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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - February 2016

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snowy_again said:
They're clearing that strip of Trafalgar Sq of buskers, so they'll all no doubt levitate their way to the No. 3 bus stop and head south.
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I did not know about this.

There are several buskers and also people who do chalk pictures.

They arent causing any harm.

I am a bit tired of seeing living statues of Star Wars. But each to his own.

The living statues are now in Piccadilly Circus.
 
editor said:
We'll soon have lines of Yodas joining the chuggers. It'll be like the West End.

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The gold guy is letting the side down by not camouflaging the base of his stand well enough. The Levitation Circle will have him for giving the game away!
 
I think you're all being really harsh to the living statues.
Presumably it's because you missed the completely brilliant documentary that was on Channel 4 last year called The Romanians are Coming, where you'd have learnt what it's like for instance to be London's rubbishest Charlie Chaplin, the worst of seven I think he was. It's not necessarily a first choice career move is all I'm saying, it's something where you don't have to know much English etc.
Ah! It's still there. Honestly, it's beautiful (3 parts, I think the Charlie Chaplins & yodas are in the middle episode). The Romanians Are Coming

edit: Here's the darker side of the story, courtesy of DM: The yodas are all part of a gang, bussed in from caravan parks in Essex every morning etc. Yoda Wars in Trafalgar Square between Romanian street performers
 
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Those Charlie Chaplins are always hassling tourists in Westminster. They hunt in packs, like the velociraptor in Jurassic Park. There's even a female Charlie Chaplin every now and again.
 
bimble said:
I think you're all being really harsh to the living statues.
Presumably it's because you missed the completely brilliant documentary that was on Channel 4 last year called The Romanians are Coming, where you'd have learnt what it's like for instance to be London's rubbishest Charlie Chaplin, the worst of seven I think he was. It's not necessarily a first choice career move is all I'm saying, it's something where you don't have to know much English etc.
Ah! It's still there. Honestly, it's beautiful (3 parts, I think the Charlie Chaplins & yodas are in the middle episode). The Romanians Are Coming

edit: Here's the darker side of the story, courtesy of DM: The yodas are all part of a gang, bussed in from caravan parks in Essex every morning etc. Yoda Wars in Trafalgar Square between Romanian street performers
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I first came across this phenomenon in the Pizza Navona in Rome at least 10 years ago. The image trending at that time was Egyptian gods, though I see that now in Rome it's all got more interactive, and presumably remunerative:
 
There was another amazing night at the Prince of Wales tonight. After the demise of the Queen's Head it's the best Brixton's got on a Thursday, IMO.

So great to see such a mixed crowd enjoying live music.

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