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Look at the rubbish I went to in 1993

I was clearly going to anything that was going in 1993, but Pulp played Portsmouth TWICE in 1993 and I didn't go. What was going on? Radiohead also played Portsmouth and Southampton this year, supposedly my peak years when I was doing the fanzine, I ...

Did Sheep on Drugs support Gary Numan in Folkestone in 1996

I've heard this mentioned before, it's making sense now, from this blog:they made all previous supports seem like geniuses in comparison (and I include Sheep on Drugs at Folkestone Pavilion in 1996)So something happened that night to get them kicked ...

Rated 4.73/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Radio 1 big weekend lineup

This is a free festival in Maidstone in a couple of weeks, you can register for tickets today, but please don't, it will decrease my chance of getting any:Saturday 10 May Main StageMadonna, The Fratellis, Usher, Scouting For Girls, Duffy, The Feeling...
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Glastonbury pictures

Thinking about Glastonbury, Mum asked at the weekend if we had any pictures of us there, bearing in mind we may never go again. And I thought LAWKS, no I don't! I found a few luckily, but they're rubbish, andn none that make it look like we're having...

Thanks for chipping in on the site anyway

Not been to many gigs in this area myself, only The Darkness and Dirty Pretty Things I think, few more in Tunbridge Wells back in the day and squillions in London and Hampshire....

My gigography

Just done some fiddling about on the site, rearranged the gigography a tiny bit. Now, first time you go there the big boring explanation of what it's all about should still appear at the top of the page. BUT, here's the clever bit, if you then click ...

1980s soft rock

From the UK no less! Was talking about Little Angels with a chum at work today, he remembers them playing Folkestone (on their way up) and I saw them in Portsmouth (on their way back down), here's a video:I have this on vinyl somewhere, though obviou...
Rated 6.04/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Cure tickets

Cure tickets are on their way, though of course I didn't buy them from ebay at a vastly inflated markup, I got them from | Ticketbastard at a vastly inflated markup instead. Thirty five pounds each for the ticket, then another fiver each in ticketbas...

It's not the show that's on TV, he's just being interviewed

It's on BBC Newsnight or something, but it's on at about quarter to six, so not Newsnight. The trailer was meant to be a load of outtakes from Ricky talking to camera, but it looked lame and unconvincing really.Not seen this show, so that's a treat f...

Gigs I was at this week

Not "this week" this week, but this week in gigging history. Just on a whim, and because I haven't done anything on this site for ages, I added gigs I was at this week in history to the bottom of my gigography page. This week I saw Suicidal Tendenci...

Jesus and Mary Chain playing festivals this year

Well, they're playing Coachella, that's in California, think it was the first one the reformed Pixies played at and also the festival that offered the Rage Against the Machine,Smiths five million dollars. Does that lineup bode well for UK festivals? ...

Folkestone gig history

Been doing some gig history updates, I found some Prodigy, Gary Numan, and Leatherface gigs, and then found this on a myspace page:In 1993 Bonbooshe disbanded and I joined Glasshouse with Geoff and Ian Davies and spent 3 years with them recording, gi...

RE: My gigography

Tracer 1 are one of the best live bands around at the moment. really worth seeing.

www.myspace.com/tracer1kent
Rated 6.71/10 on Folkestone Gerald

cough how much???

Three hundred quid for this vintage KISS t-shirt... Back to ebay for me, maybe I could get into this business... Hey here's one from the show I was at, and at slightly less than three hundred notes so far. I do have a Madonna t-shirt from 1987, I won...

John Otway was a highlight for me

swinging from the lampshades and things. Also I remember a guy banging nails into his face.I had a lot of good times at the Wedgewood Rooms.Who're you then / what was your connection? I used to go to the venue quite a bit between about 1993 and 1997 ...
Rated 6.04/10 on Folkestone Gerald

American rock band indeed...

The brothers of the band were born in Scotland, but raised in Australia, and the rest were Australian. The singer now - Brian Johnson - is a Geordie, and there might be other international types added more recently. Check out more AC/DC history.Just ...

