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Lurgan’s kick-ass punk blues duo The Bonevilles are releasing a limited edition CD single on Saturday 4th August featuring 4 tracks:

1 Hardtale Lurgan Blues
2 Alabama Train
3 One More Nail outta Rock n Roll’s Coffin
4 Army of One

There will only be 100 numbered copies! Pre-order your copy now for £4 + £1 p&p worldwide.

And number 1 is mine

One of Derry’s most iconic landmarks – Free Derry Corner – has been painted pink by the Gasyard Féile organisers. It’s a nice gesture for Derry’s gay community and the Gay Pride celebrations which will be held in the city in August. It’s also rather fitting, considering that Free Derry Corner is all about freedom.

The colour will be changed back after the Gay Pride celebrations are over on 18th August.

Just over a month ago Fujitsu announced that they were setting up shop in Derry with 300+ jobs. Now Stream – one of the longest established IT companies in Derry – has announced another 300 jobs and the creation of new premises in the Waterside area of the city:

The company has an office in the Ulster Science and Technology Park on Buncrana Road and will also open new premises on the Waterside.

Manager-director Jeff Jennings said that they have already started recruiting.

“We’re looking for a broad range of people so it’s not going to be all technical support like the jobs in the past within Stream,” he said.

“We will be looking for people with good customer services experience and from all age groups – people with good empathy – now we are starting to chase the silver surfers, as they call them, the older people getting into broadband.”

These jobs are badly needed here in the North West. Fujitsu had a massive response when they started advertising their new positions, I suppose it won’t be much different with Stream. If only they paid decent wages!

I just noticed that 123-reg started using Ubuntu on their web hosting servers. They offer it on their dedicated hosting plans, I couldn’t see a mention for the shared plans but suppose it is the same. According to their site they are the first ones to use Ubuntu.

If the attack had happened in a US airport – compared to Glasgow Eyewitness accounts:

America: “Oh my God! There was a man on fire, he was running about, i just ran for my life. I thought i was gonna die, he got so close to me”

Glasgow: “Bawbag wis running aboot on fire, so a ran up n gave him a good boot, then decked him”

America: “I just wanna get home, away from here. I just wanna get home, I thought i was gonna die”

Glasgow: “Here shug, am no leaving here till am oan a f*ckin’ plane!”

America: “There was pandemonium, people were running in all directions, we didn’t know what was happening thought i was gonna die”

Glasgow: “Fuck this fir a kerry oan, moan we ll get a pint in”

America: “We thought he was gonna blow us all up he had a gas canister, and was trying to get into his trunk, I thought we were gonna die, I just ran for my life”

Glasgow: “A swaggered by the motor that wis on fire, and the dafty couldnae even open his boot, he wis in fire annaw so a ran up n gave him a good boot to the baws”

America: “There was this huge explosion, it sounded like war, I thought i was gonna die”

Glasgow: “There wis a bang, yi know when yi throw BO basher intae a fire it wis like that”

America: “I’m too traumatized even to speak, I thought i was gonna die”

Glasgow: “Here mate, gies 2 minutes till a phone ma auld dear, if am gonna be oan the telly a want her tae tape it”

And finally, two quotes from an eye-witness… John Smeaton (these are real):

John just surpassed himself on the National ITV news. The interviewer asked
“What message do you have for the bombers” – he replied “This is Glasgow
we’ll just set about you”

John done an interview on CNN and they asked how he restrained the guy and he said “me and other folk were just tryin to get the boot in and some other guy banjoed him”!