Brixton news, rumours and general chat: Summer - Autumn 2018

[editor]

Fair enough if you'd rather not say, but why did you decline ?

A whole load of reasons starting with not wanting to be associated with or hired by a Countryside Alliance-supporting billionaire socialite, not wanting to be part of something that attempts to make the village look 'cool and edgy and vibrant,' not wanting to play to a load of tourists wandering by and - ultimately - I think playing in a foodie/hipster-luring fucking shopping arcade is a really naff and soul destroying thing to do. I DJ for fun. I'm struggling to find any fun to be found here, no matter how much cash was on offer.

 

[snowy_again]

Strange that No Long Ting that Hanson Family have run there don't encounter those problems (billionaire socialites aside).

 

[DietCokeGirl]

Don't look now, but there's a 'cheese and wine bar' opening up oppersite the barrier block.

 

[organicpanda]

Don't look now, but there's a 'cheese and wine bar' opening up oppersite the barrier block.

breakfast of champions apparently

 

[Nanker Phelge]

A whole load of reasons starting with not wanting to be associated with or hired by a Countryside Alliance-supporting billionaire socialite, not wanting to be part of something that attempts to make the village look 'cool and edgy and vibrant,' not wanting to play to a load of tourists wandering by and - ultimately - I think playing in a foodie/hipster-luring fucking shopping arcade is a really naff and soul destroying thing to do. I DJ for fun. I'm struggling to find any fun to be found here, no matter how much cash was on offer.

I'm gonna give it a go....there's still a couple of original shop owners who I like. I also like Cyndi, and she asked me nicely, and I was actually quite suprised to be asked at all if I am honest....

I'll see how it goes...if it ain't for me I won't do it again.

 

[cuppa tee]

Strange that No Long Ting that Hanson Family have run there don't encounter those problems (billionaire socialites aside).

Edited".....Wasnt that pop Brixton ?

 

[aka]

“I'll see how it goes...if it ain't for me I won't do it again.”

Common sense, simple common sense.

 

[DietCokeGirl]

Common sense, simple common sense.

^In a Brummie-via-brixton accent?

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Edited".....Wasnt that pop Brixton ?

Yep....but they used to do stuff in the village a few years back

 

[editor]

Strange that No Long Ting that Hanson Family have run there don't encounter those problems (billionaire socialites aside).

I know them well and had a good chat with them about this - in fact, they were the people who invited me to take part. They respected my opinions on the matter, just like I respected theirs, so I'm failing to see what point it is you're trying to make here, unless you think it's 'strange' that not everyone thinks alike.

 

[editor]

I'm gonna give it a go....there's still a couple of original shop owners who I like. I also like Cyndi, and she asked me nicely, and I was actually quite suprised to be asked at all if I am honest....

I'll see how it goes...if it ain't for me I won't do it again.

Good luck with it! Cyndi's a good 'un all right.

Over the years I've passed plenty of DJs playing in the Village and not once have I ever thought, "I'd fancy a go at that," but if it works for you, get in!

 

[Gramsci]

Strange that No Long Ting that Hanson Family have run there don't encounter those problems (billionaire socialites aside).

You think so? When I talked to them quite some time ago I got the impression they had mixed feelings about what happened to Brixton Village.

 

[Gramsci]

I hardly ever go to Brixton Village now. What's the point? Its not for me.

 

[Gramsci]

Don't look now, but there's a 'cheese and wine bar' opening up oppersite the barrier block.

What's been happening to that row of shops opposite Barrier block has been coming up on Coldharbour thread.

I used to see it as buffer between Nu Brixton and Loughborough Junction.

Its been gradually gentrified. What is interesting about that row of shops is that usual arguments don't apply.

This was working class row of shops. No bohemian element / first wave pioneers ever came there. This is straightforward replacement of working class.

Take George the barber for example. Who I used for years. Down to earth working class Barber.

With the new flats behind almost finished the wine and cheese bar should work.

 

[discobastard]

That's because I hadn't received the response at that time. Sorry if that spoils your plans to keep this argument going. [emoji57]

I've now spoken to the artist and said she can keep using the image so long as she gives any monies due to me to a local charity.

I don’t have plans to keep any argument going.

*You* made this a very public dispute. And so next time, if you have an issue, why not work it out with the individual in question like an adult instead of attacking them in a public forum.

If you don’t want people like me contributing then don’t put it out there in the first place, eh?

 

[discobastard]

That's because I hadn't received the response at that time. Sorry if that spoils your plans to keep this argument going.

I've now spoken to the artist and said she can keep using the image so long as she gives any monies due to me to a local charity.

One wonders if it couldn’t have been sorted out more generously in the first place.

 

[editor]

*You* made this a very public dispute. And so next time, if you have an issue, why not work it out with the individual in question like an adult instead of attacking them in a public forum.

I made it public because I wanted people to publicly - as in the posters here - know that I was unhappy about my work appearing in public as publicity for a luxury goods artist. I should never have had to raise the topic in the first place and you certainly didn't have to engage - and I definitely didn't ask for your opinion on the topic. But right now. you're the only one still going on and on about it long after it's all been settled. Why is that?

I hardly ever go to Brixton Village now. What's the point? Its not for me.

There's nothing for me there any more, apart from the chance to chat to a few shopkeepers I know as I walk through.

 

[madolesance]

Comedy at the Effra Social was exelent tonight and free entry. Some great young, inspiring comedians.

 

[editor]

Comedy at the Effra Social was exelent tonight and free entry. Some great young, inspiring comedians.

I've got a great local act playing live there tomorrow too!

 

[discobastard]

I made it public because I wanted people to publicly - as in the posters here - know that I was unhappy about my work appearing in public as publicity for a luxury goods artist. I should never have had to raise the topic in the first place and you certainly didn't have to engage - and I definitely didn't ask for your opinion on the topic.

Again. If you don’t want people to engage, then don’t post about it in a public forum.

 

[editor]

Again. If you don’t want people to engage, then don’t post about it in a public forum.

Happy to have people engage, not happy to have someone still trying to pick the scabs and extract point-scoring mileage long after the matter has been settled. Its disruptive and dull. Move on, FFS.

 

[editor]

Keep 'em peeled: The Victoria line is ranked as the third most dangerous tube line in London for picketpockets

 

[editor]

Amen

"Real local journalism costs money to produce, it should be paid for, and there should be no excuses for stealing content."

 

[clandestino]

Good luck with it! Cyndi's a good 'un all right.

Over the years I've passed plenty of DJs playing in the Village and not once have I ever thought, "I'd fancy a go at that," but if it works for you, get in!

I think it could be fun. It's nice to be able to play music you like without the pressure of making people dance. There's something lovely about sharing music that isn't danceable - like you're passing it on.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I think it could be fun. It's nice to be able to play music you like without the pressure of making people dance. There's something lovely about sharing music that isn't danceable - like you're passing it on.

It will be danceable....they just might not dance...

 

[editor]

I think it could be fun. It's nice to be able to play music you like without the pressure of making people dance. There's something lovely about sharing music that isn't danceable - like you're passing it on.

I always feel really sorry for the DJs they have by the entrance to Top Shop on Oxford Street, being ignored by hundreds of people every hour - and they play dance music.

I can definitely see the appeal in playing more esoteric/obscure/mellow music to passing folk in the right environment, but I don't think I'd have much to give to the heaving crowds of ambling foodies, champagne and fromage grazers, hipsters and tourists that pick into the Village at weekends, neither have I ever much felt the urge to tarry there.

 

[clandestino]

I always feel really sorry for the DJs they have by the entrance to Top Shop on Oxford Street, being ignored by hundreds of people every hour - and they play dance music.

I can definitely see the appeal in playing more esoteric/obscure/mellow music to passing folk in the right environment, but I don't think I'd have much to give to the heaving crowds of ambling foodies, champagne and fromage grazers, hipsters and tourists that pick into the Village at weekends, neither have I ever much felt the urge to tarry there.

They should book me, so I can play all three Haiku Salut albums. That's a two and a half hour set right there. Bring a box of records to sell too - job done!

 

[theboris]

The Queen is Argentinian. She is from wealthy landed family. What an Argentinian friend of mine would call the oligarchs.

Her marriage into Netherlands royal family caused controversy due to her families involvement in a right wing military junta during the Argentinian "dirty war" when leftists and Peronists were murdered.




Queen Máxima of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

So her family were supporters of right wing military government as wealthy old landed gentry ( gentry equal oligarchs in South America) to protect there social position.

Hardly surprise when she came to Europe she fell in with European aristocracy.

 

[theboris]

Surely Queen Maxima is the name of a drag act

 

[editor]

They should book me, so I can play all three Haiku Salut albums. That's a two and a half hour set right there. Bring a box of records to sell too - job done!

You'd have to turn it up very loud to get over all the braying, slurping and nomming.

I'm curious how this is going to work though because there's already several units playing music - and in the past people complained about live music. Is the rich socialite just going to force the music on the place now?

And I hope it's not the DJ spot I saw going there last week in the courtyard facing Coldharbour Lane because that looked fucking grim - and is close to the spot where the guys from Kaff got closed down because of noise complaints from nu-residents.