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Mike Randle’s Diaries 2004

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JANUARY
Happy New Year Everybody! January 1, 2004
The More You Drink, The Better It Sounds January 4, 2004
Love Belongs In Every Home… January 6, 2004
Studios, Sunshine, Stress, Curb Your Enthusiasm And Deader And Deaderlines January 8, 2004
Ochre Records Night (February 29th)
We Could Be Musical Heroes January 9, 2004
?H…Puh…Puh…Puh…..Playoffs? January 12, 2004
Yards Are Go January 15, 2004
The One Armed Juggler January 23, 2004
Strolling Through The Park One Day January 24, 2004
The Long And Winding Road January 29, 2004
Get On The Bus, 2004 January 30, 2004
The Return Of The Routine January 30, 2004

FEBRUARY
Love On Earth Must Be! February 6, 2004 — By John E.
Hello England! February 6, 2004
A Cold Night In The Capital (That’s The Welsh Capital, Of Course!) Feb 7, 2004 — By Caryne
Another Short Diary February 7, 2004
Down But Not Out (Or I Was Sick And Still Drinking!!) A Bristol Diary. February 12, 2004 — By Caryne
Everybody Has Heard Of Robin Hood Feb 17, 2004 — By Lizzyb

Day 1 London Calling February 19, 2004
Day 2 A Case Of The Mondays February 19, 2004
Day 3 The Norwich Sandwich February 19, 2004
Day 4 Driving To Brighton February 19, 2004
Day 5 Brighton That Rainy Day! February 19, 2004
Day 6 Cardiff I Had Some Brains… February 19, 2004
Day 7 Day Off In Cardiff February 19, 2004
Day 8 Driving To Exeter February 19, 2004
Day 9 Exeter The Dragon February 19, 2004
Day 10 Watch Your Falmouth, Young Man February 19, 2004
Day 11 Roscoe’s Chicken And Bristol February 19, 2004
Day 12 Nme, Avid Merrion And The £5 Puke Fest February 19, 2004
Day 13 The Ride To Nottingham February 19, 2004
Day 14 Nottingham Cl(P)ub February 19, 2004
Day 15 North By Northampton February 19, 2004
Day 16 Love Leeds By Example February 19, 2004
Day 17 Driving To Edinburgh February 19, 2004
Day 18 The Aberdeen Machine February 19, 2004
Day 19 Edinburgh Overtures February 21, 2004
Day 20 Let’s Go To Glasgow February 21, 2004
Day 21 Glasgow Show Day February 24, 2004
Day 22 Snow In Newcastle February 24, 2004
Day 23 Day Off In Liverpool February 25, 2004
Day 24 Liverpoodlian Time February 25, 2004
Day 24 Northampton – Learning The Ropes February 26, 2004 — By Lizzyb
Day 25 The Lemon Tree, My Dear Watson February 27, 2004 — By Lizzyb
Day 25 Day Off In Birmingham February 29, 2004
Day 26 Birmingham Bullsh*T…Whups I Mean Bullring! February 29, 2004
Day 27 Cambridge Over Troubled Waters February 29, 2004
Day 28 Don’t Bury The Ales… February 29, 2004
Day 29 A Good Night Sleep In Middlesex February 29, 2004

MARCH
Day 29 The Garage Of Garages… March 1, 2004
Day 30 Take Me To The Next Whiskey Bar Or Love Sells Out London Forum!!!!! March 2, 2004
Day 30 Fun With The Swedes (Not That Lot!!) March 3, 2004 — By Caryne
Day 31 The Mouth Of The Port March 4, 2004
Day 32 Goin Back To Calais (I Dont Think So!) March 4, 2004
Day 33 Give Paris One More Chance March 5, 2004
Day 33 Healthy Eating In Edinburgh – March 7, 2004 — By Lizzyb
Day 33 Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy March 7, 2004 — By Lizzyb
Day 34 Best Show I’ve Never Seen!!!! March 8, 2004
Day 35 Kings Of Lyon March 8, 2004
Day 36 Happy Birthday On The Saddest Of Days March 8, 2004
Day 37 Show Day For Colmar March 13, 2004
Day 38 (Part One) – The Swiss Alps March 13, 2004
Day 38 Part Two. The Italian Job March 13, 2004 — By (Irish) Barry Bresnahan
Day 39 The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Love! March 18, 2004 — By Caryne
Day 39 Day Off In La Spezia March 19, 2004
Day 40 March 19, 2004
Day 40 The Hand Off To Elenora (Part 2) March 18, 2004
Day 41 Pordenone And The Velvet Club March 19, 2004
Day 42 Last Show In Italy, Firenze! March 18, 2004
Day 43 Day Off In Florence March 18, 2004
Day 43 Travel To London From Florence March 19, 2004
Day 44 Wrexham Wishes Daddyo Happy Birthday March 19, 2004
Day 44 Notes On A Computer Screen (A Break In Days) March 19, 2004
Day 44 Rainbow In The Storm March 19, 2004 — John E’s Sheffield Diary
Day 45 Brecon Em Off A Little Sumthin-Sumthin March 20, 2004
Day 46 From Sheffield To York March 20, 2004
Day 47 Me, Jo Anne, Keith, And The York Usual Suspects March 20, 2004
Day 48 A Fine York Saturday, March 21, 2004
Notes From Madrid March 30, 2004
More Notes From Madrid March 30, 2004
Even More Notes From Madrid March 31, 2004

