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Folkestone fringe

at the leas lift, curated by club shepway:this saturday and sunday cathy lomax and alex michon present l'estranger:where paranoid plup fiction drives out fact...a dishevelled young stranger arrives at a coastal town. his clothes are strange and his f...

Lone Star Comedy returns on Saturday September 27th

The Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton � on Saturday September 27th.The line up consists of THE AMAZING MR SMITH, SHELAGH MARTIN, compere TIERNAN DOUIEB, plus a newcomer�s act. THE AMA...
Rated 4.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Apothecary cabinet strangeness in Surrey

You will of course remember this cabinet that I bigged up recently, it was listed for �100 and I put in a few bids for it, as I liked it and it's full price would be over two grand and it matches what we've got. It sold in the end for �545 to someone...

The plot of a Christopher Brookmyre book

OK so this story doesn't have a plot that we know of so far, but each bit of information that's eeked out of nowhere by the press leads the imagination in different directions, like a good book. Of course, this is not a book, these are people's lives...

Folkestone camera club

Folkestone Camera Club starts it's new season on Monday 1st September with a Welcome Evening for any potential new members coming along.There will be several displays showing our work and explaining what we do each week and at our monthly practical e...

So it's true then

Gary Glitter has been hiding out near Fareham......

FAREWELL LEAS GIG FOR BATTLESKA GALACTICA

BATTLESKA GALACTICA play their farwell gig at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone on Saturday September 6th which also doubles up as a CD release party!The "That Is Really All" show also features LOS SALVADORES, TAR and TWICE THE SIZE.Energetic skacore...

Rated 3.63/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Quiet here...

Computer still dead, so not updating much. Got the installation disks and tried to recover the boot record, but no joy. Recovery looked like it was working, so I don't know that the whole disk is dead, but I've bought a new hard drive anyway, will t...

Sandbanks Restaurant, The Pavilion, Wear Bay Road - Sat 23rd Aug

I haven't written one of these reviews for a while and, to be honest, I wondered whether I ever would again. There are only so many times you can be bothered to write something about crap food served by people who don't give a damn about good food o...
Rated 6.38/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Sandbanks menu

Been sent the Sandbanks restaurant (fancy new restaurant at the Pavilion) menu, so here you go. Sounds ambitious but is apparently great, review to follow.STARTERS Creamed Sweetcorn Soup with a Poached Hen EggFour Pounds Ninety Pence Carpaccio of ...
Rated 6.38/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Got a sword and a beard? Want to be in Justin Hawkins' new video?

I wouldn't have thought people needed much encouragement to take a weapon along to a Justin Hawkins performance really. Not sure I can make this, but would you like to be in the ex The Darkness frontman's new video?I have been asked to supply big bea...

My computer is dead!

Bah, turned it on today and I'm getting the blue screen of death with a unmountable_boot_volume error. Thought at first it was the backup drive or an IPOD plugged in, but no, it's the one and only hard drive that is knackered. Apparently I might be a...

Drinking and driving

A ten man bike powered mobile bar. Looks like something they built on Scrapheap Challenge recently:From www.pubcrawler.uk.com...

Attack of the Clones

I like this!Via kosso.wordpress.com....

It's Fareham, it's a squirrel, it must be the Daily Mail

A squirrel carrying a coconut.UPDATE: The Sun has it too. I don't read either of these papers, but The Guardian news podcast seems to have missed it......

Wahey, stranger!

Found your blog, via facebook recently. Did I leave a message? I meant to. Hope you are well.

RE: Was easy to get it online

Get Mario Kart.

Obvioulsy there is the finely tuned driving experience, but really its the complete delight of throwing things at people and knocking them over.

George Inn (Rye) August newsletter

This month we're delighted to announce the launch of 'the george dragons', the new privilege card from The George in Rye. Become a dragon, and you'll get exclusive monthly discounts and offers that you can take advantage of as many times as you like....

Folkestone Fringe update, actually in time for the mailout this week!

at the leas lift, curated by club shepway:on wednesday 20th and thursday 21st aether flyer play the leas liftaether flyer are still alive thanks to a scientific experiment gone bizarrely wrong, and exactly eighty years on, with an exhibit of their mu...

RE: We got Wii!

Cool, I got a Wii a few weeks ago and now I don't know how I survived without it. The little thing is grate for after-pub parties and social drinking. Not to mention thrashing out the day's accumulated frustration.

The Death of Twitter

Last Bus Home has the details. I hope it's true, I'm glad, can't be doing with it at all myself. I think I said before, it seems to me like someone thought blogging was a bit of a hassle, having to think of something to say and then saying it, if onl...

RE: Vanished businesses

Feltonfleet moved to Cobham, Surrey after moving from Folkestone and pupils were evacuated during the war to Perrott Hill in Crewkerne, Somerset. After the war, the school moved back to the existing site in Surrey and is very much thriving now as a ...

How did we miss this anniversary?

Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the world's first beauty contest, held in Folkestone, on the pier.More in the history department....

This weekend's Folkestone Fringe events

friday night at the folkestone fringe, invites you to two previews:at the cube gallery, tontine street:new work by andy tuohypreview starts at 6 - 8.30 pmall welcome to see a continuation of some of the poster modern work seen earlier in the yearat g...

Speaking of tipping, see what tipped over

This tree tipped up in the high winds I guess:That's the terrace / smoking area of The Bank Bar under that tree, don't suppose there was anyone sat out there with today's weather anyway. This looked fresh, it must have only just happened. Snapped tod...

Rated 7.88/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Was easy to get it online

We just have Wii sports but I got the web browser too. I think Clare will get Wii Fit as soon as possible.Very easy getting it online, it's got wifi built in, it picked up on all the networks in the building. It's not easy typing in passwords and add...

RE: We got Wii!

Hey Pauly,

We just got a Wii as well! First proper session tonight. Will try and get it online too. We have Mariokart and Wii Fit.

Catchyalater

Commanderfish

We got Wii!

Clare's in now and I have given her our anniversary present, a Nintendo Wii.So look out for us on the Wii networks.Off to Escondido for dinner....

Rated 7.35/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Hot Leg Review - first Hot Leg Review EVER?

Was as we expected, maybe hotter, certainly smellier than I would have liked. We spent the evening secretly wishing they would play some songs that we knew - not necessarily Darkness songs, but maybe some cheeky covers, tipping their hat to their ref...

Hot Leg tonight

Hot Leg tonight at Proud Galleries, Camden, That London. Bit concerned about it really, got to leg it out of work at a pretty busy time for us, lots on at the moment. Leaving a little early anyway, train to London, hurriedly catch up with friends tha...

Portsmouth Guildhall

Festival in Guildhall Square, Firework Party, The Rubber Bishops (Bill Bailey + Kevin Eldon, Midway Still, Alan Parker, Moonshake, Atilla The Stockbroker, Eat, Back To The Planet, Mega City Four, [[Trevor & Simo...

Leas Cliff Hall

Carl Barat of The Libertines, and his new band, they're very good... Plus Hot Club de Paris and Mando Diao. Hey, we went to this one!...

Rated 3.63/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Brixton Academy

Their annual christmas outing, with Shane McGowan and everything

Mean Fiddler

plus Lockdown Project.

Forum

Celeb-tastic, we were sat just a couple of rows behind Stephen Fry.
Rated 2.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Earls Court

Mothers day present for Mum and Clare's mum, we went with them and Dad and Emma. Jim missed out as he has been to more gigs with us...
Rated 1.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

93 Feet East

BANG Magazine launch party, free booze! Plus another band, was it The Libertines again?

Royal Festival Hall

plus My Morning Jacket, but I don't think we saw them.
Rated 5.78/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Islington Academy

XFM Xmas party, watched support act The Darkness then went mad on free cocktails, don't remember the headliners.

Royal Festival Hall

Arthur Lee, magic. Hmm, did we go in 2002 or 2003?
Rated 5.78/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Mean Fiddler

Pissed down with rain.[quote]Crystal, Transmission, Regret, Ceremony, 60 Miles An Hour, Atmosphere, Brutal, Close Range, She's Lost Control, Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, Temptation, Love Will Tear Us Apart, (Encore) Digital (with John Simm), Bl...

Saint

The party to raise some money for popbitch - putting it here as a gig as I met John Deacon that day, I just found an autographed receipt in with my tickets...

Astoria

NME Brats show, plus Rocket From The Crypt, Peaches, and The Strokes, yes I did see them......
Rated 5.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Goldsmiths College

A great gig, just round the corner from where I was living. Cheap booze and accompanying art exhibition.

Barfly

Before I worked there, I think there were bands. THIS is why I left the Wonderstuff early, doh... There was a ruckus and the police sent us all home.

Rated 4.71/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Kings College

Some special Radio One thing, got a nice freebie from friends I was about to start working with at Channelfly. Green Day picked some kids out of the audience and made them play a song.

Wyndhams Theatre

A play, a birthday treat, long running, had Art Malik in it and it was Frank Skinner's first night....

Camber Sands

Belle and Sebastian etc, the forerunner to All Tomorrow's Parties. Got very drunk....
Rated 5.19/10 on Folkestone Gerald

The Lyceum Theatre

Fairly bland sets of Tony Ferrino and possibly Alan Partridge, but warm up came from Simon Pegg.

Electric Ballroom

Tonight's venue is crammed with indie's brightest and best, all happily expectant according to the review in the Independent, that's me in particular to which they were referring......
Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Astoria

plus Idlewild, Scott 4, and Unbelievable Truth - unbelievably SHIT more like. Thom Yorke's brother's band. Part of NME Brats week....
Rated 5.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Camden Falcon

I bootlegged this gig, the audio's complete with a trip to the toilet part way through...

Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Reading Festival

My first gig with nme.com, I started work there that weekend. I left part way through the worst ever Stone Roses performance (OK, the only time I saw them)....

The Wedgewood Rooms

Part of the ace monthly cabaret night
Rated 4.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Stanmer Park

Carter USM, PWEI, Teenage Fanclub, Dodgy, The Charlatans, Gene, Lighting Seeds, Skunk Anansie, Reef. Think I was at this...

Reading Festival

Just went for the day, and we picked the worst day by far looks like, RHCP disappointed. I remember They Might Be Giants and Echbelly and Ginger Wildhearts playing with a broken arm.

Castle Donington

Aerosmith, who I hardly even remember. Not a great lineup, though the biggest one ever. I enjoyed Wildhearts and Terrorvision....

The Wedgewood Rooms

Caberet possibly, with Martin Coyote and Paul B Edwards
Rated 4.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Portsmouth Pyramids

plus Baby Chaos
Rated 3.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

The Wedgewood Rooms

plus Annie Hates Cordial and Savage Henry. Local!
Rated 4.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald