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Great weekend (belated weeekend-o-blog)

Great as in really good and great as in just enormous, fitted quite a lot in. Clare was out in London Friday night, and had got a hotel so I was planning to meet her later and we'd stay over so as to have a nice Saturday there too. Work is busy as ev...

Folkestone Literary Festival Brochure - OUT NOW!

Folkestone Literary Festival 2008 - 1st to 9th NovemberIf you haven't managed to check out the programme for this year's festival online you'll be pleased to know that the brochures are now available in many locations around Folkestone and the surrou...

Some details from this week's Herald about Gate 28

According to the Folkestone Herald:It's under new ownership because Roger DeHaan sold the freehold, hmm why would he do that? I wonder if it's because Jimmy Godden has been buying up properties on the same street.The same owner owns the Gate Inn in H...

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Got my Folkestone Literary Festival tickets

We're off to talks by David Starkey and Susie Dent, and I've also ended up with one for Sandi Toksvig. Clare was meant to be going with her Mum, but they've double booked. There are more things I'm tempted to go to, but it would mean going out on a s...

Splendid weekend of comedy, food, double dinners, and everything

Great weekend. As an intro though, specifically for the people from work who mentioned they had found this page recently - at no point did I drink too much and become annoying, I am a fine upstanding member of staff. Probably you can go back to work ...

Folkestone Literary Festival 2008

Where is the lineup? www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk has nothing yet. I really should have already joined up as a friend and be running their site for them shouldn't I...Names I've heard so far include Will Self, John Hegley and a return for local lad Da...

More Terry Pratchett

That 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...

RE: David Devant top ten

Contact (1239 Listeners) Extrapolating up this must be the David Devant song that has been heard by the most peopleContact is from their third album (power words for better living). Actually this is a good single as it has a cool accoustic version of...

David Devant top ten

Just browsing last.fm to see if anyone's mentioned the David Devant gig at the 100 Club (and they haven't), but I see this top ten of their tracks most listened, by users of last.fm. Who have installed the software, that monitors what you're listenin...
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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...

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...

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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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 7.03/10 on Folkestone Gerald

RE: channelwebscene

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channelwebscene

To receive your very own free copy of the action packed, fun filled bumper summer edition of channelwebscene just click on the link below. Enjoy yourself.http://www.channelwebscene.co.ukDon't forget to share us with your friends and please beware of ...

Little Switzerland Cafe and bar

Visited Little Switzerland as we were told there was a fantastic view.We were not disappointed.Wasn't staying at the camping and caravanning site but if ever I needed that facility it would be the ideal location, beautiful views,clean and quiet. It h...
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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...

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...

Tipping etiquette

Had the day off today a day working jolly hard at home, as our new fridge freezer was being delivered. I shouldn't joke about it, the working from home I mean, but it's a running routine between Clare and myself, she works at home once a week usually...

AC/DC want YOU for their new video

Enter here for a chance to be in their new video. It's in London, on Friday. If only it was at The Leas Club in Folkestone where I already have plans to be for a friend's leaving do, I'd be THERE!...
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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...

The Pavilion Hotel

Am I right that The Pavilion Hotel was on the spot where the Burstin is now?

RE: Some old photos of Folkestone

Wonderful pics David. Love the sheep wandering around! The "then and now" website is the best place regarding old photos of Folkestone

Some old photos of Folkestone

I bought an album of photos not so long ago and these photos of Wear Bay Road and Folkestone were included in it. I thought you might like to see them and possibly pass on the the ones of Wear Bay Road to any residents of houses featured. I don't kno...
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PHREADZ podcast

Well sort of. Some of the content from Kosso's phreadz.com is also available in MP4 format, which is kind of handy for ipod video. So I'm hoping this feed will populate my ipod with the fascinating conversations these guys are having. Only some of th...

Just too late for the weekly mailout (again) Folkestone Fringe

From Folkestone Fringe:at georges house gallery:the king and I, private view friday1st august, 7pm30 years after his death, elvis presley still has a firm hold on the collective imagination and this still continues to grow as younger people discover ...

kent gigs

Touch the Earth Concert in Deal on 6th September - Pass it on!! Touch the Earth - The Sacred WheelTouch the Earth perform their new album - �The Sacred Wheel� Tickets �7 in advance and �9 on the door06 Sep 2008, 20:00 High St, Deal Town, London and...

Ceroc at Folkestone Pavilion

Having checked by calling 226229, Ceroc has not been running at the Pavilion for 2 years! I would suggest it's time you updated this error. Two years is a long time to be sending people to something that doesn't exist.I am informed nearest place for ...

RE: pink floyd tribute the relics

Thanks Tracy, nice to get feedback!

I thought they were fab too, they've come on alot in the past year and we'll definately be having them back again so watch this space!

Louis Armstrong

Folkestone pub mapplet

Heard of Mapplets? No? Used Google maps though haven't you? Wouldn't you like to add the Folkestone pub map without having to visit this site? You can! add it to your map. Now you can find a local pub (or in lots of other towns actually) from with Go...

HQ Club

Free

Islington Academy

Great band, not a good gig

Dingwalls

Album launch gig
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Alexandra Palace

plus Kings Of Leon who were OK, Travis a bit boring. VERY annoyed by the Carling-ness of it all and so we left early to get a proper drink....
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Water Rats Theatre

Have I misdated this one? I was at David Bowie this day...

Old Trafford Cricket Ground

Plus Suede and Divine Comedy. It booted it down with rain, but we had a great time.

Astoria

With Starsailor and Ryan Adams and I think Remy Zero. A Warchild benefit night, I quite literally have the t-shirt for this one mate....
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LA2

plus Inner City Unit

Water Rats Theatre

Well two of them anyway, perhaps playing as Carfax at Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception....

Goldsmiths College

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

HQ Club

David Devant

Borders Bookstore

Free instore gig, two free gigs in one day, nice

David Devant

Somewhere, can't remember where this gig was but I mentioned it on popex...

The Garage

David Devant

Astoria 2

David Devant and his Spirit Wife

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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The Wedgewood Rooms

This band were so good, too good for this world I think
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Tunbridge Wells Forum

My favourite band of the time, one of my few visits to Kent "before".

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New Cross Venue

Before I lived in New Cross, didn't really know where it was. We thought we could get a tube there (it was not running) and walked back to Waterloo after...
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Camden Falcon

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

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Santa Pod Raceway

I clearly remember David Devant and Holy Barbarians, David Bowie, Sex Pistols and Foo Fighters too I think, must have seen a lot more though......

Stanmer Park

Super Furry Animals, Kula Shaker, Menswear, Echobelly, Marion, Chumbawamba, Bis and more... missed David Devant, but I did trek there with 16 people in my bus....

Portsmouth Guildhall

David Lee Roth

Portsmouth Guildhall

�15.00

Wembley Stadium

The remaining members of Queen, Guns'n'Roses, Metallica, David Bowie, Elton John etc... not a bad lineup....

Portsmouth Guildhall

plus The Almighty. Got thrown out of downstairs for having an upstairs ticket.

Mayflower Theatre

Snuck in, and got thrown out again before the gig started. Went home, having not seen the gig.