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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been in New England practicing with the Patriots since Tuesday. On Friday night, they will go head to head in Foxborough as many players continue to fight in hopes of making their respective rosters and here is what the Bucs are looking for in their second preseason game.
One week of preseason is in the books and training camp is just about wrapping up. This week, the Bucs have been in New England for joint practices with the Patriots but the theme for the preseason game against them on Friday is no different – player evaluation. PewterReport.com will in earnest begin the Five Keys To Victory feature once the regular season begins, but for now the feature will list objectives head coach Greg Schiano and his staff will most likely be attempting to achieve in Week 2 when the Bucs face off against the Patriots in Foxborough, Mass.
1. Got Special Teams?
Special teams coach Dave Wannstedt was not happy with his unit after their performance from last Thursday's game against Baltimore. Since then, the team has started each practice with extended kick and punt sessions emphasizing the importance of special teams. After muffed punts, poor handling on kickoff returns by returners, and a blocked punt, the extra work in practice was expected. Keep a close eye on punts and kickoffs on Friday night as the Bucs perhaps mix up their personnel in hopes of getting better results.
2. Oh No - Not Again
The Bucs had problems getting to the quarterback and applying pressure from their front four in 2012. That continued in Week 1 of the preseason. Aside from three-technique tackle Gerald McCoy getting into the Ravens backfield on the first four plays of last week's game, the line was unable to get any penetration. Defensive end Da'Quan Bowers played the entire first half and nose tackle Akeem Spence was seen a considerable amount as well but neither made that much of an impact. Slight changes have already been seen in practice, like pairing Bowers with the second team or playing him strictly on third downs. Expect to see more of a mix across the line in New England.
3. The Offensive Line Was Offensive
Last Thursday night, Ravens defenders got into the Buccaneers backfield quite a bit, taking down Josh Freeman on the game's third play. In fact, Baltimore defensive tackle Marcus Spears was at the feet of Mike Glennon when Glennon completed his first career pass to tight end Tom Crabtree that went for 61 yards. Spears tumbled into the backfield after rookie running back Mike James barely got a shoulder on him. If James was not there, it could have been bad for the rookie quarterback from N. C. State. However, it didn't stop there as Glennon continued to see pressure throughout the game. Also, running backs had issues gaining any yardage on the ground. The line will face another tough task creating holes and protecting Buccaneer quarterbacks against the Patriots 3-4 base defense in New England.
4. A Star In The Making?
Rookie cornerback Johnthan Banks had an exceptional game last week in his limited time. He lead the team in tackles with five and had a couple pass break ups against the Ravens. Banks also showed great instincts by closing in on Ravens quarterback Tyrod Taylor on a design rollout. He has been tested often this week in New England by All-Pro quarterback Tom Brady and will continued to get tested in the game against that high-profile Patriots offense.
5. Show Something
Quarterback Josh Freeman saw limited action in Week 1. In his short appearance, he had a couple good throws and a few bad throws — like the one he threw towards the sideline as wide receiver Mike Williams ran an in-route. That is what has frustrated many about Freeman. With a chance of getting more looks Friday, Freeman has to begin his quest for a new contract by showing, on national television, that he is the leader in the clubhouse in the nationally hyped quarterback competition. If Freeman performs well and limits the miscommunications with his receivers, the Kansas State product should silence some critics and provide a sense of optimism for the doubters.
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@pinkstob, @eastendboy I think we may be facing a DE by committee situation until Bowers shows improvement or Teo just flat out takes over.
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Gil, you are spot on.
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@pinkstob: sadly I think Mr. Whoever probably is our best option on passing downs right now....but, I haven't lost faith that at some point Bowers will get his act together...let's hope it's this season and earlier than later....
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Here's something I don't get about how they're making adjustments with Bowers. So last week Bowers never got any pressure on the QB, but split a double team to make a tackle on a ball carrier. That suggests that he's better against the run than pass at this point. So what do we do? We take him off the field on the run downs and put him out there on the passing downs. Shouldn't the strategy be to put him on the field so he can stop the run and then put the effective pass rusher (Teo-Nesheim, Means, whoever) in on third down?
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When I first discovered this little plastic man with a movable mouth in an auction lot of winnings, I thought the was Uncle Sam or something because of his red, white, and blue coloring — and the hat. Well, he's red, pinkish, and blue… And the hat wasn't your typical Uncle Sam hat, but that's [...]
Why Do You Collect?
Recently, a North Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) publication, Northside magazine, asked a "few locals" why they collect the things they do. Academic and psychologist Mark McKinley, thinks that collectors are actually "supreme consumers". While being called a "consumer", supreme or otherwise, in the USA is often akin to an insult (even if my 2008 [...]
Inviting Yourself Inside
Pickers aren't the only ones bold enough to invite themselves onto your property, into your homes; Jessica Saia was so charmed by the Painted Ladies (the Victorian houses around Alamo Square park you see in many shots of San Francisco, including TV's Full House), that she sent letters to the folks living in them so [...]
Syfy Channel Announces New Collectible Shows
Elyse Luray of History Detectives fame will have her own show on the the Syfy channel. The new series is named Collection Intervention and according to the press release she'll be helping couples at odds with their overwhelming collections: Collection Intervention follows Elyse Luray, a sharp and to-the-point collectibles expert as she helps couples who [...]
A Vintage Space Adventurer By Any Other NameÂ…
Mr. Rock Space Adventurer from Another Planet. Clearly this vintage action figure, which includes Ray Gun and Space Communicator, is a knock-off of Star Trek's Spock. The pointy ears and slanted eyebrows give it away. This vintage space age toy was made by Lincoln International, a New Zealand toy company. Fun Ho says that Lincoln [...]
OMG, I Used To Have A Scarf In The Same Ballerina Print As This Vintage Lingerie!
I still might have the vintage scarf, packed away someplace… If I knew for certain, I'd snap-up this vintage lingerie set in the same ballerina print! This vintage nightgown and peignoir robe in a pretty ballerina print is made of rayon; tips on caring for vintage rayon fashions can be found here. Images via Andapanda's [...]
