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JANUARY

“Notes to myself…” January 7, 2003
“Bushmills vs. Bushmills” January 8, 2003
Forever Changes Tour Review By Martyn Samuels
“Help, I’m in Bloody England, freezin me ‘nads off!” January 14, 2003
Get ya bristols out! January 15, 2003, Mel C’s Diary from Bristol
The Flavour is in the Hole!!! January 18, 2003. Kieth Stodart’s Diary
“LOVE is in the air!” January 18, 2003
“Brighton up my day for sure!” January 21, 2003
“Sheffield shuffle” January 22, 2003
“Three days in Cambridge” January 18, 2003
“Day off in BRUMMIELAND” January 23, 2003
“Brummy Madness” January 26, 2003
“Liverpool’s got the beat” January 26, 2003
“All Ab Fab in Madchester” January 26, 2003
Five go mad in Manchester – Diary by Kieth Stodart January 27, 2003
Where the f***’s the Tequila?? – Diary By Kieth Stodart January 30, 2003

FEBRUARY
“Snow in Scotland” February 1, 2003
“King Tuts” Feb. 3, 2003
“Kicking it by the river Thames” February 3, 2003
KING ARTHUR!! – Diary by Kieth Stodart February 3, 2003
“Forever Changes…a success!” February 4, 2003
“FOREVER CHANGES PROFILES” February 5, 2003
“Yorkshire days” February 6, 2003
“Leaving York, once again” February 6, 2003
“EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT TOURING (but were afraid to ask” February 8, 2003
“What’s on the turntable” February 9, 2003
“There IS a God!!!!!” February 9, 2003
“Kat can run, but she can’t hide” February 11, 2003
“An open letter to KAT” February 11, 2003
“Kat’s Out Of The Bag” February 12, 2003
“Dear Diary readers” February 12, 2003
“Shrimps on the Bobbie and the deep, deep south” February 15, 2003
“A non-rhyming Hollywood Poem at 3 am (with apologies to Chinaski)” February 15, 2003
“Worst ever Valentine’s confessions” February 15, 2003
“A sit down with Shepard Smith” February 15, 2003
“10 Reasons why Michael Jackson is insane and needs to be committed” February 15, 2003
“Chili Dogs, Margaritas, and who REALLY is America’s news channel anyway?” February 17, 2003
“Teaching the FRENCH a lesson” February 17, 2003
“More useless information from yours truly…” February 19, 2003
“This Joe ain’t your everyday Joe” February 19, 2003
“The Politics of Sex” February 19, 2003
“The Kids Are Alright” (can’t say the same for Pete) February 20, 2003
“Musings of a Lead Guitarist” (part one) February 20, 2003
“Do FREEDOM FRIES go with that shake?” February 20, 2003
“Musings of a Lead Guitarist” (Part Two) February 21, 2003
“A Message to Irish Barry” February 22, 2003
“Musings of a Lead Guitarist” (part three) February 22, 2003
“The Wreck of the…” February 23, 2003
“Fess up time” February 25, 2003
“DUDE, WERE’S MY WAR?” February 25, 2003
Musings of a Lead Guitarist (part four) February 26, 2003
“Living with Martha” February 26, 2003
“Run, Ronnie Run!!!!!” February 27, 2003
“Those wacky Swedes!” February 27, 2003
“A short guide to doing nothing and doing it right” February 28, 2003

MARCH
“I see your picture, it’s in the same old frame” March 1, 2003
“Studio LOVE is a go” March 5, 2003
“I will give my best, if you give yours too” March 6, 2003
Musings of a Lead Guitarist (part five) March 6, 2003
“I hear it’s your birthday” March 7, 2003
“A HOUSE ain’t A HOTEL” March 10, 2003
“You’re tax dollars at work” March 11, 2003
“This just in: Whole Jackson Family friggin’ whackos” March 11, 2003
“Blair Twitch Project” March 13, 2003
“LISTEN TO HIS SONGS” March 15, 2003
“Blame it on the rain” March 16, 2003
“Some Broken News to Liberate them Iraqis” March 18, 2003
“MAD COWBOY DISEASE” March 20, 2003
“Chillin’ with Don Conka and S.F. gets Ghetto” March 23, 2003
“Last Night” March 24, 2003
“vvvvv” March 26, 2003
“Rotterdam, Ronald McDonald, and a funky night out.” March 29, 2003
“The Dutch are set to Party” March 29, 2003
“LOVE plays Rotterdam and lives to talk about it” March 30, 2003

