editor
hiraethified
Have you been to Camden recently?
The Fridge reopening as Electric Brixton
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
earlier this year, yeah. brixton getting a new medium-sized music venue makes it much more comparable to camden, in a newspaper selling kind of way.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it's also quite like it in another way - street dealers 
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
Just adding confusion I thinkI'm clearly very confused and they're not even both open yet
It does seem counter productive.
"You going to Electric later?"
"Yes"
*later*
"Where are you?"
"The Electric"
"So am I.."
etc etc etc.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
editor
hiraethified
Not really sure what a 'newspaper selling kind of way' means.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
they like comparing places and saying something is the new something else. it's kind of lazy but it's often how people think of things, so i can see why they do it.
how is it useful? they're totally different, there's no similarity in any way - and camden is hardly a place to aspire to be like anyway. its fucking hideous up there.
editor
hiraethified
I'm struggling to find too many meaningful comparisons between the two places, to be honest.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
they're both out of the way (from central london) areas that have a high concentration of bars and music venues. whatever you think of their patrons, they're quite similar.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
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what? don't be daft! they're eminently comparable.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Camden is dated. Why aim to be like somewhere that has gone well past it's sell-by date some time ago?
editor
hiraethified
Indeed. It's a place that is primarily associated with a music scene that is loooong past its sell by date.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
loads of bars, loads of music venues, loads of young people hanging about looking strange, loads of dealers ripping off said young people, loads of dodgy takeaways. both pains in the arse to get home from on public transport if you live on the other side of london.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
which is why they're saying that Brixton is the NEW Camden. why are people so bothered with the comparison?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
time for Brixton to take over then
editor
hiraethified
Because Brixton shares very little with Camden's musical heritage?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
so what?
they still have many things in common which would be worth comparing in a newspaper article.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Why would anywhere want to be the NEW Camden? It's a place that had it's time. It's a step backwards.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it's just a newspaper article. no-one's gonna build a huge neon sign declaring it to be the new Camden!
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
My only night at love muscle was ruined by someone who had never had pills before. They had been told to double drop as it was "awesome". About an hour later they were freaking out big time and I had to take them home
To be fair it was ruined by whatever arsehole told someone who hadn't had pills before to double drop.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
This is true. I'll hunt them down and slap them assertively in the face whilst giving them a stern look.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
just as long as you realise that while Brixton is certainly a special and unique place, this does not preclude it from being compared with anywhere else, especially if it shares a number of characteristics with that place. Brixton will not suffer from these kinds of comparisons, so need to get hot under the collar about ityeah but this is a messageboard and it is our wont to moan about stuff like that
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
and all the other things that they have in common that i mentioned
maybe you could get banksy to come and do a big stencil though?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
yeah, in many ways
