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The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th November

The 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...

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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...
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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...

LONE STAR COMEDY CLUB � FRIDAY 27TH JUNE 2008 AT 7.30

Following a triumphant show on 31st May The Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton. The line up for the new show will be EARL OKIN, JAMES SHERWOOD, compere MATT PRICE and a newcomer.Earl ...
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The three rules of vegetarian food

From 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...

The Pretty Things in Folkestone

Some pictures I've just been sent, of The Pretty Things when they played at Micks' Flamenco Bar (now better known as Pipers) in 1967:That last photo was taken outside George Robey's the tobacconist a couple of doors down from the club.The next two we...

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Local Heroes and Hevy Music

Local Heroes @ The Leas Cliff HallFriday 16th NovemberTickets �10Doors at 7:00pm After a long hiatus, Folkestone�s Leas Cliff Hall will be hosting a local music night on Friday 16th November, but this time it�s different. The event, Local Heroes, wil...

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Reporting from the Lake District (being the fourth part of my two week holiday write up)

More photos up now, but here's a bit of video we did.We were originally going to go for a proper cottage for our stay in the Lake District, but I'm so glad we settled on the apartment in Keswick we originally went for. It was nice, all the mod cons, ...

History in my day

Another bright and breezy morning, just cool enough to stop me walking down town in just a t-shirt, but warm enough not to stop me walking down town at all. I headed the usual route past the courts and the DSS (all the nice scenic points), to what I�...

Who tickets

Tickets for The Who, at the Roundhouse, Camden, 29th October, doing some sort of rock opera it seems, part of a whole week of hot gigs there called BBC Electric Proms. Good work Nic P in getting tickets for Damon Albarn's thing the following day... T...

Tofts pictures

Was either of these buildings legendary Folkestone venue Tofts? I think I went to the right part of town... ...

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The perfect crime

After the fabulous treat of yesterday evening (sausage, beans and fried potatoes for tea AND two episodes of Lovejoy), this morning's long wait outside the office was probably due. No keyholder turned up for over an hour, so I couldn't get into the b...

RE: Save it for home, it's a corker

the stuff of legend!!!

Charlie's Shed - New Year's Eve

CHARLIE�S SHED continue their comeback with a gig at the Lanterns in Folkestone on New Year�s Eve, Saturday December 31st.As experimental as The Coral, but as accessible as Oasis, the band�s sound is a fusion of heavy / melodic guitars, punk dynamics...
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MATHEW PINNOCK

BUSKING IN THE STREETS OF NORWICH, I COULD NOT ADAM AND EVE IT WHAT A LEGEND IN NORWICH.THEN HE JUMPED UP ON A MANS SHOULDERS AND WALKED ROUND SHOUTING AT PEOPLE

If you have a downstairs neighbour who annoys you

Why not bid on ebay the interweb auction site, for indie legend Jim Bob to come around your house (or flat, or even maisonette) to perform 60 minutes of acetastic acoustic versions of all the Jim Bob, and Carter USM... If you win Jim Bob will perform...

I liked the content of the show, their voices and delivery style did my head in. I suppose it's one of the draw backs of podcasting, we aren't all DJ'ing legends (not like King of the Jungle Tony Blackburn!

Kapetan Michales

I think I'm going to have stop eating out in Folkestone soon - we either seem to have a comically awful meal or the restuarant closes down. I have been going to Kapetan Michales on Bouverie Road West for about 18 months and every time I have had a g...

Hack your way into the Hollwood dream

You can keep your LA motivational advisors - THIS is the real way to succeed in Lala Land...'An America Online customer service rep illicitly surfs the company's customer database, ferrets out private data on celebrity members and then hunts them dow...

The Return of the Fighting Cocks

The Legendary FIGHTING COCKS return with the launch of their long-awaited debut album "Come and See - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"LIVE!!! at BEAT CLUB, KENTISH TOWN VERGE10PM Saturday 27th March 2004plus special guests, �4 with flyerKentish To...

Pet Shop Boys / Turbonegro / Iggy Pop / Barfly

Electric Eel Shock will be DJ'ing at Club Transmission at London Barfly this Sat 6th MarchStrangely it is a sort of after show for The Pet Shops Boys back to the bars gig upstairs before hand...European Tour starts 19th March in Cork, Ireland, tour d...

All Welsh, All Safe

Tracksuited rappers Goldie Lookin' Chain have put together an all-Welsh line-up for their upcoming hometown gig at Newport's NCLA. The GLC crew, who also play gigs with The Streets and The Darkness during February, have asked Barry rockers My Red Cel...

Donny "The Legend" Osmond

The Royal Variety Performance.

RE: John Windebank

Hi John,Where do your Windebank's come from, ours are shopkeepers from Cosham,Portsmouth area ( those that I have found so far).Like Paul said in his reply most families have similar first names.I never thought to look for any other family on the Tit...

Uncle Bob's Christmas Wedding Reception, 10th Birthday Party, Centenary & Farewell!

FeaturingCELEBRITY GUEST DJ SARAH CAWOODplusvery special live guests SCHWABplusthe return of DJ Simon PriceplusResident DJs Miss JT, Billy Reeves & Hitman HearnSATURDAY 6th DECEMBER 8pm-lateatTHE WATER RATS THEATRE, Grays Inn Road, Kings Cros...

Bruce Forsyth

Hmm, cheating a bit to mention someone here when I actually saw him on the stage, doing what he does best, but, but, but... IT'S BRUCEY! The actual king of light entertainment was in the same room as us, and he wasn't even billed when we bought the t...

MJ Hibbett Tour

MJ Hibbett & The Validators are embarking on a national tour this Autumn to celebrate the huge critical success of their new album "This Is Not A Library".The album was released in July and received uniformly glowing reviews. Rolling Stone said "Hil...

Feeder re-release

Feeder are to re-release their fourth album "Comfort In Sound" on September 29th 2003. A year to the day that "Come Back Around" was released; the album will include a free bonus DVD with exclusive Feeder footage. The eight tracks will feature the fa...

Kerrang Awards

The 10th Annual Kerrang! Awards will be held this year on the 21st August 2003 at a central London location, and if I keep running press releases like this, I'm sure to be invited! This year the event will be hosted by Radio 1 presenters Colin Murray...

Rod Stewart: The Musical

I want to earn some commission thought you'd like to know about two new theatre shows in the West End, they sound GREAT!!!JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERAJerry Springer the Opera is currently the hottest ticket in London.Following unprecedented rave reviews ...

Dingwalls

This might have been the LEGENDARY album launch do, filled to the gills with free cocktails before the show. Enormous!
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