LinksHmm, The Royal Bengal's menu advertises http://www.theroyalbengal.com but it's going nowhere at teh time of writing... http://www.barlorca.com doesn't work in this browser and didn't come up when I searched for them on the web... in MSIE it works and... LifeslideJust seen my Lifeslide, great idea, but it says nothing to me about my life... well not much. Saw The Koreans last night at the Barfly, sound a bit like the Cardigans and a bit like Supergrass. Steve Lamacq was there, not sure if this is a promising... StokefestThat website is all about looking for sponsorship, there's not a lot out there for punters in terms of lineups etc... Hank Wangford played at the Vortex on Friday, didn't know about it until we went there for breakfast yesterday though... Well recomm... Reading FestivalI think this is my first non Reading Festival bank holiday weekend in ten years, poor Cinderella left at work. Got only 3.5 days holiday left to last all year, might have a weekend in France next month, and might need some to pad around Christmas... ... Shepway Festival and Air ShowThe air show was fantastic, I've not seen a Harrier Jumpjet before, it was spooky to see it stop dead in the air, fly backwards, turn around and do a little bow to the audience. Also saw Utterly Butterly wing walkers, a Tornado, Spitfires (not just t... Glastonbury Festival TicketsAvailable now - great seatsWell that's what I've just been offered by a new Google ad... also it's a bit odd that Carling seem to have bought up a load of ads that appear when the Barfly is mentioned, linking to http://www.carlinglive.com... Chambers Beer FestivalFolkestone's finest boozatorium, The Chambers is holding an "Easter Ales Festival" over the Easter weekend (Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th April). They're planning to offer eight guest real ales, four guest ciders, and live jazz and blues every evening.T... Folkestone beer festival<strong>Beer festival</strong> was ACE!<br /><br />Done nearly half of all the beers on sale.Chambers Beer FestivalThe Chambers "Easter Ales" Beer Festival was a raging success, from the first day to the last. It seems to have taken everyone concerned slightly by surprise, but according to the landlord it will be "at least" an annual event, so here's to the next ... Remember grouphug.us, the confessional site?Now they're turning it into a <a href="http://grouphug.us/book">book.</a> <br />Folkestone Literary Festivalit's on from the Monday 20th to Saturday 25th of September, so we'll miss it all, but you shouldn't. Various venues, various times, various prices, highlights seem to me to be Clarissa Dickson-Wright, John Hegley and William Hague... see folkestoneli... Chambers Beer FestivalThere's another beer festival at Chambers over the bank holiday weekend, ace! The last one in May was a roaring success, don't miss out. Plenty of cider on tap too, get your drinking trousers ready... live bands on each night including Sick Note Blue... Folkestone, safest place in the countryFolkestone gets noticed by the national news again in this story about passive smoking... A non smoking journalist crawls some pubs and measures the levels of carbon monoxide in their bloodstream... "For some reason The Harvey's Wine Bar in Folkeston... Terry Jones tonightAnd working hard on a gift voucher system for work today, it's doing my swede in a bit, but I've just done my first successful transactions over the web, bought me a £500 gift voucher over the web, and used it to buy some stuff. Not real stuff, not a... Chambers Easter Ales FestivalChambers in assocation with The Ship Inn present their Easter Ales festival this weekend! And I'm going to miss it, DOH! It's on from Thursday 24th - Monday 28th March, and the runners and riders are as follows... Your four regular ales are Adnams So... Glastonbury Festival hit by rain"A few unlucky ones just arriving at the site this morning - some unprepared for the rain in flip-flops and shorts - faced the prospect of pitching their tents in the storm"... now what sort of fool would do that? I must put those old pictures online... ooh, get professor latin!I said I'm getting there, I've drawn the tables now too, just got to number them.Beer festivalIs there one this weekend? Beer in the evening has nothing, and Chambers seems to be quite in with them at the moment, mentioning their URL (instead of the uber loyal folkestonegerald.com), so anyone know anything? Been working hard all week and stay... V Festival tickets on sale nowThat's Radiohead and Morrissey headlining, not going myself, but if you like those bands, then why not.Pretty sure they all went in about 10 minutes so I'd try ebay if I was you...... Keith AllenTalking to everyone, he's a friendly feller.Various