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Barfly
The Radnor Park Folkestone Community Association Hall
The Black Griffin
the hop pocket
Belle and Sebastian Paid 5x over the odds for a ticket, but we had to get in. Got in the aftershow too, there was just us and Jarvis Cocker there. Ooh did I drop another name? Union Chapel
The Darkness Setlist: "Bareback", "Black Shuck", "Best of me", "Love is only a feeling", "Get your hands off", "Givin' up", "Stuck in a rut", "I believe in a thing called love", "Love on the rocks with no ice" Metro
The Libertines XFM Xmas party, watched support act The Darkness then went mad on free cocktails, don't remember the headliners. Islington Academy
The Divine Comedy I left after the support The Frank And Walters to go to a local gig, I was "getting in" with people and trying to be a face on the scene to help with my fanzine... The Joiners
Heavy Stereo Colin "Gem" Archer who went on to join Oasis. I loved Heavy Stereo, nice bit of glam rock. Plus Embassy and Thermal, I think Thermal were local heroes... The Wedgewood Rooms
Chumbawamba First of the Portsmouth Venue Campaign freebies helping out on the door. Plus Gunshot, Attilla the Stockbroker, nad Spot the Poet. Portsmouth Pyramids
Amazing Windmills plus The Firework Party and Hooch. LOCAL! The Wedgewood Rooms
The Rub Reni out of the Stone Roses and his band... was looking forward to this a lot, but it was absolutely shocking. Camden Underworld
The Cuban Boys Don't recall if they did their "Hamster Dance" single, I do remember an ace cover of "Self Esteem", though I could possiblybe mixing it up with an earlier Helen Love gig... Plus The Fighting Cocks. The Garage
The Fighting Cocks Hope And Anchor
Cocks Out The Fighting Cocks album is possibly out soon... anyway, I've got it and it's ACE... [Wednesday 10 May 2000]
Live Cock Fighting The Fighting Cocks headline the Bull and Gate in London Kentish Town, on May 30th... [Thursday 18 May 2000]
Live cockfighting on the interweb The Fighting Cocks show next Tuesday will be broadcast live on the web... [Friday 26 May 2000]
Glastonbury: BLUDDY GRATE I is BACK from GLASTONBURY and the Bloodhound Gang ROCKED THE HOUSE. Field, they rocked the FIELD... [Monday 26 June 2000]
Upper Street Fighting Man The Fighting Cocks play at Islington's Hope and Anchor on Wednesday 28th... [Tuesday 27 June 2000]
Cuban Cocks Everyone's favourite one hit wonders the Cuban Boys are doing a gig with the Fighting Cocks... [Thursday 29 June 2000]
Vote Cocks (slight return) The Fighting Cocks are on Steve Lamacq's Buzz Chart this week, you know what to do... [Thursday 6 July 2000]
Free Cock Fighting The Fighting Cocks play a free gig Saturday night... [Thursday 20 July 2000]
Yet Another Fighting Cocks Story No, not really... [Tuesday 8 August 2000]
...Trail Of Dead @ The Barfly THEY ROCKED! [Tuesday 22 August 2000]
Haven't had one of these for a while... London's finest, the Fighting Cocks, play Kentish Town Bull and Gate tonight... [Tuesday 22 August 2000]
News of ROCK! Seeing as it's the Kerrang Awards today, have some ROCK NEWS... [Tuesday 29 August 2000]
Charlie and Charlotte from the Fighting Cocks outside the Camden Underworld [Monday 4 September 2000]
Black Day Heavy rain, and the Fighting Cocks split, can things get worse? [Friday 15 September 2000]
Bernard Butler The Social, W1 [Thursday 21 September 2000]
It's in the shops! The debut proper Fighting Cocks single is out... [Monday 25 September 2000]
Heather Graham The Havelock, Shepherds Bush [Saturday 28 October 2000]
The Wonderstuff - Half of Sort of review. Also, if you're going on Saturday, be aware that the band are on at Eight O'Clock, don't miss out... [Wednesday 13 December 2000]
REVERSE THE AGING PROCESS!!! No, go to a GIG... [Tuesday 2 January 2001]
Another Strokes show Rah, February is hotting up... [Friday 19 January 2001]
Bollocks News News, about the word "bollocks"... [Wednesday 24 January 2001]
Poptones hit the North... So what have the cockneys ever done for us? [Tuesday 6 February 2001]
A gig for the cockneys A big show at Spitz, Spitalfields Market, tomorrow night... [Friday 16 March 2001]
Get a bit of shut eye this weekend The Fighting Cocks will be demolish Islington's "Red Eye" [Friday 20 April 2001]
Album of the week The new Mogwai album "Rock Action" is out now... [Sunday 29 April 2001]
An Ace Gig MJ Hibbett and ALSO the Fighting Cocks play the Bull and Gate on Friday the 11th... [Thursday 10 May 2001]
PopBitch A-Z Results The full rundown of all the tracks I played on my first ever public disk-jockeying experience. [Thursday 26 July 2001]
Gigs at the weekend, both amazing Neds, Twist and The Darkness ALL ROCKED... [Monday 1 October 2001]
