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Brixton Chitter Chatter and News - June 2012

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Kanda said:
Menu for Brixton Brew: (Evening meals to come later after the soft launch)

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Looks pretty reasonable, but "Sundaries" ??? :confused:
 
the bus i was on hit a cyclist this morning. not sure who was to blame. the cyclist was unhurt, but very very angry. he got on the bus and started smacking the driver's door. he was still raging when i stopped rubbernecking. to be fair, the driver didn't seem particularly bothered that he'd hit a cyclist. didn't slow him down for a second.
 
crawl said:
I looked at my post today and even I'm not sure what I meant. I think it was more or less about having someone to go to a pub with vs ambling around drinking by myself like a public nuisance. See, this is what happens when you drink alone
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what is happening outside the Ritzy/library (stages, fenced in etc)? sorry if it has been mentioned, like 1000 before, . I don't get out much :confused:
 
I only "took notice" sufficiently of the olympic torch coming through as a mental note to avoid needing to head down to the bottom of the hill that day as I expect it to be utterly chaotic, all the buses messed up, and far too many people in too small a space watching some guy with an oversized cigarette lighter jogging past.

You'd have thought they'd at least made it a giant spliff and given him some coppers to chase him, at least make it a bit of a sport...
 
Kanda said:
Basketball event isn't spread all over the escalators in the tube....
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I wouldn't know, haven't been down there in a while

Random question: Anyone here ever been to the ENO / London Coliseum? I'd like to get some tickets as a gift but they would have to be on the cheap end and I was wondering if it is even worth it. I don't think it would be fun spending 2 hours and 45 minutes in painful seats way up high or what have you
 
crawl said:
Random question: Anyone here ever been to the ENO / London Coliseum? I'd like to get some tickets as a gift but they would have to be on the cheap end and I was wondering if it is even worth it. I don't think it would be fun spending 2 hours and 45 minutes in painful seats way up high or what have you
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The seats high up are comfortable. But it might be good to have as eye test first if short-sighted. Hell of a long way from the stage.

BTW I never paid - my secretary's husband was a stage hand and could get free tickets for family and friends. I saw the Flying Dutchman with Willard White, also Peter Grimes (not sure who that was) back in the days of Mark Elder.

Well worth it I would suggest. And not as poncy as Covent Garden.

Please note Covent Garden have special offers for members of disadvantaged groups:
South London Gays got me a ticket at CG for Tippetts Midsummer Marriage for £10. The person next to me have paid £80. However I couldn't see any "straights" the whole evening. I would have thought offering an elderly Queen like myself a discounted ticket to the opera is a bit self-defeating if you are hoping to bring opera to the masses!
 
el-ahrairah said:
the bus i was on hit a cyclist this morning. not sure who was to blame. the cyclist was unhurt, but very very angry. he got on the bus and started smacking the driver's door. he was still raging when i stopped rubbernecking. to be fair, the driver didn't seem particularly bothered that he'd hit a cyclist. didn't slow him down for a second.
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kalibuzz said:
what is happening outside the Ritzy/library (stages, fenced in etc)? sorry if it has been mentioned, like 1000 before, . I don't get out much :confused:
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"World Basketball Festival" with a court on Windrush Square (with various players showing off their mad slam dunkin' skillz, no doubt!) followed by a gig at the Academy with Big Boi from Outkast, Dot Rotten and a few others I've never heard of.

It's organised by our very own Luol Deng, who plays in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls but grew up in Brixton. The profits are going to his sports/educational charity, the Luol Deng Foundation :)

Any basketball geeks might want to know that the legend that is Scottie Pippin will be there. :cool:

http://www.worldbasketballfestivalbrixton.com/

http://www.facebook.com/wbf
 
quimcunx said:
The Hive's shutting down, apparently.
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That's a real shame if true. Not really my favourite place in Brixton but we did a few nights there and I used to know a few of the people who worked there. It has carved out a little niche as a small late night drinking/dancing place which isn't overrun by young kids (a la Plan B etc) and didn't charge anything to get in. The music was generally good. Hope it stays as a bar/drinking place....although the small size might make it more suitable as a cafe/small restaurant.
 
crawl said:
I wouldn't know, haven't been down there in a while

Random question: Anyone here ever been to the ENO / London Coliseum? I'd like to get some tickets as a gift but they would have to be on the cheap end and I was wondering if it is even worth it. I don't think it would be fun spending 2 hours and 45 minutes in painful seats way up high or what have you
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Yes, we do this at least annually (as well as ROH/Sadler's Wells). It's really lovely. We always get teh cheapest or certainly cheaper seats. Often this doesn't necessarily mean being up in the Gods... you can get seats very close to the stage but with restricted view - which often isn't so bad. I once had stage level seats right at the side which meant i couldn't see them exit or dance right at the side of the stage I was sat on but other than that they were amazing seats. I always find that it's the whole experience that makes it great - the beauty of the Coliseum and the buzz before it starts. And if you get a seat for next to nothing - even better! :D
 
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