2008-11-28UTC06:45:26What bands would you like to see play Folkestone?Interesting and mysterious, someone has a reason for asking in this thread what bands would you like to come to Folkestone..? Anyone care to chip in? Being at least vaguely realistic, I nominate The Magic Numbers, Super Furry Animals, David Devant an... 2008-11-28UTC06:40:35This page only gets responded to every few months, but I could run a poll on the home page if you're interested... Who should play Folkestone?Who I would like to come to Folkestone (again in some cases):The Cure (ha!)The Magic NumbersSuper Furry AnimalsDavid Devant and his Spirit WifeBelle and SebastianSuede (maybe they'll get back together soon)This is not for Zoo Thousand / ZOO9 is it? T... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11767/This+page+only+gets+responded+to+every+few+months%2C+but+I+could+run+a+poll+on+the+home+page+if+you%27re+interested...+Who+should+play+Folkestone%3F"><img alt="This page only gets responded to every few months, but I could run a poll on the home page if you're interested... Who should play Folkestone?" src="http://static.flickr.com/95/254850902_0122217ed3_m.jpg" /></a>2007-07-21UTC09:51:54Quiz actionDidn't go see the band in Hythe last night, did the quiz at The Grand instead. It's an easy one, so though we did quite well, we didn't do well enough. We dropped six questions out of 36, two on our vital joker round, so no meal for four prize for us... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10340/Quiz+action">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-03-08UTC03:45:51How I am the best at IPOD / genres / tagging / etc...A valued chum just posed these questions by email, and it fired me off in a huge response, so I thought I'd whack it up here too...1. When you have a CD what are you using to rip the CD, what bitrate and what codec are you using?2. what is the minimu... 2006-09-14UTC03:54:35Folkestone skate parkWell, this video came up when I searched for Folkestone, is that in Folkestone? Where? Some of it looks like Broadmead village and some of it looks like Hawkinge... is it round here or just mis-labelled?[googlevideo]-5897663276154356073[/googlevideo]... 2006-03-22UTC10:38:36Careful with that message board EugeneThe BBC reports that an Oldham woman libelled an MP from Portchester (where I am from) on Yahoo message boards:Ms Williams, of Oldham, Lancs, used a pseudonym to post claims that he was a sexual offender and a racist bigot.Ms Williams had also claime... 2005-10-07UTC04:08:32Popex redesignWas planning to have my redesign of popex live today, but there are 8 minutes to go before I leave, and it's not ready, had all sorts of computer issues today... do I hurl it live before five? I think that's the best way, pick up the pieces after the... 2005-06-08UTC12:25:51Best Gigs EverHmm, having no joy tracking down the full 100 of Time Out's best london gigs chart they did last issue, but prompted by a thread on PopExcellent I've had a think about my top five gigs... I'm sure I'll think of more later and strike these out...1. Bl... 2005-05-10UTC10:40:01Pub golfAs part of my round up of the weekend, as I am reminded different bits of it at different times, here is the order of drinking of the pub golf in Exeter on Saturday... we played some real golf first, some pitch and putt anyway, and I thought I did av... 2004-06-30UTC01:32:27No-one told me Stokey would be like thisWorking from home again today, and there's someone playing Metallica out in the back garden (downstairs or next door), what's that all about? I don't want to put my stereo on as it'll look like I'm competing with them. I thought it was all new agey r... 2004-04-26UTC08:36:02Hey CrackheadI like This guys rant about his spark plugs, via www.popdex.com... Apart from that, I don't find spontaneous street crime that funny right now, got a bit of a slap trying to stop one group of youths beating on another group of youths last week. No, I... 2004-03-23UTC10:50:49Trapped by Zombies!Never mind your <a href="http://belledejour-uk.blogspot.com/">la la la I am a prostitue</a> weblog, these guys are <a href="http://survivezombies.blogspot.com">REALLY TRAPPED BY ZOMBIES</a>! Who says weblogs are all vain and frivolous rubbish?<br />2004-03-18UTC01:54:54No, I'm Belle du Jour<a href="http://www.iambelledejour.com"><img src="http://storetn.cafepress.com/2/10296902_F_store.jpg" border=0 width=150 height=150 align=left /></a><br />Wish I'd thought of this one...2004-03-16UTC10:09:17Never mind Belle-de-jourMetro today has an interview with and picture of Major James Buffy-Maun, the London media set are going fictional character crazy at the moment. It would be wrong to suggest all the letters in Metro are made up, I believe the majority of people reall... 