Brixton news, rumour and general chat - February 2015

[ash]

ash, Smick, Re Kings/road closures etc. apparently they are sorting out their helipad
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/news/public/news/view/16238

Thanks CH1. - I'm not begrudging the helipad, but Kings should have put on contingency plans for people who rely on taxis late at night.

 

[editor]

A scene from last night's chaos at the Albert.



Thanks to colacubes and spanglechick !

 

[colacubes]

The vom-o-meter section was ridiculously chaotic, but everyone got drunk.

I have not been so hungover for a very long time

 

[Ms T]

Putting the V into V-Day, colacubes.

 

[uk benzo]

Have any of you ever seen the man that cycles through Brixton WHILST juggling 3 glow in the dark balls? Bloody impressive!

 

[el-ahrairah]

in the old days, someone would have done that because they were mental. these days its probably because theyre wacky.

 

[elmpp]

Because mental illness is a requirement?

 

[editor]

This building on the corner of Brixton Road and Crewdson Road looks like it might have a bit of history. Any ideas?

 

[el-ahrairah]

Because mental illness is a requirement?

 

[editor]

One thing that really does sadden me is seeing more and twats in my favourite pub. Wednesday night a group of us were drinking after the football game when three coked-up over-confident types with money insisted on barging into the conversation. They started harassing two of the women who were with us, to the point where it was politely said, "Guys please leave them alone. They're clearly don't want to talk to you." Cue one of the twats getting all puffed up and saying, "What? You going to make me?"

They then threw in a bit of racist abuse just so there was no doubt what utter dickheads they were, and then we got them booted and barred.

Then at the club night on Friday, three similar-but-not-the-same morons insisted on staying on the stage while the performance was going on and trying to steal drinks and persistently grope a female DJs arse. Despite colacubes verbally laying into the worst fuckwit they carried on being utter dicks.

Happily, these twats are still very very much in the minority, but the increase in leery, gropey, sexist and/or racist men is really depressing.

*rant over

 

[colacubes]

Never fuck with a woman with access to a microphone They'd been asked politely to stop on a couple of occasions so I figured I may as well do the verbal tarring and feathering. Tbh I was mostly shocked about how unembarrassed they were about being publicly called out for repeatedly groping someone. Bellends

 

[el-ahrairah]

yuk.

 

[colacubes]

I should add that it wasn't me being groped but someone else. I just happened to be next to the person being hassled and had the microphone in my hand when they were being asked to stop and refusing.

 

[el-ahrairah]

i guess its like the thing about how rapists think that all men are rapists but some claim not to be in order to make themselves look good. these guys assume everyone does it and that womens voices aren;t worth listening to, so being called out meant nothing to them at all. very sad.

 

[SpamMisery]

i guess its like the thing about how rapists think that all men are rapists but some claim not to be in order to make themselves look good. these guys assume everyone does it and that womens voices aren;t worth listening to, so being called out meant nothing to them at all. very sad.

Really? Is that a thing? Do they think everyone rapes or that everyone is a rapist but squashes the urges?

 

[editor]

Never fuck with a woman with access to a microphone They'd been asked politely to stop on a couple of occasions so I figured I may as well do the verbal tarring and feathering. Tbh I was mostly shocked about how unembarrassed they were about being publicly called out for repeatedly groping someone. Bellends

Yep. And that's pretty much how the other three guys were on Wednesday. Like they were entitled to do what the fuck they liked no matter how unwanted their filthy groping attentions were. Like it was normal.

The bit that might have got amusing was the guy they were slagging off for 'being a foreigner' could have easily flattened the lot of them, so a tiny part of me was almost willing them to carry on. But non-violence is the better way and they won't be coming back with their expensive jackets, coked up noses and rapey attitude.

 

[SpamMisery]

Coked up noses and rapey attitude yes, but expensive jackets?

 

[CH1]

Thanks CH1. - I'm not begrudging the helipad, but Kings should have put on contingency plans for people who rely on taxis late at night.

All the buses on that route (68,468 etc ) are still on diversion today.
They don't seem to have advertised it very well (not helped by Thamselink being closed due to engineering works).

 

[editor]

Coked up noses and rapey attitude yes, but expensive jackets?

Just painting a picture of what I saw.

 

[el-ahrairah]

Really? Is that a thing? Do they think everyone rapes or that everyone is a rapist but squashes the urges?

according to interviews with men in prison for rape, they think all men do it, but they were the ones who got caught. someone posted the report on here last year, very interesting stuff.

 

[SpamMisery]

according to interviews with men in prison for rape, they think all men do it, but they were the ones who got caught. someone posted the report on here last year, very interesting stuff.

Crikey, that's barking

 

[editor]

I reposted this blog piece as I thought it has some interesting perspectives:

An Atlantic Road trader laments the changes in Brixton’s markets

 

[Mr Retro]

Then at the club night on Friday, three similar-but-not-the-same morons insisted on staying on the stage while the performance was going on and trying to steal drinks and persistently grope a female DJs arse. Despite colacubes verbally laying into the worst fuckwit they carried on being utter dicks.

It's shit to hear that because I thought the vibe in general was fantastic and really friendly while we were there

 

[editor]

It's shit to hear that because I thought the vibe in general was fantastic and really friendly while we were there

Well it was only the three plonkers onstage - everyone else seemed well up for the fun and there was a good mix of people in the house.

 

[editor]

It's shit to hear that because I thought the vibe in general was fantastic and really friendly while we were there

I'm thinking of doing some more themed evenings that get the crowd involved. I spent ages building the various props but it is rewarding when a proper chaotic night ensues!

 

[Puddy_Tat]

This building on the corner of Brixton Road and Crewdson Road looks like it might have a bit of history. Any ideas?

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oval history has a little bit about it - here

 

[editor]

The Shrub & Shutter got a review in the Rakish Gent.

The Rakish what, you may ask? Here's their about us page:

WHO?
The rakish fellow you met last night with the suave dance moves,
smoothly rehearsed lines,
and your number listed as “Goddess #14” in his phone,
is fine for a flirt, but probably isn't meet-the-parents material.

Used as an adjective to describe a dashing ladies’ man or a streamlined ship,
rakish comes from the fusing of rake + ish.
He is stylishly handsome and prone to saucy, fast behaviour.
Synonyms include charming, flashy, and immoral.

WHAT?
An up-to-date, finger on the pulse, super current,
ONLINE MENSWEAR MAGAZINE.
Showcasing and expressing our love for Independent, High Street and Luxury Brands.

My, how Brixton has changed

 

[ViolentPanda]

Really? Is that a thing? Do they think everyone rapes or that everyone is a rapist but squashes the urges?

Sadly that is a "thing" that's emerged from HM Prison Service's ongoing (over 30 years now) Sex Offender Treatment Programme. It's a way of unconsciously avoiding cognitive dissonance.
It's the former, usually, by the way, that every male rapes, but some (a majority) say that they don't, and don't get caught.

 

[ViolentPanda]

according to interviews with men in prison for rape, they think all men do it, but they were the ones who got caught. someone posted the report on here last year, very interesting stuff.

Yep, and not an emergent phenomenon either, an old one, and a "necessary" one for the perpetrator, because it allows him to ignore/dismiss/not see the consequence(s) of his actions.

 

[Private Storm]

Sure this must have been posted somewhere before, but couldn't find it. So, instead of a new thread and putting myself out there for endless ridicule about my lack of skill with the search function, thought I would post it here: