Brixton news, rumour and general chat - April 2016

[urbanspaceman]

The Barrier Block makes it into upmarket US magazine Travel+Leisure:

www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/city-vacations/brixton-london-hippest-hoods

"...Here, the carefully rough-edged pizza joint Mamma Dough has recently opened a few doors from the excellent cocktail bar Shrub and Shutter. Overlooked by looming Southwyck House on the edge of the Somerleyton Estate, they mark the fine line between Brixton’s old guard and new arrivals…"

 

[editor]

The Barrier Block makes it into upmarket US magazine Travel+Leisure:

www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/city-vacations/brixton-london-hippest-hoods

"...Here, the carefully rough-edged pizza joint Mamma Dough has recently opened a few doors from the excellent cocktail bar Shrub and Shutter. Overlooked by looming Southwyck House on the edge of the Somerleyton Estate, they mark the fine line between Brixton’s old guard and new arrivals…"

What a depressing read.

 

[Harbourite]

What a depressing read.

No mention of the squat-themed hotel CRASH - correspondent is obviously not as on the pulse as Travel + Leeee-zure would hope

 

[Harbourite]

Some photos:

Street Preachers of Brixton: Happy Mormons with their big banner, Brixton Road

Handsome fella, that lad from Nazareth.

Beard, baggy artisanal clothes and "passion" for traditional occupations (shepherding, carpentry) - he's a bit more Peckham than Brixton.

 

[friendofdorothy]

No mention of the squat-themed hotel CRASH - correspondent is obviously not as on the pulse as Travel + Leeee-zure would hope

Wasn't CRASH an april fools joke? don't tell me it was serious.

 

[Maharani]

Wasn't CRASH an april fools joke? don't tell me it was serious.

Nothing surprises me these days when it comes to new businesses in Brixton.

 

[T & P]

Handsome fella, that lad from Nazareth.

Beard, baggy artisanal clothes and "passion" for traditional occupations (shepherding, carpentry) - he's a bit more Peckham than Brixton.

I bet he makes some nice craft beer as well.

 

[Twattor]

also noticed they were painting over some of the Bowie graffiti outside morleys this morning - but not all of it yet.

I had noticed the tributes had been encroaching on the artwork and was wondering where the line gets drawn.

The mural has been tagged in the past and the artist has always been quick to attend to reinstate the original art, and I thought that dedication commendable. What happens now? As it appears to have become a de facto shrine is it now sacrosanct? Has the artist lost ownership? At what point does the mural itself become incidental to the twitter generation's need to have been seen to have expressed their loss.

Is the irony that Bowie chose to be cremated with no attendance even from family completely lost on those who feel it necessary to create a shrine?

 

[editor]

Bloody vandals

(Pic: Albert loo)

 

[Harbourite]

I bet he makes some nice craft beer as well.

He curated the original pop-up supper club - sadly, a one-off

 

[gaijingirl]

He curated the original pop-up supper club - sadly, a one-off

 

[deadringer]

I bet he makes some nice craft beer as well.

I believe he was more into making wine.

 

[Yossarian]

The Barrier Block makes it into upmarket US magazine Travel+Leisure:

www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/city-vacations/brixton-london-hippest-hoods

"...Here, the carefully rough-edged pizza joint Mamma Dough has recently opened a few doors from the excellent cocktail bar Shrub and Shutter. Overlooked by looming Southwyck House on the edge of the Somerleyton Estate, they mark the fine line between Brixton’s old guard and new arrivals…"

"...the shops segue into casual kebab joints, where locals congregate around throbbing ghetto blasters and cheap newsagents..."

Can't beat an old-school Brixton night out hanging around a casual kebab joint with a throbbing ghetto blaster and a cheap newsagent.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

a cheap newsagent.

What constitutes an expensive newsagent?

 

[Dan U]

What constitutes an expensive newsagent?

Whsmiths

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Whsmiths

But papers and magazines are all the same price, all the newsagent stuff?

The books and stationery and other shit might be expensive, but newsagent product is pretty much pre-priced?

 

[editor]

This lot are operating in Lambeth. What do we think?

Hatch Incubator - LaunchPad

 

[Harbourite]

"...the shops segue into casual kebab joints, where locals congregate around throbbing ghetto blasters and cheap newsagents..."

Can't beat an old-school Brixton night out hanging around a casual kebab joint with a throbbing ghetto blaster and a cheap newsagent.

vs a formal kebab joint - "would sir like it open or wrapped? an excellent choice"

 

[Harbourite]

This lot are operating in Lambeth. What do we think?

Hatch Incubator - LaunchPad

they're witches - burn them! *grabs pitchfork and flaming torch

any free help to get businesses up and running must be a good thing

however website has management jargon overload - might turn some people off
mentors seem to be very corporate and suity. never judge by appearances i know but it can be off-putting - especially with a big JP Morgan or Deutsche Bank logo stamped across the face.

but a previous winner of one of their competitions founded change please - Change Please

i hope it is a good thing and brings more than just a tick in the box for corporate do-gooding/guilty conscience relief

 

[Lizzy Mac]

But papers and magazines are all the same price, all the newsagent stuff?

The books and stationery and other shit might be expensive, but newsagent product is pretty much pre-priced?

Bottled water is always my marker on price in a newsagent. I hardly ever just buy a paper or magazine.

 

[editor]

I see the former Helter Skelter/Tongue & Groove and - more recently -a pawn shop has emerged as a super-garish budget white goods store.

 

[T & P]

Now that the original has closed down for good, they should have called it Sellfridges.

 

[editor]

Now that the original has closed down for good, they should have called it Sellfridges.

 

[blameless77]

I see the former Helter Skelter/Tongue & Groove and - more recently -a pawn shop has emerged as a super-garish budget white goods store.

Have they moved in there from the arches?

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[friendofdorothy]

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Bloody vandals

(Pic: Albert loo)

I miss Onket.

 

[T & P]

 

[Gramsci]

This lot are operating in Lambeth. What do we think?

Hatch Incubator - LaunchPad

There are so many of these outfits. Tree Shepherd is another one. Tree Shepherd has got itself a role in the new Pop planned at Loughborough Junction.

My problem is the way that "entrepreneurship" is taken uncritically as a good thing. Instead of offering proper training and guaranteed secure well paid jobs get people to be "entrepreneurial".

Its cobblers imo. The long term unemployed get pushed into these types of schemes.

Well paid secure jobs are going ( see the Steel workers) to replaced by insecure work. With these projects selling it as a great opportunity.

 

[sparkybird]

While entrepreneurship, aka running your own business, isn't for everyone, it can provide a way of working that fits with your life/lifestyle/personal issues.

Plus if it's your baby, you are of course likely to put more passion into it than if you are just working for a face less corporation.

If these schemes help people to do this, earn a wage, gain confidence and do something they are enthusiastic about, then I think that's a good thing.

 

[deadringer]

A boss by their very nature will try to pay the minimum they can get away with. The more people having an idea, starting their own little business and making a decent wage from it the better in my opinion.

If they are getting some good advice, and help developing their idea, even if it is from firms like JPM etc, then that's a good thing.

 

[editor]

Record Fair on Sunday

Dig A Little hosts a new record fair at Brixton’s Effra Social on Sunday 10th April