2008-10-29UTC06:39:53The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th NovemberThe Holloways play the LCH, get tickets here. Not yet sold out, no need for ebay (yet). Support from local acts Underground Heroes and Seven Storey Down, full press release to follow.More dates nationally, at cosier venues than we get here, guess Fol... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11664/The+Holloways+play+Leas+Cliff+Hall+28th+November"><img alt="The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th November" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11664/The+Holloways+play+Leas+Cliff+Hall+28th+November">Rated 6.02/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-09-14UTC11:13:23More Terry PratchettThat signed copy of Nation is riding high at over a hundred quid today. Just having a browse around ABE Books at more Terry Pratchett, someone's selling an ex-library copy of The Light Fantastic for £500, that's what I've got. Nice to have an origina... 2008-09-10UTC12:57:10Precision engineering?Are you a major shipbuilder looking for some machine components? How about a vintage aeroplane fan who needs some custom remade components? Structural engineering components? Marine leisure industry components? No, I thought not, but I'm thinking of ... 2008-06-12UTC02:48:43Too old to rockhave my new starter at work, our industrial placement from Canterbury University for the year. He seems a nice guy, but in making conversation I asked him what he was listening to... Simply Red! Phil Collins! Robbie Williams! This guy is not even twe... 2008-05-09UTC06:08:18The three rules of vegetarian foodFrom Neil, I hope he doesn't mind me reproducing this here, it's spot on. We were discussing pies:A veggie one would be possible, were it not for the first of the "foodindustry 3 laws of vegetarian food", i.e. "don't make it any fun", so unfortunatel... 2008-05-09UTC01:35:51University Centre Folkestone Open Day Saturday 10th May 2008, 10am - 3pmHmm bit short notice to be sending this press release out isn't it? Including Finance Advice & Talks and the chance to win cinema tickets! The University Centre Folkestone offers full and part-time courses in the creative industries, including:* Pe... 2008-03-18UTC06:37:18Oops Actor Max Beesley has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over a claim that he tried to line up three women to have sex with. The 37-year-old star of TV's Hotel Babylon was not at the High Court for the settlement of his action agai... 2008-03-10UTC01:12:50Good weekend, rubbish episode of LostNice weekend, Emma was visiting, we sat about quite a lot, and went to Chambers (via a very brief look in at The Bank Bar) on the Saturday night. Did not eat out all weekend (cue "but if you don't owt you'll die!"), can't remember the last time I had... 2008-02-15UTC09:23:38Cheaper DRM free downloads from play.comAnnounced earlier this week, www.play.com have only got EMI on board so far, but that's a big chunk of the record industry. The tracks will be free of DRM so you'll be free to play them on any player and copy from computer to computer I think, also t... 2008-01-29UTC09:12:02Photo notesThis aquariam post is using the Flickr style notes, but using PhotoNotes, still seems there's no way of getting your existing notes out of Flickr.Changing the way I use my images on here, to make sure I'm not breaching Flickr's terms of service, migh... 2007-12-13UTC03:01:11RE: Something apparently "as pikey as Wilkinsons" to open in FolkestoneShop owners tend to do market research, which is why M&S closed down, why Sainsbury's in town can't sell any of their top-end lines and why we're getting a Wilko rather than a Waitrose. You can't expect a bevvy of blue-rinse bingo-bothering biddies t... 2007-12-07UTC07:58:27Magic Numbers every bit as good as I predictedOK my prediction of Morrissey joining them on stage was a complete fabrication, but we did get Bernard Butler appearing with them to perform "Love's a Game", which then medleyed on into "People Get Ready". They did another wacky ending of another of ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10740/Magic+Numbers+every+bit+as+good+as+I+predicted">Rated 5.04/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-10-21UTC05:37:18What rugby?You forgot to bless the boot didn't you... A good game anyway, and we did well to get to the final. Perhaps an iffy decision on that disallowed try, but perhaps not.A good day yesterday too, just for a change we had lunch in Wagamama in Canterbury, b... 2007-09-06UTC05:48:46Touch WoodAccording to popbitch this week, this book is written by an ex pop star. My money's on one of Kajagoogoo:What would inspire a man to give up his job? Lie to his friends? Avoid his parents? Con his girlfriend? And shell out tens of thousands of his ow... 2007-05-09UTC10:00:26Sweet titles revisitedI've replaced some code at work with sweet titles from Dustin Diaz, that I've been using here for ages - hover over most of the links, more info will probably pop up. The original author has long stopped updating this code, too many stupid comments f... 2007-04-17UTC07:07:00Live auction for a signed and numbered Harry ClarkeClarke (Harry).- Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von) Faust, one of 1000 copies signed by the artist, 22 plates, 8 colour and illustrations by Harry Clarke, original vellum-backed boards, dust-jacket, minor chipping to head of spine and corners, a fine copy,... 2007-04-02UTC01:15:55Glastonbury ticket touts FOILED!So says the BBC, the new security measures and pre-registration mean no Glastonbury tickets on ebay, nor on any of the other online ticket touts.In other music news today, EMI are to remove DRM from MP3s, you know what those TLAs mean if you need to.... 2007-01-24UTC11:00:25Jesus and Mary Chain playing festivals this yearWell, they're playing Coachella, that's in California, think it was the first one the reformed Pixies played at and also the festival that offered the Rage Against the Machine,Smiths five million dollars. Does that lineup bode well for UK festivals? ... 2007-01-10UTC01:04:46RE: Rarest and most valued of 2000AD issues!AHA! You admit it! They are worthless dust-gatherers and should be recycled forthwith. We will do it this weekend...2006-11-29UTC01:15:58I thought things looked funny from the train last nightLooking out of my window I could see lots of lorries queued up in the dark, I thought it was the entrance to the tunnel but wondered why I'd not noticed it before... Seems the M20 was closed last night, Operation Stack came into effect:Motorists were... 2006-10-10UTC06:31:07Really bad and sad news about Paul Hunter, he was only 27 and had just become a dad, should have known things were very serious when his ranking was frozen earlier this year, that's an unusual move, though we really thought and hoped he'd recover.Als... 2006-06-23UTC01:16:10Web 2.0Thinking about myspace again today, as I looked at it yesterday, there was some piece in the guardian today about how Q Magazine "hilariously" made up a band and generated a buzz about them using myspace. I am a bit out of touch with modern pop music... 2006-06-15UTC01:52:32A burgeoning local film industry?Sounds good, seen a couple of things in the paper about people making films locally, good luck with finding something locally.I (not Steve T) am still commuting daily from the West End of Folkestone into London, it's exhausting innit? I am being made... 2006-05-18UTC09:23:42Vince MartynVINCE MARTYN & THE DUSTDEVILS<br />play theCLARENDEN HOTEL DEAL SUN 21st MAY @ 3pm<br />{lunchtime session}2006-04-09UTC03:19:02RE: Thankyou popbitch :-(If that's Hinkley in Leicestershire, I cycled there once, and lunched on cold fishcakes and beans - absolutely delicious! It is where the hosiery industry started in the whole world and It is also home to a man called Michael Jackson. But not the rea... 2006-03-30UTC01:43:00OK I think it's cool nowIt wasn't really that exciting, our office was burgled. When I got in the place was crawling with cops, and then soon after the full CSI team arrived dusting for fingerprints and things. Seems we were done over while there were still people in the bu... 2006-03-28UTC10:24:38BBC fights Blue Peter badge salesBadgetastic, there are still tonnes of Blue Peter Badges on sale though, going for crazy prices - is this the ebay guerillas spoiling the auctions? Nice work!Sadly finished Nathan Barley last night, it's a brilliant series, and should be compulsory v... 2006-03-17UTC12:52:41Vince MartynVince Martyn & the dust devil's are a superb band that originate in the deal area. they play a mixture of folky,country,bluesy,reggae,swing. IT's all done with a country feel. they play in various formats from a duo [acoustic guitar& acoustic bass, 2... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/4817/Vince+Martyn">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-01-25UTC03:50:38I've got the power... oh no, I don'tSuper power outage at work today, from about 7am this morning to lunchtime, has quite thrown the rhythm of my whole day.The Arctic Monkeys are getting quite a lot of press aren't they? I don't think we've seen the like since the Oasis v Blur days of ... 2006-01-04UTC06:28:06RE: it had better be possible to watch non sony movies on itoh also meant to mention, couple of things:1. what site do you use for getting movie torrents from?2. did you read about the add-on for firefox which will integrate bittorrent into the browser?? personally, i think at first it'll revolutionise things... 2008-06-16UTC06:22:18Barflysupported by The Libertines. Two gigs in one night, think I saw either The Darkness or Neds Atomic Dustbin this day too...... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/v/115/Barfly"><img alt="Barfly" src="http://www.clarkeology.com/blog/upload/barflylondon.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/v/115/Barfly">Rated 4.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-10UTC12:40:26AstoriaTwo gigs in one night, off to a club night at the Barfly after I think, where The Darkness were playing.... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/v/95/Astoria">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-10UTC12:38:46The GarageAnd <a class="wiki" rel="tag" href="http://www.clarkeology.com/dust+junkys">Dust Junkys</a>2005-11-12UTC03:10:50Portsmouth GuildhallI saw them once more on this tour, in Reading uni / poly I think, can't find the date though...