APRIL
Day 49 Manchester United, Once Again April 1, 2004
Day 50 Totally Un-Stoked On Trent April 1, 2004
Day 51 Off In Southampton April 2, 2004
Day 52 Pardon Me; I’m A Drunk (Or The Brook Rocks!) April 2, 2004
Day 53 Day Off In La Coruna, Spain April 2, 2004
Day 54 No Playa Haters In La Caruna April 2, 2004
Day 55 Hiccups In Gijon (Part 1) April 2, 2004
Day 55 (Second Part) April 2, 2004
Day 56 Hell April 7, 2004
Day 57 A Mad Day To Madrid April 7, 2004
Day 58 Influenza 2a On Day Off In Madrid April 7, 2004
Day 59 Second Day Off In Madrid April 7, 2004
Day 60 Back To London And Shep Bush April 7, 2004
Day 61 Shepard’s Bush Empire April 7, 2004
Day 62 Travel To Camber Sands April 7, 2004
Day 63 Show Day At The Sands April 7, 2004
Day 64 Home Is Where The Heart Is April 7, 2004
Day 65 The Devil Finds Work For Idle Hands April 7, 2004
Day 66 Wednesday Week April 8, 2004
Day 67 Bumping The Nightfly On A Nice Day April 9, 2004
Day 68 Daddy Day Care Part 1 April 12, 2004
Day 69 Culver City Blues April 12, 2004
Day 70 Love Will Keep Us Together April 15, 2004
Day 71 Down, But Not Out, In Beverly Hills April 15, 2004
Day 72 Rusty Buys A Gretch And Mike Gets Some Coffee April 15, 2004
Day 73 Surf’s Up April 15, 2004
Day 74 Thirsty Thursday, April 16, 2004
A Break In Days Revisited April 16, 2004
Days 75-78 April 21, 2004
In Between Norwegian Days April 26, 2004
Day 79 April 26, 2004
Day 80 April 26, 2004
Day 81 April 26, 2004
Day 82 April 26, 2004
Day 83 April 26, 2004
Day 84 April 26, 2004
Day 85 April 27, 2004

MAY
Forget The Days… It’s Just Good To Be Home… May 1, 2004
A Monster Diary May 3, 2004
Drifting Like Wood May 5, 2004
I Got To Find My Feathered Fish May 5, 2004
Movin On Up (Hum Theme From The Jeffersons) May 6, 2004
Big Elf Rox The Troubador, Hell Yeah. May 6, 2004
Stop Thief! May 8, 2004
Play It Again, Sam May 8, 2004
Sf, Scot Keith And His Lovely Wife, Margaret May 9, 2004
Brian Jonestown Near Massacre May 10, 2004
When The Lights Go Down In The City May 11, 2004
Lakers, Spoil Spurs & Spoilers Spur Cops May 12, 2004
Whiny Wednesday May 13, 2004
Scotty’s Last Song May 14, 2004
Take Me Out To The Ball Game May 15, 2004
How Men Suffer For Children May 15, 2004
Imaginary Friends, Flying Kites And Bikini Gals On The Beach May 16, 2004
Larrynyc Gives Us All Something To Think About May 16, 2004
Lakers Do Away With Pesky Spurs!!! May 16, 2004
Sunday Studio Times May 17, 2004
You Don’t Know (Jack) Shit May 18, 2004
Dreams Are Made In Hollywood, Even Still May 19, 2004
Moz, Primus & Jackson B. May 20, 2004
How Come You Hate Cats So Much? May 23, 2004
Just Can’t Win May 29, 2004
Solitary Standing May 31, 2004
Give It Up For Jazmaan May 31, 2004

