simonquine Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Anyone know what the hell this is all about www.thepalacelido.com. Electric band, formed "donkeys" years ago. Lots of indirect references to the Island, songs called Ronaldsway and also several songs named after old Manx Steam Trains. Plus mention of the first plane flight over the Island. Not to sound like an anorak but the pictures of the rails are definately taken on Douglas Prom. There are several other pictures that could also be over here and one which is definately at Ronaldsway Airport. Plus one taken from a window on (possibly) Brunswick Road in the snow. Can anyone shed any light on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Registered to someone in London, doesn't help I know but at least you know it's not someone based over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonquine Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 Have you looked around the links of other bands and record labels. Ballagroove gets thrown up but apart from that all the sites are intertwined with each other. Strange that's it's registered in London because all of the sites say they are based in Bristol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 People do move around. Most of the domains I own still have old addresses I used to live at as I've never got round to changing them because I do all the re-registering and such electronically. The actual registrant may have nothing to do with the site too, or it could even be false information. I did say it wasn't much help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 The registered owner isn't necessarily the webmaster either as it may have been registered by a friend. Not much help either but hey what do you expect for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I'm 99% sure I know who it is. A great mate and ex-manxie, went through art college with him over here. Don't want to say just yet cos haven't been in touch with him for a while, and don't want to bombard his other website with loads of forum traffic til I've asked. He's Bristol based BTW. I'll drop him a mail and see what its all about, but I would reckon it's little ties with the island that he drops in to his work. He's a top web designer and a pretty good musican. Likes dabbling in electronic stuff. We're going back 10 or so years since he was living here. Get back to you. (I'm sure a few of you will snoop the interweb now, but I'm sure he's more than happy to know you are interested, just give time to email him and let him know of your interest, ta.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 The gentleman behind the Palace Lido is keeping stum about his identity, however, he is (or was) known on the local music scene. Check out SVC for info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonquine Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 I'm guessing it's something to do with Mike Seed then?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Not Mike, but they've certainly worked together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buggane Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 While we're on the subject, I know who Palace Lido is but who is Boon Beans ? (Declan can you help ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Never heard of him. Although Google reveals a blogger from Bristol of that name - who's page links to his myspace profile, which plays a Safteyword tune. Which might be a clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buggane Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Never heard of him. Although Google reveals a blogger from Bristol of that name - who's page links to his myspace profile, which plays a Safteyword tune. Which might be a clue. Aye, he's on their friends and ours, but neither of us know who he is, suppose I could ask him but it seems a little impolite !, no worries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 While looking at that I came accross Me & Bobby's myspace - another band with local connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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