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KISS plus Rage Against The Machine, Skunk Anansie, Thunder and Three Colours Red and L7. Got freebies from the NME and drank all the money I saved. Kind of lost it about five songs in and ended up in Covent Garden. Finsbury Park London Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 7NT [Saturday 5 July 1997]

Presidents of the United States of America Soho Live, plus 3 Colours Red and Imperial Teen. Mean Fiddler 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 0EN [Thursday 14 November 1996]

Bottom Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, the first of the Bottom tours... Portsmouth Guildhall Portsmouth [Tuesday 25 May 1993]

Iron Maiden Was on a training course in Hounslow, turned up too late for support band Wolfsbane, and anyway we had no tickets, but got given some by someone outside, I am sure it was Tommy Vance. Apparently we saw Jonathon King there too. Hammersmith Odeon Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH 020 8563 3800 [Thursday 18 October 1990]

Grand Theft Auto nothing to do with the game, or the ex 3 Colours Red band of this name, was some popexers, at an event called Peep Show. No not that Peep Show either. The Vibe Bar 91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL [Wednesday 7 March 2001]

The Cure / NME Big Gig Interesting slating of last year's event here, but we will still go... SOLD OUT now, of course get tickets here... O2 Arena Peninsula Square, Greenwich, London SE10 0DX [Thursday 26 February 2009]

Brat Bus tour Geneva, Tiger, Symposium, and Three Colours Red:
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Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Sunday 27 July 1997]

Ooberman get HEAVY Ooberman release an MP3 only single today, due to be withdrawn within 24 hours... [Tuesday 4 July 2000]

Oops UPS-side yer head... Sorry the site was down for two hours, there was a power failure in the Black Sabbath area... [Tuesday 29 August 2000]

Day of no news Stop worrying about shares and treat yourself; it's the weekend... [Saturday 9 September 2000]

Have a nice weekend Here are my plans, show me yours... [Friday 6 October 2000]

Got the Camdemonium tickets And there are barely SEVENTY FIVE HOURS TO GO! [Monday 16 October 2000]

mark little(joe mangle from neighbours) palace nightclub aberdeen [Tuesday 17 October 2000]

Ours or Arse? Win a copy of "Between The Gutter and the Stars"... [Thursday 2 November 2000]

PopBitch NOT to be closed down Disconcerting rumours abound... [Thursday 2 November 2000]

Joe Mangel off Neighbours AND 'Big' Ron Atkinson Cambridge [Tuesday 28 November 2000]

Go Westlife! Westlife are the bookies choice, but how about yours? [Monday 4 December 2000]

Billy off Neighbours Breacan,Wales [Friday 15 December 2000]

Bad Boy Beat By Builder Bob Rumours of his death failed to boost sales in time... [Monday 18 December 2000]

Go on, treat yourself Get ringtones from popEx [Thursday 8 March 2001]

Win a MP3 player! Go on, have it, it's yours... [Tuesday 3 July 2001]

Paul McCartney goes down on one knee Macca does the deed... PROPOSES of course... [Friday 27 July 2001]

3 Colours: Back Three Colours Red have reformed... [Tuesday 2 April 2002]

The rumours were true... Bowie's doing another gig! [Tuesday 7 May 2002]

Weekend Gigs A full and fruity weekend ahead for me, how about yourselves? [Wednesday 3 July 2002]

One of Three Colours Red IN MY OFFICE NOW! [Tuesday 12 August 2003]

OVER 2 1/2 HOURS OF REEF!!! Would you like this new Reef DVD? [Tuesday 19 August 2003]

Back on course [Wednesday 3 September 2003]

Calling all favours, calling all favours Oh no, another gig I must go to... [Thursday 23 October 2003]

Michael Jackson rumours [Thursday 20 November 2003]

Folkestone, you have embarrassed yourself GLC + Darkness Review [Tuesday 10 February 2004]

Quizno's singing rats [Friday 27 February 2004]

RE: Quizno's singing rats [Wednesday 17 March 2004]

Spongmonkeys [Thursday 18 March 2004]

That's a closeup of a merkin [Wednesday 28 April 2004]

they're big in Japan (of course) [Wednesday 28 April 2004]

but... [Wednesday 28 April 2004]

