2008-10-29UTC06:39:53The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th NovemberThe Holloways play the LCH, get tickets here. Not yet sold out, no need for ebay (yet). Support from local acts Underground Heroes and Seven Storey Down, full press release to follow.More dates nationally, at cosier venues than we get here, guess Fol... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11664/The+Holloways+play+Leas+Cliff+Hall+28th+November"><img alt="The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th November" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11664/The+Holloways+play+Leas+Cliff+Hall+28th+November">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-09-16UTC05:46:37New top ten most popular restaurants in the areaAs voted by you... click, rate, go on!Tinto Tapas (8.52/10)Savour Aroma (8.39/10)Curry Garden (8.03/10)Kalala (8.01/10)Chambers (8.01/10)The Prince of India (7.86/10)Wagamama (7.77/10)Bella Amalfi (7.45/10)Escondido (7.39/10)La Vue (7.28/10)... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11575/New+top+ten+most+popular+restaurants+in+the+area">Rated 8.14/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>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... 2008-09-04UTC06:01:55Hectic day at work todayI think it's all going well though. Still playing with Google Chrome, not sure I will choose it over Firefox though, where is the "home" button? Also I like all the plugins in Firefox, how long before Google Chrome introduces something like that? The... 2008-08-01UTC05:47:26FOLKESTONE SANDCASTLE COMPETITION 2008Raising money for The Church Street Project, a registered charity providing Art Therapy and Counselling to children in Shepway.Are YOU the KING or QUEEN of SANDCASTLES?THEN PROVE IT!When: Sunday August 10th Start at 11am, judging at 2.30pmWhere: Sunn... 2008-08-01UTC02:00:34PHREADZ podcastWell sort of. Some of the content from Kosso's phreadz.com is also available in MP4 format, which is kind of handy for ipod video. So I'm hoping this feed will populate my ipod with the fascinating conversations these guys are having. Only some of th... 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... 2008-07-26UTC04:01:44RE: F WINDEBANKI am looking for Alicia Carames Windibank. She is a distant cousin. We are both related to Camacho's born in Cuba and Europe. I live in Miami since 1961. The address I have for her is74 The Lane, Blackheath Park, London SE3 9 SL England. Can someo... 2008-07-24UTC11:58:47RE: Windibank family treei have since discovered that richards father was richard widebank also, and was a banliff whatever that was,and anns father was thomas hobbs, they married 1st novembe 1846. if anyone has a match please contact me as hitting brickwall.thanksD Rodgers... 2008-07-22UTC05:59:53Maybe the PHP 4 to 5 will go more smoothly than I thought...If all has gone according to plan, www.claremahon.com should now be serving up pages using PHP5, while www.clarkeology.com and www.folkestonegerald.com are still on PHP4. Pages like this Harry Clarke page or wiki style searches like this are using PH... 2008-07-16UTC07:22:25Cole Family, Cheriton HampshireSorry to be responding so late, I think all our Coles that we know about so far where in Chichester. Here's one. Good luck.... 2008-07-09UTC01:14:45BonekickersDid you see Bonekickers on TV last night? I will watch some crap, but even I had to turn it off, it was so bad! I am still tempted to catch up on what I turned off on iplayer later, just to reassure myself that it was just about the worst thing ever.... 2008-07-04UTC06:41:35Kent Festival weekendWhy would they organise Booshstock and zoo+thousand for the same weekend? They're both fairly close (Hythe and Tonbridge) and obviously aimed at the same indie kids, this is like putting Glastonbury and Reading on the same weekend.We're not going to ... 2008-06-19UTC09:37:15These guys rave about The IndiaNot sure I trust these guys, they do make it sound good, but we did not have a good meal there and I don't have faith in the place.It's had no positive votes from visitors to this site, anyone visited recently?... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11347/These+guys+rave+about+The+India">Rated 1.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-17UTC06:03:56Top ten best restaurants in the areaThe votes are in, these are the top ten best restaurants in the area as voted by you (so, the ten restaurants with the most loyal net savvy customers and regulars who visit this site then), a few surprises in there:Botolphs Bridge Inn (9.10/10)Bella ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11335/Top+ten+best+restaurants+in+the+area">Rated 8.36/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-15UTC11:36:12An opportunity to learn @ the University Centre Folkestone for free!Step up to Business is a Short course (18hours) which will provide an enjoyable and lively look at business and enterprise.Learners will learn the basic of business. Ideal for those considering a start-up or just to improve job, and promotion prospec... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11330/An+opportunity+to+learn+%40+the+University+Centre+Folkestone+for+free%21"><img alt="An opportunity to learn @ the University Centre Folkestone for free!" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2581233622_801fd83ca2_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11330/An+opportunity+to+learn+%40+the+University+Centre+Folkestone+for+free%21">Rated 3.