Sorry, domain name problems again! The site might be shocking, but the Darkness are ROCKING... [Friday 16 November 2001]
How much do the Darkness ROCK? Cool pics from Friday's gig at Wolfie's Jukebox... [Monday 19 November 2001]
The Darkness Rock the Barfly The gig has probably passed by the time you read this... [Tuesday 18 December 2001]
Rah, there's a new Doctor Who out: [Thursday 10 January 2002]
Devant play Brighton Their passport applications must have been processed at last! [Monday 4 February 2002]
I was hoping that Queen musical was a JOKE! Looks like it opens on the 15th of May, get tickets here... [Tuesday 5 February 2002]
Be part of the Rock Scene... in DEPTFORD Athlete play Deptford Bear tonight. Ah you've probably missed it now... [Friday 8 March 2002]
Anyone want to buy a smoke machine? If anyone asks you this question, drop me a line, I got this missive from the smashing folks at Silver Rocket - they've been ROBBED! [Monday 8 April 2002]
The Darkness Debut Single They rock, you must buy it... [Wednesday 17 July 2002]
Ce soir, dans le Barfly The Crimea, ex The Crocketts... [Wednesday 11 September 2002]
Am I still asleep? Smells like Teen Spirit, and other rock songs, in the lullaby stylee..? [Thursday 28 November 2002]
Sounds like a tour The Darkness could dominate Whitesnake and Gary Moore play the Monsters of Rock... [Wednesday 5 February 2003]
James Brown The Social [Wednesday 26 March 2003]
Mauro from The Rocks Shepherds Bush, London [Wednesday 14 May 2003]
Ronnie `The Rocket' O'Sullivan Old Compton Street [Friday 30 May 2003]
Darkness support Rolling Stones Oh, and they're doing a full UK tour in October, HEADLINING HAMMERSMITH ODEON!!! [Friday 20 June 2003]
all of the rocks in birmingham [Friday 27 June 2003]
A Chemical Brother The Lock Tavern, Camden [Friday 4 July 2003]
TRAPPED! [Tuesday 15 July 2003]
RE: TRAPPED! [Tuesday 15 July 2003]
MJ Hibbett Tour Mark and the Validators hit Nottingham, Hull, Wakefield, Leeds, Leicester, London and Bristol in October. [Thursday 25 September 2003]
Squirrel vs Magpie [Wednesday 10 December 2003]
Sir or Madam, [Wednesday 10 December 2003]
RE: Sir or Madam, [Sunday 21 December 2003]
RE: Sending Marketing Materials to Slovakia [Monday 22 December 2003]
RE: Sending Marketing Materials to Slovakia [Sunday 28 December 2003]
RE: Sir or Madam, [Monday 5 January 2004]
RE: Sending Paper to Slovakia [Wednesday 14 January 2004]
My Coco New Stellastarr* single, and dates, DO NOT MISS THEM, THEY ROCK [Monday 19 January 2004]
RE: Sir or Madam, [Thursday 22 January 2004]
RE: Sir or Madam, [Thursday 22 January 2004]
RE: Squirrel vs Magpie [Monday 26 January 2004]
RE: Sir or Madam, [Sunday 1 February 2004]
RE: Sir or Madam, [Sunday 1 February 2004]
RE: Larry Kovacs, [Tuesday 3 February 2004]
THIS IS NOT LARRY KOVACS SITE [Tuesday 3 February 2004]
RE: Sir or Madam, [Tuesday 3 February 2004]
A quarter of commuters have found love in the tube [Tuesday 17 February 2004]
RE: Sir or Madam, [Tuesday 2 March 2004]
The Return of the Fighting Cocks [Thursday 4 March 2004]
RE: query from Eastern Europe [Thursday 4 March 2004]
RE: Sir or Madam, [Friday 5 March 2004]
RE: THIS IS NOT LARRY KOVACS SITE [Sunday 14 March 2004]
Love on the rocks with pilau rice [Tuesday 1 June 2004]
Dan Peppe (Themroc and Zoe Ball's bit on the side) Clarkenwell Green [Thursday 5 August 2004]
Dressed for the occasion [Monday 9 August 2004]
The Pogues - alright [Wednesday 22 December 2004]
Some mates of mine went and were planning to start their night in Stockwell's famous Irish boozer, The Swan, at five - I daren't ring to check to s... [Wednesday 22 December 2004]
electronic pen [Monday 27 December 2004]
Monkey Island for mobile phones? [Tuesday 11 January 2005]
Wired 13.02: The Lock Busters [Wednesday 9 February 2005]
Apple & Celebrities [Tuesday 15 February 2005]
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle [Wednesday 27 July 2005]
We're BACK! [Tuesday 16 August 2005]
Congrats!! [Tuesday 16 August 2005]
Nice one matey, it looks like you had a splendid day. I especially liked this photo:
congratulations from The Fighting Cocks [Tuesday 16 August 2005]
Bo! [Wednesday 17 August 2005]
Don't my hands look big though? [Wednesday 17 August 2005]
It was SUCH a fab day [Wednesday 17 August 2005]
congrats from ME [Wednesday 17 August 2005]
No, hired the suits from Canterbury [Wednesday 17 August 2005]
that's a really good setting [Thursday 18 August 2005]
you should cancel yours and just use theirs! [Thursday 18 August 2005]
MATHEW PINNOCK [Tuesday 20 September 2005]
They are drunk, abusive, underage and wreaking havoc in a Hampshire town No, not my friends... [Friday 27 January 2006]
