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I'm ready for my close up Mr Burton

They're STILL filming something on Manor Road, in a big old building that has "Depository" on the front, the trucks have been camped outside it for a few days now, and you can see lights and things inside. In my mind, it's Johnny Depp filming Charlie...

Maybe it's already been brought down

makelovenotspam.com seems to be down now... overpopularity, or a deliberate attack by evil hackers and spammers? If they've been the victims of a DOS attack, they're in no position to complain...

"if you haven't already had a peek, go up to the bayle and have a look at window, no 13 the bayle."

That was the advice from folkestonefringe.com, so I did.Probably not worth making a major detour for. Perhaps it changes every day though and brightens up someones walk to work, from the niceness of The Bayle into the grimness of the town centre....

Just to share some more info we already have on the site

Names don't come up when you search here, maybe I'll fix that one day, but for now remember we have two John Coles, John Cole junior born around 1800 and then his father, also called John Cole. Born some time before his son presumably... John Cole se...

Yes, Sopranos are already on the list and we have 24

We moved part way through series four and lost track of it, so we might get that too... Got lots on the list now!

Get ready to get ready to ROCK!

It's that time again, if you frequent the North London Borough of Camden you can't have failed to spot the CAMDEMONIUM posters... are you ready for it?The inner city "festival" formerly known as the Camden Crawl is ready to hit the streets on Thursda...

Cooper Temple Clause @ The Water Rats

Let's start on a downer: Their name, it is RUBBISH. There are SIX of them, that is rubbish. They are look like an indie boyband, that is rubbish. One of them (guitarist Tom Bellamy) was playing whilst sitting on the floor messing about with some mad ...

Beck; ready to ROCK!

There may be lots of rumours about the new album, and he has been playing very folky material (his own and cover versions) at recent outings, but he's ready to show us what he's made of at the Rock In Rio festival next month...Beck joins the likes of...

Are you ready to (glam) rock?

Sack Trick, are doing a not to be missed Christmas show at Camden Underworld, on the 18th of December.This is the band that I thought I halucinated, featuring a tribute to KISS and so much more - check out their site for more info...They're supported...

Are you ready to rave on?

Don't forget Manchester day at the Elbow Rooms today, it's started now...Elbow and Alpine Stars are playing there today, but most probably no old skool Manchester stars.It's promoting an CHARITY THING though, so if you're in North London, go along to...

Club Bier!

To celebrate Eurovision the legendary Club Beer "lot" (www.clubbeer.co.uk) are to host a song contest of their own. They'll be having a regular Club Beer night, then as the clock strikes eleven they'll be playing eight "classic" Club Beer songs from ...

Astrid Tour

Astrid are touring, and it started over a week ago and I forgot to post it up... still, here's the second half of the tour:☠Tues 08 May Leicester Charlotte☠Wed 09 May Ashton Under Lyme Witchwood☠Sat 12 May Cardiff Barfly☠Mon 1...

Ready to ROCK tonight???

Tonight... THE DARKNESS (and also Span, and also The Kennedy Soundtrack) are doing their NME "On" night at the Barfly (Chalk Farm Road, sort of Camden, That London) it is going to ROCK!Currently on the decks: XFM's "The Remix" Triple album of, uh, re...

Free Jacques Gig

Jacques are playing a free set tonight at Borders Bookshop tonight, 6.30pm, at the Oxford St Store... If you check out Borders website (follow the link) don't bother calling their information line, it gets about halfway through (up to the 10th of Jun...

Are you ready to RAWKKK???

Mad Metal Mothers THE DARKNESS play at the Casino Royale third birthday party tomorrow (Saturday) night, you have to see them - Neds Atomic Dustbin will kick out quite early, so don't fret, there is time to see both. And if you're not going to see Ne...

PopEx t-shirts

New PopEx t-shirts are finally ready here!There have been so many requests for more popEx t-shirts after the first batch sold out, finally they're here... These are different to the first batch in three main ways:They will not lose me an average of 5...

Magnet, monster

Says here that that's their debut EP, but Amazon has an album - Quiet and Still - up for grabs, which features a cover of one of my best songs - Dancing in the Moonlight.No, not the Toploader one, you deviant, but the Thin Lizzy track of the same nam...

Don't shoot until you see the whites of their BLOODY EYES!

Oh, that was Zulu, and this is ULU, more specifically their gig newsletter they send me...We've just had confirmation that Deptfords finest, xfm favorites and indie darlings will be gracing us with their presence on the 28th March Sjm Concerts presen...