ABSOLUTELY! [Wednesday 28 April 2004]

Hip hop nation question yourself [Tuesday 18 May 2004]

So what's happened to London By London? [Friday 16 July 2004]

Of course... [Saturday 17 July 2004]

New IPOD [Monday 19 July 2004]

that's all very well but here's keira knightley naked [Monday 19 July 2004]

Did you screen grab that yourself? [Monday 19 July 2004]

a "friend" screengrabbed [Monday 19 July 2004]

not on your nelly [Monday 19 July 2004]

No - it's real [Monday 19 July 2004]

Ah, everyone (including me) linked to the wrong article [Monday 19 July 2004]

Driving the neighbours away [Monday 9 August 2004]

New neighbours [Thursday 9 September 2004]

Loyd Grossman [Wednesday 6 October 2004]

You're too hard on yourself! [Thursday 7 October 2004]

*this close* [Monday 11 October 2004]

Sat on the next table to him [Thursday 14 October 2004]

How To Steal Wi-Fi - And how to keep the neighbors from stealing yours. By Paul Boutin [Tuesday 22 February 2005]

Firefox Help: Keyboard Shortcuts [Tuesday 22 February 2005]

The KISS Podcast [Tuesday 12 April 2005]

yay blogcast! [Wednesday 13 April 2005]

Of course I have an RSS feed [Wednesday 13 April 2005]

Restored to full health, and wealth, beside the sea [Monday 9 May 2005]

We made the right call! [Monday 9 May 2005]

something made your message vanish Mick [Tuesday 10 May 2005]

I love Folky [Tuesday 10 May 2005]

Wish I'd got in sooner [Wednesday 11 May 2005]

Stoney! [Thursday 12 May 2005]

Yeah 'stoney isn't perfect [Friday 13 May 2005]

F...... [Friday 13 May 2005]

Best Gigs Ever [Wednesday 8 June 2005]

OMG, Wolfsbane... they were FAB!! [Wednesday 8 June 2005]

Oh and.... [Wednesday 8 June 2005]

not asking for your name? [Wednesday 8 June 2005]

Repetition [Wednesday 8 June 2005]

of course [Wednesday 8 June 2005]

It was just too good a post to waste [Wednesday 8 June 2005]

Don't be shy! [Wednesday 8 June 2005]

Stage dive? [Thursday 9 June 2005]

We're BACK! [Tuesday 16 August 2005]

Congrats!! [Tuesday 16 August 2005]

Nice one matey, it looks like you had a splendid day. I especially liked this photo:

congratulations from The Fighting Cocks [Tuesday 16 August 2005]

Bo! [Wednesday 17 August 2005]

Don't my hands look big though? [Wednesday 17 August 2005]

It was SUCH a fab day [Wednesday 17 August 2005]

congrats from ME [Wednesday 17 August 2005]

No, hired the suits from Canterbury [Wednesday 17 August 2005]

that's a really good setting [Thursday 18 August 2005]

you should cancel yours and just use theirs! [Thursday 18 August 2005]

Traversing the HTML Table with JavaScript and DOM interfaces [Tuesday 22 November 2005]

Moody lighting [Tuesday 24 January 2006]

RE: Moody lighting [Tuesday 24 January 2006]

Cheers, reassuring [Tuesday 24 January 2006]

RE: Moody lighting [Wednesday 25 January 2006]

John Lewis, start saving [Thursday 26 January 2006]

RE: John Lewis, start saving [Saturday 28 January 2006]

Aha, of course, just got about four Andy's checking in [Saturday 28 January 2006]

The Wireless Music Player: Do-it-yourself remotely managed music player [Friday 17 February 2006]

Jimi Hendrix 1966 [Sunday 19 March 2006]

Heard any rumours about Jimi Hendrix playing anywhere else in the area? [Thursday 23 March 2006]

The perfect crime [Friday 7 April 2006]

RE: The perfect crime [Sunday 9 April 2006]

RE: The perfect crime [Sunday 9 April 2006]

RE: Restored to full health, and wealth, beside the sea [Tuesday 9 May 2006]

Yours was the first comment for this post! [Wednesday 10 May 2006]

