Brixton news, rumour and general chat - February 2014

[el-ahrairah]

sorry, shes passed me by completely!

i'm sure she'll be a better MP than most. she's an american though, so she probably thinks that the Labour party is some sort of radical far left liberation movement

 

[se5]

She's done a Youtube video



I'm fairly sure the local party havent selected anyone yet so she is just one of the (many) people in the running to be the Labour candidate for Dulwich and West Norwood

 

[Winot]

sorry, shes passed me by completely!

i'm sure she'll be a better MP than most. she's an american though, so she probably thinks that the Labour party is some sort of radical far left liberation movement

Liberal

 

[editor]

she's an american though...

Naturalised Brit.

 

[el-ahrairah]

Naturalised Brit.

you can put a racehorse in a kennel but it doesn't make it a dog.

 

[teuchter]

She was a co-presenter on the late lamented Danny Baker show on BBC London. She always seemed likeable on that.

Wouldn't have predicted she'd stand as an MP though...

 

[editor]

She was a co-presenter on the late lamented Danny Baker show on BBC London. She always seemed likeable on that.

And she got just £50 a show for her troubles.

 

[editor]

you can put a racehorse in a kennel but it doesn't make it a dog.

I'll try and work that one out later.

 

[editor]

Brixton in the New York Times fashion video.

"Vibrant" makes an early appearance.

OMG: "French Resistance chic"!!!

 

[TruXta]

Any edgy's? Or vintagey?

 

[Crispy]

vintagey?

VINTAGE IS ALREADY AN ADJECTIVE!!!

 

[TruXta]

VINTAGE IS ALREADY AN ADJECTIVE!!!

But vintagey means vintage-like, not vintage.

 

[editor]

Any edgy's? Or vintagey?

A 'melting pot,' 'scarf from Nepal,' talk of an important difference between 'people who wear beards and people who grow beards', 'diversity,' and 'hipsters'.

Camera assistant work by Zoe of the Brixton Blog.

 

[editor]

Sorry, I forgot the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/video/fashion/100000002686048/colorful-style-in-london.html?smid=tw-share

 

[aussw9]

Brixton in the New York Times fashion video.

"Vibrant" makes an early appearance.

OMG: "French Resistance chic"!!!

Opening line none the less.....

 

[cuppa tee]

She was a co-presenter on the late lamented Danny Baker show on BBC London. She always seemed likeable on that.
Wouldn't have predicted she'd stand as an MP though...

And she got just £50 a show for her troubles.

£50 a show @ five shows a week is £250 a week..... not a bad return for a bit of research and chatting bollocks a couple of hours in the afternoon while drinking coffee and eating cake tbh

 

[editor]

£50 a show @ five shows a week is £250 a week..... not a bad return for a bit of research and chatting bollocks a couple of hours in the afternoon while drinking coffee and eating cake tbh

Have you ever done radio? It's not as easy as you think and certainly takes up more of your time than the two hours you're actually on air.

Danny Baker wasn't too impressed:

He criticised the way his co-presenters Amy Lame and Baylen Leonard had been treated.

"By the way, and I hope you'll forgive me but Baylen and Amy get £50 for doing this programme. Fifty quid. I think it's fair to say that Jimmy Savile was paid more by the BBC in six months than Baylen and Amy have earned in the 10 years they have been together.

"A bit too much financial information? Well, you know what, we're cutting this down to size for you with abacuses because that's what it's about. Shame on you for what you have done to my two co-hosts."

He said that whoever had made the decision, "I hope their abacus comes undone and they choke on the beads".
http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/c...-bosses-for-axing-his-radio-show-8276542.html

 

[editor]

There' some good deals on restored bikes being offered right now!
Cycooldelic offering great deals on restored bikes in Brixton while they look for a new home

 

[cuppa tee]

Have you ever done radio? It's not as easy as you think and certainly takes up more of your time than the two hours you're actually on air.

I did a couple of shifts playing tunes for which I got the princely sum of fuck all...... anyway we'll have to agree to differ on this, but I'm only speaking as someone who has done long rotating shifts in factories and shops, she certainly had time for plenty of other projects going by her public biographies, if she'd been working on the tills in Iceland she'd probably have been too knackered.

 

[editor]

I did a couple of shifts playing tunes for which I got the princely sum of fuck all...... anyway we'll have to agree to differ on this, but I'm only speaking as someone who has done long rotating shifts in factories and shops, she certainly had time for plenty of other projects going by her public biographies, if she'd been working on the tills in Iceland she'd probably have been too knackered.

I've done all that too - and more - but if you're in an environment where your co-presenter is getting a substantial sum of money more for more or less doing the same thing, then I think it's reasonable to kick off. It should be noted that it wasn't Amy who made a fuss though.

 

[passivejoe]

Sorry, I forgot the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/video/fashion/100000002686048/colorful-style-in-london.html?smid=tw-share

I just can't seen the point in a video like this. Who is it aimed at? Its difficult to imagine but I assume someone was paid to put it together and to ask those inane questions.
Even worse, 3 people took it seriously enough to respond and talk about their non-statement mustache and homemade french-resistance-chic coat.

Just so depressing.

 

[cuppa tee]

I've done all that too - and more - but if you're in an environment where your co-presenter is getting a substantial sum of money more for more or less doing the same thing, then I think it's reasonable to kick off. It should be noted that it wasn't Amy who made a fuss though.

I think the Baker boy was maybe making a general comment about the reason the bbc gave for axing his show rather than protesting about their wages, as the standard said they had been working with him for 10 years so he had plenty of time previously to protest. the exposure that Ms Lame got during her ten year stint would not have hurt her brand profile either as her previous output had been rather niche, and it probably dint hurt her chances of getting on panel shows and game shows either, likewise it will raise her profile somewhat in the politics game.....

 

[sparkybird]

And there's always the Cliterarti vote.....

 

[AKA pseudonym]

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[Onket]

The 'Amy Lame is standing in Dulwich & West Norwood' story is in the Evening Standard today.

Actually quite impressed that I broke the news on here.

No longer can people claim that all I bring is mundane chit chattery about the Nisa Post Office on Brixton Hill.

 

[Rushy]

The 'Amy Lame is standing in Dulwich & West Norwood' story is in the Evening Standard today.

Actually quite impressed that I broke the news on here.

No longer can people claim that all I bring is mundane chit chattery about the Nisa Post Office on Brixton Hill.

Are you still selling that ebay stuff...?

 

[Onket]

Now and again, yeah.

 

[sparkybird]

No longer can people claim that all I bring is mundane chit chattery about the Nisa Post Office on Brixton Hill.

But it has been out of action for the last 2 days...... Went to Elm Park PO instead - so diddy and cute!

 

[leanderman]

But it has been out of action for the last 2 days...... Went to Elm Park PO instead - so diddy and cute!

What are they up to?

 

[Brixton Hatter]

She's done a Youtube video



I'm fairly sure the local party havent selected anyone yet so she is just one of the (many) people in the running to be the Labour candidate for Dulwich and West Norwood

it doesn't really matter what she thinks or what she's done, cos if she's elected she'll do whatever the fuck the Labour Party want her to do, including telling her which way to vote.