Brighton

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It's quite a big circle! Just for scale, here's Badger sitting by the central cairn (he always kind of looks like he's pondering the cosmos btw, but I think he was genuinely feeling the vibe here)

I am not really a fan of dogs, but Badger looks like a Good Dog.

It's true, he's a good sort (when he's not digging up the *#~£$! garden)

Team NickB is a man down for tomorrow, putting in a distress call here for Matt, you gots to help me boy...

I had a heavy weekend to say the least, but will hopefully be rested enough for tomorrow, may have a couple of friends coming too who could help on the indie side of things.

Yeah, dooo it!

(Oh, I've been informed by the landlord that the chef has left, so sadly no bargain burgers anymore.)

xxp
how was life on friday night?

Music was very good as I expected, crowd was very student meat market though, I could have been the dad for almost everyone there, eek! I’m used to small crowds of heads aged late twenties and older normally. Too much crowding and people just walking through the dancefloor to really lose myself in the music until about 3 or so. Ended up going up to London on Saturday night to erase the bad memories!

yeah, that's been my experience pretty much every time i've been down to one of those clubs, even for ppl you wdn't expect to draw that sort of crowd, e.g. theo parrish. good house/techno nights in brighton do seem in fairly short supply, unless i'm just totally out of the loop (fairly likely tbh). i've been to some good things at the green door store and there's this new 10 below place opening on ship street that looks like it might have some decent stuff on.

has anyone been to any of the go bang 'warehouse' parties? i like the name, no idea if they're any good or not.

If you fancy something deep, this will be the real deal, although a little away from Brighton: https://www.facebook.com/events/523063584379317

oh nice! i know lewes well, wonder where that will be. but i will be in london for vakula/MMH/fulton that night...

Damn, I think that quiz night broke me.

that was fun!! but yes, add me to the broken pile too

Thirded on the brokenness. Glad you had a good time though, guys, it was a blast.

Only just heard about this thing:

http://playgroupbrighton.org/events/2013/03/14/afriganza-festival-4-day-african-music-festival/

The Friday night with Bass Clef and the London Afrobeat Collective looks like fun

It looks interesting, although I don’t know anyone playing! However, I’m up in Newcastle that weekend.

Well I can't say I'm an expert either really. Could turn out to be rubbish too, the few African music things I've been to in Brighton people have just been stood around like planks instead of dancing, which does kill the vibe a bit.

Probably not yr thing at all but there's quite a few good noisy psych things coming up over the next few months too - Hookworms/Cold Pumas, Sightings/Sealings, White Hills, Guardian Alien

I just don’t understand why people don’t dance to music which is good for dancing to.

O.o?

I dance to music even if it isn’t that good for dancing!

Could be persuaded for some noisy psych, depending on dates etc.

I'm not a big dancer unless I'm wasted, it's just a matter of being nervous/uptight/clumsy/generally not good at dancing etc.

Not sure I'd want to go to the whole Afriganza thing, was hoping it'd be more like the Japanese festival where it's all across town and you can dip into bits as you see fit. But might try on the door for one.

I very very strongly recommend Hookworms, seen them a lot now and they are awesome live. Though I have the feeling I might not be able to actually make that gig?

Sounds like I need to get some Gary's in for you.

i think maybe hookworms is the night before michael gira brings his merry minstrels to town?

i too am not great at public dancing unless i'm a little wasted, but i get wasted v. easily so it all evens itself out

Ah, yeah. I think there's four or five nights with awesome gigs in the lead-up to my show on the 3rd, and I just can't do them all without fucking myself up.

yeah, you need to post up details of your gig btw

I think it’s on that Facebook

You should be able to look without being a Facebooker

http://www.facebook.com/events/529165583789789/

Cheers for that. For those unwilling to click away from ilx for even a second, it's Wednesday April 3rd at the Prince Albert, £4 advance, £5 otd. Ace Bushy Striptease are the headliners, and they're really fucking good lo-fi shamble-punks, if you like that sort of thing.

w00t! (will try to make that)

Yay, another midweek 6am session. :S

Argh. Actually, the band is trying to work out rehearsal dates, and it might be the case that I have to sack off Swans, and thus SwansFAP, in favour of getting a last-minute practice in. Being our first gig, I kind of think that has to take precedence. Might not be the case, but it's looking likely.

Oh no, that cannot be!

We want Swan FAP

lol

Excelsior!

Jabba Hands: I was wondering, do you mix? I’m always up for playing records with people. Also thinking about finding a venue with decks for a low key thing and would be good to have someone else to do it with.

i don't! not in public anyway. but i would be very happy to come and listen to you play records at a low key thing...

Another quiz at the West Hill tomorrow, if anyone fancies it/is still allowed to.

Haha. Would love to, but may need to skip this months one. However, you never know.

ppppppuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubbbbbbb! will check it out with home

things were kicking off a bit here on campus earlier:
https://twitter.com/TheBadgerNews/status/316206252550144002/photo/1

https://twitter.com/TheBadgerNews/status/316205944503689216/photo/1

Yeah, a few friends were on campus protesting. Been a bit skittish about that sort of stuff since the horrors of the '10 protests so didn't make it over myself.

managed to post this on the dj koze thread, ha

where should i eat before swans? never been to brighton before!

Are you a vegetarian/vegan? What's your price range? Pub grub, restaurant, or chippy?

Soo many choices :D

Been a bit skittish about that sort of stuff since the horrors of the '10 protests so didn't make it over myself.

Appreciate that, got kind of a queasy feeling myself seeing the police getting changed into their crash helmets and whatnot. Don't think that evolved into much of a situation though, but I didn't stick around for long after that. Good turnout, shame some poor bastard had all their files burnt.

Eat everything not too bothered about price, nothing too fancy - won't have long. Amazing fish and chips type place if it exists?

Fish and chips is probably the thing I know least about here, as I don't like it that much. I know the Globe used to do a good pub meal version, but I'm pretty sure they've changed kitchen staff since then.

this is the place you want: http://www.bardsleys-fishandchips.co.uk/

otherwise my usual recommendation is planet india, amazing veggie indian food in what feels a bit like someone's front room.

Always preferred the chips at Bankers myself, but that's totally the wrong end of town.

Am probably up for pre-Swans fap & food if anyone else is interested. Trying to think what pubs do half-decent food in Kemptown.