APRIL
“Scala Show” April 1, 2003
“SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR” April 2, 2003
Who’s The Tribute Band??!! – By Keith Stodart April 3, 2003
Trust the French April 5, 2003
Heathrow blues April 8, 2003
“My big fat Greek diary” April 10, 2003
GREECE IS THE WORD! — Diary by Hillary from Greece April 11, 2003
“Agistri to Agina…” April 12, 2003
“Greetings from Sydney!” April 16, 2003
“Ranting in the Sydney Rain” April 16, 2003
“Nothing to fear but fear itself (or SLEEP IS A MYTH)” April 16, 2003
“Sydney Rox” April 18, 2003
“Bikinin Shelias, The Gold Coast and the Surfers Paradise” April 19, 2003
“Byron Bay to Melbourne” April 21, 2003
“From Melbourne to Los Angeles, Welcome Back!” April 23, 2003
“Forget about SARS and rebuilding Iraq; where’s our damn football team?” April 23, 2003
“Am I gettin’ through to you-hoo?” April 24, 2003
“Flying the NOT SO friendly skies” April 26, 2003
“LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE DIXIE CHUNKS!!!!” April 26, 2003

MAY
“WE’RE 2! WHO’S #1?” May 1, 2003
“U.S.A., just a taste” May 2, 2003
“Ah… the Culinary Art of Rock and Roll” May 5, 2003
“A Midnight near-summer’s song” May 7, 2003
“More to Paul Rock than meets the eye” May 7, 2003
“Strange weather, Hollywood Crackheads and The Lakers make life interesting around here” May 9, 2003
“Hej pa er Svenska, valkommen till Los Angeles!” May 10, 2003
“Me, Ringo and how to pull a fast one in Las Vegas.” May 13, 2003
“This is the profession we have chosen” May 16, 2003
“At my house I got Dave Chapple” May 19, 2003
“You can sell Angels but you can’t buy LOVE” May 21, 2003
“Helter Sopranos; a little help from my friends…” May 22, 2003
“T.G.I.F” May 23, 2003
“Stroll down memory lane and, anyone got season 4 (episodes 40-52)?” May 26, 2003
“They say Chick Hearn never unpacked either” May 26, 2003
“The day Bush tried to shake me down for 2,000 big ones…” May 26, 2003
“An open letter to Christine Elizabeth Randle” May 28, 2003
“UCLA rehearsals and such… a dairy from Friday, 1 pm” May 30, 2003

JUNE
“A day’s worth of work” “Royce Hall Cowboys” June 1, 2003
“SF treat” June 1, 2003
“Bill Graham might have liked this show too” June 1, 2003
“A Nice SF day…” June 2, 2003
“More day off adventures…” June 2, 2003
“Dreamin’ about kickin’ it” June 3, 2003
“Airport downtime” June 3, 2003
“The windy, cold and rainy city” June 5, 2003
“The Broadway Town” June 5, 2003
“New York Show at Town Hall” June 7, 2003
“Blame it on the humidity” June 8, 2003
“Dear Mike (yep, it’s that time again…)” June 9, 2003
“I miss the Swedes!” June 10, 2003
“100F degrees, but who’s counting?” June 16, 2003
“Blame it on the boogie” June 16, 2003
“Poolside Paradise” June 17, 2003
“Wasted in Vegas” June 17, 2003
“Crazy from the heat” June 17, 2003
“California, here I come…” June 18, 2003
“Bada Bing” June 19, 2003
“Almost Glastenbury time…” June 19, 2003
“Diggin’ uncle Q” June 21, 2003
“We bad, we know it, we bad, we show it” June 21, 2003
“The EGGBERT family loses a friend.” June 24, 2003
“Somewhere there’s a drink with my name on it (revisited)” June 24, 2003
“A Different kind of IPO…” June 25, 2003
“Flying the friendly skies” June 26, 2003

JULY
Having a blast at Glastonbury July 1, 2003
Caryne’s Cardiff Diary July 2, 2003
GLENFIDDICH A GO GO July 2, 2003
THE GUILFORD FIVE July 3, 2003
Hilary’s Nottingham diary July 3, 2003
Six Days July 4, 2003
SHAKEN NOT STIRRED July 4, 2003
NO SLEEP TIL BILBAO July 5, 2003
SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN July 6, 2003
NOTHING TO DECLARE July 7, 2003

“No place like home” July 9, 2003

“Crazy from the Heat” July 10, 2003
“At the House we got Dave Chapple, you can come and look if ya want to” July 14, 2003
“Moving on up” July 14, 2003
“The Best and the Worst” July 15, 2003
“Dear Chuck, thank you Berry much.” July 15, 2003
“Cheap Chick and the AllMadonnaBrothers Band” July 16, 2003
“AH… IF ONLY TO BE 20 AGAIN…” July 17, 2003
“Mike Randle vs. Kobe Bryant” July 17, 2003
“The Diary vs. the CIA and the US Government” July 17, 2003
“Demos Out of Construction” July 18, 2003
“A lot going on” July 21, 2003
“You can buy FOREVER CHANGES CONCERTS in Madison, WI. (but i still ain’t got a copy” July 22, 2003
“My Favorite Places in Los Angeles” (part one) July 23, 2003
“Rebates Gone Wild” July 28, 2003
“RUN, ARIANNA, RUN!!!!!!!!” July 29, 2003
“A Rock and Roll Tuesday” July 30, 2003
“Now, where did I put that phone…” July 31, 2003

