New Year's Eve is officially next yearFixed up the "next week / previous week" links for the Barfly calendar, it works nicely and even knows that because Barfly like their weeks to start on the Monday, that this year December 31st is in week 1 of 2004, see it working here...... Happy New YearDamn forgot to listen to radio 6...Despite rumours of the new house being built on BRW being marketed for three quarters of a milliion, it's good to see I'm still being sent properties like this 2 bed cottage by the harbour for less than 100k... Hope... RE: Happy New YearI heard MJ Hibbert on 6 Music. Most amusing - can't see it being number one though!92 years ago todayThe Titanic sank... found this interesting "this day in history" thing here too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_15. I've just added en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Valentine_Clarke and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Maria_Clarke in there too, more links back h... I lived in New Cross for three yearsI wish I'd bought there then, I'd be laughing now, kind of keen to go back south again...we actually had this for christmas last yearOurs was a goose stuffed with a duck stuffed with chicken stuffed with a cat or something like that, I dont know.<br />It was BLUDDY GRATE though! The sea defences have been much improved in the last yearIt's to stop erosion rather than big waves, but there are big boulders and groynes (I think that's the word) heading out at odd angles to break up incoming rollers...Two 14-year-old boys were arrested on suspicion of arson and grievous bodily harmFolkestone's in the news again, why can't it be for something chirpier? This is in relation to a fire at Ross Way Industrial Estate...... A few years ago Folkestone was on its uppersA few years ago Folkestone was on its uppers, with boarded-up buildings and run-down "dole-on-sea" rental lets. But it was on the cusp of rebirth, according to telegraph.co.uk. Not much new there really.... So what you doing for New Years Eve?Now we're into the final furlong, New Years Eve is showing up on the front page calendar... and what are the options? I really don't know, the only thing I have is this do at The Grand, though at £65 a ticket I think we'll pass.If you know of a party... Charlie's Shed - New Year's EveCHARLIE’S SHED continue their comeback with a gig at the Lanterns in Folkestone on New Year’s Eve, Saturday December 31st.As experimental as The Coral, but as accessible as Oasis, the band’s sound is a fusion of heavy / melodic guitars, punk dynamics... Compulsory water meters for Folkestone in the new year!The Government is likely to give the go-ahead for compulsory water meters in 20,000 homes in the Folkestone and Dover areas in the new year, <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1948481,00.html">says The Times</a>.My Cousin Emmy-KateHer real name is Emma J (I'm not telling you her last name!). And she was having a beer a minute ago and also she was on the Mark Lammar's BBC show : Never mind the Buzzcocks. Please Email me back and tell me what you thinkfat ginge on washing machine off the phones4u adshe was studying at my school just as I was basically am saying I knew her (well i didn't actually my mate told me who she was but hey I've seen the ad noiw and it counts!!)and I know how much she got paid for that ad and its bloody scandalous jammy ... steve bedlowI was steve girlfriend for about 3 years when we were both about 17 what a good laugh we had. He will know who this is although i would prefer to stay anon hope you are okay bedders?John Lennon in "dead" shockerThe music industry was ROCKED today by the shock death of John Lennon, brought down by an assassin's bullet after signing an autograph.There is no suggestion this is a publicity stunt to promote "The Beatles" new album, currently riding high at the t... Hero of the Year #1You, the punter - some of you voted for yourself, ooh, bit villainous, but it's you that have made the site what it is today. Well, and me, but if it was just me here on my own it wouldn't be quite as much fun, and I'd probably go blind. You're BLUDD... Hero of the Year #2Bob the Builder - With any luck he has FOILED Louis Walsh's plans and scuppered Westlife's eighth consecutive number one...These results will hopefully be posted on the site every 3 hours, starting on Boxing Day, and taking us to New Years Eve, while... Hero of the Year #3PopBitch - Let's not do any work, let's read tittle tattle about minor celebs all day instead! popbitch.comThese results will hopefully be posted on the site every 3 hours, starting on Boxing Day, and taking us to New Years Eve, while I'm off with my... Hero of the Year #4Madonna - No shiny scooter for her, she invented a whole new fashion craze... Maybe it's not too late / unfashionable for you to make your own for New Years Eve? Check out Ian's Guide...These results will hopefully be posted on the site every 3 hours... Hero of the Year #5ODB - "Hello constable, would you like my autograph?""No Old Dirty, I'm here to arrest you - you're on the run from the law""Damn, I forgot"These results will hopefully be posted on the site every 3 hours, starting on Boxing Day, and taking us to New... Hero of the Year #6Eminem - can't work this guy out, but he's certainly made an impact this year...These results will hopefully be posted on the site every 3 hours, starting on Boxing Day, and taking us to New Years Eve, while I'm off with my feet up. When it's all fin... Hero of the Year #7Daphne and Celeste - Not, not being ironic like every other male of about my age, who has tried to put together a "list of they year"... I don't believe I've even heard one of their songs, but they deserve a mention for being generally amusing (that ... Hero of the Year #8Melody Maker Staff - OK, so the Maker has been "on the way out" for ages, but they still deserve a mention for having the carpet pulled out from under them in the week before Christmas. When I heard I was looking forward to the final issue, expecting... Hero of the Year #9Kirsty MacColl, Ian Dury, and all the other sadly missed.These results will hopefully be posted on the site every 3 hours, starting on Boxing Day, and taking us to New Years Eve, while I'm off with my feet up. When it's all finished we should see the... Hero