2008-09-05UTC07:18:28Folkestone fringeat the leas lift, curated by club shepway:this saturday and sunday cathy lomax and alex michon present l'estranger:where paranoid plup fiction drives out fact...a dishevelled young stranger arrives at a coastal town. his clothes are strange and his f... 2008-07-31UTC11:39:06MJ Hibbett's Exciting Life In Rock is off to Edinburgh NOW!The Last Working Day Of The Month, Issue 42-------------------------------------------(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, July 31st 2008)Hello all, and welcome to this FESTIVAL FUNTIME edition of the newsletter. Let's GO!GIGS TO COMEThis month I shall... 2008-07-14UTC10:30:56MJ Hibbett's Exciting Life In Rock press launch and thingsHello - this is a special mid-month version of the newsletter just to let you know about some RATHER Exciting New Things, these being our new single, the video to go with it, and the press launch for the Edinburgh Show. Let's GO!THE NEW SINGLEOur bra... 2008-04-20UTC05:24:30Yesterday's house huntA trip to Canterbury yesterday, an early start, four houses to see. First one was a bit further out than we first thought, up Whitstable Road, though not an insurmountable distance to Canterbury West. The house is at the end of a cul-de-sac, so you h... 2008-03-31UTC09:09:07je ne comprends pasVoici wikipedia:Pakito is the alias of French Eurodance artist, Julien Ranouil. He became known thanks to his cover of Living on Video by Trans-X. Later hits are "Moving on Stereo" and "Are U ready". So far his music style can be best determined as E... 2008-03-19UTC08:51:44The Luggage, but for realThe Luggage, from Terry Pratchett's Colour of Magic and other Discworld Novels, and it can be yours, all the money goes to charity.A unique opportunity to own a one-off replica of the luggage as featured in Sky One's adaptation of Terry Pratchett's T... 2008-01-21UTC06:58:16That one's a bit small so we've not been to see itWe did go see a three bed place | Whitstable Road] right across the road from there that was nice, but also a bit small really. That's right on a really busy road and there's no other access to it, so [[http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10835/10835/Today%... 2008-01-21UTC03:59:39RE: West is best right now toowell i think generally speaking, the victoria trains tend to go from East - that's the line that goes through faversham. still anyway, it's prob much of a muchness until that high speed link goes in. it's a nice train journey as well - some good sce... 2008-01-19UTC08:14:53Second house-hunting trip around CanterburySaw five houses today in Canterbury, have a map with details of the things we saw. Clare's out tonight with Jenny, so it's a prime opportunity for me to do some fiddling about with maps and things, so sorry if it breaks. Not that you'll be on the com... 2008-01-11UTC10:02:10RE: A whole load of hits suddenly for Sandgate Hotel / Gordon Ramsay searches...surely you need to get in there and buy the place before him?2008-01-10UTC01:11:53A whole load of hits suddenly for Sandgate Hotel / Gordon Ramsay searches...My most recent twenty searches here: 1. sandgate hotel gordon ramsay 2. waterstones at bluewater 3. sandgate hotel kent ransay 4. sandgate hotel new management ramsay 5. sandgate hotel 6. sandgate hotel and ramsay 7. the sandgate hotel ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10826/A+whole+load+of+hits+suddenly+for+Sandgate+Hotel+/+Gordon+Ramsay+searches...">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-09-21UTC05:16:52Site's been away for a few hoursMaybe it's still away now, maybe you can't read this, maybe no-one reads this anyway, whatever, the site has been away for a few hours because the hosting company have moved me onto another machine because I was getting too many hits and that.Funny o... 2007-09-10UTC12:44:36I'm the walking dude (and so's my wife)Splendid weekend, thanks for asking, starting off with what's becoming a regular routine; a quiet night in Friday night then a trip to Canterbury Saturday daytime. Had a lovely Wagamama, only slightly marred by me biting through my lip again. In the ... 2007-05-18UTC09:30:32Lost / Red Dwarf crossoverHa, in series one, episode five of Lost apparently Charlie says that he can't swim. This is not a continuity error, this is PROOF that they are not really on an island, they're really in a virtual reality game on board Red Dwarf.A fairly poor episode... 