Guardian reading nanny state liberal arrives on The Blogger’s desk. The place where these kind of smug, self-interested, publicly … Continue reading →

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A BBC Points West guide to art

Posted on June 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The great works reworked and explained for the West’s audience Picasso’s Guernica (Final Cut): that epic comedy masterpiece with just a bit chopped off! Van Gogh’s Chair Legs: the old master’s simple but hilarious chair legs Matisse’s Reclining nude without … Continue reading →

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Banksy Balls' Spot the Difference

Posted on June 13, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The picture on the left recently appeared on the BBC West website. Yet again their posh-boy journalists are trying to get all street and down with the kids on us by uncritically talking-up absolutely anything to do with the artist … Continue reading →

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Evening Cancer gets it right!

Posted on June 12, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Loads of Evening Cancer posters from Friday outside various newsagents around town saying: MY EMILY IS NOT BIG BROTHER RACIST UNCLE Can’t argue with their factual accuracy there.

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Hot lesbo stat shocker!!!!

Posted on June 8, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

These WordPress blogs come with some quite nifty features including a variety of easily accessible stats about the blog. The Blogger can even find out what links on the blog have been clicked on. Usually this is fairly uninteresting. On … Continue reading →

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