2008-11-13UTC01:31:16Bar Below opening night Friday 14th NovemberJust seen a poster at work. Actually this was open ages ago, we went there for New Years once when Chambers cancelled. Some kind of relaunch then. There will be a DJ and live entertainment:Opening Friday 14th November @ 18:00 – 23:00 with; DJ JDP spi... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11691/Bar+Below+opening+night+Friday+14th+November"><img alt="Bar Below opening night Friday 14th November" src="http://semstudio.co.uk/lavue/images/front_fs.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11691/Bar+Below+opening+night+Friday+14th+November">Rated 6.38/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-10-30UTC08:07:48Who is Russell Brand?Lordy, could Russell Brand have done anything better to raise his profile than that phone call to Andrew Sachs? Mostly it's probably the Hate Mail on Sunday that's to blame. When the original Russell Brand show went out, no-one was listening. It's on... 2008-07-09UTC04:38:26Cancelled Gig/Bad vibesI am a PROFESSIONAL solo singer guitarist and was booked MONTHS back to play at the Neptune Inn on 31st July 08. I phoned today to confirm and the guy there was stroppy and rude, saying I would not go down there as they never have solos. I offered a ... 2008-07-08UTC12:15:57Zoo Thousand and Hate on the BBCHere. Main things to be said are:* The organisers miscalculated cash flow* They had to cancel acts* Port Lympne stepped in, writing out a check for Ash there and then to ensure they'd go on stageGood on Port Lympne! I can't believe the same organiser... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11395/Zoo+Thousand+and+Hate+on+the+BBC"><img alt="Zoo Thousand and Hate on the BBC" src="http://static.flickr.com/30/37650217_22498dd96a_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11395/Zoo+Thousand+and+Hate+on+the+BBC">Rated 5.53/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-27UTC01:25:45Only light rain at GlastonburySome rain overnight and a little more on the way at the festival, it says here in the Times, it's hardly news at all really is it. Watched Glastonbury the movie on TV last night, partly it made me really wish I was there, but when I analysed it I fou... 2008-05-10UTC03:13:37Some optimistic estimates in this online auction I feelThese all sound a bit high to me, found an auction of rock memorabilia:Soundproofing from Abbey Road £850+, signed KISS album, £3-400. Madonna platinum album £500+, these things are so common, our old office was stuffed with them. Guess if you have a... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11244/Some+optimistic+estimates+in+this+online+auction+I+feel">Rated 1.38/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-04-06UTC06:13:15Heavy snow both endsJust back from the parents, we had heavy snow there at 8am this morning that settled, probably 3 or 4 inches deep in an hour, very nice to see but a bit terrifying, we thought it was there for the duration and we'd not be able to get back to Folkesto... 2008-03-20UTC10:02:45Queen BACK!We're not going to this, nor going to get the album I wouldn't have thought. Went to see "Queen" before with Paul Rodgers, and it was good to hear some of the tunes live, but it's probably best just to leave it. Also Brian May seems like a bit of a m... 2008-03-18UTC02:59:25New not-comedy on BBC4Looking forward to this, the first in a new series "The curse of comedy", it'll be a drama mockumentary type thing about the relationship between Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. Starring Jason Isaacs (The State Within) as Harry H Corbett and Ph... 2008-03-18UTC07:41:09Could be dreadfulA review of the US remake of Spaced. Well, a review of the script. It's being remade without the cooperation of the original creative team of Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson and Edgar Wright, seemingly it went ahead without their knowledge. Simon Pegg ... 2008-02-29UTC07:36:16looking for suitable venue in FolkestoneHi,We are looking for suitable venue in Folkestone one of our gigs.We are an 8-piece live band called The Vintage Corporation and we organise our own 60’s and 70’s gigs. We are looking for halls in London and the South East to perform in.Requirement... 2008-01-30UTC07:15:23Beadle: No longer aboutJeremy Beadle has game-for-ed his last laugh.Beadle had been suffering from pneumonia and was admitted to a London hospital last week. In recent years he had battled poor health after being diagnosed with a mild form of leukaemia in 2005. He also had... 2008-01-27UTC03:38:07New BBC homepageThe <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/beta/">new BBC homepage</a> looks nice, and if you customise it to put "entertainment" on it, it lists the latest <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/celebdaq/">Celebdaq</a> action. I wrote that.2008-01-07UTC09:05:54Realm 79 / BBC Kent UnsignedSome listening: BBC Kent Unsigned, someone at work sent this round, his band are the headliners (ie third) on there I think;The