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Brixton chitter-chatter and news - Oct 2011

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Minnie_the_Minx said:
Shouldn't your post be in the Brixton Helicopter thread?
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My post was in response to editor's. I agree that editor should have put his post in the helicopter thread, but he didn't, and there is nothing I can do about that.

Perhaps a mod could move both posts to the helicopter thread?
 
By the way this evening I made a visit to Brixton Hill for the first time in a little while.

The thing (badly drawn giant ghettoblaster) they have put on the front of the Fridge/Electric whatever is appalling. Whoever decided to do that should be fired. It's worse than the whole of Camden High Street put together. Hopefully it is as temporary as it looks.

I also noted that the tyre place seems to be back in action as a tyre place.
 
teuchter said:
My post was in response to editor's. I agree that editor should have put his post in the helicopter thread, but he didn't, and there is nothing I can do about that.

Perhaps a mod could move both posts to the helicopter thread?
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I shall ask Crispy to rap Editor's knuckles

teuchter said:
By the way this evening I made a visit to Brixton Hill for the first time in a little while.

The thing (badly drawn giant ghettoblaster) they have put on the front of the Fridge/Electric whatever is appalling. Whoever decided to do that should be fired. It's worse than the whole of Camden High Street put together. Hopefully it is as temporary as it looks.

I also noted that the tyre place seems to be back in action as a tyre place.
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So did you prefer the shitey looking fridge doors?

I am most happy that the tyre place is now not a car wash. It was a death trap walking on that bit of pavement in the cold weather/snow last time. All the water from the car wash was spilling onto the pavement and creating an ice rink. :D
 
I rather like the large 80's style "Brixton Briefcase" over the front of what was the Fridge, actually.
 
I like the general idea of it but the execution is painful :mad: every time I walk past I want to take a stanley knife and some superglue to those inner corners of the speakers :mad:. What half arsed idiot made those?
 
I would agree that perhaps it's not the best execution but the idea works - after all, I'm sure most of us remember 80's 'ghetto blasters' although it's not until recently I came across the term 'Brixton Briefcase' for them - so, being in Brixton it does make sense to have it there.
 
teuchter said:
<snip>The thing (badly drawn giant ghettoblaster) they have put on the front of the Fridge/Electric whatever is appalling. Whoever decided to do that should be fired. It's worse than the whole of Camden High Street put together. Hopefully it is as temporary as it looks.<snip>
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I like it - better than the scruffy paintwork which didn't look as if it'd been redone in ages.
 
I think it looks terrible. As a festival backdrop or artwork in a field? Fine. As a permanent piece of urban design? Fail. The building has a reasonable facade that could be touched up and painted a neutral colour and lit in strong colours at night. Much more appropriate for a live venue.
 
I suppose the guy from Sydenham had a budget and blew almost all of it on the interior. What was it £1-1.5 million? Just glad to have the place functioning, tbf.
 
London_Calling said:
I suppose the guy from Sydenham had a budget and blew almost all of it on the interior. What was it £1-1.5 million? Just glad to have the place functioning, tbf.
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True enough. That facade will need work at some point though.
 
There is now another federation coffee in the courtyard of piano house. Hopefully they'll keep the site longer than opus managed to. Dunno if they're open all day or just mornings, they're still there at the moment.
 
you miserable buggers, i think the front of the fridge looks ace - certainly better than the shitty old dirty white walls behind. The fridge doors have actually been removed, which is why the front looked so awful before that fabric thing went up. I imagine there will be a longer term solution coming soon....IMO the ghetto blaster is great as a temporary measure.
 
A friend who was visiting me this weekend loved it. But she's from the provinces so can't be expected to know better.

The flappy bits grate on me.
 
Brixton Hatter said:
you miserable buggers, i think the front of the fridge looks ace - certainly better than the shitty old dirty white walls behind. The fridge doors have actually been removed, which is why the front looked so awful before that fabric thing went up. I imagine there will be a longer term solution coming soon....IMO the ghetto blaster is great as a temporary measure.
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I like it. Would like it even better if it didn't have a temporary look about it though. I hope they make it permanent. That'll put a smile on teuchter's face
 
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