Bid On Abraham LincolnÂ's Hair
Also part of the Americana Signature Auction, is an antique photographic case containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair opposite an albumen portrait of the president. Upon Lincoln's death, apparently a number of locks of the President's hair were removed as mourning keepsakes. This lock of Lincoln's hair is approximate 3″ long and ranges in [...]
Hidden Values In Antique Collecting & Genealogy In The News
Spending time with my collectibles is a huge part of why I collect — and I don't mean the dusting! In fact, one of the reasons I blog is because I love the time to spend examining and researching each object. I truly believe this is a huge part of the value of collecting as [...]
Antique Smiling G.O.P. Elephant
Heritage's Americana Signature Auction contains over 700 American history and political artifacts, among them a rare political pinback from the 1908 Taft & Sherman political campaign. Called a jugate for the two side-by-side portraits of William Howard Taft and his running mate James Sherman, and called "Elephant Ears" for the portrait placement, this 1 and [...]
Minimalistic Chic Modern & Contemporary Art Auction From The Estate Of Fashionista Janet Brown
While many are excited about the Schiaparelli and Prada showing, there's an upcoming auction at Freeman's that fashionistas may also wish to know about. On Saturday, May 12, 2012, the Modern and Contemporary Art auction contains works from the estate of Janet Brown. Brown was an influential fashion retailer, she and her boutique in Port [...]
Vintage Schiaparelli Stockings — Shocking!
Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, the joint retrospective of fashion opens today at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum. Which means you can understand what a miracle it seemed to me to find not one, not two, but three pairs of vintage Schiaparelli stockings at a local garage sale this weekend! And for just [...]
Following The Signals To Authentic Vintage McCoy Pottery
Over the weekend I found another yellow-glazed vintage pottery cookie jar: a figural traffic light cookie jar. There's no maker's mark; just the number "351″ and "U.S.A." embossed on the bottom. However, research proves that this vintage pottery traffic light cookie jar was made by McCoy, and has not been reproduced — or, to be [...]
Nothing To Write Home About? Letters From WWII
In my post at Collectors Quest today, I share my disc-overy of WWII voice mail: audio letters sent during the war. While I encourage you to read that history, I have two other items to share regarding that story. First, in the January, 1946 issue of Audio Record (published by Audio Devices Inc., a manufacturer [...]
A Question On Collecting Antique Photographs
My folks, Antiquips, recently listed this antique photograph of two ladies with their backs to the camera. Aside from just being an odd pose (especially when photography was more of an event than it is today), and so a way to define or refine your photograph collection, does anyone know if the pose has any [...]
Collecting Is LikeÂ… Comfort Food
I just love this story of a college student who de-stresses from her college exams by going to antique stores. I saw a young girl with long, brown hair sitting in a corner with a small teddy bear she had found in the store. I saw myself in that little girl. My father collected antiques [...]
Vintage Tobacciana: The Smoking Cannon
This vintage ceramic ashtray is kinda kitschy-cool; when you place the light cigarette in it's place, the smoke comes out of the cannon! I just priced it and put in in the case at Fargo's Antiques On Broadway.
The Top Three Online Content Curation Sites For Collectors
Most collectors are aware that they are curating their collections — or at least they should be! But now, there's online curation, or more specifically, online content curation. Unlike blogging or writing on the web (called "content creation"), content curation is the process of sorting through the created content on the web and presenting it [...]
Collecting Coffee Makers
I have an unplanned collection of coffee makers. I even have a couple which are old enough to be considered vintage. The pot I use most often is the French press. I've got three of them now. One is the well-known Bodum brand. The others are brands I don't remember any more, one was no-name. [...]
Join The International Bookmark Collectors Exchange
Bookmark collectors may wish to take note of this list of bookmark collectors who are interested in trading bookmarks — worldwide!
Classic Car Prices Music To Milhous BrothersÂ' Ears
Last month The Milhous Collection went up for auction, with the two days of bidding on the 550 lots coming in just shy of the auction estimate of $40 million, reaching $38.3 million in sales. The huge custom-build merry-go-round, considered the collection's center piece, reached the estimated price range of old $1,000,000 – $1,500,000, selling [...]
The Grimm Realities Of Antique & Vintage Watches
The Wall Street Journal reports on the "attractive proposition" vintage watches hold for investors, especially when compared to other alternative investments. Wine, for example, needs special care and can spoil. To enjoy it, it must be consumed. Vintage cars need space and maintenance. Real estate fluctuates too wildly. But watches? They take up no space, [...]
Vintage Saint PatrickÂ's Day Seals
A packet of vintage St. Patrick seals by Dennison Mfg. Co., Framingham, Mass., U.S.A., No. 80-924. The cover boasts of 36 seals in six different designs, but some are missing from my thrift store find. In fact, the missing ones are what charm me… It's the plain old shamrock seals or stickers which are missing. [...]
Vintage Chalkware Baby Statue With Removable Diapers
This vintage chalkware piece isn't as creepy (or racist) as these vintage chalkware babies, but there's still something creepy about the "hair" spray-painted on it… It reminds me of the old bowl-haircuts mom used to give us. *wink* The baby's diaper is cloth and even has old (rusty) safety pins holding them up. This I [...]
The Wonder Of Collecting
On shows like Oddities there's much talk about cabinets of curiosities, but you needn't have a fancy cabinet — or anything morbid, or even Victorian, to display in it — to arouse curiosity. In fact, I consider my entire home a display and I thrill when anyone stops and looks in wonder. It's like a [...]
This WeekÂ's Antiques & Vintage Collectibles Link Round-Up
Derek sheds light on a ghost ad for the Harold Lloyd film Grandma's Boy which was unearthed in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Our very own Pickin' of Antiquips, aka Val Ubell, weighs in on the scale and shape of collectibles. I cover the record number of record collections and obsessively research the history of the Jay [...]
