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Barewires Recording Studio

Hey guys,Just a message to promote my recording studio:It's called Barewires, and is a purpose-built recording studio situated in Monks Horton. The studio was formerly known as Astra Audio and over the years has seen the likes of AC/DC and Wishbone A...

Talk about hedging your bets

New KISS t-shirts. I guess they're saying "just make sure you vote", but it's a bit like selling arms to both sides of the war isn't it?...

Massive hen party descending on this week's Lone Star Comedy

Big hen party booked in for Lone Star Comedy this Friday, a few tickets remaining though! Single tickets available online at Online via www.lonestarcomedy.co.uk but for two or more best call Richard on 07810 864228 or email lonestarcomedy@hotmail.com...
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Your musical compatibility with pauldraper is Low

Hurrah, that's good! Paul Draper was in Mansun, who I used to really like I liked them most early on, hoping they would become huge so the super rare first single would be worth some money, but it didn't really happen.Thanks popbitch for that link to...

David Devant top ten

Just browsing last.fm to see if anyone's mentioned the David Devant gig at the 100 Club (and they haven't), but I see this top ten of their tracks most listened, by users of last.fm. Who have installed the software, that monitors what you're listenin...
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Opera Singer In Need Of Concert Venues

Hi, I'm based in Chatham and need some venues that will take an opera singer! Thanks, Rachel. www.racheltaylor.co.uk/singer

Lone Star Comedy returns on Saturday September 27th

The Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton � on Saturday September 27th.The line up consists of THE AMAZING MR SMITH, SHELAGH MARTIN, compere TIERNAN DOUIEB, plus a newcomer�s act. THE AMA...
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Fighting Cocks on BBC Asian Network

Chum Charlie is film reviewer on Sunday's BBC Asian Network (1hr 15 in), no need for Realplayer to play BBC radio! Cheers Mark for that.Off to the quiz tonight....

A week of technological disasters

My week of technological disasters goes from bad to worse. Lost the camera (it still has not turned up yet), and as previously mentioned the only hard drive on our PC is corrupted. I got the Windows XP disks and tried recovering it, but no joy, so or...

FAREWELL LEAS GIG FOR BATTLESKA GALACTICA

BATTLESKA GALACTICA play their farwell gig at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone on Saturday September 6th which also doubles up as a CD release party!The "That Is Really All" show also features LOS SALVADORES, TAR and TWICE THE SIZE.Energetic skacore...

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Got a sword and a beard? Want to be in Justin Hawkins' new video?

I wouldn't have thought people needed much encouragement to take a weapon along to a Justin Hawkins performance really. Not sure I can make this, but would you like to be in the ex The Darkness frontman's new video?I have been asked to supply big bea...

My computer is dead!

Bah, turned it on today and I'm getting the blue screen of death with a unmountable_boot_volume error. Thought at first it was the backup drive or an IPOD plugged in, but no, it's the one and only hard drive that is knackered. Apparently I might be a...

George Inn (Rye) August newsletter

This month we're delighted to announce the launch of 'the george dragons', the new privilege card from The George in Rye. Become a dragon, and you'll get exclusive monthly discounts and offers that you can take advantage of as many times as you like....

Folkestone Fringe update, actually in time for the mailout this week!

at the leas lift, curated by club shepway:on wednesday 20th and thursday 21st aether flyer play the leas liftaether flyer are still alive thanks to a scientific experiment gone bizarrely wrong, and exactly eighty years on, with an exhibit of their mu...

AC/DC want YOU for their new video

Enter here for a chance to be in their new video. It's in London, on Friday. If only it was at The Leas Club in Folkestone where I already have plans to be for a friend's leaving do, I'd be THERE!...
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Hot Leg Review - first Hot Leg Review EVER?

Was as we expected, maybe hotter, certainly smellier than I would have liked. We spent the evening secretly wishing they would play some songs that we knew - not necessarily Darkness songs, but maybe some cheeky covers, tipping their hat to their ref...

Hot Leg tonight

Hot Leg tonight at Proud Galleries, Camden, That London. Bit concerned about it really, got to leg it out of work at a pretty busy time for us, lots on at the moment. Leaving a little early anyway, train to London, hurriedly catch up with friends tha...

live music cultured pearl

Hi - just to let you know that Cultured Pearl are performing at Crabble Corn Mill, River, Dover - on Sat 23rd August - this is a fund raising event for Crabble Corn Mill Trust.Entry is �2 - there will be a BBQ, Real Ale & local cider available.The tr...

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 ...

PHREADZ podcast

Well 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...

MJ 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...

kent gigs

Touch the Earth Concert in Deal on 6th September - Pass it on!! Touch the Earth - The Sacred WheelTouch the Earth perform their new album - �The Sacred Wheel� Tickets �7 in advance and �9 on the door06 Sep 2008, 20:00 High St, Deal Town, London and...

MJ Hibbett's Exciting Life In Rock press launch and things

Hello - 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...

Celestial Radio? Sounds like PIRATE RADIO!

:: folkestone fringe ::14 june - 14 september 2008celestial radio: a visionary journeyon saturday 19th july artists zo� walker and neil bromwick will sail into folkestone harbour aboard their magnificent mirror tiled yatch, the celeste. adorned with...
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Zoo Thousand and Hate on the BBC

Here. Main things to be said are:* The organisers miscalculated cash flow* They had to cancel acts* Port Lympne stepped in, writing out a check for Ash there and then to ensure they'd go on stageGood on Port Lympne! I can't believe the same organiser...

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Zoo thousand and HATE!

The Zoo Thousand Port Lymne festival sounds like the festival was awful, no-one really has a good word to say about it at work. At least two of the headliners did not play (but as the headliners were Athlete and Dizzee Rascal) that's not necessarily...

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First review of Zoo Thousand and Eight in

Here at www.safeconcerts.com, sounds a bit chaotic, more rumours of cancellations than actual cancellations possibly though.More here, seems Lethal Bizzle was promoted to replace Dizzee Rascal, not a bad call I wouldn't have said, though one was a Me...
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The Star Inn

Music festival the Star Inn St Mary in the Marsh

www.musiconthemarsh.com/contact.html

all welcome

stereophonics again

I've got one of these, that's not it though, hope it goes for a good price. If you want to buy mine, maybe with the tickets I have for Folkestone, get in touch. We're going to end up going at this rate :-(Last chance for tickets (other people's ticke...

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This is about how good I am on the guitar now

I can't decide if this is brilliant, or if he's doing all the complex stuff with his vocals. Entertaining anyway, if a bit long. Enough about the song, this performance is good too:(Hmm not sure I can embed, here it is).I first saw him doing Teardrop...

Wembley Arena

Our annual trip out to a young person's pop music concert. Well, The Cure anyway.

Barfly

The Darkness play a music passport show at Barfly London... Not sure whether to use up one of my competition entries on them, as I've seen them so many times......

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Barfly

Have decided, to use one of my entries for the Music Passport gig draw on a chance of seeing the Pet Shop Boys, and the other four on The Cure......

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Barfly

Amazing, we got in to the Barfly, read my Cure review.

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Brixton Academy

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The Joiners

See that, five in a row, Perfume, Thurman, Fluffy, Gouge, Longpigs. At the time I thought what a GREAT time this is for music....

Stanmer Park

Carter USM, PWEI, Teenage Fanclub, Dodgy, The Charlatans, Gene, Lighting Seeds, Skunk Anansie, Reef. Think I was at this...