Spammed by the Synergy Project
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Terrific posts by TeeJay. Which should, by law, be printed on the cover page of every grant application form, and maybe projected onto the Lambeth Town Hall clock.
If only 1% of what TeeJay writes is correct then the issues of democracy, accountability and transparency are central to Synergy's Brixton operation.
Yet unless a members list is found we're dealing with two private limited companies consisting of three people who have just got their hands on £41,000 of public funds (possibly 'matched' with another £41,000).
And Steve has posted:
If only 1% of what TeeJay writes is correct then the issues of democracy, accountability and transparency are central to Synergy's Brixton operation.
Yet unless a members list is found we're dealing with two private limited companies consisting of three people who have just got their hands on £41,000 of public funds (possibly 'matched' with another £41,000).
And Steve has posted:
I also wish Synergy every success. But it would be great if there was a bit of democracy, accountability and transparency as well.
So true the young adults who would benefit from this kind of project, I know, are 100% Garage and RnB and would die of shame before being seen at a trance or even techno event (or even to be associated with white dreaded fluro type crew would be enough to put most off).
I hope they do some good though and lay off the fluro crusty trance hippy look when earning their wage down the community center.
Without wanting to sound like a conspiracy theorist, after more than three years without hearing a single peep, out of the blue I today suddenly get an email from Lambeth Town Hall inviting me to:
...an evening showcase of Brixton's Creative and Cultural Community.
Host: Valerie Shawcross, London Assembly Member for Lambeth & Southwark.
Tuesday 23rd March 2004, 6.30pm to 9.30pm.
London's Living Room, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA.
RSVP to [email protected] (020) 7926 1097
Paul Rogers - Brixton Regeneration Manager
He was also kind enough to leave all the email addresses in the "To:" field of the header (which is one way in which people can get hold of vast numbers of email addresses).
Anyway, it is kind of relevant to this tread, in as far as I am wondering if they are going to have some of this trance stuff included in the line up?
(By the way, if anyone would like to go in my place*, all I ask is that you print of my previous post about funding in Lambeth and pass it around at the event.
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*It is actually a Brixton Area Forum event by the looks of it so it should be open to everyone really, although you probably need to register/book a place beforehand. If in doubt just tell them you got an email about it from them.
...an evening showcase of Brixton's Creative and Cultural Community.
Host: Valerie Shawcross, London Assembly Member for Lambeth & Southwark.
Tuesday 23rd March 2004, 6.30pm to 9.30pm.
London's Living Room, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA.
RSVP to [email protected] (020) 7926 1097
Paul Rogers - Brixton Regeneration Manager
He was also kind enough to leave all the email addresses in the "To:" field of the header (which is one way in which people can get hold of vast numbers of email addresses).
Anyway, it is kind of relevant to this tread, in as far as I am wondering if they are going to have some of this trance stuff included in the line up?
(By the way, if anyone would like to go in my place*, all I ask is that you print of my previous post about funding in Lambeth and pass it around at the event.
) *It is actually a Brixton Area Forum event by the looks of it so it should be open to everyone really, although you probably need to register/book a place beforehand. If in doubt just tell them you got an email about it from them.
hipipol
Peckham Wry
Odd use of Public Wedge
Teejah, a fantastic post that actually should be required reading for anyone disbursing public funds, perhaps you should use the list kindly provided by Lambeth Council in oreder to inform those attending of the real issues.
IT does seem that the Smoke and Mirrors method espoused by New Labours leadership is actually seem as the way forward by all their Junior Minions at local level.
Surely, if any public money is to spent they ought to be forced to actually ask local people if thats what they want. Persoally I think people of Goa ought to be asked if they want their States name associated with this bollocks- actually I know what the answer would be, you only have to read the letters pages of the Goan newspapers to realise that they are even more pissed off with it than anybody here is.
If they do any good, well, fair play- but I reckon its about as applicable to local interests as a publicly funded Palestinain Folk Dance class in Stamford Hill
Teejah, a fantastic post that actually should be required reading for anyone disbursing public funds, perhaps you should use the list kindly provided by Lambeth Council in oreder to inform those attending of the real issues.
IT does seem that the Smoke and Mirrors method espoused by New Labours leadership is actually seem as the way forward by all their Junior Minions at local level.
Surely, if any public money is to spent they ought to be forced to actually ask local people if thats what they want. Persoally I think people of Goa ought to be asked if they want their States name associated with this bollocks- actually I know what the answer would be, you only have to read the letters pages of the Goan newspapers to realise that they are even more pissed off with it than anybody here is.
If they do any good, well, fair play- but I reckon its about as applicable to local interests as a publicly funded Palestinain Folk Dance class in Stamford Hill
"...an evening showcase of Brixton's Creative and Cultural Community.
Host: Valerie Shawcross, London Assembly Member for Lambeth & Southwark"
I got that too.
"hosted" by Valerie Shawcross? - mmm, I take it she's doing stand-up comedy then?
I guess this is a business event, because I've never heard of anything "creative" in Brixton "hosted" by a politician.
I guess it won't be anything like a punk gig at the Railway with fisting videos then? Or Test Department at Cooltan or a Basement Jaxx Junction party?
I hate to be so cynical, really, but this labelling of Brixton as a "cultural quarter"? Will it really make this a more interesting, cultural place to live? I think all the artists have left anyway..... and their studio spaces have been turned into executuve live/work units.
I hope I'm wrong.
Host: Valerie Shawcross, London Assembly Member for Lambeth & Southwark"
I got that too.
"hosted" by Valerie Shawcross? - mmm, I take it she's doing stand-up comedy then?
I guess this is a business event, because I've never heard of anything "creative" in Brixton "hosted" by a politician.
I guess it won't be anything like a punk gig at the Railway with fisting videos then? Or Test Department at Cooltan or a Basement Jaxx Junction party?
I hate to be so cynical, really, but this labelling of Brixton as a "cultural quarter"? Will it really make this a more interesting, cultural place to live? I think all the artists have left anyway..... and their studio spaces have been turned into executuve live/work units.
I hope I'm wrong.
Sorry to float this up to the top again, but I think it's such a shame that Steve decided to take aim at his foot and fire in such a stupid way.
The last few Synergy nights have always clashed with nights we (or our friends) were putting on, so I haven't seen what it's been like recently - I do know that the folks involved do range across the whole spectrum from full-on hippy to shrewd businessmen and women (and in some cases both). Having seen the resulting disappointment when two major parties with huge potential were shut down last year, I can see why they chose to go in the direction they did.
I'd like to say to Steve (and Enrico Antiworld if he's listening) that *spamming doesn't work*, and most people really hate it. You're more likely to convince a recipient to never have anything to do with your parties than get them to go. Synergy was always going to get loads of people from the ID Spiral/Liquid Connective posse, plus their friends and random people, to come anyway - more than enough to pack out the SEOne.
Musical opinions (I quite like psy-trance, but as with almost any genre about 80% of it is *dire*) and social grouping (yeah, I'm a bit of a hippy, but I try not to shove it in people's faces) aside, I know that Steve's broadsides at the Urban crew are not even remotely true, and that if it weren't for the spamming (and later, Steve's frankly *bizarre* ranting) the antipathy would never have grown.
Hi guys, hope all's well - 's been a while.
Steve... *shakes head* - opportunity wasted, and you've only got yourself to blame.
J.
The last few Synergy nights have always clashed with nights we (or our friends) were putting on, so I haven't seen what it's been like recently - I do know that the folks involved do range across the whole spectrum from full-on hippy to shrewd businessmen and women (and in some cases both). Having seen the resulting disappointment when two major parties with huge potential were shut down last year, I can see why they chose to go in the direction they did.
I'd like to say to Steve (and Enrico Antiworld if he's listening) that *spamming doesn't work*, and most people really hate it. You're more likely to convince a recipient to never have anything to do with your parties than get them to go. Synergy was always going to get loads of people from the ID Spiral/Liquid Connective posse, plus their friends and random people, to come anyway - more than enough to pack out the SEOne.
Musical opinions (I quite like psy-trance, but as with almost any genre about 80% of it is *dire*) and social grouping (yeah, I'm a bit of a hippy, but I try not to shove it in people's faces) aside, I know that Steve's broadsides at the Urban crew are not even remotely true, and that if it weren't for the spamming (and later, Steve's frankly *bizarre* ranting) the antipathy would never have grown.
Hi guys, hope all's well - 's been a while.
Steve... *shakes head* - opportunity wasted, and you've only got yourself to blame.
J.
Anna Key said:
Your guess is as good as mine...
An interesting point made by another guy on another board though...