Vintage Camera & Photography Ephemera Garland
Whether or not you an add another camera to your collection, you may want to consider this Vintage Camera Garland from Christine of Flapper Girl: This garland celebrates the beauty of vintage cameras with a Wardette, Starflash, Brownie Hawkeye, a handful of retro lightfilter boxes, and two photos documenting what fun can be had with [...]
Prohibition In Film (A Little Help Needed)
I was drawn to this vintage 8 by 10 photograph for the old bar ware featured in it; I love the prohibition era. (And I highly recommend the PBS Prohibition documentary series by Ken Burns.) But upon a closer look, I'm rather stumped by the actress and the film it's promoting. The seller's description simply [...]
How Does The Deal Measure Up?
Frank Fritz of American Pickers calls it "the bundle" when he groups multiple items into a single sale to negotiate for a lower price. I think as collectors we've all done that… You spy a few records you want in the box and decide to make an offer on the whole box so you can [...]
Mercury Stamps: Then and Now
Fifty years ago last week, John Glenn orbited the Earth three times and splashed down five hours later…which was the signal for the US Post Office to release their commemorative stamp. Â When the stamp was announced, Will Black got his mom to drive to the post office to get some of his own, and that [...]
Books On Film That Bibliophiles Will Approve Of
Whether you're a member of the Hollywood elite with a book addiction or a less notable bibliophile, you've probably desired to see the insides of a book up for auction but haven't had the time or money to fly to the auction location to inspect it. While many auction houses have made it easier for [...]
Girl Scouts Centennial
The Girl Scouts were founded on March 12, 1912, so this year marks the 100th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts. (Yes, there's a Girl Scout patch for that!) Along with a national event to be held March 10-11 at the Mall of America, many troops are planning celebrations. For example, Girl Scouts from across southeast [...]
Of Valentino, Mineralava Beauty Pageants & Pink Powder Puffs
As a feminist, I have a complicated, conflicted, relationship with beauty pageants. But this vintage booklet from the 1923 Mineralava Beauty Pageant fascinates me because of the man involved: Rudolph Valentino. Not just some master of ceremonies, Valentino was both the star and the prize of this contest: "The Most Beautiful Woman In America May [...]
"As Fascinating As Chess; As Easy As Checkers"
I love board games, especially vintage ones. Bonus points for awesome graphics on game boards and boxes. And this unused, like new straight out of the 1930s, board game sure gets the bonus points! Made by American Toy Works (ATWO) Products, this vintage game box contains two games: Checkers and Avion, and aviation themed game. [...]
Whitney Houston Auction Raises The Question: Is Collecting Movie Memorabilia Morbid?
While some folks (who, themselves, live in glass houses) cry, "Beyond Tacky!", Julien's Auctions is going ahead with plans to auction off Whitney Houston items at their 2012 Hollywood Legends auction to be held on Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1 in Beverly Hills, California. Among the over 800 items of Hollywood memorabilia and [...]
Little Easels To Display Your Small Collectibles, Miniature Works Of Art
These little button easels are a great way to display your vintage and antique buttons on shelves, in shadowboxes and antique printer's trays, you vanity — anyplace, really! Each is hand made by happyhoarder66, who says that each little wire easel is made of "very workable metal so if you need to bend one slightly [...]
Gone With The Wind, Ashes To Ashes
The first scene filmed for Gone With The Wind (1939) was the burning of the Atlanta Depot. And it remains some of the most iconic film images of all time. Shot on December 10, 1938, using some nine cameras — including all seven of Hollywood's then-existing Technicolor cameras, the 40 acre set was actually many [...]
Button, Button, WhoÂ's Got The Button?
If you collect vintage fashions, you tend to end up with a lot of heartbreakers — not only items which won't fit, but garments which are in such poor shape, all you can do is salvage pieces of fabric, buttons and other trims. And if you collect vintage sewing items and notions, you typically end [...]
Harping On ValentineÂ's Day
Another one of those vintage valentines with the circled numbers on them, this one has three angelic baby cupids with a large harp. The hot pink is quite vibrant! There are no marks for maker or anything — but like this vintage valentine with soda pop bottles, this one has red printing or stamps on [...]
Airspun In Central Park
This photo, titled Makeup, Central Park, was taken by Frank Paulin 1955. The photograph itself is a 20 x 16 inches gelatin silver print, signed and dated on verso. But what's most fascinating to me is the powder compact, clearly from Coty. The Coty Airspun powder-puff design debuted in 1939 and now has been around [...]
The Witching Hour Draws Nigh For Rare Anne Rice Work
Absentee bidding ends tonight at Heritage Auctions for an unpublished screenplay of Anne Rice's The Witching Hour. Dated June 13, 1995, this unpublished and unproduced script combines two of her novels, The Witching Hour and Lasher. The Witching Hour being one of my favorite Rice books aside, this work is spectacular for other reasons. Along [...]
Beasts Of Burden: Recycling Plastic Toys Into Planters
I found this idea for novelty planters at The Daily Telecraft: Brainstorm: What to do with plastic animals! [Large & small]. Just Dremel out a section on the beast's back, spray paint them, fill them with dirt and add a small plant or cactus. It's a great way to recycle those plastic animal toys the [...]
History Teaching Moments For Families
In the latest issue of Jet Magazine (February 6, 2012), Iman Jefferson gets six tips from Ronda Racha Penrice, author of African American History For Dummies, on ways to educate and entertain children with history. These tips are specific to Black History Month — that doesn't mean you have to be an African-American to learn [...]
2011: The Year In Antiques & Collectibles
Last year was an excellent year for collectors. A plethora of television shows debuted on the subject, along the new seasons of the established favorites. I haven't seem them all, but here are few mini-reviews of what I haven't yet covered in full reviews here at Inherited Values: It's Worth What? managed to make it [...]
