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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - October 2016

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cuppa tee said:
that was the gaff run by the bloke who later had the half moon in herne hill at the time of the flood iirc
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Which brings it back on-message for the "Brixton" forum! :cool:

I was at a poetry gig at Riki Tik that got a bit ugly, and ended with a performer throwing red wine over the MC's white shirt. Oh, for the days when poetry was "the new rock'n'roll"!
 
Mr Retro said:
Ya. They have a "casual dress code" :D

I believe it was brought in after the shoreditch branch opened to keep the city boys out. Open for correction on the reason but the whistle is definitely banned.
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Suits aren't banned they just have a 'non-corporate' dress code.

ETA at one point it was more of an issue that people were wearing ties.

Apparently Soho House on Greek Street is closed for refurbishment until 2018.
 
Angellic said:
Not to mention when FIST had residency there.
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makes me feel all nostalgic. Had many a happy evening at various clubs in that building.

CH1 said:
Personally I would be quite happy if Soho House went bust. But I'm sure they will find it easy to refinance this 9.5% bonds at 2.5% or whatever.
That is how capitalism works. So the question of whether Soho House is bust depends on their actual revenue IMHO, not their legacy debt.

DON'T GO THERE!
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The more the collective wrath of urban sides against a bar - the more I want to try it. I've got to drink somewhere and I'll wait and see and decide for myself. As no bars/ pubs /clubs are run as non profit community assets by entirely left wing philanthropists what is the point of railing against them all?

Unfortunately my budget is more 'spoons than clubs these days, so I might have to save up first, and hope they dont demand photo ID.
 
friendofdorothy said:
The more the collective wrath of urban sides against a bar - the more I want to try it. I've got to drink somewhere and I'll wait and see and decide for myself. As no bars/ pubs /clubs are run as non profit community assets by entirely left wing philanthropists what is the point of railing against them all?

Unfortunately my budget is more 'spoons than clubs these days, so I might have to save up first, and hope they dont demand photo ID.
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Spot on foddy! There's been places pre-judged on here that have turned out not to be the end of civilisation that they were painted as. But they get conveniently forgotten.

Let's you and I try it sometime [emoji1360]
 
discobastard said:
Suits aren't banned they just have a 'non-corporate' dress code.

ETA at one point it was more of an issue that people were wearing ties.

Apparently Soho House on Greek Street is closed for refurbishment until 2018.
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Fair enough

They are doing a huge job in Greek street. It will be massively expanded when it reopens. They just opened in Barcelona too. They can't be doing that badly.
 
I must say I find all the in-depth internet research and scrutiny that goes on in here of any owners/ parent companies who announce plans to open a business venture in Brixton a tad bizarre. Whatever happened to the old-fashioned 'let's check up the new place once it has actually opened and who gives a toss who owns it' approach that most of us used before the advent of the internet?
 
T & P said:
I must say I find all the in-depth internet research and scrutiny that goes on in here of any owners/ parent companies who announce plans to open a business venture in Brixton a tad bizarre. Whatever happened to the old-fashioned 'let's check up the new place once it has actually opened and who gives a toss who owns it' approach that most of us used before the advent of the internet?
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You are a person totally free of context and history, just ready to taste the next new sensation, must be great to be you.
 
bimble said:
You are a person totally free of context and history, just ready to taste the next new sensation, must be great to be you.
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:confused:

Not quite sure what you're driving at tbh. If Fox Bar is going to to be run as an ordinary bar with no membership scheme, why should I care that the parent company also runs other businesses that are different?
 
T & P said:
I must say I find all the in-depth internet research and scrutiny that goes on in here of any owners/ parent companies who announce plans to open a business venture in Brixton a tad bizarre. Whatever happened to the old-fashioned 'let's check up the new place once it has actually opened and who gives a toss who owns it' approach that most of us used before the advent of the internet?
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The research isn't that in-depth. Stuff gets looked up and then when it's too complicated it gets ignored. Or (and no offence intended to the poster) compared to Enron.

