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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - March 2013

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TruXta said:
It was also incredibly busy tonight. Most impressively of all, there were more people walking up Effra Rd than down.
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It's just been a crazy weekend. We were so busy we had to turn people away from the Canterbury last night, telling them how to get to the Albert.
 
TruXta said:
It's only gonna get worse I think. And I do mean worse.
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For us it was a combination of musically compatible gigs happening at the Academy and the Grosvenor and us ending up as the afterparty for both. We didn't have many people who didn't understand what we were about. As long as people get it/are respectful, then I've no problem with new people coming in.
 
editor said:
There was loads of new faces at the Offline Albert, but seeing as a young couple came up at the end and said that the music was the best they'd heard at a club for years, I was more than happy.

They were probably drunk, mind. :)
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Tonight was shit. Proper Clapham.

.... and puke (not graffitti) all over the bogs....
 
Mrs Magpie said:
I think it can only be a good thing as it keeps the arrivistes out of the Albert.
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A few people came down to the Albert moaning about the queues and drink prices in the Effra Social early evening. Only one I remember was a chap saying he paid £9 for a two single house whisky and cokes. Guess that is kinda the market they are targeting, horses for courses...

Not really comparable venues (Effra/Albert) though are they :D
 
Anyone see this on the High Street?

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(not my pic, was on twitter @LydiaMagic)
 
ianw said:
For us it was a combination of musically compatible gigs happening at the Academy and the Grosvenor and us ending up as the afterparty for both. We didn't have many people who didn't understand what we were about. As long as people get it/are respectful, then I've no problem with new people coming in.
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Did you get a lot of Grosvenor-ites? We were 4 deep at the bar (for at least 4 hrs) till the last band finished and about 1/2 of the lot disappeared in your direction as apparently they had discounted entry with their wristbands. If so, THANK YOU :)

eta: Friday? 'London Popfest' crowd?
 
TruXta said:
It's only gonna get worse I think. And I do mean worse.
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Town really was heaving last night. Lot of people in all the pubs and all the pavements were packed at 9pm, I would think it got busier too? Good for the pubs but does feel a bit like a Friday night in San Antonio at times :hmm:
Good for the pubs and food outlets for sure, also bodes well for the Holiday Inn which is on its way. I hope that we are not about to enter the hell that is hen/stag parties :mad:

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Badgers said:
I would think it got busier too?
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It sure did. We came out of the underground at 11pm. It felt like we'd walked into a carnival. People absolutely everywhere, including girls dressed as superwoman. My daughter actually said "Wow!! Never seen Brixton this busy in the evening. Even on a weekend. "
 
xsunnysuex said:
It sure did. We came out of the underground at 11pm. It felt like we'd walked into a carnival. People absolutely everywhere, including girls dressed as superwoman. My daughter actually said "Wow!! Never seen Brixton this busy in the evening. Even on a weekend. "
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the once fearful public perception of the place (that kept the ignorant away, and the open minded attracted) is changing. so you've got a smallish town, with loads of already good bars/pubs/clubs (that once served the non-fearful and open-minded), now attracting the once fearful amongst the always open-minded. result - busy town.

not sure even i follow that
 
tallulahj said:
Did you get a lot of Grosvenor-ites? We were 4 deep at the bar (for at least 4 hrs) till the last band finished and about 1/2 of the lot disappeared in your direction as apparently they had discounted entry with their wristbands. If so, THANK YOU :)

eta: Friday? 'London Popfest' crowd?
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Yeah, a load came along. Those wristbands were just for discounted entry to HDIF. It was a fun night!
 
Waking up today I almost had to do a double-take - have I ever seen Brixton so busy with so white and m/c customers? The fearful are certainly less so it seems.
 
ianw said:
For us it was a combination of musically compatible gigs happening at the Academy and the Grosvenor and us ending up as the afterparty for both. We didn't have many people who didn't understand what we were about. As long as people get it/are respectful, then I've no problem with new people coming in.
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Glad to hear it. Any updates on the Canterbury? Is it staying?
 
snowy_again said:
As per my post before - it's just the same as the much hated Granville Arcade; its Editors early adopter approach re. Federation again - fine now, but give it six months and I think as 'other people' arrive it will be called potentially the death of all things 80s / 90s brixton.

For context I am saying this having just come back from Deptford Greenwich boarders where an old local is now gastroed to hell - perfectly fine for the night I went to, but no longer a place where a range of people could go and find solace in a common denominator where the pub was somewhere to go where you could buy booze (not at the shops) and drink it with people you might have more than a nodding acquaintance with. It was all mushroom coloured walls, doom bar & roast beetroot like every other pub of that type. I guess that comes with a more transient renting community, and demand for property.

That said; I recognise 10 long term brixton people in Editor's photos of the opening night; I'm guessing you were with Ted & Zelda's bloke? and most of the (white & MC) shop & bar keepers I know had been in there since thursday saying good things. If they can balance the pub vs creche vs. late night thing then good for them.

Everywhere in Brixton seemed busy today - Windrush Sq had more square glasses & 'normal' people happily mingling. I felt a bit nostalgic in the car back in Peckham, but saw 4 old drinking haunts with shuttered up windows.
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Which pub in Deptford? Royal Albert?
 
Badgers said:
A few people came down to the Albert moaning about the queues and drink prices in the Effra Social early evening. Only one I remember was a chap saying he paid £9 for a two single house whisky and cokes. Guess that is kinda the market they are targeting, horses for courses...

Not really comparable venues (Effra/Albert) though are they :D
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Hendo says the beer is quite a bit cheaper than the Prince Regent, which isn't hard.
 
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