My First Storage Auction
It's easy today to snap photos anywhere and everywhere with virtually any cell phone, but keeping track of them is no different than those old rolls of film… My surprise today at discovering these photos taken at a storage auction we went to here in Fargo last fall was akin to getting a roll of [...]
Naughty Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens
Would you trust them to mind your coats and hats? What about your children's belongings? I spotted this vintage wooden novelty coat rack in an antique mall. Painted blue and white, the cat tails are the pegs to hold your children's clothing.
IÂ've Got Your Number, Valentine
I recently acquired a small lot of vintage valentines. Most of them were the type kids passed out at school, and each of them has a number penciled on the front, placed in a circle. While this may detract from their value, I find the idea of a youngster implementing some sort of ranking or [...]
Miss Dolly on the Shelf
Do you remember this doll? I spotted this poor girl in a GoodWill thrift store this week. She was not in great shape, some hair had caught on something and pulled loose from her updo. Her dress was torn and she was a little dirty. Not things I couldn
Listia Auctions: Your New Addiction
If you haven't already heard of Listia, let me introduce you to your next obsession. Listia is a relatively new kind of online auction site — where you bid on other people's stuff using credits instead of real money. We make it easy
Vintage Flocked Hallmark Birthday Card
Today is my birthday, so here's one of my favorite vintage greeting cards to celebrate. I seriously have a thing for flocked vintage cards — and horses. So this red flocked card of a stuffed toy horse quickly caught my eye. The inside rea
Collecting Frankoma & Some Mysterious Vintage Pottery (Can You Help?)
An interview about collecting Frankoma and other vintage decorative pottery with Molly Ives Brower, aka The Vintage Reader. How and why did you start collecting Frankoma pottery? Was it, at first, just part of decorating the house? When I was in high
Great Way To Display Collectible Travel Postcards & Souvenirs
I spotted this clever display at an antique mall and I thought it would be great for use in the home too: a simple vintage wall shelf, with the vintage postcards in the little spaces for knick knacks — the vases and glassware keep the postcards
Antique Memorial Book Of Victorian Mourning Hair Braids
At an estate sale I recently was lucky enough to get this little, unassuming, antique book… Plain brown boards, penciled notes and a math problem… A slim 6 and one-half inches 3 and one-half by inches. It may not seem appealing to
Myths & Misinformation About Suffrage Jewelry
As a proud feminist, the suffrage movement is near and dear to my heart; as a girlie lover of glam, jewelry with stones, especially sparkly stones, appeals to me. So naturally I am drawn to suffrage jewelry. However, all that glitters in antique
Collecting Antique & Vintage Bookmarks With Lauren Roberts
Lauren Roberts is a bookmark collector I met when we were both presenters at the first Bookmark Collectors Virtual Convention. I've admired her bookmark collection — and collecting habits — so much I've been waiting for us bot


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One of the important features of the "Emetrics Summit" (24-26 May, Four Seasons Hotel) http://www.emetrics.org/summit604 is that we spend a great of time in group discussions.
Yes, there are plenty of speakers (Amazon, Argos, MSN, HP, etc.) but the focus is on people meeting and conferring with their peers on the issues they face on a daily basis. Suggestions for topics are requested from the audience and I like to seed the creative process by offering up some options.
Therefore, I'm turning to the participants of e-consultancy for ideas. What's bothering you in the area of measuring website success? What would you like to ask your web analytics peers?
Hi Jim
The 3 questions which we'll be discussing at our roundtable on web measurement and analytics at the end of this month (details at http://www.e-consultancy.com/about/roundtables/680/web-measurement-analytics.html) are:
1. How do you ensure you actually act on what web analytics tells you?
(e.g. internal business processes, optimisation, resource and skills requirements, turnaround times)2. How do you integrate web analytics into multi-channel measuement?
(e.g. CRM integration, avoiding channel silos, cross-channel tracking)3. How do you combine user-centric data with site-centric data to optimise ROI
(e.g. customer profiles vs. traffic data, usability vs. path analysis, surveys vs. web stats)These are based on feedback we've had from the attendees as to their key challenges at the moment.
I think you're coming to the roundtable anyway aren't you? If you could figure out the answers at the Emetrics Summit in the preceeding days it will save us some time at the roundtable... ;)
Dave Chaffey Small Business
Digital Marketing Consultant, Trainer, Author and Speaker at SmartInsights.com
04 May 2004 16:51pm
Yes to all of those. Here are 3 more issues I am interested in:
A. Diminishing returns from conversion optimisation
The design-offers-messaging-navigation of many established e-tail sites have been well optimised to maximise conversion rates. What are the future options for further increasing conversion? For example personalisation according to behaviour on site plus existing profile information.B. Customer scoring.
Given that maximising the lifetime value of purchasers should be an aim of all e-tailers, I am interested to discuss different techniques companies use to model customers to help better target them to improve LTV. I think it is useful to score customers individually according to their activity / interaction levels on site and to e-mail i.e. not only look at their responsiveness to individual e-mail campaigns but across the whole year, which customers engage with e-mail and the web site and then follow-up communications according to responsiveness. Recency-Frequency-Monetary value/FRAC are the well known ones, but what other approaches are used?C.Process and Six Sigma.
This is similar to Ashley's first one.What is best practice for the big-picture process of improving a site's contribution to the business. For example, take the DMAIC Six Sigma tool of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control.
What are the cycle times for this process for different types of metrics and who is involved - particular marketers outside the e-commerce core?
How is this linked in to business objectives?
Also how are the metrics from different analytics tools and channels reconciled and consolidated? What sort of dashboards are people using?
It would also be interesting to see who is planning / using the Six Sigma approach.
I hope that helps. I'm looking forward to the event - you have lined up some great speakers.
Dave Chaffey
Internet Marketing trainer, consultant and author
eResources and Books: www.marketing-online.co.ukOn 13:03:00 4 May 2004 Ashley wrote:
>Hi Jim
>The 3 questions which we'll be discussing at our
>roundtable on web measurement and analytics at the end of
>this month (details at http://www.e-
>analytics.html) are:
>1. How do you ensure you actually act on what web
>analytics tells you?
>(e.g. internal business processes, optimisation, resource
>and skills requirements, turnaround times)
>2. How do you integrate web analytics into multi-channel
>(e.g. CRM integration, avoiding channel silos,
>cross-channel tracking)
>3. How do you combine user-centric data with site-centric
>data to optimise ROI
>(e.g. customer profiles vs. traffic data, usability vs.
>path analysis, surveys vs. web stats)
>These are based on feedback we've had from the attendees
>as to their key challenges at the moment.
>I think you're coming to the roundtable anyway aren't you?
>If you could figure out the answers at the Emetrics Summit
>in the preceeding days it will save us some time at the
>roundtable... ;)
>Ashley -
There is a huge hole to fill that is chronically overlooked. Prevailing thought equates web analytics with traffic, as if perfect understanding of a visitor's movements on a website will reveal all.
Questions one and three contain elements that can only be understood by studying the site itself – the way it has been constructed, what navigation paths are available, and whether the site is unintentionally turning visitors – and potential customers – off, and sending them away to the competitor.
By knitting "usability" with "web analytics", companies are able to understand where they have inherent problems in the site, and how likely it is that those problems are damaging their brand and/or their bottom line.
Until people expand their thinking beyond "web analytics = traffic", they will not be able to reconcile what visitors are doing with why.
Dave Chaffey Small Business
Digital Marketing Consultant, Trainer, Author and Speaker at SmartInsights.com
07 May 2004 17:29pm
I disagree that the broader issues you mention are "chronically overlooked" by practitioners - particularly e-tailers - they have to look at the big picture.
But I agree in that the term 'web analytics' is often used narrowly to refer to the detailed analysis of clickstreams, customer segmentation and behaviour, etc rather than the bigger picture of how e-marketing contributes to achieving business objectives. I think the problem is with the term - I run workshops on 'Improving E-marketing Peformance' which is all about increasing channel contribution through using web, e-mail and underlying databases to support all marketing activities. Similarly Jim talks about 'Channel Performance Management' which suggests the big picture and the contribution.
By chance I just received my copy of Eric Peterson's 'Web Analytics Demystified' and I think you would argue that this supports your argument - it concentrates on the detailed metrics to improve performance (but does this well). Eric gives a host of analyst definitions and his definition is:
'Web analytics is the assessment of a variety of data, including web traffic, web-based transactions, web server performance, usability studies, user submitted information [i.e. surveys], and related sources to help create a generalised understanding of the visitor experience online.'
You will be pleased to see that usability is in there and I think researching customers views in various ways need to be in there too.
To me the definition seems to have a fatal flaw - it suggests analysis for the sake of it. My definition is (slightly) more succinct:
"Web analytics is the customer-centred evaluation of the effectiveness of Internet-based marketing in order to improve the business contribution of online channels to an organisation.
Dave Chaffey
Internet Marketing trainer, consultant and author
eResources and Books: www.marketing-online.co.uk -
Dave, while your definition moves closer, I am wondering why you limit it to "internet based marketing". Utilising the web strategically extends beyond marketing initiatives, to employee-focused, supplier-focused, and investor-focused activities as well.
No company can stay in business if they are not making money, and marketing plays a huge role in that. In addition, all companies have supporting and related activities that utilize web-based information and applications - areas that marketing is less involved with, but still in the public's eye.
Looking at the definition from the book, while usablity is mentioned, usability is still a facet of looking at visitor behavior, as are all the other elements, with the exception of web server performance, which is an infrastructure issue.
Navigation structure, content quality, visitor behavior - web analysis must incorporate all of it. Companies must be able to identify the inherent characteristics of all their content, the way it is presented and how it is consumed to understand whether they are they authors of their own problems, and whether those problems are hampering the job of projecting and protecting the company's valuable brand and image.
Dave Chaffey Small Business
Digital Marketing Consultant, Trainer, Author and Speaker at SmartInsights.com
09 May 2004 21:52pm
Glad to see that there are a few questions about integration from a technical perspective and more importantly from a business perspective.
We think the emphasis for future business metrics will be within "Membership Marketing". Cold calling, blanket email shots, data grabbing from anonymous browsers' activities all have accuracy constraints and have fueled the debate on switch off rates for cookies and indeed the accuracy of cookie and logfile reporting. Membership Marketing will eventually remove the problems associated with spam and the perceived intrusion of cookies.
We are finding that our customers (i.e. Sony, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors etc) are insisting on prospective customers opting in (by filling in a form). There is also a surge of microsites, portals and viral campaigns aimed at gathering user details for future profiling and behavioral analysis and subsequent targeted marketing.
Intelligent business models don't want to spend money on traffic for the sake of numbers they want unique users that are genuinely interested in a product or service. Breaking down a web or marketing presence into member areas and cross checking IPs to anonymous browsers, cross checking IPs to intranet users (employees), filtering IPs from CRM systems (suppliers and investors) etc. is the best way forward for all.
Marcos W. Richardson
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I have been following this thread with keen interest. Many of the posts have valid comments, however isn't "key intelligence still missing", part of the problem in driving online success and aligning online activities to off line business goals?
The fundamental value of the online process is the generation of interaction and the value of individual interactions as it relates to achieving business objectives. If the goal is to understand the value of each interaction (or lack there of) and respond accordingly (treat individual visitors differently in order to maximise profitability), then we need to ask ourselves one simple question:
How will we achieve this online if we cannot identify our customers', investors and other known business stakeholders online actions independently from other visitor activity? The inability to differentiate between visitors and understand their value or motivation to interact with the website or email is a fundamental online business development stumbling block.
Broadly speaking, we simply continue to "blindly date" our customers and other stakeholders with minimal intelligence being available to improve the business process. Each visitor, visit, page impression and click generated is treated equally in the intelligence gathering process, when in reality they are far from being equal, based on varying customer value, the stage of the sales cycle, their response to a campaign and if they are a first time visitor or returning visitor etc.
Companies developing online communication and business channels need meaningful intelligence that goes beyond "nice to have" stats and provides "real actionable intelligence" which can be easily related to objectives, whether it is new customer acquisition, stakeholder retention, improved sales, improved return on investment from campaigns etc.
To achieves this, I believe three significant changes need to take place in order to bring web analytics/ intelligence in line with business management goals and objectives, namely:
- The ability to effectively segment and differentiate between website visitor groups based on each website owner's requirements, rather than treating all traffic as being equal.
- Be able to identify and track known business stakeholders' web interactions over defined periods of time, such as customers, channel partners, investors etc. Website owners need to be able to translate visits and page impressions generated into potential business value and assess this against objectives.
- Visitor interaction tracking and reporting over extended periods of time. This is a move away from visit, click and page impression counting and comparing traffic numbers month-by-month and a conscious decision to focus on the individual visitor and their interactions over extended periods of time.
Comments would be appreciated.
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One issue I've come across recently is how to use a web analytics tool to help manage PPC search costs and ROI.
The problem is that CPAs vary massively as the market for a keyword fluctuates, so you really need to be looking at PPC traffic and conversions on a daily basis. It would be nice to track a keyword click through the activity on the site and feed the cost per click into the web analytics tool so you can see the search engine traffic and order conversion real time alongside your normal site traffic.
As far as I know there are some tools where you can input manual keyword costs, but as the costs fluctuate so much that does not seem helpful for larger retailers managing thousands of keywords.


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I'll second that on Roma's. South on Campbell to the girls softball fields, turn R and then first left and first right. Look for the flag (Italian)
I go there for breakfast once or twice per week
$1.99 breakfast special is more than enough food;
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And the coffee is great
My bill was $4.00
a lot cheaper than IHOP
I totally recommend this place
I've eaten here with transplanted New Yorkers who thought it was very good and dined here with a Jewish friend who loved the matzoh ball soup as it reminded her of how her family fixed it growing up.
The pastrami sandwich is enormous and tasty. The free pickles to nibble on while waiting for the meal to arrive is also a nice touch.
I think they finally got the stench of cigarette smoke out of there. It took a few years. Not bad bar. Acoustics OK. Lot of room. Also have gotten rid of most of the trouble makers from the old days of Neon Prophet. Kitchen has surprisingly good fare. All in all I think I have to give it 5 stars.
Luke's on Speedway is the best! The staff is outgoing and friendly...and the owner, Jason is a real treat to look at too! Excellent food...will be back soon!
The carnitas are so good, melts in your mouth. The price is average for this type of place. You will not be disappointed. The previous rating of 1star is totally off base. They do not know what good food taste like
Son works his butt off to make all his meals great. He is also one funny dude..his regulars love him. His Pho, chicken or beef Bun and chicken curry are a nice addition to his regular fare of sandwiches made on his own fresh baked breads. His burger rocks also. Breakfast cant be beat with his special pancakes.
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Very good sushi. Didn't try anything else, but will definitely go back.
Inattentive and slow service combined with mediocre food that's overpriced. Phony hippy vibe is the icing on the cake for this disaster of a cafe.
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The History of Rocket Science
When was the first-ever rocket built?
- By Jimmy Stamp
- Illustration by Harry Campbell
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"Rocket science" is synonymous with intellectual complexity, but new research shows that rocketry owes its existence to baffled Chinese alchemists and a party trick that went horribly wrong.
Previous scholarship places the rocket's origins in China during the Sung dynasty (A.D. 960-1279). The first known use of the military rocket occurred in 1232 when the Chinese used fei huo tsiang (flying fire lances) against Mongols besieging the city of Kai-fung-fu.
But that weapon didn't come out of the blue, and scholars have long craved details about its development. Who invented the first rocket and the gunpowder that fueled it? Was the rocket conceived from the very beginning as a weapon? Did the Chinese master the scientific principles of combustion and propulsion centuries before the West?
To find out, Frank Winter, former curator of rockets at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and now an independent scholar, along with the museum's Michael Neufeld and Kerrie Dougherty of the Powerhouse Museum in Australia, scoured historical scholarship—a challenging task due to the ambiguous terminology for early projectiles. For instance, the term huo chien (fire arrow) was used by Chinese writers to describe both an ordinary arrow tipped with an incendiary device and a "true rocket," which Winter, Neufeld and Dougherty define as a device operating solely by self-propulsion.
The researchers discovered that the first rocket to meet this essential criterion was not, in fact, an aerial projectile but the more humble ti lao shu (ground rat), a firework made from a bamboo tube filled with gunpowder that shot about in all directions on the floor. The device first appeared in the late 12th century and was described in a book titled Ch'in yeh-yu (Rustic Tales in Eastern Ch'i). During a royal banquet in the 13th century, the wife of Emperor Li Chung was terrified when a ground rat scurried beneath her chair. The festivities abruptly ended and those responsible for the firework display were imprisoned.
Winter and his colleagues believe that Taoist alchemists had discovered the recipe for gunpowder while searching for nothing less than the formula for immortality. Viewing the natural world as an interplay of yin (passive) and yang (active) forces, they haphazardly mixed and heated yin and yang components and observed the results.
Which often blew up in their faces. Accounts from the ninth century mention singed beards and burned-down houses. Centuries of trial and error refined the gunpowder formula, and alchemists likely stumbled upon the property of propulsion. In that sense, Winter says, the alchemists didn't deliberately invent the rocket but rather witnessed its birth.
Still, the Chinese innovated. In ensuing years they crafted two-stage rockets, rocket launchers and rockets that exploded on impact. Even the ground rat found its way onto the battlefield: It spooked enemy cavalry as effectively as it frightened an empress.
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I only recently read the February 2013 issue and "The Little Bang," Jimmy Stamp's little article about the Chinese origins of rocketry. Although I am not Chinese, I have been practicing classical Chinese medicine for 13 years, and the more I work with Chinese principles, the more impressed I am with the culture's wisdom. Perhaps this explains my dismay and disappointment at the casually arrogant western and scientific bias in Stamp's article. From beginning to end, the Chinese inventors of gunpowder and rocketry are portrayed as "singe-bearded, baffled alchemists" who "haphazardly stumbled upon the property of propulsion." Yeah, and 1000 monkeys with typewriters would eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare. Just because you don't understand a system doesn't mean that there is no system. "Viewing the natural world as an interplay of yin and yang forces" has resulted in a more than 2000 year continuous history of discovery, invention and sustainable prosperity. In the same 2000+ years, western culture has given us empires that have risen and fallen, all following rational (but eventually discredited) systems including droit de signeur, slavery and genocide. At the time Chinese alchemists were spending centuries accidentally "witnessing the birth" of rocketry (and oh yeah, by the way "crafting two-stage rockets, rocket launchers and rockets that exploded on impact"), the great minds of the West were occupied with persecuting Galileo and counting the number of angels who could dance on the head of a pin. Chinese culture isn't anywhere near perfect, but westerners who persist in belittling and denigrating it because it doesn't fit their preconceived notions mostly expose their own ignorance and jingoism. Trey Casimir L.Ac. Lewisburg, PA
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This is a great article on the history of rockets! Thanks for the amazing info.
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The 1975
Indie rock
These Mancunian lads play catchy-like-the-clap, vaguely indie pop-rock that sounds like Luke from The Kooks jamming with The Big Pink and U2's The Edge. They've been phenomenally successful, gigging hard and playing increasingly huge venues – despite...
- Fri Jan 10 2014 – Sun Apr 6 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £17.50-£27
Alison Moyet
Blues, Mainstream jazz, Pop, Swing
- Critics' choice
Enduringly successful Basildon belle Moyet is still perhaps best known for her work as one half of Yazoo, despite 30 impressive years as a solo artist. She's actually much better live than on record, with her blues influences spurring her on, and the...
- Thu Apr 3 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £25-£60
The Artist - Live in Concert
Film, Attractions and museums, Things to do, Orchestral music
The Royal Albert Hall opens on New Year's Eve for the first time since 2000 to present the Academy Award-winning 'The Artist', brought dramatically to life by the London Symphony Orchestra, who'll be playing the score the live. Already got New Year's...
- Mon Dec 30 – Tue Dec 31
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £25-£65
The Artist – Live in Concert
Silent film, Things to do, Orchestral music
The London Symphony Orchestra, led by composer-pianist Ludovic Bource and conducted by Ernst Van Tiel, provide the live soundtrack to these four screenings of Michel Hazanavicius's charming blockbuster 'The Artist'.
- Mon Dec 30 – Tue Dec 31
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £25-£65
World, Folk
- Critics' choice
Renowned duo Spiers and Boden and their excellent and exhilarating folk big band (there are 11 of them!) present an uproarious, brass-fuelled, funk-jazz-folk extravaganza. They're growing more popular every year, so join them tonight for some mass singalongs...
- Sun Apr 20 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £25-£55
Charles Aznavour
Vintage and oldies, Swing
As well as having released more than a hundred records since the early '50s –he got his first break supporting Édith Piaf – octogenarian French-Armenian singer-songwriter Aznavour is the current Armenian ambassador to Switzerland. Tonight he'll be conducting...
- Sun Jun 1 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £45-£125
Chas & Dave
Categories, Pop and rock
The Rockney singalong duo celebrate 50 years in the business with a big gig. They'll play all the hits – 'Margate', 'Rabbit', 'Gertcha' and more – as well as tracks from their brand new album 'That's What Happens'.
- Fri Apr 25 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, England, SW7 2AP
- £25-£48.50
Cirque du Soleil: Quidam
West End, Circuses
Back for another January stint at the Royal Albert Hall, the behemoth that is Cirque du Soleil revive their lavish spectacular Quidam - a celebration of individuality - five years after its first London outing. Expect big, brassy acrobatics and a 15-strong...
- Sat Jan 4 2014 – Sun Feb 9 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £20+, £14 concs
Discover Masquerades
Things to do, Families
Every half term families are invited to the Royal Albert Hall for entertaining workshops on the history of performance there. This time the focus is on 142 years of balls, banquets, galas and other spectaculars, with hands-on arts and crafts sessions...
- Wed Feb 19 2014 – Thu Feb 20 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £3.50, £3.50 over-4s
Elaine Paige
Show tunes, Pop
The award-winning musical theatre actress and singer does a 'farewell tour' – don't worry, she's only retiring. With 22 albums under her belt – the latest being last year's 'Elaine Paige and Friends' – and plenty of West End classics up her sleeve, she's...
- Mon Oct 20 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £25-£75
Gary Barlow
- Critics' choice
The Barlow renaissance continues with another run of huge dates. Having taken the place of music meanie Simon Cowell at the 'X Factor' judges' table, the dapper Take That crooner returned to solo performances in 2011 and has since picked up an OBE after...
- Tue Apr 22 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, England, SW7 2AP
- £35-£125
George Benson
Jazz and experimental
Both a wondrous jazz guitarist – formerly axeman to Miles Davis amongst others – and a jazz fusion and disco icon in his own right, Benson loads up on smooth classics like 'Never Give Up On a Good Thing' and 'Give Me the Night'.
- Wed Jun 25 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £57.50-£75
Gipsy Kings
Latin jazz, Pop, Traditional music, Folk
- Critics' choice
The French kings of flamenco-edged rock – best known for office party faves like 'Bamboleo' – play their umpteenth show at the Royal Albert Hall. They've come a long way since their origins as a gypsy-style wedding band in Arles, and have returned to...
- Thu Feb 20 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £32.50-£50
Gladiator Live
Things to do
For two nights only, relive the epic drama of Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' in the stunning setting of the Royal Albert Hall with a live score. The circular structure of the venue, which opened in 1871, was based on ancient Roman amphitheatres – the setting...
- Tue May 27 2014 – Wed May 28 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £25-£65
Jake Bugg
Indie rock, Singer-songwriter, Britpop
- Critics' choice
Retro-but-refreshing 19-year-old singer-songwriter Bugg burst from his hometown of Nottingham to the top of the charts in 2012. His brand of indie country-folk mixes a Dylan-esque rasp with Miles Kane's brand of mordant Mod-rock, plus a dollop of Americana...
- Fri Feb 21 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £21
James Blunt
Pop, Singer-songwriter
The impossibly posh military officer turned singer-songwriter brings his acoustic guitar and self-consciously 'sensitive' lyrics (that mention of blow jobs on his second album rarely gets mentioned) to a London stage. Despite being widely slagged-off...
- Sat Apr 19 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £32.50-£45
James Taylor
Classic rock, Folk, Singer-songwriter
- Critics' choice
The singer-songwriter and Laurel Canyon scenester returns to London with his band, performing his smash-hit 'Fire and Rain' and more of some of the hippy era's most beautiful songs.
- Tue Oct 7 2014 – Wed Oct 8 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £40-£75
Joan Rivers – Before They Close the Lid Tour
Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent
Joan Rivers – the grande dame of stand-up – is a true living comedy legend. At 79 years old (she doesn't look it, does she? Do you think she's had some work done?), she's showing no sign of old age and her bitchy machine-gun-paced attacks on celebrity...
- Wed Oct 15 2014 – Thu Oct 16 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £tbc on sale 9am Fri Oct 11
Level 42
Categories, Pop and rock
Slap-bass master Mark King leads the latest incarnation of the blue-eyed funk boys, still featuring keyboardist Mike Lindup and nowadays with King's brother Nathan on guitar. They'll be cranking out '80s hits like 'Lessons In Love' and 'Running In The...
- Sun Oct 26 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £30-£38.50
LSO Plays the Soundtrack to 'The Artist'
Categories, Classical & Opera
The London Symphony Orchestra under Ernst van Tiel gives four live performances of the soundtrack to the highly-acclaimed silent film 'The Artist' playing the soundtrack simultaneously with a high-definition screening of the film. The soundtrack was...
- Mon Dec 30 – Tue Dec 31
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £25-£65
Michael Bolton
Pop, Soul
The demulleted '80s belter drops into London to plug his latest album, a collection of Motown covers called 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville'. He will, of course, be dropping some of his own past hits too, including 'How Am I Supposed...
- Thu May 22 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
The Coldplayish pop-rockers from Colorado with one of the worst band names around – seriously, they sound like they should be manufacturing and selling crap T-shirts and pre-distressed denim – headline another big London show.
- Thu Mar 27 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, England, SW7 2AP
- £25
Peter Andre
Buffed and bronzed women's magazine fave Andre embarks on another huge arena tour to remind us of the popstar he really is/was/thinks he is. He'll be touting his most recent album 'Angels and Demons' – his ninth. We've got our 'Team Andre' shirts ready...
- Mon Oct 6 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £28.50-£100
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Orchestral music, Prog rock
The former caped keyboardist for Yes, nowadays a professional Grumpy Old Man, brings his bombastic, orchestral prog-rock adaptation of Jules Verne's novel to the stage. The original version, recorded live at a sold-out Royal Festival Hall show in 1974,...
- Mon Apr 28 2014 – Wed Apr 30 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £50
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Pop, Latin music, Acoustic
- Critics' choice
Childhood friends Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero used to be in a thrash metal band before they moved to the seaside to hone their slinky, enjoyable, AOR-tinged take on flamenco. They're now international stars with four albums under their belts:...
- Tue May 20 2014 – Wed May 21 2014
- Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP
- £25-£45
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It was a dark Halloween night last Thursday that I found myself sat at the Albert Hall waiting for the emergence of former Led Zeppelin front-man Robert Plant. The audience were excitable in anticipation, and thankfully there was nothing gloomy about the performance. Rivalling Brain May for the best hair in rock, Plant appeared ready to have a fine time. The wonderfully gifted voice that Plant has possessed since the '60s was in fine form, having matured with age and showcasing rich tones that blended so well with the mix of rock, blues and African rhythms vibrating around the hall to much applause.
The appearance of the Gambian musician Juldeh Camara added to the layers of high quality musicianship that the band (which featured musicians from Bristol and Liverpool) had in droves. A friend had told me that he had seen Plant play on tour with Alison Krauss last year and that he looked tired and thought that he may be finding it hard to keep up. I have to say the opposite was true here; it is possible that Plant's decision to not make another album with Krauss after all their success (winning 5 Grammys for their album 'Raising Sand' as well as much acclaim)and instead pursue working on something different to keep music fresh and interesting for him seemed to be paying off. While a lot of his peers look tired and worn with their best days behind them, he looked fitter and stronger than he has in the last few years and he was flying around the stage, throwing the microphone around with ease and prowling around with an unbelievably menacing presence; and who wouldn't feel 10 feet tall with such a remarkable voice? I could have closed my eyes and believed that the man on stage was the Plant of old not a man of pensionable age. He seems to be enjoying the aging process ('I can travel for free now') as well as the music more than ever. 'This is an invigorating time for me'. Quite.
The quality of the band was obviously helping to keep him on his toes and he looked to be having the time of his life, and wonderfully, so were we. With the music ranging from old blues classics to Led Zeppelin numbers (which were met with roars of approval), it all blended in together beautifully. 'Whole Lotta Love' , 'What Is and What Should Never Be' and other classics went down a storm and Plant looked like he could continue all night. Despite finishing at 10 minutes past midnight (leaving most struggling to make the last tube home) I think we would have all quite happily stayed all night for a lock in. Greedy yes, but it truly would have been heavenly. Trick or treat? Treat definitely. A really thrilling night out.
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