RE: My gigography

The Cabaret nights at the Wedgewood Room firstly sponsored by Wild Turkey and then by Rolling Rock or was it the other way around were huge, extremely long but great nights of entertainment. The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue cut their comedy teeth th...
Rated 6.04/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Chops!

Started the weekend with a super rarity, drinks in Farringdon. Been trying to meet up with a couple of the Fareham boys who are commuters too and work in the area, and this week no-one had a good excuse not to do it, so it's all on - To The Eagle. It...

Ride, Verve, Mercury Rev, and The Manics in Folkestone

Hmm, bit more gig history confusion... This Ride gigography says Ride played Folkestone on the 21st March, 1992. Now I look into that properly, it says support came from Mercury Rev (and not Verve, which I got from somewhere). This full Ride gigograp...

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Fantastic news, cheers!

I got my info from this Cream gigography, they say it was Tofts. I've found the wrong about Folkestone info on so many gigographies though....

the friend of a friend (foaf) project

Just added some FOAF info to this site, more aout it at www.foaf-project.org. Not sure how it'll help or what it'll do, I like the idea of there being a completely open and owned by no-one Friendster / MySpace type thing... Wonder if this can be used...

RE: My gigography

My 19th birthday gig !!!Deeeee-lite were a bit shite as I remember. The Revolting Cocks were better at the Astoria. Remember the strippers and you stage diving whilst I stood at the back in agony for some reason. Nirvana at the Hummingbird, now calle...

Blah blah London blah blah

US troops ordered to avoid London, thanks for that chaps! None are being ordered to avoid Iraq though I don't think. Personally I've been advised to pull my socks up and get right back on the tube, ah well. Travelling is rubbish at the moment, even n...

Exhausted

The family have gone now, we stayed up late last night and then did a big walk around Folkestone today, so I am KNACKERED and will be off to bed soon... I left the tickets for the Funeral For A Friend gig at work, so we knew we couldn't go to that, a...

Google map favelet javascript

javascript:void(z=document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('script')));void(z.language='javascript');void(z.type='text/javascript');void(z.src='http://www.popex.ukshells.co.uk/gmapTown.js');void(z.id='gmLatLonJS'); Here's a bookmarklet to gra...

My gigography

Getting there with my gigography now, a list of every gig I've been to, from 1987 up to last year. It's a natural progression from my Best Gigs Ever post. Well that's the theory, but there's A LOT missing. I have chucked in details from the big bag o...

Under Neath What

Good grief Under Neath What are still going! There was me bemoaning the lack of other gigographies that I could lift things from, to complete my personal gigography, saying "there's nothing out there for some of the bands I've seen a lot", like Atom ...

never mind fancy maps

where is this gigography?!!?!

Google-maps hack WHACKED!

read more on Slashdot... I think most of the interesting map sites ought to be safe, the site in question was ripping the satellite images (which we poor brits aren't even allowed) and stitching them together to make big deskto background images.Keep...

not asking for your name?

I don't know, some cookie wonkiness maybe... did it just remember your name? It ought to do that but it never seems to... you can register here I think, so you can edit etc like on www.popex.comOff to check out your gigography then! I am a bit worrie...

The Joiners

Nope, I wasn't at this one either :-(

message query for gigography

Look at the rubbish I went to in 1993

Did Sheep on Drugs support Gary Numan in Folkestone in 1996

Radio 1 big weekend lineup

Glastonbury pictures

Thanks for chipping in on the site anyway

My gigography

1980s soft rock

Cure tickets

It's not the show that's on TV, he's just being interviewed

Gigs I was at this week

Jesus and Mary Chain playing festivals this year

Folkestone gig history

RE: My gigography

*cough* how much???

John Otway was a highlight for me

American rock band indeed...

RE: My gigography

Chops!

Ride, Verve, Mercury Rev, and The Manics in Folkestone

Fantastic news, cheers!

the friend of a friend (foaf) project

RE: My gigography

Blah blah London blah blah

Exhausted

Google map favelet javascript

My gigography

Under Neath What

never mind fancy maps

Google-maps hack WHACKED!

not asking for your name?

The Joiners

cough how much???