If you google for Kaddy Lee-Preston

You are instantly served up a picture of me, lovely... That's my all time most popular picture on Flickr, just browsing my stats. Here's the rest of the top ten, with their number of views.

Kaddy Lee-Preston and me (4,578)
music quiz* (3,106)
Jellyfish at Monterey Aquarium (1,448)
Fog (975)
Closed due to EARTHQUAKE (947)
Otters at Monterey aquarium (937)
Blurry shot of someone's back in Down Street station (911)
Inside Down Street station (907)
To Finsbury Park sign in Down Street Station (830)
Enquires & Committee Room sign in Down Street station (764)

None of those are very good pictures, just popular subject matter I suppose.

*I didn't even take this picture, just uploaded it so as to use the flickr technology to identify the bands...

2008 :: Comment / reply

Pictures and a report from the Folkestone Triennial launch weekend

My report and pictures from the Triennial launch, wasn't it great?

2008 :: Comment / reply

The Pretty Things in Folkestone

More pictures of the Pretty Things when they came to Folkestone 40 years ago...

Some pictures I've just been sent, of The Pretty Things when they played at Micks' Flamenco Bar (now better known as Pipers) in 1967:

That last photo was taken outside George Robey's the tobacconist a couple of doors down from the club.
The next two were taken inside the club. I am not sure about the year, but probably 66 or 67. If I could find out when Skip took over as drummer from Viv Prince, it might help.

His increasing unreliability came to a head on a legendary summer 1965 tour of New Zealand, culminating in his getting thrown off the plane returning the group to England shortly before takeoff. Whatever his exact behavior during the tour, he did his share or more for earning the group a lifetime ban from the country. (It's also been reported that he was the first British rock star busted for drug possession, though details are elusive.) He continued to play with the group, and exasperate them with some missed gigs and unruly conduct, before he left for good in November 1965.

2007 :: Comment / reply