I got my tickets! [Friday 27 January 2006]
Result! [Friday 27 January 2006]
Squirrel stamped to death and set on fire [Wednesday 26 April 2006]
RE: Squirrel stamped to death and set on fire [Wednesday 26 April 2006]
Kirstie and Phil tip DOVER! [Wednesday 26 April 2006]
RE: Squirrel stamped to death and set on fire [Wednesday 26 April 2006]
I don't know, have you tried searching? [Wednesday 26 April 2006]
RE: I don't know, have you tried searching? [Wednesday 26 April 2006]
That is strange, it ought to be the same results [Wednesday 26 April 2006]
RE: That is strange, it ought to be the same results [Wednesday 26 April 2006]
There must be a site somewhere, with a dedicated pocket pc community [Wednesday 26 April 2006]
RE: Kirstie and Phil tip DOVER! [Thursday 6 July 2006]
Get a copy of the local paper [Thursday 6 July 2006]
Great live music at The Good Intent, John Street, Rochester. [Monday 2 June 2008]
Speaking of journeys through time and space... Come with us now on a journey through time and space... to the world of The Mighty Boosh. In Paddock Wood [Thursday 5 June 2008]
I didn't know they did Blockbusters without Bob Holness [Saturday 2 August 2008]
savour aroma [Thursday 21 August 2008]
They are still the number one ranked local restaurant! [Thursday 21 August 2008]
channelwebscene [Friday 22 August 2008]
There does seem to be some sort of local connection here [Friday 22 August 2008]
RE: channelwebscene [Sunday 24 August 2008]
Free gig Thursday to find the best local talent for music festival Another battle of the bands heat at the Frenchman [Tuesday 10 February 2009]
There goes the neighbourhood Furniture dumped in the front garden, and a knocking shop..? [Monday 13 April 2009]
And now weather CRACKING day today in Folkestone, was like Summer here [Wednesday 15 April 2009]
Sponsored skate No of course not me, but some friends for the National Autistic Society [Thursday 30 April 2009]
What the internet knows about you Cool css :visited hack, cheers @hpoom http://whattheinternetknowsaboutyou.com/docs/details.html [Monday 14 September 2009]
Quiz night at the Drum Inn, Thursday 1st Oct This Thursday, get in quick [Tuesday 29 September 2009]
Another lovely weekend Not much to report, although it's been a week. So don't click! [Sunday 18 October 2009]
RE: Another lovely weekend [Monday 19 October 2009]
I think it was the original blockingness that I got the report about [Monday 19 October 2009]
Tried to go to The Tiger Inn today [Tuesday 20 October 2009]
Frog and Frigate reopening party! @phyzzz says there is one on the 30th Oct. Will not see you there [Thursday 22 October 2009]
Skiing down Folkestone's Old High Street This is the video that's creating a local fuss... [Friday 19 February 2010]
It ticks every box! [Monday 12 April 2010]
Good to know [Tuesday 13 April 2010]
The Pullman is shockingly nice now [Tuesday 27 April 2010]
RE: The Pullman is shockingly nice now [Wednesday 28 April 2010]
RE: The Pullman is shockingly nice now [Saturday 22 May 2010]
Another scorcher today Have a good weekend all, remember the sunblock [Friday 9 July 2010]
Sherlock was good wasn't it? Loved the modern Sherlock Holmes on the BBC [Monday 26 July 2010]
RE: The Pullman is shockingly nice now [Thursday 9 September 2010]
Folkestone Book, Paper & Print Collectors' Fair to be held at The Grand on The Leas on 23rd October 2010 [Thursday 16 September 2010]
Totally Acoustic was ace Nice to have a night in London. Woman on reception in our hotel was dreadful... [Wednesday 24 November 2010]
Like a lovely spring morning here now [Sunday 12 December 2010]
Just stumbled across this post about The Goose, Brixton again It's been renamed a few times since then and is now "The Rest Is Noise" [Tuesday 21 December 2010]
Harry not sleeping He fell asleep on the way home from the shops and now will not nap. Plus, local Folkestone news update... [Saturday 29 January 2011]
I think I saw an otter If not an otter, then it was a "big mouse". I'm going with otter. [Friday 4 February 2011]
Octochamp The boy is a vocabulary genius [Thursday 17 February 2011]
Volunteers wanted to "Unlock The Bayle"... Archaeology events on the next two weekends in Folkestone... [Friday 4 March 2011]
Free curry and booze! Work night out in Hythe, nice one! [Wednesday 9 March 2011]
Another cracking day today [Thursday 21 April 2011]
The number one location for violence, disorder and drunkenness in the borough of Fareham [Friday 2 September 2011]
Went swimming today [Sunday 2 October 2011]
The new telly rocks [Friday 14 October 2011]
Robot house update [Monday 20 February 2012]
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