2007-03-20UTC08:54:25Lovely dayThe promised snow is here, falling quite heavily here in Folkestone, but turning to cold slushy rain just before it hits the ground. 2007-02-08UTC09:09:38Mail bomber hits FolkestoneEveryone's picked up on this mail bomber story, not sure why a house in Folkestone has been linked in to this though... The Sun says:On February 3, another device was sent to the home of security boss Michael Wingfield, 53, in Folkestone, Kent.Mr Win... 2007-01-24UTC11:42:22No snow hereHad a few pictures emailed and texted in from friends and family about the place of their snowy gardens and the like. Just very cold here, and mostly clear, though I can see some low lying cloud or heavy fog up on the hills.On the top of both fog and... 2007-01-05UTC05:10:06Folkestone gig historyBeen 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... 2006-11-09UTC11:07:39Richard Curtis lived in FolkestoneThis doesn't have the same rhythmic potential as Peter Cushing lives in Whitstable, but it's interesting anyway. Why hasn't he made a film about our town?... 2006-06-24UTC11:18:30FOLKESTONE POET MAKES BOOK CHARTFolkestone poet Ben Barton has made the Amazon UK's Top 5 'Hot Books' chart with his debut poetry collection...Called THE RED BOOK, it is described as his ‘greatest hits collection’ featuring over forty previously published poems, from The Re-Birth R... 2006-03-16UTC12:28:31Look who's stalking nowWith massive props to Inspector Sands, this is something I should have done with my very own Stalking Heads a long time ago. I have the powers, I have the spottings, I have the locations, bah, missed the boat a bit there... I could go back and geocod... 2006-03-06UTC12:47:04Folkestone Gerald updateGot some more Folkestone gig history stuff for 1969 and 1970, posted from Germany of all places. Also what's this rumour about Gordon Ramsay buying The Sandgate Hotel..? I heard a rumour that Ramsay was actually going to BUY the Sandgate Hotel (or at... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4734/Folkestone+Gerald+update">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-03-05UTC06:58:56RE: Sandgate Hotel is on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares tonightI heard a rumour that Ramsay was actually going to BUY the Sandgate Hotel (or at least the restaurant)... could be Folkestone's "Whitstable Oyster" factor if it went ahead...2005-08-16UTC09:30:45We're BACK!Back in work today, the wedding was amazing. I have several days to catch up on here, but if you want to cut right to the chase, here's a picture of us:More wedding pictures here... The long weekend started on Wednesday, which I already kind of cover... 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... 2005-06-07UTC08:51:02Amazon bargains of the weekNot so sure about posting this up here, as last time it resulted in a lot of hits for "epilator spare parts", but here we go, some bargains from Amazon... First ElectronicsSanyo Xacti Digital Video Camera (3.2Mp, 5.8x Optical) Price: £229.99 Saving: ... 2005-05-10UTC01:41:19You are the oneGot an email:I was wondering whether you could publicise the following event that I am holding. I am creating a CD in order to raise money for CR-UK and have enlisted the help of a band called NIGHTSHIFT I am holding a launch night for the CD on 8th... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/3402/You+are+the+one">Rated 0.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-05-05UTC09:52:38I'll give it a goI think it'll be doing a bundle of <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=prefetching%20links">prefetching links</a> too, that seems to be a trend right now... hey, might get my page hits up!2005-04-15UTC12:30:23Thursday: Day of disappointmentsThree pains in the arse yesterday. Firstly Sky came round to install Sky+, and then went away again saying they can't do it as they don't think we own the wall where they need to put the dish. SO, got a letter from the chair of the freeholding compan... 2005-04-11UTC09:44:35Doctor Doctor pleaseI thought Doctor Who was great this week, a trip back in time to 1869 and Charles Dickens, as played by Simon Callow. We went to his one man show a few years back all about Dickens, funny to see that crossing over with the Doctor.www.scifi.com says B... 2008-08-03UTC07:28:10Electric BallroomFan club gig, played the new album, then a hits set, then a "wheel of fortune" set including best songs "My Dark Star" and "The Living Dead"... <br /><a href="http://www.claremahon.com/v/2069/Electric+Ballroom">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>