Hmm, no it wasn't, where are they all? [Wednesday 10 May 2006]

RE: Hmm, no it wasn't, where are they all? [Wednesday 10 May 2006]

Someone posted a reply, and then it got deleted [Wednesday 10 May 2006]

Not much to say for a few days [Wednesday 12 July 2006]

I've done a bit of video stuff [Wednesday 12 July 2006]

That's brilliant, of course, the line in is what I wanted [Wednesday 12 July 2006]

Good luck ! [Wednesday 12 July 2006]

Oh yeah, just realised [Thursday 13 July 2006]

The TV card is DVB-T and analogue [Thursday 13 July 2006]

You know I said there was no-where to log-in? [Thursday 13 July 2006]

bizarre, cheers for that [Friday 14 July 2006]

Testing [Friday 14 July 2006]

Did it work? [Friday 14 July 2006]

Harry Clarke watercolours [Thursday 19 October 2006]

Tom is in my extended network [Monday 18 December 2006]

RE: Tom is in my extended network [Monday 18 December 2006]

RE: Tom is in my extended network [Monday 18 December 2006]

I could murder some birds [Tuesday 19 December 2006]

Of course [Tuesday 19 December 2006]

good managing agent in folkestone [Wednesday 3 January 2007]

ours is just ten flats [Wednesday 3 January 2007]

RE: ours is just ten flats [Thursday 18 January 2007]

I've not had to do anything since I've been here [Friday 19 January 2007]

So here's the Guardian story THE MAN couldn't hush up [Tuesday 6 March 2007]

RE: So here's the Guardian story THE MAN couldn't hush up [Wednesday 7 March 2007]

The BBC's non commercial (ha) so they've not missed out on anything [Wednesday 7 March 2007]

Well of course they're on youtube [Thursday 29 March 2007]

Site's been away for a few hours The blog is back, dressed in black... [Friday 21 September 2007]

Kent TV vs Your Kent TV [Tuesday 6 November 2007]

[Crystal maze themed headline here] [Tuesday 22 January 2008]

RE: Jimi Hendrix 1966 [Saturday 1 March 2008]

THE Brian Wilson? [Saturday 1 March 2008]

Ever feel lacking in skills? [Wednesday 5 March 2008]

RE: Ever feel lacking in skills? [Wednesday 5 March 2008]

Should everything be a black box though? And WHY can't you fix my IPAQ? [Wednesday 5 March 2008]

RE: Should everything be a black box though? And WHY can't you fix my IPAQ? [Thursday 6 March 2008]

YOU could learn to fix it yourself! [Thursday 6 March 2008]

RE: YOU could learn to fix it yourself! [Friday 7 March 2008]

There you go, who says degrees are not worth the paper they're written on? [Friday 7 March 2008]

Useful tips for guitar beginners! [Thursday 29 May 2008]

Stop moaning about sore fingers, call yourself a man? [Thursday 29 May 2008]

It's not cheating, it's perfectly valid [Thursday 29 May 2008]

did your spell checker kick in there? [Friday 30 May 2008]

An opportunity to learn @ the University Centre Folkestone for free! [Sunday 15 June 2008]

Ew, I used to drink Carlsberg Export! [Saturday 25 October 2008]

Clare's hotpot recipe [Friday 21 November 2008]

RE: Clare's hotpot recipe [Sunday 23 November 2008]

You could OF COURSE replace the soya mince and water with any disgusting offal of your choice... [Sunday 23 November 2008]

This is probably the worst social club i have ever been in and ive been in hundreds over the years.its filthy inside and out the staff are very ver... [Wednesday 7 January 2009]

RE: [Thursday 8 January 2009]

got lots of non folkestone venues on here [Thursday 8 January 2009]

in your opinion of course, anonymous contributor [Thursday 8 January 2009]

Free calls to the USA Get free calls to the USA, and maybe earn yourself a prize in some mad pyramid scheme too... [Tuesday 3 February 2009]

Of course it's not taxed! [Saturday 21 February 2009]

RE: Of course it's not taxed! [Saturday 21 February 2009]

Two Dine for £10 (two courses plus glass of wine). [Monday 16 March 2009]

Fragile [Wednesday 15 April 2009]