2003-12-03UTC07:30:24Belle and Sebastian @ London AstoriaWell, this is the day we've picked, hope it's a good 'un...2003-12-03UTC09:53:36Is this a virus?Spotted a few of these in the logs, seems to be someone legitimately requesting a page, and then their browser is scanning the server for some other stuff, looking for a weakness I guess... so why would the browser do this? Is it a virus, or some sor... 2003-11-14UTC02:32:00Belle and Sebastian Tickets<a href="http://www.wayahead.com/livegigpopex/price.asp?filler1=livegigpopex&code=91951">London Astoria</a> just went on sale <a href="http://www.wayahead.com/livegigpopex/price.asp?filler1=livegigpopex&code=91951">here</a>, get in quick! 2003-09-28UTC10:25:24More Belle and Sebastian TicketsBelle and Sebastian @ City Hall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Tue 2 Dec) [info / details]Belle & Sebastian @ Astoria, London (Wed 3 Dec) [info / details]Belle & Sebastian @ Astoria, London (Thu 4 Dec) [info / details]Belle & Sebastian @ Astoria, Londo... 2003-09-24UTC09:41:42Belle and Sebastian ticketsLets see if I can do the same trick I've done with The Darkness, by reposting all Belle and Sebastian dates up here as they go on sale...Belle And Sebastian @ USHER HALL, EDINBURGH (Sun 14 Dec)More tickets on my ... 2003-09-24UTC09:41:07Lucas ArmsLucas Arms is a great pub, if it wasn't in Kings Cross I'd go there more. Gig was good, packed out, they are a bit like Belle and Sebastian, but they're tighter live. The support I saw was Sister Vanilla, aggressive girl fronted indie, a bit frighten... 2003-09-24UTC09:10:46My brane hurtsSaw Camera Obscura last night, they were good. I think. Drank quite a lot. My main impression is that while it is fair to compare them to Belle and Sebastian, they seemed much tighter live than them. They, than, them, that sounds clumsy, can someone ... 2003-09-22UTC06:48:36Oyster Card PARANOIATalking about the weather seems to be a tradition on the weblogs, I've seen a lot of people have links to "times they've mentioned the weather" etc, how odd. Anyway, where the bloody hell did that rain come from? And me without a jacket today. It pla... 2002-11-25UTC03:09:39What a polite letter...Hi guys,I'm writing in regards to a night we're promoting in Manchester on 26th November. It's called Manchester's One Night Stand & the bands playing are Belle Vue, Poet's Corner, Overtone, The Unexpected & The Provisionals. The price is £3 & the ve... 2002-04-26UTC10:27:26I'm more hungover than I thought I wasI feel like I'm going to chuck, this has come on suddenly, blee...Went to the Here and Now show at Wembley last night, it was office-party-TASTIC! Spandau Ballet (well some of them), ABC, Belinda Carlisle, Toyah, China Crisis and Go West, just the hi... 2002-04-24UTC10:48:54Glastonbury, 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... 2002-01-31UTC05:18:04Belle and Sebastian tourBelle and Sebastian's official site reports a TOUR! This is QUITE EXCITING!They play:April 1st Edinburgh Usher Hall April 2nd Manchester ApolloApril 3rd London Brixton AcademyClick here to get your tickets!If it sells out in the next five minutes I'l... 2002-01-23UTC02:46:07Lovely lovey isobelLovely Lovely Isobel out of Belle And The Sebastians was in Waxy's Little Sister, the pub on the corner of Wardour Street and Lisle Street last night (22 Jan 2002), about 7 O'Clock, and so was I!We weren't there together though, she was with some act... 2001-12-11UTC11:55:05Lord of the Rings ReviewDo you remember the last time you heard applause at the cinema? Seemed to happen all the time when I was a kid, whooping and cheering as the opening titles rolled up the screen. This was Hampshire, so possibly it was the wonder of electricity that pe... 2001-05-15UTC03:52:46Another one bites the dustIndustry sources report that Amen have also cancelled all their UK tour dates...So, are we going to have a sweepstake on who will be the next to announce it? Belle and Sebastian anyone?Also, what category would you put Amen in, are they "nu metal" or... 2001-05-11UTC02:02:56Belle and Sebastian DatesWith thanks to dedicated Stuart Murdoch stalker Idleberry, we have rest of the Belle and Sebastian English at last...Scarborough Futurist Theatre (June 26th)Preston Guildhall (27th)London Royal Albert Hall (29th)Cardiff St David's Hall (July 1st)Birm... 2008-06-10UTC12:40:26AstoriaKaraoke as a warm up act? Or was it Franz Ferdinand? We went in late and missed all that, but a friend of a friend did get up and sing Lazy Line Painter Jane with the band.... <br /><a href="http://www.claremahon.com/v/95/Astoria">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-11-23UTC04:31:04Brixton Academy17.502008-05-23UTC06:07:23Ten RoomsNot a gig, a weird press conference thing. <br /><a href="http://www.claremahon.com/v/2094/Ten+Rooms">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-18UTC12:48:08Camber SandsBelle and Sebastian etc, the forerunner to All Tomorrow's Parties. Got very drunk.... <br /><a href="http://www.claremahon.com/v/2106/Camber+Sands">Rated 3.38/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-09-19UTC10:48:59Manchester Town HallWent to both nights, but not the extra afternoon show they did. Shambolic, but fun2006-09-19UTC10:48:59Manchester Town HallBelle & Sebastian2005-11-07UTC09:29:52Union ChapelPaid 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?...