JUNE
Life’s Wonderful Tragedy June 4, 2004
This Mid Summer’s Dream June 9, 2004
Where Were We? June 10, 2004
Right On Target June 10, 2004
Cheap Red Wine & A Cover June 11, 2004
Son, We All Got It Comin June 13, 2004
Summer Of Love June 16, 2004
Get That Torch Out Ma Way June 17, 2004
Sake For Sakes Art June 17, 2004
Happy Birthday, Ringo!!!! June 18, 2004
Back-Up Gets The Go Ahead June 18, 2004
London Calling June 19, 2004
We Interrupt This Programme… June 22, 2004
The Coup Has Been Neutralized June 23, 2004
Arthur, Jesus And John June 25, 2004

JULY
Big Brother Tour Bus Series:
Day 1 (Thursday) Bloody Ell, It’s The Ref’s Fault! July 2, 2004
Day 2 (Friday) Hurry Up, You’re On! July 2, 2004
Day 3 (Saturday) All This Mud Is Making Me Sick July 2, 2004
Day 4 (Sunday) Dukie Brings The Brains Again July 2, 2004
Day 5 (Monday) The Evil Eye July 2, 2004
Day 6 (Tuesday) Innocent Until… July 2, 2004
Day 7 (Wednesday) Bbc You Real Soon… July 2, 2004
Day 8 (Thursday) Splish, Splash, We Were Rocking In Bath! July 3, 2004
York 28/06/04 July 3, 2004, By Lizzy B
Come On England! July 13, 2004
Day 9 (Friday) …And There’s The Other Welsh Cunt! July 15, 2004
Day 10 (Saturday) St. Albans Party With The Scots On The Day Off July 15, 2004
Day 11 (Sunday) A Friendly Affair At St. Albans July 15, 2004
Day 12 (Monday) A Curry With Polly And Roger July 15, 2004
Day 13 (Tuesday) Swedes Help Us Make A Party On The Hotel! July 15, 2004
Day 14 (Wednesday) Under The Big Tent In Liverpool July 15, 2004

The Art Of Being Creative (Or Between Corry And East Enders)July 15, 2004
Barstool Blues Controversy July 17, 2004
Saint Michael The Archangel July 23, 2004
Smile July 24, 2004
What Is Happening And How Have You Been? July 25, 2004
It’s Tighter Than A Mosquitoe’s Ass July 28, 2004
Caught By The Fuzz July 28, 2004
Demonstrating The Demo July 29, 2004
Dear USA Barstool Blues Friends July 30, 2004

AUGUST
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough August 18, 2004
In Need Of Sleep… August 21, 2004
Don’t Let Me Down August 24, 2004
Live And Let Live August 27, 2004
Love Takes Gold On Wed, After Failing To Even Get The Bronze On Tuesday, August 28, 2004

SEPTEMBER
Love And Peace, Dude September 5, 2004
Mad Mad World September 8, 2004
Window Ledge Music September 11, 2004
The Greatest Love Of All September 13, 2004
The Champagne Of Beers September 14, 2004
September Gurls September 15, 2004
The Puck Stops Here September 16, 2004
Johnny, Are We Ok? September 18, 2004

OCTOBER
On The Road Again October 4, 2004
A Diary October 5, 2004
A Diary Part Two! October 7, 2004
A Diary Part Three! October 8, 2004
I Am A Dj, I Am What I Play October 14, 2004
Curses, Foiled No More October 24, 2004
USA Can Be A Strange Place October 30, 2004

NOVEMBER
America Speaks! (Well, Sort Of!) November 3, 2004
Love Actually November 5, 2004
Music Here, Music There… Music Everywhere!!!! November 9, 2004
Curb My Enthusiasm November 10, 2004
My Life Flashed Before Me November 17, 2004
Thonx Fer Lukin Ahfter Mah Boy, Hannah November 19, 2004
Bad Horsee November 24, 2004
Travails Through The Desert November 28, 2004

DECEMBER
Nope? Yep! December 3, 2004
Carmel Pale Ale December 5, 2004
Ticketmaster And Servant November 8, 2004
For Those About To Shop ( We Salute You ) December 17, 2004
Mike Randle Magnified…..Finally! December 18, 2004
Coach House And Peanut Butter And That Nice Walk Up The Hill December 18, 2004
P.T. Barnum Would Be Proud December 21, 2004
Happy Xmas Everybody! December 24, 2004
Meet The Milman’s December 31, 2004

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