Brixton news, rumour and general chat - July 2014

[Onket]

Haven't you got anywhere better to be onket?

Don't mince your words, what are you getting at?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I'm glad that you said "normally" I bought some pulled pork pastries a few days ago. They looked okay and were onionfree so *shrug*. Sweet, bland, meh.

I like pulled pork even if it is a bit faddy at the moment. I don't think it would work in a pastry though, if it's not really fresh it'll dry out.

 

[cuppa tee]

I reckon cheese and pineapple on sticks in a half potato covered in tinfoil is due a post ironic revival. I may do a pop up something-or-other

.....but nobody tried to promote festivals with the help of a cheese and pineapple hedgehog even its heyday

 

[Greebo]

I like pulled pork even if it is a bit faddy at the moment. I don't think it would work in a pastry though, if it's not really fresh it'll dry out.

The filling included red peppers, and the spices were authentic enough, it's just that the overall impression was sweet, hardly any meat, and not even very aromatic. Think I'll have a go at doing my own.

 

[Manter]

.....but nobody tried to promote festivals with the help of a cheese and pineapple hedgehog even its heyday

They missed a trick!

 

[Manter]

Will you also be doing a hedgehog of olives and silverskin pickled onions?

Olives are a bit exotic. Prawn cocktail made with ketchup and salad cream maybe

 

[Emmanusquelle]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know of a good venue in Brixton that's available to hire for a couple of hours at an affordable price? We live in a small flat and want to organise a small children's party but don't have the space at home...

 

[Manter]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know of a good venue in Brixton that's available to hire for a couple of house at an affordable price? We live in a small flat and want to organise a small children's party but don't have the space at home...

the children's centre in brockwell park. Next to the playground. We've been to a couple of parties there and it's great

 

[editor]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know of a good venue in Brixton that's available to hire for a couple of house at an affordable price? We live in a small flat and want to organise a small children's party but don't have the space at home...

Effra Social?

 

[editor]

This lot - who "help their clients create rich, meaningful and commercially valuable truth" are coming to Brixton Market. And I'm invited!

 

[Emmanusquelle]

the children's centre in brockwell park. Next to the playground. We've been to a couple of parties there and it's great

Thanks! I don't know why I didn't think of it myself -we've also been to a party there and it was lovely.

 

[Emmanusquelle]

Effra Social?

Also a good idea and very close to us too, thank you. Will make a few phone calls today.

 

[editor]

This lot...

Warning: Don't click on that link if you're likely to have an adverse reaction to news about a hideous touchy-feely, buzzword-laden brand marketing team about to slither into Brixton.

We help brands create truth by charting the everyday and cultural cosmologies – the innumerable, subtle forces that shape and reshape people’s lives and decisions.

This is insight as a creative act, where cultural understanding generates rich, meaningful and commercially valuable truth. It’s truth that drives innovation, stimulating new ideas and territories, and tells emotionally engaging brand stories. Stories that resonate; stories that connect with people, move them and get shared and retold.

The truth is ever-changing and so are we.

 

[CH1]

Warning: Don't click on that link if you're likely to have an adverse reaction to news about a hideous touchy-feely, buzzword-laden brand marketing team about to slither into Brixton.

Did they REALLY redesign the Royal Opera House and Easyjet? What an odd combination. I wish they got ROH to charge Easyjet seat prices.
BTW why is their web site apparently hosted in Montserrat?

 

[editor]

Did they REALLY redesign the Royal Opera House and Easyjet? What an odd combination. I wish they got ROH to charge Easyjet seat prices.
BTW why is their web site apparently hosted in Montserrat?

Oh, I think I might have to spin this out into a separate thread as I'm getting some real quality stuff from them now.

 

[Onket]

Oh, I think I might have to spin this out into a separate thread as I'm getting some real quality stuff from them now.

Great, another sneer-fest. What U75 does best.

 

[se5]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know of a good venue in Brixton that's available to hire for a couple of hours at an affordable price? We live in a small flat and want to organise a small children's party but don't have the space at home...

The Mulberry Centre in Myatts Fields Park is pretty good too - we've arranged and been to several childrens parties there: http://www.myattsfieldspark.info/the-mulberry-centre--one-oclock-club.html#Multimes and afterwards the children can go to the playground for waterplay

 

[technical]

Also a good idea and very close to us too, thank you. Will make a few phone calls today.

We had our daughter's birthday party at Elm Court School on Elm Park a couple of months ago. It was great and the staff were lovely.

 

[felixgolightly]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know of a good venue in Brixton that's available to hire for a couple of hours at an affordable price? We live in a small flat and want to organise a small children's party but don't have the space at home...

Papas Park is worth a call too. Haven't been since the cafe's been done up, but they used to lay on food for parties, hire the little hall in the back. Its a nice little park and worthy of support.

 

[snowy_again]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know of a good venue in Brixton that's available to hire for a couple of hours at an affordable price? We live in a small flat and want to organise a small children's party but don't have the space at home...

Effra Early Years Centre, or the One O'Clock Club in Brockwell Park?

 

[se5]

Today is the last day to get your entry forms in for the scarecrow and recycled garden competitions at the Lambeth Country Show - http://lambethcountryshow.co.uk/get-involved/

 

[editor]

Oh, for fuck's sake. Now I've been sent the press release for 'The First Social Petwork for Cat Aficionados,' because it was made in Brixton.

It's "a new app for the feline community. It enables feline friends to forget about the tweeting; this app allows all to meow to their heart’s content and purr in their natural voice. Friends can literally paw at each other by creating and sharing videos and photos."

 

[ViolentPanda]

Everything's fucking "pulled pork" these days.

Even masturbation is "pulled pork" nowadays.

 

[friendofdorothy]

The Brixton Blog was reporting unfolding events at the incipient gay squat at Joy - I may try to get a photo or two in a minute. Make sonething to talk about to the more middle class types at the LJAG meeting later.

http://www.brixtonblog.com/police-o...r-joy-brixton-store-in-coldharbour-lane/23271

damn I forgot to look when I was in Brixton this afternoon. What is going on there today, any one know?
should I give up stitch and bitch this evening and get down there in my campest hat?

 

[friendofdorothy]

Open Streetmap mapping Brixton this Thursday: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/London#Thu_3rd_July_Brixton_Mapping_Evening

I read this - but what does it mean? mapping what and how? and how does that relate to drinking?

 

[OvalhouseDB]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know of a good venue in Brixton that's available to hire for a couple of hours at an affordable price? We live in a small flat and want to organise a small children's party but don't have the space at home...

You could try CAFE in the arches at Loughborough Junction http://www.sunshineiarts.co.uk/venue-hire/ or the St Vincent's community centre or SixBrixton (6 Somerleyton Rd).

 

[CH1]

damn I forgot to look when I was in Brixton this afternoon. What is going on there today, any one know?
should I give up stitch and bitch this evening and get down there in my campest hat?

I just went past (5 pm) and no Police and no people either.
Not sure if there is anyone in. Maybe you ring the bell and wait to be admitted like a 1970s nightclub? I'm gonna try and find some relevant twitter feed in case there's more info.
They were supposed to be showing videos about militant gay squats in East Berlin, Philadelphia and a factory in South London. I fancied that.

Wednesday 2nd July BAKING & ENTERING [2pm – midnight]

2pm Unwanted household goods donation event! Bring us yr spare plates, cutlery, cups, cooking equipment, bedding, food for dinner, etc.

7pm Squatting workshop – Squatters Legal Network share practical skills and legal knowledge, essential for all squatters & wannabe-squatters.

9.30pm Dinner & short films

Sass Squat (Sasha Wortzel, 2009) A portrait of an all-queer squat in West Philadelphia. This piece examines the significance of reclaiming underutilized space through the exploration of a unique living space and the people who call it home

Battle of Tutenhaus (Juliet Bashore, 1991) Tutenhaus, the “House of Queers”, a squat in 1980s East Berlin, survived attacks from neo-nazis but was violently evicted by the West German police after reunification.

Colorama 2 (Kahm Fiaa Enck, 2013) a group of strangers inhabit an empty photo printing lab in South London. part of an unwinding spiral of explorations within spaces thought abandoned, their journey together is one of stuttered re-awakenings and collective desires amidst the discards of a dying world

 

[editor]

I just took a look too and noticed the lack of lurking cops.

 

[editor]

Oh, they said that they may not open till 7pm tonight.

 

[T & P]

Oh, for fuck's sake. Now I've been sent the press release for 'The First Social Petwork for Cat Aficionados,' because it was made in Brixton.

It's "a new app for the feline community. It enables feline friends to forget about the tweeting; this app allows all to meow to their heart’s content and purr in their natural voice. Friends can literally paw at each other by creating and sharing videos and photos."

This is relevant to my interests and, I suspect, those of many other regulars here