of the Year #10Suede - Hey, sending loads of cool stuff on the day I was preparing the list worked! Cheers to Interceptor management / PR / whatever they are...These results will hopefully be posted on the site every 3 hours, starting on Boxing Day, and taking us t... Villain of the Year #1Railtrack, and all train companies ever - why does it take a disaster for something to be done about safety? And why are all the escalators always closed? Why are things getting worse and yet ticket prices going up?These results will hopefully be pos... Villain of the Year #2IMF and the World Bank - rah rah, drop the debt, grants not loans, Maggie Maggie Maggie, Out Out Out!These results will hopefully be posted on the site every 3 hours, starting on Boxing Day, and taking us to New Years Eve, while I'm off with my feet ... Villain of the Year #3Punters - Most of you are FLIPPIN GRATE, but there have been more than a few this year who've done their best (naming no names) to ruin popEx. Cheers...These results will hopefully be posted on the site every 3 hours, starting on Boxing Day, and taki... Villain of the Year #4Metallica - I know they're being ripped off, and maybe I'd make a stand if it was my work being copied, but come on you humourless bastards, you are unfeasibly rich! Turn a blind eye...These results will hopefully be posted on the site every 3 hours,... Chicago in London?Celebrating a decade of decadence?, Chicago The Musical enters its tenth year in London?s West End and remains one of the hottest musical tickets in...Ten Years AfterJimi HendrixJimi also attends a New Years Eve party at Margaret Redding's house, <strong>Folkestone</strong>...Derek AcorahIs it the same people going to see him every year?Love / HatePlus my first time (of many) of seeing <strong>Atom Seed</strong>, and a couple of other bands. Happy new year!The Beta BandNME Brats show, lovely write up: [quote]Flash forward a few years to the Beta Band in January 2000, at an NME Brats show. I don't really remember much, other than that I was with a big group of my gigging mates in the upstairs bit, we were all trolle... David Devant And His Spirit WifeThis actually might not have been the LEGENDARY album launch do, found a pass with a date on it so guessing it was earlier this year...SymposiumWhere I met Clare, bless! Hope I got that year right... Also, oddly Sylvester McCoy was there at the after show.OasisDid they have the Bootleg Beatles again? Or am I misremembering the <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/history/1994" title="See Folkestone Gerald gig history for 1994" class="year" class="year 1994">Southampton gig</a>?Harvest chillis!The chilli plants are likely to die off at this time of year, that's just what they do apparently! So, remember to harvest them all now...Agatha Christie's - A Murder is AnnouncedPerformed by the Willington players, in their 60th year!50% parking discount - please speak to the Hazlitt Theatre.  Charity Nights Tuesday - Cancer Research UK  Wednesday - Rotary, Langley Church. 01622 758611 Peter Kay in LondonPeter Kay in London tickets Peter Kay returns after almost7 years to live stand-up comedy. Britain's most successful comedian is taking his 'Tour that doesn't Tour' finally on the...Chicago in London?Celebrating a decade of decadence?, Chicago The Musical enters its tenth year in London?s West End and remains one of the hottest musical tickets in...Ozzy OsbourneScheduled for the 7th and then played back on the 21st... 17 years later to the day(s) the two terrorist attacks on the London underground. Coincidence..?David Devant and his Spirit WifeThink the year is wrong on this one...Ten Years After<blockquote>left [the Derek and the Domino's gig] very early to go see Ten Years After at the Leas. They were excellent, having stood in for Jethro Tull at short notice. - Nick Ashman</blockquote> - so, guessing that makes it this date!Peter Kay in LondonPeter Kay in London tickets Peter Kay returns after almost7 years to live stand-up comedy. Britain's most successful comedian is taking his 'Tour that doesn't Tour' finally on the...Peter KayPeter Kay tickets Peter Kay returns after almost7 years to live stand-up comedy. Britain's most successful comedian is taking his 'Tour that doesn't Tour' finally on the...Redundancy Day!Surely I won't still be here then..? Pay off will be £290 for each year I've been here :-(Jamie Cullum in NottinghamJamie Cullum in Nottingham tickets Jamie Cullum returns with new album 'The Pursuit' and his first full UK tour in 4 years! Jamie Cullum tickets are now on sale....Film @ Quarterhouse - A ProphetWinner of the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, ‘A Prophet’ tells the story of 19-year-old Malik El Djbena who has been condemned to six years in prison.<br /><br /> 8pmJamie Cullum in LiverpoolJamie Cullum in Liverpool tickets Jamie Cullum returns with new album 'The Pursuit' and his first full UK tour in 4 years! Jamie Cullum tickets are now on sale....Glastonbury 1995The year <strong>Pulp</strong> replaced <strong>The Stone Roses</strong> as headliners, along with <strong>Oasis</strong> and <strong>The Cure</strong>. Great weather. Peak of the <strong>britpop</strong> years.Roy "Chubby" BrownRude comedy, June next year but on sale already...Peter Kay in LondonPeter Kay in London tickets Peter Kay returns after almost7 years to live stand-up comedy. Britain's most successful comedian is taking his 'Tour that doesn't Tour' finally on the...Level 42 in MargateFormed: 1980 in Manchester, EnglandStyle: Pop / RockCheck out: ?Something About You? ?Lessons in Love? ?Running in the Family?Almost 20 years...Jamie Cullum in BirminghamJamie Cullum in Birmingham tickets Jamie Cullum returns with new album 'The Pursuit' and his first full UK tour in 4 years! Jamie Cullum tickets are now on sale....Level 42 in CroydonFormed: 1980 in Manchester, EnglandStyle: Pop / RockCheck out: ?Something About You? ?Lessons in Love? ?Running in the Family?Almost 20 years...Chicago in London?Celebrating a decade of decadence?, Chicago The Musical enters its tenth year in London?s West End and remains one of the hottest musical tickets in...Level 42 in St. AlbansFormed: 1980 in Manchester, EnglandStyle: Pop / RockCheck out: ?Something About You? ?Lessons in Love? ?Running in the Family?Almost 20 years...