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-05-23UTC06:46:29Kosso bigged up on techcrunchThey call him a seesmic.com clone but they like him... I thought phreadz.com was still a secret actually. For the uninitiated, it's like a chat room / message board, but based around your webcam. So many people have them these days that it makes sens... 2008-05-18UTC05:22:01Check out Canterbury Whole Foods while you still canThe cafe above Canterbury Whole Foods is going to be under new management in a couple of weeks, so if you want to try the existing vegetarian + vegan cafe as it is now, you'd better hurry.We visited on Saturday for the first time in an age; on our la... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11274/Check+out+Canterbury+Whole+Foods+while+you+still+can">Rated 3.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-05-07UTC02:03:11Sellindge Music Festival!Sellindge Music Festival is happening on 7th & 8th June 2008 at Hope Farm, Gibbons Brook, Nr Ashford, Kent, England, TN25 6HH. See you there!£40 for the weekend, so cheaper than most festivals, and it ought to have a proper indie vibe, but the lineup... 2008-04-08UTC10:01:33leas cliff hall 1974Hi Gerald, do you have any details of the Summer Season show at the Leas Cliff in 1974 with Gordon & Bunny Jay?I spent a fab season with them staying in Sandgate and wanted reminding of the variety show acts.ThanksPhil... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11149/leas+cliff+hall+1974"><img alt="leas cliff hall 1974" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11149/leas+cliff+hall+1974">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-04-07UTC01:39:55Do The Indie Kid videoBuy the single here, and get the mp3's free. Here's the video: ... 2008-03-31UTC12:25:45Do The Indie KidMJ Hibbett has a new single:Do The Indie Kid is OFFICIALLY out on April 7th but you can get in early RIGHT NOW and buy the 7" Single version (here), if you'd like to. Mr Steve Lamacq played it last week and it sounded GRATE on the radio (I thought so... 2008-03-24UTC11:57:27Mighty Easter weekender, with The CureHope you've all had as good an extended weekend as I have. As is usual when I've been off for a few days and not written up just went on immediately, I'm starting to forget it all. We're up now, on the last day of our five day break and I have a few ... 2008-03-18UTC03:23:34hi hopes dashed!!On 8th March my girlfriend and I decided to visit Cafe Belge in Canterbury with another couple who had highly recommended the restaurant to us. I must say that none of the four of us have ever received a service as rude and discourteous as we receive... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11082/hi+hopes+dashed%21%21"><img alt="hi hopes dashed!!" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2365306909_283547dc12_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11082/hi+hopes+dashed%21%21">Rated 4.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-03-15UTC04:58:10Still Cure tickets leftLess than a week to go until our gig of the year The Cure at Wembley on Thursday. Got an automated call from Ticketmaster telling me the stage times; 65daysofstatic are on at 7pm, and the Cure at 8pm, so that gives them plenty of time to play the thr... 2008-02-29UTC10:53:03MJ Hibbett at Edinburgh FringeSpecifically for Nick really who didn't believe MJ Hibbett was playing Edinburgh:Me and Mr S Hewitt went up to Edinburgh last month to CASE OUT somevenues for the Fringe version of "My Exciting Life In ROCK" (stillthrusting forward at www.popartlondo... 2008-02-27UTC01:23:45Pasta and sauce confusionGot some pasta and sauce to microwave for lunch, really had nothing else left. Instructions say:1 Place 400ml of cold water and the contents of the packet into a non metallic bowl and stir2 Cover and microwave on full power for 5 1/2 minutes3 Halfway... 2008-02-27UTC09:05:02You had to outdo us didn't you, rest of the country?We were trumped, this earthquake centred in Lincolnshire was magnitude 5.3, which slays our earthquake (magnitude 4.3) that we had last year.Two reports from friends in the relative vicinity, just so I can feel I'm joining in:Yeah it was nuts - we bo... 2008-02-19UTC01:58:13now all we need is the date...did you see any other bands there? I've heard of a few others playing there, it was on the indie circuit, but no-one's sure of actual dates. Suede played there, that's one I do have a date for, as it's in their biography Love and Poison. I hear Faith... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10976/now+all+we+need+is+the+date..."><img alt="now all we need is the date..." src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2580404133_20a0bc8bb4_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10976/now+all+we+need+is+the+date...">Rated 0.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-02-14UTC05:21:00Nepotism at the GuardianExpect this one to show up in Private Eye next week. The comments do seem to have been pretty brutal right from the off.It could be a spoof, but probably it's genuine and there to appeal to the child market.Via popbitch message board.... 2005-11-21UTC10:28:17Bull and GateSome sort of twee indie bear themed evening. Last minute addition to the bill were <a class="wiki" rel="tag" href="http://www.claremahon.com/the+futureheads">The Futureheads</a> for some reason.2008-08-03UTC07:28:10Electric BallroomTonight's venue is crammed with indie's brightest and best, all happily expectant according to the review in the Independent, that's me in particular to which they were referring...... <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>UK Indie gigMJ Hibbett and more, a bit of a DIY effort from the uk-indie mailing list. At Oxford Point2005-11-06UTC12:54:31Kings CollegeOne of <a class="wiki" rel="tag" href="http://www.claremahon.com/menswear">Menswear</a> was in the band, this was the height of girly indie, there were tiaras, fairy wings, and even rollerskates in the crowd