Cardiff chitter-chatter, news and more

[shygirl]

Do you know which, if any, big (Welsh) names have been approached to support the campaign? The Manics, Super Furry Animals, Cerys Mathews, Charlotte Church, Stereophonics, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci...etc

 

[1927]

I've had email off Plaid today to garner support!

 

[ddraig]

doubt it will get approved now tbh way over 200 objections on the planning website

 

[Plumdaff]

There's stuff online saying that the objections are largely supported by councillors, the issue is Westminster planning legislation that prevents local politicians blocking these applications.

 

[ddraig]

some really good objections here
17/00361/MJR | DEMOLITION OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL UNIT & ERECTION OF NEW BUILD DEVELOPMENT TO FORM A3 COMMERCIAL TO GROUND & LOWER GROUND & 6 FLATS OVER | 9 WOMANBY STREET, CITY CENTRE, CARDIFF, CF10 1BR

 

[Ranbay]

Newport road closed, Fuzz all over the shop, closed from James Summers & Son in to town.... not sure what's going down!

 

[Ranbay]

Live updates as major Cardiff road closed off by police

 

[editor]

This is potentially great news.

ormer staff of The Full Moon plan to reopen the venue and are launching a crowdfunding campaign to help them resurrect the much-loved live music bar in Cardiff’s Womanby Street.

The venue shut last week dealing yet another huge blow to Cardiff ’s ‘music street’, which has already seen the closure of Dempseys pub and the Full Moon’s sister venue The Moon Club, as well as potential threats from a Wetherspoons Hotel, a noise complaint filed against Fuel Rock Bar, and a proposed seven-storey residential and commercial development next to Clwb Ifor Bach.

To help them in their aims the staff behind the reopening of The Full Moon have formed a non-profit, community-led organisation called Creative Republic of Cardiff that in addition to resurrecting the venue hope to rejuvenate Cardiff’s live music and creative culture.

Full Moon to rise again as former staff plan to reopen the venue

 

[ddraig]

Link to indiegogo page for Reboot the Moon
£6k in less than a day! Let's make it happen
Reboot The Moon

 

[teqniq]

 

[ddraig]

Cleansing the city before champions league!
Graffiti wall ban comes into force ahead of Champions League final

 

[wayward bob]

they're taking more of our parks away for the summer, this time bute park. they're setting up in coopers field atm for some kind of hospitality "villages" for the uefa cup final (june 3rd) then they're re-seeding the grass so the whole of that end will be fenced off into october. various path and whole-park closures around the event and fan camping in llandaff fields.

details: http://bute-park.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/UEFA-FAQ-final-approved-ENG.pdf

 

[shygirl]

How much of the £45m will be ploughed back into community services, such as youth clubs, maintaining parks (I seem to recall talk of the council not being able to keep parks open), the arts, etc? Or will most of it be private profit?

 

[ddraig]

The Full Moon is opening again this weekend!!
Now a not for profit community venue

 

[editor]

The Full Moon is opening again this weekend!!
Now a not for profit community venue

That's brilliant news. My band was originally booked to play last month there but we had to shift to The Globe when it closed.

 

[ddraig]

This is the downstairs venue. The venue you were meant to play at was the moon club upstairs and that was being renovated to reopen as the bootlegger.

 

[1927]

This is the downstairs venue. The venue you were meant to play at was the moon club upstairs and that was being renovated to reopen as the bootlegger.

I did stand up there and it was renamed the Gravity Station!

 

[ddraig]

I did stand up there and it was renamed the Gravity Station!

???
Maybe you're thinking of the old moon club?

 

[1927]

???
Maybe you're thinking of the old moon club?

No. The one upstairs in Womanby Street!

 

[ddraig]

Ah yeah sorry it was!

 

[Supine]

Date for the diary. I'm involved in the throwing of a little party. Beers and house music at the Machintosh Bowling Green Club House. Probably on Saturday June 24th.

Would love to see any aging ravers from U75 there

 

[ddraig]

tidy, played there a few times
any links braaa?

 

[Supine]

tidy, played there a few times
any links braaa?

Just finalising a poster. Will keep you updated

 

[ddraig]

The Moon Cardiff is reopening tonight


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[ddraig]

Epic turnout!!!
#savewomanbystreet

 

[teqniq]

more pics

 

[ddraig]

Date for the diary. I'm involved in the throwing of a little party. Beers and house music at the Machintosh Bowling Green Club House. Probably on Saturday June 24th.

Would love to see any aging ravers from U75 there

 

[Supine]

That'll be the one

 

[ddraig]

 

[teqniq]

I am sick and tired of this. First of all it happened with The Point down the bay and just recently we've had a situation in Llandaff whereby a retired judge and his barrister wife moved into the village and tried to get the open mic night at the Llandaff institute stopped due to noise, happily they failed but they did succeed in getting the Chinese restaurant to spend a lot of money (£1,000's I believe) having their ductwork extended due to the 'smell of frying oil'. Bear in mind that premises has been operating for years with no complaints. So now some cunt is trying it with yet another venue. The council need to grow some balls and stick up for local businesses. I wouldn't mind betting that the complainer is well-heeled. It seems to be a common theme with these arseholes.

Seems my optimism Re: the Llandaff institute was misplaced. Out came the decibel meters and it was decided by the council that they could only carry on with the night if they installed soundproofing. The bill for that would have been £16,000 so the institute decided that was the end of the open mic night. Fuck these people who fuck up stuff for everybody else. I kid you not the average age of the people attending the night would have been easily over 60 so we're not talking about ill behaviour, rowdiness etc. Just a bit of live music one night a week. Cunts.