MembersWatching The Moldy Peaches, looking cooler than everyone else, and making girls go weak at the knees!Jason DeadBeing very enthusiastic while watching the amazing Lift To Experience and then running off somewhere at high speed before I could summon up the courage to go and speak to him.Johnny VegasSpotted by my mate in a pub. Apparently he couldn't get served because he was so pissed!Cain Dingle and Marlon from EmmerdaleHanging around in the guest area wearing silly hats and talking about Emmerdale - same thing they do every year.Keith FlintHe was MOBBED by squillions of camera and microphone weilding types, being newsworthy I suppose because he was there but not actually playing. He's much shorter up close, and also he has no hair right now. This was on the Saturday (26th August).Donna Air, Davina McColl and Gail PorterSaw them all Friday or Saturday, not really doing much, just being celebs. I think Donna Air was filming something. Have grouped them all together, as they're not really relevant to popEx. Though Donna Air was in a band called "Jellyhead" wasn't she?... David Gedge and Sally MurrellEverywhere I turned, they were there, Saturday 26th and Monday 28th August, various times, watching Angelica and Calexico amongst others.Richard HawleyMet Richard backstage at this festival where he was playing with Pulp. (Tuesday 25th July 2001)Tim BurgessHe was having a burger, it was dripping everywhere. I seen him again later performing on stageProfessor Heinz WoolfOn more than one occasion the Heath Robinson of 1980s TV has been observed heading to and from Ealing Broadway railway station, presumably because his own egg powered travelling apparatus is currently being serviced. The Heinz Woolf fans amongst you... Rory GallagherPart of the Jazz and Blues festivalPink FloydAt the Grateful Dead Caravan festival...Glastonbury 1994My first Glastonbury festival, went in my van, hard to fault the lineup on the NME stage... Blur, Pulp, Oasis, Beastie Boys, Bjork, Manics, etc. Britpop-tastic.... Easter Ales Festival12 guest ales, four guest ciders... and I'll miss it :-(Reading Festival 1999<strong>Blur</strong> headlined, not a very strong lineup I don't think. I was working mostly, and managed to lose my first mobile phone that work lent me.Reading FestivalJust went for the day, and we picked the worst day by far looks like, RHCP disappointed. I remember They Might Be Giants and Echobelly and Ginger Wildhearts playing with a broken arm.... Reading Festival 2000Placebo, Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot, Gorky's, Foo Fighters, Ween, Primal Scream, Daphne and Celeste, JJ72, SFA, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, At The Drive In...... Essential FestivalSuper 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.... Tigerplus <strong>Linoleum</strong>. Had to walk back from Southampton after being stopped with no lights on my bike, then head to Phoenix Festival the next day.Phoenix FestivalI clearly remember <strong>David Devant</strong> and <strong>Holy Barbarians</strong>, <strong>David Bowie</strong>, <strong>Sex Pistols</strong> and <strong>Foo Fighters</strong> too I think, must have seen a lot more though...Heineken Festival<strong>Kirsty MacColl</strong> and <strong>Tom Robinson</strong>. Honestly, I went to some better gigs than this.Dance CrazeFilm, part of the skabour festival.<br />1981 British documentary film about the English 2 Tone music genre.Beetle BashVW festival, think this is the one with Collapsed Lung, Reef, and The Prodigy, with Keith Flint rolling across the crowd in a big hamster ball...... Hampton Court Palace Festival - Nicola BenedettiHampton Court Palace Festival - Simply RedOctoberfestMunich... Just keeping track of when it is!Lone Star ComedyA literary festival special, featuring <strong>Robin Ince</strong>, <strong>Josie Long</strong>, MC <strong>Alistair Barrie</strong>.Folkestone Harbour FestivalEssential Music FestivalCarter USM, PWEI, Teenage Fanclub, Dodgy, The Charlatans, Gene, Lighting Seeds, Skunk Anansie, Reef. Think I was at this...Easter Ales FestivalBeer festival!Hampton Court Palace Festival - Michael BoltonHampton Court Palace Festival - Katherine JenkinsHampton Court Palace Festival - Michael BallHampton Court Palace Festival - Jools HollandL.E.D. Festival - 2 Day TicketJimmy Carr, Laughter Therapy, Edinburgh Festival FringeIsle Of Wight Festival: Weekend in Newport228.80Whitley Bay`s 1st Reggae & Ska Festival, Root One Band with Danman & BTUMBALALAIKA - YIDDISH LOVE SONGS, (KlezFest concert no. 3), Michael Alpert (New York), Shura Lipovsky (Amsterdam), Polina Shepherd (Brighton), Hilda Bronstein (London), SOAS, Yiddish, Klezmer, KlezFestEaster Ales Beer Festival!EIGHTEEN guest beers and 4 ciders, see you there...