Brixton news, rumours and general chat - November 2012

[Ol Nick]

They seem to do LED lighting, not individual LED's.

Wondering if one of the 'disco equipment' type shops around Brixton might have a small stock of them?

How about ATASA on Clapham Road? The top end of Clapham Road.

 

[ajdown]

That's a reasonable journey for me on a 333 - had a look and there's a picture inside the shop which shows lots of interesting little plastic tubs behind the counter, which may well hold little components like that. Will give them a call later, thanks.

Been past there hundreds of times on a bus and never noticed them.

 

[cuppa tee]

Brixton Road is not a hill, but level

I think it's a gradual incline rising southward.

 

[eroom]

That's a reasonable journey for me on a 333 - had a look and there's a picture inside the shop which shows lots of interesting little plastic tubs behind the counter, which may well hold little components like that. Will give them a call later, thanks.

Been past there hundreds of times on a bus and never noticed them.

There's a small but decent electrical shop in Herne Hill, where Herne Hill (the road) meets Half Moon Lane. Pretty much opposite Pizza Express.

Can't promise it does LEDs.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

..an odd but pleasant post office....sounds divine....

was it peasent free?

 

[Manter]

Brixton Road is not a hill, but level. If up is north and down is south, then a flat road runs east or west. So is the shop on the east or west of Brixton?

Nearer the river. North is up in my world

 

[Crispy]

That's how Brixton looks inside my head. "Up" is up the hill.

 

[TruXta]

That's how Brixton looks inside my head. "Up" is up the hill.

True dat. But when I'm north of the station I always think I'm going down to Brixton.

 

[Orang Utan]

How about ATASA on Clapham Road? The top end of Clapham Road.

Aargh not again!

 

[editor]

On their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/hootananny.brixton

Ah, it looks like it might be temporary:

We are hoping to get this lifted by next weekend but, for now, that's the crack...

 

[Manter]

That's how Brixton looks inside my head. "Up" is up the hill.

Towards Streatham???

 

[Crispy]

Towards Streatham???

Yep. I know it's the wrong way round, it just sits that way in my mind.

 

[Manter]

Yep. I know it's the wrong way round, it just sits that way in my mind.

how very odd you are

 

[Orang Utan]

That's not odd at all. It's how I think of things too. I'm sure it's not uncommon. It's an instinctive thing.

 

[TruXta]

Up is up whether it's north or south.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That's how Brixton looks inside my head. "Up" is up the hill.

That's not odd at all. It's how I think of things too. I'm sure it's not uncommon. It's an instinctive thing.

You are both correct and everyone else (except me of course) is wrong

 

[boohoo]

My sister wrote a lovely blog post about the Slade garden Adventure playground mural (that's park near the Crown and Anchor)

http://londonmuralpreservationsocie...ler-slade-gardens-adventure-playground-mural/

 

[editor]

Is there an actual campaign page to support the Hoot with their late license shenanigans?
I've seen a graphic, but it would be handy to see a page that I can Tweet.

 

[Chilavert]

Do we know why the restrictions have been put in place?

 

[gaijingirl]

yeh I say going down to Brixton because I do have to literally go down - even though I'm heading north... also it's a kind of... going dahn.. as in "are you going dahn the pub tonight?" type down which doesn't necessarily mean a direction but more going to where the action is.... iyswim. I don't know but I suspect it's a particularly sarf lahndahn expression...

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Is there an actual campaign page to support the Hoot with their late license shenanigans?
I've seen a graphic, but it would be handy to see a page that I can Tweet.

Do we know why the restrictions have been put in place?

I'll find out more when I go down there later...

 

[twistedAM]

Anyone ever go to Vera Cruz Cafe at the bottom of Brixton Hill?
Haven't been in there for ages and it looks a bit more funky than the Phoenix for lunch.

 

[editor]

Yeah!

 

[TruXta]

That's quite good.

 

[Badgers]

Tell me that is real

 

[Crispy]

It's a photoshop.
The doors haven't been red for years.

 

[editor]

The doors haven't been red for years.

*spoilsport

 

[Badgers]

Ah

 

[Crispy]

Nothing like FACTS for crushing FUN. It's what I live for.

 

[Badgers]

Nothing like FACTS for crushing FUN. It's what I live for.

Talking of things 'you live for' I am after a mischief tech solution but no success so far. You know the beeping alert that tube doors make just as they are about to close. I would like this as an audio file that I can use on phone/tablet. The main reason is so I can make people run unnecessarily for tubes but I would also like it as a ring tone. I will buy you one pint if you have any success.