ewerk 30593 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Not everyone has piped gas! We should be getting running water is the next few years too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 We're on oil where I'm currently at, too. Indoor loos though, so not quite as bad as eberk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdansmith 3259 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 12 hours ago, wykikitoon said: What's the avg cost a gas boiler service? About £80 I never thought talking was extra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 I think wykiki was referencing a very old inside joke that I couldn't even begin to explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17245 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35076 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Must've been about 10,000 people in the Riverside that night for everybody who claims to have been there to have actually gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21914 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21914 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 i wasn't there. i did see oasis at the riverside in their first ever national tour, which only lasted for four songs after someone climbed on stage and lamped noel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35076 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Just now, Dr Gloom said: i wasn't there. i did see oasis at the riverside in their first ever national tour, which only lasted for four songs after someone climbed on stage and lamped noel. Heard about that actually. There were some big acts played there early in their careers. Red Hot Chilli Peppers are another that spring to mind. Never thought Shindig was all that good like. Too many punters who thought they were cool because they'd stood in the same spot every week for the last x amount of years. Bloated was mint like. Saw Jeff Mills there, amongst others. Actually it's canny mad when you look at some of the acts that played at the likes of there, The Mayfair and the City Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21914 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 i loved shindig. dance music education that. and the odd megadog at the uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21603 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 7 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: i wasn't there. i did see oasis at the riverside in their first ever national tour, which only lasted for four songs after someone climbed on stage and lamped noel. I was there that night. Upstairs, listening to Terry Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35076 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 1 minute ago, Dr Gloom said: i loved shindig. dance music education that. and the odd megadog at the uni Comfortably one of the worst house clubs I've been to and I've been to loads. The Megadog used to organise stuff at my uni too and they were always really well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21914 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Alex said: Comfortably one of the worst house clubs I've been to and I've been to loads. The Megadog used to organise stuff at my uni too and they were always really well done. i think i remember it fondly because it was the best of what were my formative rave years, getting into cowies for the first time etc. the only places to get off your tits growing up in the mid 90s in town as far as i can remember was shindig, megadogs at the uni and the odd night at rockshots. i'd never even been to a dnb night until i left home for uni in sheffield. Edited October 23, 2017 by Dr Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35076 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 8 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: i think i remember it fondly because it was the best of what were my formative rave years, getting into cowies for the first time etc. the only places to get off your tits growing up in the mid 90s in town as far as i can remember was shindig, megadogs at the uni and the odd night at rockshots. i'd never even been to a dnb night until i left home for uni in sheffield. Bloated was a monthly Techno night at the Riverside but aye, not a lot beyond that. I'd probably have liked Shindig if I didn't know any better (not a dig btw) but the atmosphere was a bit moody imo. Went about 4 or 5 times and got the same vibe. The Uni used to do some canny nights. Saw Colin Dale and Carl Cox on the same bill one time. The latter is class but the former is probably the best DJ I've ever seen (and was lucky enough to catch him on a few occasions). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21914 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 if you think shindig was moody you obviously never went raving at the stratford rex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35076 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: if you think shindig was moody you obviously never went raving at the stratford rex I've been in bigger dives and shadier places by far. Insular is probably a better way of describing it tbh. One dodgy venue that springs to mind was an Atomic Jam at the Marcus Garvey Centre in Nottingham. Proper scary in retrospect although I was too blitzed at the time to worry about it. Saw Colin Dale (and Ritchie Hawtin) there too as it happens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerosum 234 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Seen jeff mills at bloated, was good. Daft punk at mayfair was my best memory gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35076 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, zerosum said: Seen jeff mills at bloated, was good. Daft punk at mayfair was my best memory gig. Saw the latter at Tribal Gathering. edit: Would've been just after Homework came out. They were class. Dave Angel was on just prior to them and it was before his shit 'techno funk' / hard house phase. He was absolutely brilliant. Edited October 23, 2017 by Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21914 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 29 minutes ago, Alex said: I've been in bigger dives and shadier places by far. Insular is probably a better way of describing it tbh. One dodgy venue that springs to mind was an Atomic Jam at the Marcus Garvey Centre in Nottingham. Proper scary in retrospect although I was too blitzed at the time to worry about it. Saw Colin Dale (and Ritchie Hawtin) there too as it happens. The rex is by far the most sketchy venue I ever went to. Used to love and hate nights there as there was always an atmosphere that it could kick off at any minute. Loads of Hackett/Burberry clad charvers. The walk to the tube station with the sun coming up was always eye opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21914 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Atomic Jam at the Q club was a class night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35076 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: The rex is by far the most sketchy venue I ever went to. Used to love and hate nights there as there was always an atmosphere that it could kick off at any minute. Loads of Hackett/Burberry clad charvers. The walk to the tube station with the sun coming up was always eye opening. Helter Skelter was the funniest events I went to for spotting the charvs. The Happy Hardcore element used to drag them in from all over. Loads of Sweaties in Celtic / Rangers gear for example. If you think of a massive rave crossed with the Hoppings you're probably not too far off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21914 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Just now, Alex said: Helter Skelter was the funniest events I went to for spotting the charvs. The Happy Hardcore element used to drag them in from all over. Loads of Sweaties in Celtic / Rangers gear for example. If you think of a massive rave crossed with the Hoppings you're probably not too far off. Helter Skelter, Telepathy, One Nation - they were all like that. Anywhere that sold tape packs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21914 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 ...and had about 20 MCs fighting over the mic, never letting the music breathe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35076 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 6 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: Atomic Jam at the Q club was a class night. Yep. Used to regularly go down for the Final Frontier at Club UK in Wandsworth around that time too (the Universe lot who did Tribal Gathering were behind it). 3 big rooms of quality techno. There was some fantastic stuff being produced at the time, a lot of it from the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35076 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Just now, Dr Gloom said: ...and had about 20 MCs fighting over the mic, never letting the music breathe. Think I've mentioned it before but I was at a Helter Skelter where they had a minute's silence for Stevie Hyper D. People literally didn't know what to do with themselves. My mate then got a mix tape pack which had the very same minute's silence on it. Same tape pack had the MC trying to do an announcement something along the lines of "If anybody has ever had a mate called John, can they come to the stage now" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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