Brixton news, rumours and general chat - November 2012

[Badgers]

It was all all nighter- four tet and caribou- so it's still pretty messy in Brixton now.....

Good 1000th post Manter

There were some very messy people in the Albert last night.

 

[19sixtysix]

Already procured ^

I have one of these. Fun might be had

 

[Manter]

Good 1000th post Manter

There were some very messy people in the Albert last night.

Ooh, I didn't realise... How (very, very slightly) exciting

 

[19sixtysix]

It was certainly a bit lively in Brixton tonight. Massive queues outside the Dog, excessively oiled Chucklehead-fulled peeps in the Albert, throngs of touts and scantily clad teens out for whatever was on at the Academy, and loads of well lubricated blokes pissing in any darkish corner they could find around town.

I went to the Grosvenor for an old school singalong around the piano and it was ace.

Missed the sing round the piano but was there for folk session till about midnight. First time I'd been at that pub. Really good!

 

[Badgers]

I have one of these. Fun might be had

I am sure U75 can source the beeps.

 

[Frumious B.]

I'm sitting opposite one of those retro SLR wankers. He's just put a new film in his Nikon. What next? How do I drive him from our shores?

 

[Rushy]

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.

I eat in there once or twice a week. Wouldn't call it funky but friendly relaxed and reliable. Coffee a bit meh since portuguese owner sold up (ages ago). I have to keep going because they eventually added my regular off menu order to their list.

The owner also runs the shop next door.

 

[Biddlybee]

I'm sitting opposite one of those retro SLR wankers. He's just put a new film in his Nikon. What next? How do I drive him from our shores?

Since when does using film (possibly learning how to use a camera properly) make you a wanker?

 

[gaijingirl]

*hastily puts down camera and removes hands from pants*

 

[twistedAM]

I eat in there once or twice a week. Wouldn't call it funky but friendly relaxed and reliable. Coffee a bit meh since portuguese owner sold up (ages ago). I have to keep going because they eventually added my regular off menu order to their list.

The owner also runs the shop next door.

Funky was the wrong word; I just like the layout and it's kinda dark. Bad news about the coffee; they used to do a good hit in there. Thanks for the info. Always keen on supporting long-running places.

 

[Rushy]

I'm sitting opposite one of those retro SLR wankers. He's just put a new film in his Nikon. What next? How do I drive him from our shores?

Smile. Introduce yourself to them. Explain to them why you have to use digital to be real Brixton. They will thank you.

 

[Rushy]

Funky was the wrong word; I just like the layout and it's kinda dark. Bad news about the coffee; they used to do a good hit in there. Thanks for the info. Always keen on supporting long-running places.

The owner is a really good guy and extremely hardworking. He deserves support. I should add that I'm quite fussy about my coffee!

 

[Frumious B.]

Smile. Introduce yourself to them. Explain to them why you have to use digital to be real Brixton. They will thank you.

Sounds like a plan. But I'll have to go home to change first - I'm wearing a checked shirt.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

I'm sitting opposite one of those retro SLR wankers. He's just put a new film in his Nikon. What next? How do I drive him from our shores?

if you were propa brixton you would have mugged it off him and you'd be swapping it for a ten bag by now
to hell in a handcart this place is going

 

[fortyplus]

Villaaaage this morning was full of 20somethings carrying Brixton Square sales brochures, as if they'd been on a guided tour of the place and were now being shown the local colour. I'm all for hipsters if they stick their hands in their pockets but these fuckers didn't buy a thing.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Rejoice!

Steve Reed is off to Croydon North. Goodbye and good riddance to him and his cooperative council sham.

 

[Rushy]

So is Lee Jasper. Standing for MP for Respect.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

So is Lee Jasper. Standing for MP for Respect.

Jasper hasn't got a hope imo....16,000 Labour majority last time iirc. It's a shoe-in for Reed. And typical of the politics in this country - Reed has got no connection to Croydon but he'll just waltz into the seat.

Interesting article here: http://insidecroydon.com/2012/11/02/reed-bends-with-the-wind-as-he-seeks-selection-in-croydon/

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Good 1000th post Manter

There were some very messy people in the Albert last night.

I went in there yesterday at a civilised hour so didn't see any mess. It was all very genteel

 

[nagapie]

Interesting article here: http://insidecroydon.com/2012/11/02/reed-bends-with-the-wind-as-he-seeks-selection-in-croydon/

Damn, I thought from your first post it was a done deal but it seems that Croydon North may not want him either!

 

[gaijingirl]

Damn, I thought from your first post it was a done deal but it seems that Croydon North may not want him either!

love the opening sentence of that article...

I have never read anything positive about Steve Reed anywhere or heard anyone say anything positive about him... how is he getting votes at all?

 

[twistedAM]

love the opening sentence of that article...

I have never read anything positive about Steve Reed anywhere or heard anyone say anything positive about him... how is he getting votes at all?

Hopefully you've never seen the horsetrading that goes on within the Labour Party and the Unions first hand. It's an ugly sight.
I see my old Union, USDAW, backed him. I've seen first hand how that kind of "decision" gets made.

 

[gaijingirl]

Hopefully you've never seen the horsetrading that goes on within the Labour Party and the Unions first hand. It's an ugly sight.
I see my old Union, USDAW, backed him. I've seen first hand how that kind of "decision" gets made.

no... no experience of that. I briefly dabbled in university politics from the sidelines and saw how it worked there - quite quite amazing actually and not at all how I imagine most people believe these things work.

 

[twistedAM]

no... no experience of that. I briefly dabbled in university politics from the sidelines and saw how it worked there - quite quite amazing actually and not at all how I imagine most people believe these things work.

Pretty similar in many respects actually. Those who believe in themselves invariably wise above those who believe in the cause.

 

[editor]

I saw the Crystal palace firework show go off an hour or so ago. Looked pretty good!

(*but not as good as ours, natch)

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I feel really sorry for any tourists over here who might have decided to go to a fireworks display and used the Visit London website

http://www.visitlondon.com/tag/bonfire-night

 

[editor]

Bit rubbish that the penny for the guy custom has vanished now. And bonfires too. There's fuck all bonfires around any more. They used to have a grand one at Brockwell park.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

When I was young, we used to go to a huge one in a farm where there was bonfires, fireworks and jacket spuds

You'd probably not even be allowed to sell jacket spuds now in case someone burnt their fingers

 

[twistedAM]

Bit rubbish that the penny for the guy custom has vanished now. And bonfires too. There's fuck all bonfires around any more. They used to have a grand one at Brockwell park.

Yeah trick or treat has really taken over at this time of year. Bonfires are ace.

 

[Rushy]

Bit rubbish that the penny for the guy custom has vanished now. And bonfires too. There's fuck all bonfires around any more. They used to have a grand one at Brockwell park.

Just on my way back from the one in Edenbridge where they burned an effigy of Lance Armstrong wearing a Jim'll Fix It! badge. Good fireworks ( but not a patch on Brockwell, of course).