2008-04-11UTC08:12:58Play the Radio One Big Weekend fringe festivalBBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe is calling for bands from Maidstone and across Kent to get in touch with Radio 1 for the chance to be part of Radio 1's Big Weekend – The Fringe Festival. The Fringe will celebrate the local music scene, from guitar bands thr... 2008-02-29UTC07:36:16looking for suitable venue in FolkestoneHi,We are looking for suitable venue in Folkestone one of our gigs.We are an 8-piece live band called The Vintage Corporation and we organise our own 60’s and 70’s gigs. We are looking for halls in London and the South East to perform in.Requirement... 2007-11-12UTC02:27:28Fullsome weekenderWell I say full, full of pubs really. Friday night we stayed in, so as to have more energy for going out on Saturday. We had a trip to Canterbury in the day (and you'll never guess where we had lunch), no actual christmas shopping, but we went in a c... 2007-08-27UTC01:25:44Mikku powderGot the Wagamama cookbook yesterday, and am giving Yasai Itame a try today. It's a bit fiddly really, in terms of having to buy a whole load of ingredients I didn't have in, but hopefully it will be good, it's our favourite dish in Wagamama. Got a co... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10440/Mikku+powder">Rated 7.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-05-16UTC09:53:06G'n'F'n'RGuns 'n Roses are playing Hammersmith Odeon on the 7th of June, tickets go on sale Friday 9am... As previously mentioned we can't make it to the Dublin gig, got a wedding that day...What else is new? Not sorted through my pictures from Croatia yet - ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/8332/G%27n%27F%27n%27R">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-01-09UTC10:26:30The Clarke Cup and new technologyYou know how if you spend too long in the house on your own not talking to anyone you can go a bit mad and have odd ideas? Amazingly this also works when you are married, and just the two of you stay in with no contact with other people (apart from B... 2005-11-28UTC10:12:48Rail workers set date for strikeWorkers at South Eastern Trains (SET) are to stage a one-day strike on Monday 5 December in protest at plans to reduce booking office staff, says the BBC, saw this on TV this morning too. This covers Folkestone and is all about not replacing ticket o... 2005-11-11UTC11:32:44Primal Scream slight returnI was just about to buy some Primal Scream tickets here, but I think Ticketmaster are having a laugh with their delivery options. Not only is there a 3 pound per ticket booking fee, they want a fiver for postage (fair enough, it's special delivery) O... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/4148/Primal+Scream+slight+return"><img alt="Primal Scream slight return" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/4148/Primal+Scream+slight+return">Rated 6.02/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-07-25UTC12:08:36Don't shoot!It was raining when I left the house this morning, so I'm wearing a big coat, and it wasn't raining when I got to London, it was quite hot, so now I'm TERRIFIED I'll be shot for dressing suspiciously! What is going on there then? I hope there's more ... 2005-07-11UTC09:48:19Sorry to leave such a gapBeen away for the weekend, not running and hiding in fear, we went to a fabulous wedding up in Oxford. Got The Oxford Tube there late on Friday as we were already booked onto it, and it was alright. Comfortable enough and only 15 quid for an open ret... 2005-05-10UTC10:40:01Pub golfAs part of my round up of the weekend, as I am reminded different bits of it at different times, here is the order of drinking of the pub golf in Exeter on Saturday... we played some real golf first, some pitch and putt anyway, and I thought I did av... 2005-05-06UTC10:18:36Motley Crue stripper gameSaucy!Journey in today was PEACEFUL, but a bit more cramped. The talking people we have been sitting near all week seemed to be preparing for some kind of party today so we moved away. Not as much leg room (we've been sitting in the disabled section)... 2004-11-09UTC11:29:21Weekend updateAbout time for a weekend update, all the things I didn't have time to write yesterday, if I can remember it all.I got in the bragging about the quiz, but just to remind you we were the "Uptown Architects", as we couldn't think of a funny name, and th... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/2295/Weekend+update"><img alt="Weekend update" src="http://semstudio.co.uk/lavue/images/front_fs.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/2295/Weekend+update">Rated 6.38/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2004-06-18UTC08:53:37Now BB fans kick off too!Beastie Boys fans that is, the new Beasties CD has all sorts of copy protection built in, don't go trying to put it in your computer... Read what the fans are saying here, thanks to memepool for that one.While I'm taking up space on the front page, m... 2004-04-13UTC10:22:11Download: Stage ThreeNot satisfied with simply hosting the biggest names from the worlds’ of rock and extreme sports, Download, on the 5 and 6 June, will also be the place to go to see some of the hottest up-and-coming rock bands of the moment, as it announces its third ... 2004-01-27UTC12:57:56Metallica and Linkin Park for DownloadTwo of the biggest rock bands in the world are confirmed to headline thisyear's Download Festival, winners of Kerrang!'s 2003 Festival Of The Yearaward. Metallica, who have sold more than 90 million albums, won numerousawards and were the secret gues... 2003-10-16UTC07:28:44What a load of bankAnd from home I get "An error occurred on the server when processing the URL. Please contact the system administrator"...Quiet night in tonight, ripping CD's and packing ready for the non-stag stag weekend... ... 2002-08-27UTC11:43:05Reading for meBeing a lightweight this year (and NOT AT ALL because I couldn't get a ticket for the whole show, oh no), I only caught the first day of Reading festival this year, but here are my highlights...The Datsuns doing a set for the Jo Whiley show in the ba... 2002-04-30UTC10:27:35Reading and Leeds tickets here!Lineups for Reading and Leeds fest are out now, possibly you've seen them as I am quite slack... what do you reckon?Leeds is arguably the better bet, as (as leaked by The Sun) Guns N Roses are an extra on that bill... they headline over Offspring, Pr... 2001-02-16UTC11:38:02World's Coolest BelgiansIf you're in London tomorrow night, valued punters Roger and Jeff are hosting "The World's Coolest Belgians", Soulwax at their fortnightly "Sputnik" Club...Soulwax will be DJing at the club, at the Monarch on Chalk Farm Road, immediately they step of...