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I played at Mick's Flamenco in June July or august 1967 !!

An email from Brian:I played at Mick's Flamenco in June July or august 1967 !!Does anyone know of any posters/handbills/archive recordsThe band was called the Honey Band and we did a lot of Eddie Floyd / Bobby Bland / Jackie Wilson / Wilson Pickett ...

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Lone Star Comedy moves to the Tower Theatre

The Lone Star Comedy Club returns at a new venue � The Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe in Cheriton, near Folkestone � on Saturday May 31st with MITCH BENN, MICHAEL FABBRI, compere MAFF BROWN and a newcomer�s act.Now the home of FHODS, the ...
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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 Smiths and The Stone Roses, live in Folkestone!

Andy Rourke (of the Smiths) joined Ian Brown (of the Stone Roses live on stage at the Leas Cliff Hall last night by all accounts (I think I first read this on kentnews.co.uk, but it's gone now). Also, someone got chucked out. Was it you?...

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Ian Brown's coming to Folkestone

Tour starts in September, Ian Brown, yes the former Stone Roses front man, gigs in Folkestone at the end of October. Full dates are:Newcastle Academy (September 27)Hull City Hall (28)Sheffield Octagon (29)Middlesbrough Town Hall (October 1)Lincoln En...

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A very telling slip up from The Times

From the popbitch forum, The Times made a bit of a freudian in their reporting of "The Publicity Code" court case. Originally the article said"Brown, notoriously publicity-shy, travelled from his home in New Hampshire to give publicity on behalf of R...

BBC fights Blue Peter badge sales

Badgetastic, there are still tonnes of Blue Peter Badges on sale though, going for crazy prices - is this the ebay guerillas spoiling the auctions? Nice work!Sadly finished Nathan Barley last night, it's a brilliant series, and should be compulsory v...

Latest popex ticket sales

Affiliate sales have perked up a bit this month, here are the top twenty sellers through popex this month:Foo Fighters (beating second place by 5:1)Red Hot Chili PeppersThe Mighty Boosh (the first of the Folkestone connection, one I plugged a lot on ...

Ian Brown

I just saw the original monkey boy walking down Poland Street with a lady friend. When I got up close and realised it was him my jaw dropped, i turned round to look at him as I walked on by and having noticed that I knew who he was he turned around ...

Ian Brown

Sitting in the park on a bench, was a bit whiffy

Timothy's Wine Bar

Folkestone is in danger of becoming a culinary wasteland. Sure, it has the usual collection of OKish Chinese, Indian and Pasta / Pizza joints. But, with the exception of the cosy Kapetan Michales, you have to go to Sandgate or Hythe to get a half-d...

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Gonga

Listening to Gonga right now, just been given an album. Good stuff, sounds mostly Black Sabbath, but with a really faded down and slightly american-slacker Ian Brown type vocal....

Viva Las Vegas

I have been in that Las Vegas, nice place, shame about the food, for me anyway. Had a nice grilled vege sub from Quizno's on the way home, but apart from that it's not the best place for a vegan. Breakfast was fried potato and spicy tomato sauce, mor...

Manics play Brixton, tickets here!

The Manic Street Preachers have added Brixton Academy to their winter "Greatest Hits" tour, and play there on the 8th of December click here for tickets... Ian Brown's not at this show, but Kinesis are...I saw the Manics at Brixton a few years back, ...

A new appreciation for Ian Brown

John Squire's debut solo album is out on Monday, brace yourself, he is taking a turn on the vocals... He works his way through stars-in-their-eyes versions of David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Axl Rose, Kelly Jones and Brian and Michael (you know who they are,...

Glastonbury, Sold Out!

Ooh, Glastonbury has sold out... anyone know where there are more tickets? Wayahead have none now. Isn't the lineup supposed to be confirmd when all the tickets are gone? Oh, apparently Ticketweb have none either. Anyway, thisis the lineup, as swiped...

Oasis for T In The Park

Oasis are playing T In The Park, which is on the 13th and 14th of July... Get your tickets before the 14th of April to qualify for a discount...Other bands confirmed to appear so far include A, Badly Drawn Boy, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Gomez, Hav...

T In The Park

T In The Park has been confirmed for the 13th and 14th of July... Get your tickets before the 14th of April to qualify for a discount...Bands confirmed to appear so far include A, Badly Drawn Boy, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Gomez, Haven, Slam, Star...

Ian Brown Tour

Lllloads of dates from King Monkey:Brixton Academy, London(Fri 23 Nov)[info / details]Apollo Theatre, Manchester(Sat 24 Nov)[info / details]Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool(Sun 17 Feb 2002)[info / details]North Wales Theatre, Llandudno(Tue 19 Feb 2002)...

Ian Brown

About 12pm walking along looking Monkey like...

Ian Brown

Looking like a monkey, scraping his knuckles against the ground and moaning about having lost his sun glasses. Was with his wife/girlfriend and 2 little kids, who looked a little like baby chimpanzees.

Ian Brown

Was just coming out of work, and who's that walking right next to me? Only IAN BLOODY BROWN! He was heading towards the Central Line tube station, and got in the same carriage as me.For those interested in the fashion aspect of these things, he had o...

Ian Brown

20th December: Doing some Christmas shopping with wife and child

Frankie Machine Winners

The Five lucky winners of Frankie Machine's Cartesian Product EP, on FAT SPANKING 70 gram BROWN VINYL, as kindly donated by the man himself, Francis A Machine and Artists Against Success, are as follows: Stephen Buxton, from Sheffield VoiD from Caldi...

Get your maps out

The man himself, Mr Francis A Machine (that's probably Frankie Machine to you) has released an EP The Cartesian Product and kindly sent some copies here to popEx...This gave me a bit of a dilemma... it looked like the band were no more for a while, t...

Sisqo Inferno

Here are all the divis that bands paid out this week... global sales dictated most of this week's returns, and Sisqo proved to be still hugely undervalued...17.6% - �3.14 Santana24.5% - �1.99 Sisqo10.5% - �1.78 'N Sync18.8% - �1.69 Destiny's Child15....

Don't let your weekend finish early!

DENY that it is time to go back to work by going to a gig tonight! Several popEx bands are in ACTION tonight. The editor's choice is Jacques @ Spitz, Spitalfields Market, London, but also My Vitriol are playing at Camden Palace, Paul Weller is at Rea...