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Well... after all... you came for Stuff. So we should probably find you some. We tend to have an unpredictable time of it with Actual Writing and Content on the website. Projects can come and go. Remember the Pub League Table?  (rolls eyes)  Anyway... Um... have you seen our... BLOGS MMT In MK The Daddy of them all. Our brave leader describes an ongoing life in the Mirror City. Ramblings and ramblings, musings and boozings. Updated several times a week. The Dudebox A Monkey Kettle-endorsed local-and-not-so-local music blog.  Latest: Phil sees Tegan & Sara, again! The Masticator A shadowy figure steals his way into local eateries and unleashes the full force of his culinary critique! When he remembers... PAST EVENTS THE MONKEYVISION SONG CONTEST 2009 On 28th March 2009, Monkey Kettle Events hosted a mammoth 19-band contest at The Pitz, an alternative to certain other multi-act contests designed to celebrate the diversity and excllence of bands and music in Milton Keynes. This is the site we made to accompany that, with plenty of info and (hopefully up to date!) links to the bands' MySpaces etc. MATTHEW'S SPONSORED THINK - 2004 He may never run a marathon in his life, but in 2004, Matthew did the next best thing. He spent a whole 24 hours thinking. No, I can't really remember why either. And it turned out to be one of the most pointless things ever done in the name of Monkey Kettle. The Moral Of The Story: Thinking Is Overrated. Though he did raise some money for Charity, and it still makes a good story. This is what happened... MATTHEW & DIANE'S LONG WALKS Not that they have emotional problems or anything, but Monkey Kettle Staffers Matthew & Diane both like to go on walks that are far too long. And often when they do, Matthew puts some of the details on his Blog (see above) and people kind of dig them. Here's the collected works if you are one of those diggers... 1. MATTHEW WALKS ACROSS MILTON KEYNES. (Jan 08) Okay, so that's not THAT long a walk, but he was doing it for charity. Kind of. And anyway, how long do you reckon it takes to walk across the Mirror City anyway?  Part One / Part Two / Part Three / Part Four 2. MATTHEW & DIANE WALK TO BEDFORD. (Oct 08) And then when Diane came back from New Zealand and the British Rambling Army kicked off once more it was No Limits. Hardcore ramblitude. And on a Monday in October they accidentally walked to Bedford. This account contains maps and photos and borderline dementia and everything. Part One / Part Two / Part Three / Part Four 3. MATTHEW & DIANE WALK TO AYLESBURY. (May 09). This was a Long Walk with a more definite goal - but no less difficult / and or / fun. Only in one part though sadly, cos my Dictaphone died halfway through. Yeeha! 4. MATTHEW & DIANE WALK TO NORTHAMPTON. (Sep 09). The obvious Third Part of the "towns around MK" triptych, this one's split over two parts and is also a tale of urban encroachment onto what were probably some pretty dull fields anyway. Part One / Part Two. THE HISTORY OF MONKEY KETTLE When Monkey Kettle Industries turned 10 in 2009 AD, I took a couple of weeks to muse endlessly on the history of our fair Arts Collective and Poetry Mag up to that date. Entries include: Part One - Conception & Birth. I have the idea to start my own poetry mag so I can get my own poems published. Part Two - The First Steps. A few people notice we exist. Part Three - The Golem Wakes. We form a theatre company and go to prison. The two things hopefully unrelated. Part Four - In The Long Grass With Gay Simon. We appear on TV and branch out into the visual arts. Part Five - An ISBN Number And Everything. We need never be short of a heavy box full of unsold poetry books ever again. Part Six - The Poetry Vs Music Smackdown. We fake some poetry rivalries and start some new bands. Part Seven - Hidden Among The Trees. I start a Blog, we get our own Festival Stage, and I almost stop the mag but don't. Part Eight - And Last. We host the MonKeyVision Song Contest, and I decide to start calling myself a record label. The End. So far. MISCELLANEA, VAGARIES, RARITIES etc. SIMON'S 2003 MK ELECTION SPECIAL In those pre-Blog days our best adventures came in the form of Articles on the Website. Here's my favourite piece of Simon In Gonzo Action. SIMON STARES LONG AND HARD AT TONY'S KRAPP He's done it about a million times, I think - but this is Simon's review of our first experience of Tony's landmark performance of Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, from November 2002. Hopefully it'll be around yet again before too long and you can see it for yerself! MMT AT ZAK'S FOR FREEride etc They won our Monkey Kettle Award for Best MK Band 2002 - though from this review it seems like it was only Diane that dug 'em. JIM'S REVIEW OF 75% LIP AT THE PITZ It may be from 2000 AD, and 75% Lip (and probably any of their subsequent bands!) long since gone, but they were so rad I think I'll keep this review alive for ever. Some bands are just that cool.

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