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I have no interest in celebrating the saint of another country, or of mine. Even when the former came from mine.
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I have no interest in celebrating the saint of another country, or of mine. Even when the former came from mine.
David Clapson
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I'm a bit late to the thread, so I'll summarise:
(a) Animal slaughter: let's not forget the chickens and bunnies who allegedly have their throats cut in voodoo rituals above the Haitian magic shop on Market Row. (Voodoo has a religious exemption, so you can't get them for animal cruelty.)
(b) The burden of meat production: won't the meat eaters be ethically provided for by synthetic meat fairly soon?
(c) Dirty Burger: ISTR they are owned by Soho House, which is why Soho House applied for an alcohol licence at Phoenix Mk 2 - or have I misremembered? As for Phoenix Mk 1, it looks like Soner has made far too much money from property to bother with a cafe any more.
(d) Cocktails: the ones at 3 Little Birds and 384 are bloody lovely. Takes me back to the days when you could have a cocktail crawl about 15 years ago...there was the Brixtonian in Beehive Place, Tongue and Groove in Atlantic Road and somewhere else I think. It was all much cheaper and you could get properly wankered on Caribbean rum creations for half a crown.
(e) Cock Blocking: was the motive for the shooting at the South Beach Bar https://www.pappzd.com/2013/03/brix...-for-cock-blocking-him-to-be-sentenced-today/
(a) Animal slaughter: let's not forget the chickens and bunnies who allegedly have their throats cut in voodoo rituals above the Haitian magic shop on Market Row. (Voodoo has a religious exemption, so you can't get them for animal cruelty.)
(b) The burden of meat production: won't the meat eaters be ethically provided for by synthetic meat fairly soon?
(c) Dirty Burger: ISTR they are owned by Soho House, which is why Soho House applied for an alcohol licence at Phoenix Mk 2 - or have I misremembered? As for Phoenix Mk 1, it looks like Soner has made far too much money from property to bother with a cafe any more.
(d) Cocktails: the ones at 3 Little Birds and 384 are bloody lovely. Takes me back to the days when you could have a cocktail crawl about 15 years ago...there was the Brixtonian in Beehive Place, Tongue and Groove in Atlantic Road and somewhere else I think. It was all much cheaper and you could get properly wankered on Caribbean rum creations for half a crown.
(e) Cock Blocking: was the motive for the shooting at the South Beach Bar https://www.pappzd.com/2013/03/brix...-for-cock-blocking-him-to-be-sentenced-today/
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CH1
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I only went in it once - when they sold real ale brewed at the Warrrior - years ahead of its time really. Would have been a big hit now.
It was patronised by Norman Beaton and his partner who at that time lived on the Tulse Hill Estate. [talking 1982 or thereabouts]
It really does
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
It's become so convoluted. The official St Patricks Day Parade in London was on Sunday 13th whilst Guinness (for it is they who own it nowadays) have been advertising St Patrick's Weekend (17-20 March). Personally it pisses me off to se breweries and bars stretching stuff out like this. If there is a day celebrate it, not the closest weekend to it. I noticed this a lot with Hallowe'en in recent years.
And..while I'm on a rant I do not respect anyone who has a birthday party on a Saturday night when their actual birthday is on a Tuesday or something.
That's it. Have a nice Friday everyone.
discobastard
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I am having a birthday thing this Saturday and my birthday is in fact Monday. Because it's the best time to get my friends together from a distance and with family commitments. So stick it
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Ha ha..just added that on to troll really. The rest of the rant holds up though doesn't it? Everything seems to get stretched out to a weekend these days. I;m lucky i suppose that i can re-arrange my week to party any night.I am having a birthday thing this Saturday and my birthday is in fact Monday. Because it's the best time to get my friends together from a distance and with family commitments. So stick it
discobastard
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I had a mate who'd spread his birthday over two weekends. That really used to wind me up!
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
That's milking it.
I bet he thought it was hardcore when in fact if they were really hardcore they'd go all out on a Tuesday or whenever.On a serious note though (as someone loosely involved in the "entertainment" business) I've noticed a trend over the past few years toward weekends. Fewer and fewer people want to play or promote much between Mon and Thurs and the reasons given are that many people have to get up at dawn and endure a three-hour roundtrip commute to work during the week and secondly rent prices are so high a lot of people can only choose to go out one night a week, if that. Sign of the times in London 2016.
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shakespearegirl
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I was told today it is to be a deli, but my next informant said pizzeria and then a third said fish and chips.
Roosters Spot is also being gutted.
The demise of Roosters Spot (from the Feb thread) seems not to be true, it was open earlier in the week
Roosters Spot is also being gutted.
The demise of Roosters Spot (from the Feb thread) seems not to be true, it was open earlier in the week
SpamMisery
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That's milking it.
On a serious note though (as someone loosely involved in the "entertainment" business) I've noticed a trend over the past few years toward weekends. Fewer and fewer people want to play or promote much between Mon and Thurs and the reasons given are that many people have to get up at dawn and endure a three-hour roundtrip commute to work during the week and secondly rent prices are so high a lot of people can only choose to go out one night a week, if that. Sign of the times in London 2016.
There's a lot of articles about how people "consume" their entertainment in different ways now. People are moving away from pubs and clubs to other formats. Must confess I've only skim read them however.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
This only confirms my view that you give very little serious time to anything other than yourself.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
by very little you mean none.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
is that why he's no longer your mate?
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I was doing my best not to sound full of hate.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
no need when i have no such compunction
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
not like you to use small caps when big caps are required. Have you got all Bukowski?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i've got my thinking cap on and that's plenty big enough
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Hanson?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
can i suggest a couple more?cheerleaders? waitresses? -think it's against the Equal ops Act to only employ female serving staff.
or perhaps with any luck they might be like this:
'The Prancing Elites, an all-male, African American, gay cheer leading team from Mobile, Alabama'
venus van dam out of the sons of anarchy
denise bryson out of twin peaks
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It's horrible seeking New York getting stuffed because what happens there invariably comes here a few years later (and I'm not just talking about the tragic copycat Williamsburg scene that's infested East London and more recently Brixton in recent years).
The studio where Bowie made his last album has been forced out of NY because gentrification
The studio where Bowie made his last album has been forced out of NY because gentrification
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