RE: Fragile [Thursday 16 April 2009]

replied to yourself there didn't you? [Thursday 16 April 2009]

Gail Olding Exhibition at George's House Gallery 1st May - 13th. Free of course [Tuesday 28 April 2009]

Sponsored skate No of course not me, but some friends for the National Autistic Society [Thursday 30 April 2009]

Updating my gigography Trail of Dead and Snow Patrol gig was at ULU, of course. [Monday 18 May 2009]

Got a spare couple of hours to myself! Should I sleep, or computer..? [Friday 12 June 2009]

WEIRD sleep pattern last night... 7 hours in one go, wish it had been AFTER my night feed not before. [Wednesday 22 July 2009]

Woohoo eight hours sleep! [Friday 14 August 2009]

Eurotunnel FAIL Passengers stuck for hours in tunnel [Thursday 27 August 2009]

A brace of chairs! Habitat Radius of course, £100 collect from St Albans. Morning all! [Friday 18 September 2009]

Sarah Palin autographed xbox Yours for only $1.1M... cheers http://bit.ly/2PeVUD [Tuesday 6 October 2009]

Twelve hours plus uninterrupted sleep (Harry, not me) [Monday 21 December 2009]

Day 2 of clean and healthy living already, this is easy No booze for more than 24 hours now, go me. Happy new year from the blog. [Saturday 2 January 2010]

"Rumours are circulating that a Suede, sans Bernard, reunion and Albert Hall gig are about to be announced" via [Thursday 14 January 2010]

Flat in our block for sale for a lot less than ours Got a third viewing lined up... [Friday 19 February 2010]

Boing Spring appears to have sprung! [Tuesday 16 March 2010]

RE: Boing [Friday 19 March 2010]

yes, no beef or tomato in it at all [Friday 19 March 2010]

Ah of course I can go to the pub this weekend Chambers beer festival and quiz! [Tuesday 30 March 2010]

Bar Vasa closing... again? I heard this rumour today, anyone else? [Thursday 22 July 2010]

RE: Bar Vasa closing... again? [Saturday 24 July 2010]

Latest Vasa rumours [Wednesday 25 August 2010]

RE: Bar Vasa closing... again? [Tuesday 31 August 2010]

Is that Vasa or Vassa? Are they the same place? Speaking of Bar Vasa rumours... [Tuesday 31 August 2010]

RE: Bar Vasa closing... again? [Friday 3 September 2010]

buisness as uaual [Friday 3 September 2010]

Semi fiascous weekend Is it worth adding a "precis" now I am not reposting to twitter? [Monday 6 September 2010]

Has The Harbour been renamed The True Brit? [Wednesday 26 January 2011]

George SHERWOOD [Saturday 29 January 2011]

RE: George SHERWOOD ours was born in 1887 that's about all I know... [Monday 31 January 2011]

RE: Has The Harbour been renamed The True Brit? [Thursday 17 February 2011]

RE: Has The Harbour been renamed The True Brit? [Tuesday 22 February 2011]

Interesting rumour about Noel Gallagher! Always seems to be someone moving to Sandgate... [Tuesday 22 February 2011]

RE: Interesting rumour about Noel Gallagher! [Wednesday 23 February 2011]

Any celebrity neighbours add a little something to the area [Wednesday 23 February 2011]

My celebrity life, and my celebrity friends and neighbours Noel Gallagher rumoured to be moving to Sandgate [Thursday 24 February 2011]

Laura Ashley Milton buy it now bargain £225 Get a lovely table like ours for less than we paid [Sunday 20 March 2011]

Treat yourself to a Habitat Radius dressing table while you still can [Thursday 14 July 2011]

RE: Laura Ashley Milton buy it now bargain GBP225 [Sunday 19 February 2012]

Not me sellling the Laura Ashley Milton console table [Monday 20 February 2012]

Star Wars day at Chambers on May 4th (of course) [Thursday 12 April 2012]

Paul Clarke's blog - I live and work near Folkestone. Married to Clare and father to Harry, I am a web dev, and I like javascript, PHP, Folkestone Gerald, pubs, restaurants, history, genealogy, TV, music, popbitch, squirrels, pirates ☠, time travel, stained glass...