AUGUST
“But do you know how long I’ve waited?” August 1, 2003
“Found my Phone!!!!” August 2, 2003
“CAN’T STAND THE HEAT” August 4, 2003
“Meltdown Mike” August 5, 2003
“Move over Kat” August 6, 2003
“Everywhere at once” August 7, 2003
“LA Ensemble in the House (of Blues)” August 8, 2003
“LOVE in an Elevator” August 12, 2003
“ADDING TO THE DEAN MACHINE” August 14, 2003
“I came east unto Hollywood” August 17, 2003
“I too came East unto Hollywood” – By The New Guy August 18, 2003
“Just call me THE EXTERMINATOR” August 21, 2003
The “Other” Canterbury Tales – By Scottish Keith Stodart August 27, 2003
“A London Diary of sorts” (sans editor) August 29, 2003
“A London diary of sorts” August 29, 2003
“A London diary of sorts” August 30, 2003

SEPTEMBER
“A London diary of sorts” September 1, 2003
“Short thoughts and good sounds” September 3, 2003
“Like Doors opening the 21st Century” September 8, 2003
“Being a responsible musician” September 9, 2003
“Only in Santa MONICA can you do this” September 10, 2003
“Some ROLANDS work better than others” September 12, 2003
“Chasing J-LO” September 14, 2003
“Variously confused and such” September 17, 2003
“This is my truth, tell me yours” September 17, 2003
“Passing the torch” September 23, 2003
“Thrust into the front line” By Keith Stodart September 24, 2003
“Cheers!! Mike” By Keith Stodart September. 25, 2003
“The ultimate music list for late night drinking” By Keith Stodart September 27, 2003
“Tickets, tickets, and more tickets” By Keith Stodart September 29, 2003
“Save the last dance for me ” September 30, 2003

OCTOBER
“Now you’re all up to date” October 6, 2003
“It’s an injustice!! ” October 7, 2003
“It ain’t over till you grope the fat lady (or life imitates hollywood)” October 10, 2003
“Fall Classic” October 11, 2003
“Mike Spoils the Spoilers as the b/day girl goes mariachi” October 15, 2003
“Par for the curse” October 18, 2003
“Philly get’s it’s Forever Changes alright” October 21, 2003
“From the Snow flurries of New England to the wild fires of Los Angeles” October 25, 2003
“My Philadelphia Story” October 27, 2003
“Team Sweden vs. Team USA” October 27, 2003
“Hi… Mike Fornatale here” — By Mike Fornatale-Part One October 28, 2003
“ALL MY LAKER CHILDREN” October 28, 2003
“Virginia is for LOVErs” October 28, 2003
Bartlet Bear’s first of many Diary Entries… October 29, 2003
Bartlet Diary No. 2, October 29, 2003

NOVEMBER
“Crazy like a FOX” November 1, 2003
Bartlet Diary Entry No. 3 November 2, 2003
“Smile, it’s Sunday” November 2, 2003
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, part 2 — by Mike Fornatale November 3, 2003
Bartlet Diary No. 4. November 5, 2003
Getting To Know Your Orchestra November 6, 2003—by Mike Fornatale
“Buzy Bees” November 6, 2003
“Hello I must be going” November 8, 2003
Oye — Turistas November 9, 2003—By Mike Fornatale
“London; Day one” November 11, 2003
“London: day two” November 11, 2003
“Day 3,4,5,6 (mon-thur)” November 13, 2003
Islington Academy Diary, Friday 14th November. November 16, 2003—By Caryne
Is This D.C. or A.C.? — By Mike Fornatale November 18, 2003
“Leeeeeee’s Come To Boston, She said ‘woah’…..” — By Mike Fornatale November 20, 2003
LIVE FROM NEVERLAND RANCH!!!! November 26, 2003
“Proper Bo” November 28, 2003
“Have no fear, ye true supporter” November 30, 2003

DECEMBER

“Just call Lakers the bus drivers” December 1, 2003
“Walk between the fat raindrops” December 2, 2003
A. Lee glows in Brooklyn — by Mike Fornatale December 4, 2003
Can’t explain December 4, 2003
I love Paris in the spring (not winter and certainly not on my tv) December 5, 2003
Bye, babies…..(sniffle) — by Mike Fornatale December 7, 2003
70 degrees, tv themes & Travis December 8, 2003
Have it your way December 10, 2003
That was the 70s. December 15, 2003
There’s plenty of room for all god’s creatures December 18, 2003 (right next to the mashed potatoes…)
On the road again December 19, 2003
Spaceland runs out of red hook December 20, 2003
Merry Xmas & happy holidays to all December 24, 2003
“Love tears it up in the O.C.” December 27, 2003
“Smash em up, we’re in Hollywood” December 29, 2003
“Somewhere, in another galaxy, far far away…” December 29, 2003

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