I've no doubt bad accounting goes on, and I am sure corruption is rife in local Councils (I've been told so by somebody who knows), but the assumption here seems to be that *everything* is corrupt, but I doubt that very much.
 
friendofdorothy said:
makes me feel all nostalgic. Had many a happy evening at various clubs in that building.

The more the collective wrath of urban sides against a bar - the more I want to try it. I've got to drink somewhere and I'll wait and see and decide for myself. As no bars/ pubs /clubs are run as non profit community assets by entirely left wing philanthropists what is the point of railing against them all?

Unfortunately my budget is more 'spoons than clubs these days, so I might have to save up first, and hope they dont demand photo ID.
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I am speaking of the networking organisation Soho House which (on here) seems to equate to a sort of hipster Freemasons.

In which case get your trouser leg rolled up Madam!
 
I see no issue with understanding what organisations or individuals are behind a venture to help make a decision about handing over cash to them.

Making a decision not to engage with a certain business or group of people because of their practices, past dealings, reputation, activities is perfectly reasonable.

Unlike those who will slate the Murdoch empire while subscribing to sky and reading the Sun cos 'the sports coverage is good'...
 
Nanker Phelge said:
Making a decision not to engage with a certain business or group of people because of their practices, past dealings, reputation, activities is perfectly reasonable.
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I agree and I think everybody does this to an extent. But conversely this makes you a hypocrite because its not possible to keep away from all the businesses whose practices, reputation etc meet the standards you've set.
 
discobastard said:
The research isn't that in-depth. Stuff gets looked up and then when it's too complicated it gets ignored. Or (and no offence intended to the poster) compared to Enron.

I've no doubt bad accounting goes on, and I am sure corruption is rife in local Councils (I've been told so by somebody who knows), but the assumption here seems to be that *everything* is corrupt, but I doubt that very much.
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Your comment relates to something I said on the Pop Brixton thread. And surely the council selecting business partners for that venture, perverting its original purpose, having the accounts non-transparent (by following current rules about small companies) is all reminiscent of Enron - which did much business "off balance sheet".

Can you tell me which council committee monitors Pop Brixton? Would it be the Scrutiny Committee? If so when?
 
Mr Retro said:
I agree and I think everybody does this to an extent. But conversely this makes you a hypocrite because its not possible to keep away from all the businesses whose practices, reputation etc meet the standards you've set.
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Yes, there have been times I've discovered I'm pushing money towards people I had rather not.
 
Nanker Phelge said:
I see no issue with understanding what organisations or individuals are behind a venture to help make a decision about handing over cash to them.

Making a decision not to engage with a certain business or group of people because of their practices, past dealings, reputation, activities is perfectly reasonable.
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Absolutely.
 
teuchter said:
Dogstar and Effra Social seem to get a disproportionately easy ride as far as ownership goes, given Antic's... antics over the years.
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In related news, they're started to re-let the flats on Blenheim Gardens after nearly 100 residents were evicted last year. i think there was a thread on this somewhere but can't find it.
 
twistedAM said:
In related news, they're started to re-let the flats on Blenheim Gardens after nearly 100 residents were evicted last year. i think there was a thread on this somewhere but can't find it.
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Do they still own those? I thought whichever earlier incarnation of Antic related companies it was went into administration sold them a while back?
 
So I went along to the Brixton Big Apple thing last night (the former Beach Boulevard). They've done a much much better job of the interior. I'll post photos later.
 
Rushy said:
Do they still own those? I thought whichever earlier incarnation of Antic related companies it was went into administration sold them a while back?
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No, but this particular administration episode probably had a part to play in it all.
It's a long complicated story but apparently many planning regs were broken and it was a shoddy build (that bit is fact as I've been in a few of the flats).
 
This looks good (sorry if someone's already posted it elsewhere) ..
Tomorrow in Max Roach park, I think the 'APGSuperheroes' are the people who managed to get Dexters playground to open for the half term. I like it how they're joining up all the endangered playgrounds.:thumbs: #SaveOurAPGs hashtag on Twitter

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