Just how toe-curlingly awful will the 'festival of Brexit' be?
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nogojones
spelling is overrated
Is that the dream machine thing?
I went to our local one and decided to go straight. I can't say it did much for me, beyond being a bit relaxing and an orange glow with my eyes shut. Others seemed to get more from it.
I'd recommend dropping a load of psychs first.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
always a good idea
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
here's the listings - the scottish thing looks a bit lame sorry Danny
They seem to have missed-out Aberdeen altogether. I am distraught - I have nothing to ignore!
ska invita
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Yeah it was that... I'm surprised it didn't do anything for you, just that it seemed unavoidable not to get strong visuals... But yeah, any degree of psychedelics would add a lot!
I did ask the host if they had any freak outs, but sadly not! It was surprisingly effective and I'm now curious if theres a home kit available
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Even if the show is shite, the drive home will be interesting.
ska invita
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The "show" btw is just white strobing lights, the rest is all in your mind! (Insert Brexit joke here)
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Chatting to the others after there was only one other person who had a very mild experience. So I must be an outlier with poor imagination
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
((((poor millennials that never got to an average rave))))
(and of course people over 40 with less in the way of excuses ...)
(and of course people over 40 with less in the way of excuses ...)
yeah I thought it was fun. shame only get half an hour though.
a lot more intense than expected (but that varies per customer). but weird that the effect just completely snaps off in an instant.
I wonder how easy it'd be to set up your own 'dream machine' at home. get a strobe off aliexpress and something to control it speeding up & down in time to your music.
the staff mentioned they're getting regular cancelations or no-shows, so they say it's worth chancing your luck just turning up at the box office if you're around Woolwich for the day anyway.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
I did read that you can basically set up the same effects via an app on your phone. Doubt it’s quite the same impact
I’m 40 and I’ve never been to a rave! I wouldn’t know how to even find one. I’ve had my fair share of mash ups down the years but at house parties. Reckon dream machine is my best bet
I’m 40 and I’ve never been to a rave! I wouldn’t know how to even find one. I’ve had my fair share of mash ups down the years but at house parties. Reckon dream machine is my best bet
ska invita
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when i was a kid i would listen to my greatest hits of house tape and turn a desk lamp on and off in my face with my eyes shut < true story!!
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
I see what you mean about Woolwich ska invita - One side of the road M&S simply food & new high rise flats for city workers - the other side of the road well it’s how I remember Woolwich. economic and social apartheid either side of the dual carriageway
Anyway - I actually got a lot out of it. For me it was a mixture of things - lots of trippy spirals and helixes, at times it felt like there were people walking past me, like I was stopped in the centre of crowds (like that scene in the Matrix I think), I saw lots of flashing reds and blues; an image a bit like the Manx Flag spinning like a Catherine wheel. Every know and then I would see symbols (mathematical, tarot, random characters) pulsing in and out of the flashing lights)
It reminded me a bit of coming up on a pill, a bit of the time I took mushrooms, a bit like the backgrounds of that PlayStation futuristic racing game Wipeout, and a bit like those plugins you could get for Winamp back in 2001 or so that gave you flashing lights / visuals - I recall one called “Acid Spunk” and that springs to mind.
Edit - and obviously it’s far greater than the sum of it’s parts as I’ve described them 
I couldn’t put this into pictures, I’m (slightly) better with words. Everyone else with seemed to be much more artistic than me at the reflection zone.
Anyway a marvellous experience and quite unique. If I lived in London I’d be finding a way to try and do it again
Anyway - I actually got a lot out of it. For me it was a mixture of things - lots of trippy spirals and helixes, at times it felt like there were people walking past me, like I was stopped in the centre of crowds (like that scene in the Matrix I think), I saw lots of flashing reds and blues; an image a bit like the Manx Flag spinning like a Catherine wheel. Every know and then I would see symbols (mathematical, tarot, random characters) pulsing in and out of the flashing lights)
It reminded me a bit of coming up on a pill, a bit of the time I took mushrooms, a bit like the backgrounds of that PlayStation futuristic racing game Wipeout, and a bit like those plugins you could get for Winamp back in 2001 or so that gave you flashing lights / visuals - I recall one called “Acid Spunk” and that springs to mind.
Edit - and obviously it’s far greater than the sum of it’s parts as I’ve described them
I couldn’t put this into pictures, I’m (slightly) better with words. Everyone else with seemed to be much more artistic than me at the reflection zone.
Anyway a marvellous experience and quite unique. If I lived in London I’d be finding a way to try and do it again
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ska invita
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
My old man is working on the one in Weston. It's well behind schedule, due to the red tape of Brexit.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
It's all full of fail
ska invita
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Tbf there's nothing wrong with spending money on public arts, probably better value for money than the opera, and 66 million is every single person in the UK. The DreamWorks thing I went to only sat 40 people at a time so not sure if bigger numbers were ever realistic
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Ffs , even the brexiters couldn't be arsed with it .
Raheem
Well-Known Member
For £120 million, they ought to have been.
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
unfortunately, with costs each chair came to 3.5million.
This was agreed with Richi Sunaks wife, whose Dad knows a guy that does office chairs.
This was agreed with Richi Sunaks wife, whose Dad knows a guy that does office chairs.
Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
I laugh... but theres a high likelihood of that being true
everyone on the thread who actually went to one of the events seems to have enjoyed it tbfTerrible value for money and fucking shit in every respect. A perfect representation of Brexit, then
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Trying to sell an arts festival to gammons is a bit like trying to sell gammon to vegans, tbf.
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