song will be available to buy later this week. If you have any comments or wish to register your interest in purchasing th... 2007-12-19UTC07:36:50If a picture paints a thousand words...Does this video clip of us in Belgium this weekend make anything I have to say on the subject completely redundant?See, Mum, Dad, Clare and me on a humungous big wheel, part of the Plaisers d'Hiver festival type affair that was going in Brussels this... 2007-12-12UTC11:56:32Speaking of coolVery cold and frosty today, nice to look at but slippy underfoot.Aware I've been neglecting this a bit recently, a shame because I've been doing more reading of my own older posts, and enjoying some of the details I'd forgotten. This is obviously all... 2007-11-02UTC07:04:30This week in Folkestone's gig historyThis week in Folkestone's gig history Squeeze, The Enid, Twelfth Night, John Martyn, Travis, Remy Zero, Embrace, All About Eve, Inme, The Mavericks, Uriah Heep, Manfred Mann, Rooster, and Orson all played gigs here. Any of those names mean anything t... 2007-08-13UTC07:12:23Update from Tony King / Creative EclecticHi Everyone Tony King here........I have started an entertainment initiative called CREATIVE ECLECTIC www.myspace.com/creativeeclecticmusic As part of this a showcase of stunningly talented and renowned performers will be performing at The Chambers i... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10393/Update+from+Tony+King+/+Creative+Eclectic"><img alt="Update from Tony King / Creative Eclectic" src="http://static.flickr.com/56/129479951_df7576bf79_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10393/Update+from+Tony+King+/+Creative+Eclectic">Rated 8.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-07-16UTC04:20:22The wedding (being the first part of my two week holiday write up)We started our little trip with a wedding, the least possible wedding that was still attached to home by land that I have ever been to. This was somewhere one side of the Scottish border, and the reception was just the other side, which was quite a n... 2007-04-19UTC08:09:16Bah, how'd I miss this?Not that we'd have got tickets for this Earth concert at WembleyMadonna, James Blunt and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the 17 acts confirmed for the concert, which supports charities fighting climate change.In the US, The Police, Kanye West and... 2007-04-02UTC01:15:55Glastonbury ticket touts FOILED!So says the BBC, the new security measures and pre-registration mean no Glastonbury tickets on ebay, nor on any of the other online ticket touts.In other music news today, EMI are to remove DRM from MP3s, you know what those TLAs mean if you need to.... 2007-03-19UTC10:14:16Making your votes upCheers Stu for pointing out Justin has blogged about the Eurovision thing on his myspace. Are people still doing myspace then? I must admit my facebook network hasn't really bloomed like it might have done, that's what only adding people you really k... 2007-01-10UTC03:20:16Robot vs robotSo which robot is best then? This running footballer from Japan?Or this genuinely monstrous droid that I snapped at the Kent Show last year? Which one is more human like, and more importantly which one is more robot like?Thanks to Stu for the feeble ... 2007-01-09UTC12:01:58Morrissey to represent UK in EurovisionOK, not actually, just potentially, in theory, someone is trying to generate a bit of press here I think. Nothing is confirmed, this sounds a bit rubbish actually, but the BBC do have a quote from himself:"I was horrified but not surprised to see the... 2007-01-08UTC07:43:12Ch-ch-ch-ch-changesInteresting pop chart changes afoot, now downloads are eligible for the chart even if there is no corresponding CD single available. As this is a relatively new technology, changes are happening all the time I'm sure, but this is quite a meaty one. W... 2006-10-12UTC03:10:22i cant believe you've missed this in today's news!http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6043810.stm2006-10-10UTC06:31:07Really bad and sad news about Paul Hunter, he was only 27 and had just become a dad, should have known things were very serious when his ranking was frozen earlier this year, that's an unusual move, though we really thought and hoped he'd recover.Als... 2006-08-04UTC07:50:14RIP David GemmellDid you know reknowned fantasy author David Gemmel who died today was once editor of the Folkestone Herald?... 2006-07-13UTC10:55:49Publicity Code DVD ReleaseMichael Baigent and Richard Leigh have won the right to appeal against the "Dan Brown never copied nothing" verdict, read about it on the BBC, and expect the full court case to hit the papers around the time of the DVD release...Nothing else to repor... 2006-07-12UTC11:32:42Not much to say for a few daysBeen watching quite a lot of Due South (we forgot to update our Amazon list) and doing some work on my Folkestone maps when I've had a few minutes. Now weather.I've sort of been enjoying the weather. Monday daytime I thought was fabulous, around lunc...