Samaritans Part One

(Nearly) always ready to help out a fellow popExer, I'm pleased to announce that Finsbury Park's favourite record label Moshi Moshi records have a new release out, a 7" from Blue Foundation... You can have a listen before you buy, there's an MP3...

DVD Serious

An "A" DVD - if it's as packed with stuff as their gigs are packed with pogoing faux metal teens, then it's got to be worth getting. But it's not, it's not a full length DVD, it's just a bonus disk packaged with the re-released HI-FI Serious. To be f...

Are you ready to...

ROCK?!?!?Def Leppard are touring the UK in February, not stadiums (stadia?) either unfortunately not Barfly type shows, but not docklands bloody enormodome either...Newport Centre (15th Feb)Portsmouth Guildhall (17th)Wolverhampton Civic Hall (19th)Sh...

Adam Snyder

To support the release of new popex type Adam Snyder's debut single "Two Moons", he will appearing live at the following venues... He's been chosen tosupport Tom McRae on the Northern leg of his UK tour. The single is out Feb 24th and is the first si...

Serafin Barfly Residency

Serafin play a residency at the Barfly throughout July. Led by the power-blast vocals of Ben Fox Smith, the band revolve around the unquestionable talents of their frontman. Musically, they�re a sonic blast of schizophrenia, often morphing into explo...

Flaming Gigs

Flaming Lips are that latest in a long line of bands doing big tours this Autumn... a couple of dates are on sale already, namely:Bournemouth International Centre (Fri 24 Oct)Brighton Centre (Sun 2 Nov)But the rest of the dates will be up here soon.....

So, Atomic Kitten

What's that all about then? How will this affect the mighty passport: back to the bars? The power pussies are still going to play their Barfly Liverpool show - don't forget the only way you can get tickets to this intimate show is through Music Passp...

Is there already a casino?

I went past "Luxor Casino Bingo" near Tontine Street at the weekend, is it just bingo, or is it really a casino? Doesn't seem likely.Personally I wouldn't be too worried about a casino being in the area, is there any reason to be?Guessing the casino ...

RE: Is there already a casino?

exactly - Benidorm here we come. Is that really what we want for Folkestone though? On the seafront?I say stick it in the centre of town and it might bring in some idiots with money to burn - but don't put it on our seafront. What a waste that would ...

She's already one of my flickr buddies

Cheers!

You've probably already seen it, but

A guy skiing down the escalator at Angel tube station...Why was there no Youtube when we were towing each other behind the car on a bun tray?...

RE: You've probably already seen it, but

Boo, hiss, the authorities are already lambasting him for that act but are unable to prosecute

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6501897.stm

Dio

Crazy hobbit loving one time front man of Black Sabbath -Folkestone, are you READY TO ROCK???

Tony Stockwell

Psychic... is it time for me "I'm a medium" joke again already?

Roy "Chubby" Brown

Rude comedy, June next year but on sale already...

Embrace

Do we need reminding of the World Cup again already? Tickets are ON SALE NOW, 2nd of October it is then...

Black Tie New Years Eve

Until 5am, LOCALS ONLY though, no guests, so if you didn't already know about it I guess you're not going.

Stereophonics

Lawks, is it some sort of warm up? I don't like them but it's a big deal for Folkestone I suppose. Get in! Getting tickets just in case the support is good. Ooh, SOLD OUT already!

Ready Made with Highgrade Records

T in the Park 2010 in Glenrothes

T In The Park is undoubtedly one of the british festival heavyweights. If this year's line-up wasn't already strong enough, the announcement of Blur playing...

T in the Park 2010 in Glenrothes

T In The Park is undoubtedly one of the british festival heavyweights. If this year's line-up wasn't already strong enough, the announcement of Blur playing...

Royal Variety Performance 2010 in London

Ooh, pricey! Have sold some of these already at only �75 per ticket...

Bluesky Pie secret party

Bluesky PIE's Secret Parties are already legendary. What's the secret? You pay your money but you have no idea what you are going to see that night, the only clue we give you is theme of the night - QUARANTINE!In a change to our brochure (as advertis...

Ready Steady Go 60's band 7.30pm

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Unlocking the Bayle

"Unlocking the Bayle" We hope touncover some of the fascinating history of the site which stretches from the Neolithic to the Medieval. Volunteers required!ed basis. Volunteers will be fully briefed.If you have not had a look already, may I take...

Leas Lift Ale launch

Local fund raising ale, on sale already but launched at lunchtime today. See you there (as I am on holiday)

The Cure

Doing the first three albums in order in full! But we've already done our one big gig of the year, what to do???