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NME Big Gig 2009 / The Cure support acts

Line up according to various sources (including last.fm) is The Cure, Justice, Foals, and Crystal Castles so far. The supports don't seem up to the standard of last year at the moment.Kaiser Chiefs in Paris 27/01/09 £82.50 Le Zenith - Paris Kai...
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Feeling the credit crunch in Folkestone? KCC apparently are

Little old Kent county Council got a mention on this morning's Guardian Daily Podcast. Apparently Kent County Council had rather a lot of (our) money invested in an Icelandic bank that just went bust :-(

Sources etc when I get home.

Sandbanks Restaurant, The Pavilion, Wear Bay Road - Sat 23rd Aug

I haven't written one of these reviews for a while and, to be honest, I wondered whether I ever would again. There are only so many times you can be bothered to write something about crap food served by people who don't give a damn about good food o...
Rated 7.03/10 on Folkestone Gerald

The George in Rye July newsletter

We've been rather quiet on the newsletter front lately, having been nominated for UK Newcomer of the Year in the CATEY Awards, the Oscars of the Restaurant and Hotel world (sadly, the ceremony was not in LA). This award has previously been won by the...

New Cross Murder Map!

Just in case you're wondering how close the double murder and firebombing was from my old flat (even though I left there years ago), I just knocked this up for Mum and Dad, to give them a bit of a point of reference.View Larger MapIsn't google maps j...

Today I invented a brilliant new thing, called "podcasts"

Was surfing for news of Kid Rock yesterday, as a friend has been working with him and I was wondering if she'd show up in any paparazzi shots of him stumbling out of nightclubs or anything. No joy there, but he was interviewed by the Guardian yesterd...

I must have something more interesting to write about than php?

Um, no, perhaps not.I got a new hard drive at last, after all the problems I had with the ibook and having to send it back, I didn't rush into getting another backup job, but I saw a bargain at Maplin Seagate 500GB FreeAgent, and it seems to be worki...

Where'd the weekend go?

In fact where did the week go since I last had something to write about? Had plenty going on, I put it down to trying to learn the guitar, and the tips of my fingers are in far too much pain to type, so sorry if I go a bit slowly.If anyone has any go...

So was that the summer then?

In the interest of being able to read back on this in years to come and reminisce about what was going on, I should have said something about the weather recently I think. But, I blinked, and it's gone now. Got a barbecue lined up for this Saturday, ...

Naked art

Naked Art Studio are still selling their original art from the good town of Folkestone... check them out.I create very affordable, modern & abstract works of original art and paint using a rich blend of colours, textures and metallics (hand-mixed bec...

Guitar Hero on the Commodore 64

Via www.engadget.com.There's a PC / Mac game you can download for free, where you hold your keyboard like a guitar, Frets On Fire......

RE: now all we need is the date...

Nope, Manics were the only gig I saw there. Rest where all at Canterbury Uni, the Leas and Maidstone. Saw The Chords reunion/final gig at Maidstone working mans club, total 70's retro right down to the big fight at the end, no rockers to fight so the...

RE: is the rotunda amusement park stall at folkestone ?

No loss, it was pants

RE: Thanks for that, think it's the Metronome you mean

Yip was the Metronome, forgot its name as it was a very short lived venue, pity had a nice atmosphere. But though intoxicated at the time I can definatley state the gig did happen.
It was just as Generation Terrorists was climbing the charts.

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

I saw Ride in Folkestone in 1992, I believe at the Leas, used to have the ticket stub for date but cant help with that. I also attended the Manics gig in folkestone at the venue that used to be the converted cinema. They had to reschedule the gig as ...

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RE: Folkestone and its neighbourhood by S. J. Mackie

hI,i READ YOUR MESSAGE ABOUT GETTING "EASY" GETTING A COPY OF "mackie". i'M ONLY INTERESTED IN pAGE 152 REF "coldham".Did you obtain it, and if so, could you guide me as to how i could obtain a copy, ideally at a low price.With many thanksGerard Cold...

Apple Airbook

There's a new ultra portable mac to be announced todday I think, some speculation here on Wired, see how everyone has to comment without reading the article? (Cue replies here, missing the point of this post, if there was a point, and there were any ...

Open Source Technology

Paul;Even though you are not actively in the market for a new position, your site prompted me to contact you nonetheless. I have been retained by a fortune 500 firm in NYC to identify �open source talent�I am currently searching for 4 Sr Perl develo...

10 myths about vegans

www.bboheme.com (who I once bought some shoes from) emailed me today to tell me it's world vegan day and to share with me an advert for their shoes and things, cunningly wrapped in a "10 Myths about Vegans" list. They know bloggers love lists like fr...

RE: All sounds a bit "non standard" to me

Bah, Open Source just means fixing someone else's bugs :)

Going back isn't quite so cool in this instance. Step up in pay and experience, step down in fun and people. But, I suppose it has to be done, I'm not doing this for the love.

I found the sidebar stuff quite tricky actually

I can't remember how I did it right now, I can only suggest looking in the source, it's all integral. I'll try and update my source code with some comments when I get time... Or, having looked at it again, completely rewrite it, it's rubbish... This ...

High Speed Rail Link

Just wondering whether you could let me know the best sources for getting to know more about:a) The hiogh speed train linkb) The squabbles between Godden and Dehaan over the seafrontI'm from Folkestone originally and looking to pick up 1 or 2 investm...

Old Bailey Online

A useful genealogical resource, if you think your ancestors might have been up in front of the Old Bailey! The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of...

Sweet titles revisited

I've replaced some code at work with sweet titles from Dustin Diaz, that I've been using here for ages - hover over most of the links, more info will probably pop up. The original author has long stopped updating this code, too many stupid comments f...

biological mother

i am trying to find a sheila mary clarke from i think the romford essex area. she would be about 55 yrs old. I was born sarah elizabeth clarke on feb. 20th 1965 in greater london and put in the northampton catholic diocease orphanage. i have my ...

Don't be planting ideas like that!

It's not just average plod, I'm not sure how anyone would be able to look at my IPOD and be able to tell which tracks I'd ripped myself and which ones I'd downloaded (except for the ones that say "rIpP3d 3y sUp3rh4x0r" in the ID3 comment tag).I'm not...

RE: Glastonbury ticket touts FOILED!

I think their argument would be "to cover the inevitable piracy" but I'm with you - the less the charge for tracks the less people would bother to pirate them. If they can get down to somewhere between 15-30p per track they'd make a mint. Why would...

RE: Do these look poisonous or what?

I'd say no - Russian Roulette with mushrooms does not sound like an interesting way to die. It does sound like an amusing way for someone else to die though, you would be the source of many jokes.In other news, I heard this quote from Douglas Adams t...

RE: Let the coffee wars begin!

The new shopping centre will also have a cafe on the first floor, alongside Asda. I've been told that Cafe Nero are going to take it, but I don't think it is official yet. The same source told me that HSBC were moving in there a few weeks ago, so i...
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Radio drama

Here's that radio drama I mentioned last week, it's a 7meg download. It's rubbish, but if you're subscribed to here via the medium of RSS, you might get it downloaded automatically podcast stylee.I'm still having trouble getting this working on vario...