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Radio 1 big weekend lineup

This is a free festival in Maidstone in a couple of weeks, you can register for tickets today, but please don't, it will decrease my chance of getting any:Saturday 10 May Main StageMadonna, The Fratellis, Usher, Scouting For Girls, Duffy, The Feeling...
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Meet the new boss

How bizarre to have a coronation instead of an election to decide our new prime minister. I'm not sure if Gordon Brown will make a good / bad / better / worse prime minister, but it doesn't feel right to have him ushered in in this way, it's only goi...

Magic darts

Turned on the final of the Lakeside World Championship last night while we were having tea (Sunday, so chilli), and nearly turned it right off again as it looked like a bit of an embarrassing white washing, Martin Adams bein six sets to nill up again...

Yesterday's news

BAH, wrote a huge posting, to compensate for several days of blog neglect, and Firefox only done went and crashed on me didn't it... that's literally several paragraphs of finely thought out prose that are now lost forever. I need to write an "autosa...

Weddingtastic weekender

Might mighty wedding fun at the weekend, but I'm KNACKERED now... Headed back in to London Saturday morning for the wedding of Ralph and Linda at The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA for short), just off The S...

Billy Webb's Lament

William Maurice Webb, 32, of Fareham Road, Gosport, Hampshire, is accused of killing 23-year-old barmaid Felicity Paget at her ground-floor flat in Queen's Road, The BBC has more. My Grandad always used to drink in The Five Alls, right round the corn...

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Comedy Club

Bah missed the latest comedy club this Saturday but there's a special one off for the Folkestone Literary Festival featuring the following acts: ROBIN INCE (back after appearing at the club just last June, Robin has promised to perform the best bits ...
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Bank holiday WEEKENDER!

Stop panicking everyone, I'm back, reporting on updates of the weekend... Quite literally THREE PEOPLE said on the phone that they thought something was up / I'd gone away somewhere because the site wasn't updated over the weekend. Sorry! How will yo...

Idlewild

The Idlewilds have announced a tour, visiting Folkestone on the 13th of April... they've got a new album out too, and by golly does it sound like REM... full dates are:April 20055th: Newcastle, Northumbria University6th: Liverpool, Royal Court Theatr...

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A bit of 'ush please

Nice evening out at the Cross Keys and then to the Punjab. The combo of Spitfire and curry have given me a touch of wind today, but at least I have finally asked my ushers to Ush for me on the big day. Still got plenty more to do for the wedding, acc...

Richard Branson

He walked up to the front and was ushered straight in, like he owned the place. ahem.

Timothy's Wine Bar

I have visited Timothy's Wine Bar twice now on my journeys through Folkestone and now will make a point of ensuring I go in each time. I agree with Lisa, I think you were just incredibly unlucky with your evening. I find the staff more than friendly ...

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Links for the day

A brief history of Folkestone, a new picture for my Friendster profile, a The Cure vs Usher bootleg mashup MP3, and some cool chairs.And I dropped by headphones in the toilet, time to get some new ones. Oh and Billy Bragg's beed added to the Fleadh l...

More Belle and Sebastian Tickets

Belle and Sebastian @ City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Tue 2 Dec) [info / details]Belle & Sebastian @ Astoria, London (Wed 3 Dec) [info / details]Belle & Sebastian @ Astoria, London (Thu 4 Dec) [info / details]Belle & Sebastian @ Astoria, Londo...

Belle and Sebastian tickets

Lets see if I can do the same trick I've done with The Darkness, by reposting all Belle and Sebastian dates up here as they go on sale...Belle And Sebastian @ USHER HALL, EDINBURGH (Sun 14 Dec)More tickets on my ...

Sophie Ellis Bextor

Yesterday evening, Soph was promenading with some young chap. She was looking very beautiful and now has, (shock horror) peroxide blonde hair!(This is the second time I've spotted her... the first being in a queue for a screening of 2001: a space ody...

Belle and Sebastian tour

Belle and Sebastian's official site reports a TOUR! This is QUITE EXCITING!They play:April 1st Edinburgh Usher Hall April 2nd Manchester ApolloApril 3rd London Brixton AcademyClick here to get your tickets!If it sells out in the next five minutes I'l...

Phwooar, 126,918 clicks...

PopEx continues to rise, over 120,000 page impressions yesterday, and only about 10% of those page impressions are down to the new "refreshing" frames of the control panel - http://www.popex.com/control/ - as it's not really been promoted yet...There...

TV Tonight

ITV tonight, about 11.30, sees the first episode of new music show "The Base"...This is going to have live bands, playing live, as well as all the usual stuff...Tonight's live performance will be Muse doing a cover of Nina Simone's "Feeling Good", In...

The Wedgewood Rooms

Strangelove, Powder, Pusherman and Elcka. I hope I can find some better tickets than this!...
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