It annoys the hell out of me because it gives party organisers a bad name - especially when a lot of them do go out of their way to promote responsibly, without resorting to email or text spam. It annoys me especially because if you do it to a place like Urban (which is quite equivocal in it's attitude to music), it gives the psy-trance scene a bad name by extension. Which is in itself quite ironic because a representative of Synergy posted a while back saying that they were trying to de-emphasise psytrance within their night.
J.
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
I'd like to add to this that Steve's 'tude is doubly annoyong, 'cos many of us-Dub, Gramsci, Brixton Hatter etc-have bent over backwards to be reasonable and fair-minded, when it would have been easier (and p'raps justified) to go into full-steam headbangrant mode from the off. Now I'm thinking, why did I fucking bother? 
Brockwell Fox
chaser of naughty rabbits
TeeJay said:
I saw a notice on the fence at Windrush Square advertising some sort of Jazz event on Sat 27 March, also being hosted by Lambeth Regeneration. Is it connected? Anyone know any more?
From what little I can gather ...
Personally directed antipathies on his part seem to have clouded his judgement massively.
JoeOrder said:
Anna Key said:
Personally directed antipathies on his part seem to have clouded his judgement massively.
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
Cariad said:
B4 U start 2 slag off established membaz of dese boards U betta jus know 4 tru dat Anna Key is one SERIOUSLY kool geezah! Innit!
I doubt anyone still cares, but...
Hi everyone, first post!!!
Seeing as Steve quotes people from psy-forum without asking permission, he obviously wont mind if I do it to him! hee hee hee! 
Clears up where they got the list from at least! This thread is great, i'm going to have to start spending more time here! ha ha ha!
Hi everyone, first post!!!
Seeing as Steve quotes people from psy-forum without asking permission, he obviously wont mind if I do it to him! hee hee hee!
Clears up where they got the list from at least! This thread is great, i'm going to have to start spending more time here! ha ha ha!
i fucking knew it was from Continental Drifts, and i'll be having a word with a couple of them at the weekend about what a dickhead Steve has made out of himself and how it may reflect badly on them..
.. the fact that they've all realised what an utter, utter cock you are.
No it's not. I assume Steve's referring to Shane Collins.x2c quoting Steve said:
I've met Shane Collins once. I've never been to the cannabis festival, never knowingly attended any of the venues Shane's been associated with, never been a member of the Green Party, never supported the Green Party and never voted Green. In fact I'm quite anti-Green.
What I object to is two private limited companies consisting of three people and - according to Companies House - with no members receiving £41,000 of public money, possibly matched by another £41,000 from elsewhere.
Where's the transparency? Where's the democracy? Where's the accountability? Answer: there isn't any.
But there is a tremendous amount of hippy bullshit which seems almost a substitute for the normal accountability rules when spending public money on communty activity. Plus there's the spamming.
So Steve's 100% wrong. I couldn't care less about his spat with Shane Collins (except it's quite funny to watch). But I do care about the absence of democracy, transparency and accountability surrounding a £41,000 grant for a Brixton community centre.
Wecome x2c.
editor
hiraethified
Curiously enough, I - and others from these boards - are now being spammed by the SEOne club.
Just like with Synergy's list, I didn't subscribe to their mailing list or request to be sent any material.
And would you believe it? Synergy's club nights are hosted at....the SEOne club!!!
What a co-incidence!
Maybe I'll write to them and ask where they got their list from...
Just like with Synergy's list, I didn't subscribe to their mailing list or request to be sent any material.
And would you believe it? Synergy's club nights are hosted at....the SEOne club!!!
What a co-incidence!
Maybe I'll write to them and ask where they got their list from...
editor
hiraethified
I've just taken a look at their website and noticed there's a petulant - and dishonest - link description to this site:
Oh, and it's spelt 'irrelevant', Steve.
I can't be arsed to explain to you all over again that urban75 is not 'anti-Synergy', but I would suggest you get off your high horse and read what people have actually said.
And why don't you take on board my good advice about the dreadful accessibility issues of your site's design? Or don't you give a fuck about people with disabilities?
Oh, and it's spelt 'irrelevant', Steve.
I can't be arsed to explain to you all over again that urban75 is not 'anti-Synergy', but I would suggest you get off your high horse and read what people have actually said.
And why don't you take on board my good advice about the dreadful accessibility issues of your site's design? Or don't you give a fuck about people with disabilities?
