04.04.08: The Dodge Brothers@The Thomas Tripp,  The Redesign, LOLDogs and Famous Girlfriends

Streaming Song Of The Day: Rocket In My Pocket by The Dodge Brothers (one of my favourites)

So last night I went to see one of my favourite live bands in the area - The Dodge Brothers.  They are awesome.  The thing is this - the lead singer, Mike, he takes the time to walk around before the gig and during the break saying Hi to all the regular, hardcore fans who turn up for every show.  Just to make a point about how full on this is, we were sat right at the back of the bar, because the seats at the front were already taken, and Mike came over to Mike and I and said "Hi guys, great to see you again!  How are you doing?"  There are very few live bands who take the time and trouble to do this.  And even fewer frontmen.  Trust me, this is a band to watch out for.  Hell, if Duffy can revive Dusty Springfield, why can't The Dodge Brothers revive Bluegrass?

You may have noticed a few changes on this blog.  Some stuff has been taken out (notably the valuation widget) and I have cleaned up the overall design.  For those really interested in what has happened, I've moved from a Layers based template to a Table based template.  I don't like doing it but the reasons are thus - Layers were causing me no end of headaches for one agency, plus Ale kept complaining that she had to scroll across to see the sidebar.  In theory, the way I have coded the tables should mean that the blog now scales up or down depending on the size and resolution of your monitor.  I was also having an issue with the colouring behind the layers not going far enough down the layer, which in my mind made the blog look really unprofessional as halfway down the front page the background bled through the layer.  The background has changed colour simply because I felt the blog needed a bit of colour.

I found a stunning website last night.  It was so good that me and Ale were trading links of pictures for a couple of hours, and even after I went to bed, she still e-mailed another one.  I should warn you, this is probably safe for work, but I take no responsibility for bosses lacking a sense of humour: