Hey all,

Kate is still slaving away on the website layout, and probably will be for the next few weekends. Hope you like the changes to the sidebars! We’re also about to trial an “auto-excerpt” feature which will show only the start of long posts on the main page and index pages, whilst providing a “read more” link for you to click on to see the rest of the post!

Again, we’ll do our best to keep downtime to a minimum.

k x

Hello all!

You might notice a number of ugly stylistic changes over the weekend. Kate has just upgraded our Wordpress theme file, Andreas-09, to allow us to make more tweaks and customisations to the theme over the next couple of months, as detailed in this week’s Fugitive Motel Newsletter (February 13th).

We’ll try and get back to our usual scheme by close of play Sunday, and keep any downtime to a minimum!

kate {eff em} xx

The Motel knows that three videos in a week and sod all to read is a bit of a copout, but a) we’ve just written a 32-page print tome, fercryin’outloud, and b) there’s something a little different about this one. Eagle-eyed viewers will, from 0:30 to about 0:33, spot a really blurry, really short girl [...]

Just in case you’re wondering what we’ve all been up to in the past few weeks, here’s your answer. We’ve been beavering away on our print debut, the Fugitive Motel Review of the Year 2007, a 32-page behemoth in photocopied A5 charting the highlights of our first year in existence as well as talking to, [...]

It’s been a long time, but our travel section is finally launching over the weekend! Keep your eyes peeled for travel diaries from Riga, a grand day (well, more like evening) out at the dogs and some faded seaside glamour, amongst other things… Kate (Motel editor) x

Roll up, roll up, for The Fugitive Motel’s second ever showcase of live acts! We are most proud to be presenting the three hottest live bands in Manchester right now: This is how you get there: We would advise that you arrive early to avoid disappointment. Not only is the venue of a limited size, [...]

Two of our brethren here at the Good Ship Motel, Alexia Rogers-Wright and Dan Trotman, are taking part in the Morocco Hitch next week. They’re setting out on Saturday, and it should take between three and seven days. They’ll be raising money for a charity called Link Community Development, who work to help provide good [...]

Just to say many thanks to everyone who came down to the Fugitive Motel’s launch night at Scubar in central Manchester this time last week. Your presence was greatly appreciated, and the place was nearly full! Of course, we owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the bands who performed – The Search Map, [...]

You might notice one or two massive changes in our layout this weekend. I’m currently trying to modify the CSS (no, not the band) style sheet so that it’s in the site colours, and I’ll also be uploading and activating a few plugins over the weekend to help give the site more of a distinct look. [...]

This is our ‘test’ post, apparently. Hello!