Brixton news, rumour and general chat - May 2014

[leanderman]

I miss Kennedy's steak pies. Followed by one of their apricot pies.

Apparently, the pies at Jones the butcher close by on Dulwich rd are very good

 

[Manter]

Anyone know what the fireworks are towards elephant?

 

[editor]

Anyone know what the fireworks are towards elephant?

That's a lot of money going up in smoke right now. My guess is Somerset house, but I've no idea.

 

[peterkro]

I know it's not Brixton but does anyone know what the massive fireworks display on the Thames by Waterloo bridge was in aid of.I thought the revolution had arrived for a mo.

The only info I can find is a notice to mariners to say the river is closed from Waterloo to Blackfriars.

Appears to be connected to the opening of Miss Saigon,whatever that is,play musical some such.

 

[Ms T]

Eh? He grew up in Stratford upon Avon and went to my primary school (a state school, btw). He's certainly not working class.
http://www.stratford-herald.com/4377-bridgetown-school-old-boy-goes-global.html

He went to secondary school in Sheffield.

 

[ffsear]

i was wondering what that was, went one for about 20 mins

 

[ffsear]

Premier of Miss Saigon apparently

 

[shakespearegirl]

Miss Saigon Afterparty



I'm at work in Soho and thought it was a mahoosive thunderstorm

 

[Manter]

I know it's not Brixton but does anyone know what the massive fireworks display on the Thames by Waterloo bridge was in aid of.I thought the revolution had arrived for a mo.

The only info I can find is a notice to mariners to say the river is closed from Waterloo to Blackfriars.

Appears to be connected to the opening of Miss Saigon,whatever that is,play musical some such.

http://www.pla.co.uk/assets/m30of2014-kingsreachriverclosure-fireworkdisplay21may2014.pdf

This is all I can find too.

E2a

Chilavert, shakespearegirl thx for clearing up the mystery!

 

[Onket]

we were speaking of the industrial working classes as well you know, if you ever need a new username then can I suggest Chubby Checker if its not already taken



my encounters with the jogging fraternity tend to be north of the town centre and we do get incursions from kennington and the more salubrious bits of stockwell which may explain my POV, fwiw it's worth a good friend of mine took up running a few years back after getting an entry to the London marathon, his times have been good enough to get repeat invites, he is a former welder in a railway carriage works and last year ran as escort to the millwall mascot, one thing that deffo boils his piss to refer to his training as "jogging" there is definite distinction between his Alf Tupper styling and the fashion victims one clocks around the embankment battersea park and increasingly in this manor....

chubby Checkpoint is about as close as you'll get.

Rushy, it's there for the taking.

 

[Rushy]

chubby Checkpoint is about as close as you'll get.

Rushy, it's there for the taking.

Are you calling me fat?

 

[Onket]

I think you owe me a pint for that outrageous suggestion.

 

[Rushy]

I think you owe me a pint for that outrageous suggestion.

I thought you couldn't make it tomorrow? I have arranged to go to the pictures instead.

 

[Onket]

'The Pictures' ey?

 

[Rushy]

'The Pictures' ey?

(((I got a spectator ticket to Ravercise)))

 

[Onket]

Shhhh!

 

[Rushy]

Well... not a ticket exactly. But almost as good.

 

[thatguyhex]

Champagne and Fromage has Gil Scott Heron's 'the revolution will not be televised' blasting out of its speakers. Wrong on so many levels.

Of course, because when Heron wrote the song he had in mind how The Revolution will ban you from being able to go out and eat French food while buying fizzy wine by the glass.

 

[shifting gears]

Of course, because when Heron wrote the song he had in mind how The Revolution will ban you from being able to go out and eat French food while buying fizzy wine by the glass.

Gil Scott-Heron made a career from highly politicised music (and spoken word) dealing with issues such as racism, class oppression, civil rights, opposition to foreign policy etc

I think it's fair to say he wouldn't have approved of an upmarket bar for stuck up wankers plonked into one of the the most culturally mixed and poorest parts of an area like Brixton

So... Uh... Shut up

 

[teuchter]

"stuck up wankers"

 

[shifting gears]

"stuck up wankers"

Yeah. Pretty much like you.

 

[editor]

Of course, because when Heron wrote the song he had in mind how The Revolution will ban you from being able to go out and eat French food while buying fizzy wine by the glass.

I mean, seriously

 

[shifting gears]

I mean, seriously

Worth reading again innit... And now preserved in print. Doh!

 

[thatguyhex]

I mean, seriously

That reminds me, I need to go to Morleys and spray-paint "There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers in the instant replay" all over the department where you can buy complete sets of Le Creuset cast-iron cookware in any one of a dozen different colours. Those stuck up wankers have been ruining Brixton for a hundred years.

 

[editor]

That reminds me, I need to go to Morleys and spray-paint "There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers in the instant replay" all over the department where you can buy complete sets of Le Creuset cast-iron cookware in any one of a dozen different colours. Those stuck up wankers have been ruining Brixton for a hundred years.

You're positively unhinged tonight!

But do go on!

 

[editor]

That rain has finally arrived then!

 

[thatguyhex]

You're positively unhinged tonight!

Good to see you sticking to the high standards you expect from others here.

 

[gabi]

I think it's fair to say he wouldn't have approved of an upmarket bar for stuck up wankers plonked into one of the the most culturally mixed and poorest parts of an area like Brixton

So... Uh... Shut up

I saw him perform in front of a crowd of largely young white folk at the Jazz Cafe in Camden a few years ago. They also serve champagne. Terrifying I know. He seemed quite happy to be there.

 

[Onket]

Yeah. Pretty much like you.

"I know you are but what am I?"

 

[cuppa tee]

I saw him perform in front of a crowd of largely young white folk at the Jazz Cafe in Camden a few years ago. They also serve champagne. Terrifying I know. He seemed quite happy to be there.

he was probably in "the bottle" would " a dollar nine get a bottle of wine" in the jazz cafe or C+F ?