Brixton news, rumour and general chat - May 2014

[editor]

The eccentric lady of Coldharbour Lane was in fine form yesterday. She likes to pose for pictures, and the schoolkids film her on their mobiles until she starts to dance towards them - and then they're off!

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

That cocktail bar has no chance

 

[trabuquera]

hmmm. mixed feelings about posting these pics. this same woman often goes half or fully naked in the streets and it makes me really uncomfortable to see people laughing at and photographing her. And I then see the same pics smeared all over twitter with lots of sneering about her, or her body, or about Brixton. Is she in her fully right mind? (and I'm not saying she isn't. Maybe it's a bit of riot grrrl confrontationalism... and I'm not arguing that she "needs to be locked up" or "is scaring / traumatising other people" btw.) Because if she does have mental health problems, then taking and circulating pics like this is a bit off imho.

 

[xsunnysuex]

They are still tweeting updates (yesterday) and some photos so maybe just updating the website.
It looks a bit underwhelming to me from the pics but I have not actually visited.
Anyone been?

Badgers this video is on Youtube. If this is it, it looks more tempting. Must be at the back of the property??

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Badgers this video is on Youtube. If this is it, it looks more tempting. Must be at the back of the property??

It still looks like a junk sale.

 

[xsunnysuex]

It still looks like a junk sale.

Prob is. But a bigger junk sale than it looks in Badgers Pic. Still worth a look as it's just the end of my road.

 

[gaijingirl]

I live in SW16 next to a very pricey road.

exactly! all those roads down to Tooting Common etc.

 

[Orang Utan]

The eccentric lady of Coldharbour Lane was in fine form yesterday. She likes to pose for pictures, and the schoolkids film her on their mobiles until she starts to dance towards them - and then they're off!

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I wish you wouldn't post this sort of curtain twitching shite

 

[editor]

Did anyone go to the 'Bring Back Our Girls' demo in Windrush Sq earlier?

 

[el-ahrairah]

Did anyone go to the 'Bring Back Our Girls' demo in Windrush Sq earlier?

i hope someone remembered to tell Boko Haram that the liberals of brixton were unhappy, otherwise it will all be a waste of time.

 

[editor]

i hope someone remembered to tell Boko Haram that the liberals of brixton were unhappy, otherwise it will all be a waste of time.

I have to say that it did seem a bit of an odd thing to do.

 

[editor]

Oh, and two excellent events coming up in Brixton:

The ‘Best In Brixton’ Festival returns on May bank holiday weekend: music fundraiser for local children and youth services

Brixton BookJam returns to Hootananny on Monday June 2nd – full line up of readers announced

 

[Manter]

Streatham is a yuppie hotspot?!?!!!

Oh yes! Join Streatham Mum's Network* on Facebook and it will become very clear. It's yuppies not hipsters- very waspy down there now

*don't

 

[editor]

And if anyone fancies celebrating Norway Day tomorrow, the Prince Albert is the place to be! It's free all night, band onstage around 11.15pm.

Celebrate Norway Day in Brixton with all-girl rock band from Oslo, Sat 17th May

 

[Badgers]

Badgers this video is on Youtube. If this is it, it looks more tempting. Must be at the back of the property??

YouTube Video

Cheers

 

[CH1]

CH1 Ms Ordinary Belushi zenie shygirl

Please note- The latest 'Brixton News, Rumour and General Chat Thread Piss Up' is taking place on the evening of the 22nd May 2014 in the front room at the Effra Social. Be there or be a be a hipster twonk.

Seriously, it’s going to be fucking mental etc.

x (where applicable)

What's the time (approximately)? I need to be off by 10 - but happy to pop in earlier.

 

[Manter]

Brockwell Park was full of baby birds today… moorhens and goslings, with very cute fluffy bottoms, and very watchful parents…..

 

[Orang Utan]

I once saw, in a nearby park, the mass murder of four moorhen chicks by a crow with seemingly nothing to gain from the situation.
Yay spring! Yay nature!

 

[Pickman's model]

I once saw, in a nearby park, the mass murder of four moorhen chicks by a crow with seemingly nothing to gain from the situation.
Yay spring! Yay nature!

red in tooth and claw

 

[Badgers]

I once saw, in a nearby park, the mass murder of four moorhen chicks by a crow with seemingly nothing to gain from the situation.
Yay spring! Yay nature!

So?

 

[Pickman's model]

It's free all night

if only it were...

but it would be drunk dry before 9pm

 

[Pickman's model]

So?

it's another Orang Utan fact

 

[Manter]

I once saw, in a nearby park, the mass murder of four moorhen chicks by a crow with seemingly nothing to gain from the situation.
Yay spring! Yay nature!

bloody crows

 

[Pickman's model]

bloody crows

but not samcro

 

[Badgers]

Fecking Crows

 

[editor]

Crows never forget a face so you don't want to mix it up with any.

- Crows remember the faces of "dangerous humans," with the memories likely lasting for a bird's lifetime.

- Crows may scold people who threaten them, bringing in relatives and even strangers to mob the person.

- The crows within mobs then indirectly learn about the person, so they too associate that individual's face with danger and react accordingly.

Crows remember the faces of threatening humans and often react by scolding and bringing in others to mob the perceived miscreant, according to a new study published in the latest Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Since the mob members also then indirectly learn about the threatening person, the findings demonstrate how just a single crow's bad experience with a particular human can spread information about this individual throughout entire crow communities.

http://news.discovery.com/animals/z...s-memory-life-threatening-behavior-110628.htm

 

[Orang Utan]

Maybe the crow knew something about the chicks

 

[thatguyhex]

On the Guardian's site today: Is Brixton London's next hipster tech hub?

 

[editor]

On the Guardian's site today: Is Brixton London's next hipster tech hub?

*sobs

 

[editor]

The growing divide in Brixton, as evidenced by that article:

Like Ford, Deschamps-Sonsino is moving her business to Brixton. She’s been based in Shoreditch for four years, but cited the expensive rent and commute as major factors in her move. “People are moving south of river," she said. "There is value in being in east London, but it’s not worth the cost involved.”

Along with that, some of Lambeth’s existing residents are falling behind, with 15% not having online access; among social housing tenants, the proportion without access is is 40%.