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• #527
Neil Boorman knows his onions
Was also the founder and editor of the iconic, legendary 'Shoreditch Twat' fanzine aswell as starting and running 'Off Centre' at 333
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• #528
Neil Boorman knows his onions
Was also the founder and editor of the iconic, legendary 'Shoreditch Twat' fanzine aswell as staring and running 'Off Centre' at 333
indeed
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• #529
The irony is Neil Boorman was pretty much singlehandedly responsible for bringing hipsters to Hoxton, WAY before all the Northern Teds and Essex twats had even heard of Shoreditch and most of them were still at school!
Nuff respect to him!
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• #530
Neil Boorman knows his onions
Was also the founder and editor of the iconic, legendary 'Shoreditch Twat' fanzine aswell as starting and running 'Off Centre' at 333
The mere fact of 333's existence is evidence of everything that's wrong with Shoxton. London Apprentice ftw.
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• #531
The mere fact of 333's existence is evidence of everything that's wrong with Shoxton. London Apprentice ftw.
You're missing the point, I remember when 333 was a seedy gay club, I used to kick around there 12/15yrs ago and the whole area was a dump
Neil brought the area to life, had the foresight before it was 'trendy'Now I wouldn't be seen dead around Shoreditch/Old St, leave the place for the teds and Northerners that have just discovered the place......15yrs too late
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• #532
I remember when 333 was a seedy gay club, I used to kick around there 12/15yrs ago
During your "Midnight Cowboy" phase? ;-)
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• #533
During your "Midnight Cowboy" phase? ;-)
Nothing wrong with goin to a gay club. 99% of the time they have the best music
You been to Horse Meat Disco?
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• #534
I just had a meeting actually with some young Doris from Leeds, moved to London 2 years ago. Pretty thing, all done up to the 9's, fake tan, pearly white teeth etc...
I asked her where she lived:"Shoreditch, I love it round there me...."
"Oh right"
I rest my case
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• #535
HMD - is that the one held in Vauxhall? Can't say I have. Agree there's nothing wrong with gay clubs whatever your orientation, but couldn't resist a little joke.
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• #536
HMD - is that the one held in Vauxhall? .
Yep, it's ace
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• #537
You're missing the point, I remember when 333 was a seedy gay club, I used to kick around there 12/15yrs ago and the whole area was a dump
Neil brought the area to life, had the foresight before it was 'trendy'Now I wouldn't be seen dead around Shoreditch/Old St, leave the place for the teds and Northerners that have just discovered the place......15yrs too late
Yeah, I remember the LA too - used to see some amazing things outside there at 5am on Sunday morning, irrespective of whether my perception was acid-assisted.
It's rubbish now.
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• #538
Nothing wrong with goin to a gay club. 99% of the time they have the best music
You been to Horse Meat Disco?
Horsemeat and the Ghetto are pretty much the only gay clubs worth going to in london.
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• #539
from boris bikes to popular homosexualist enthusiast nightspots... coincidence... or something more sinister... ?
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• #540
I got a t-shirt in the post as apparently I was one of the first thousand to sign-up. It has boris on the back riding one of the bikes. Like I'm ever going to wear this.
Might be good to clean my chain on some occasion though.
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• #541
ebay that bad boy in about 25 years - should make tens of pounds at least.
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• #542
Death By Boris - CycleHire Race
Camden start point, cycle up north and do a reverse Death TT (up Swains Laine, down wests), first one to sock back in at Camden is the winner.
Thoughts?
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• #543
The irony is Neil Boorman was pretty much singlehandedly responsible for bringing hipsters to Hoxton, WAY before all the Northern Teds and Essex twats had even heard of Shoreditch and most of them were still at school!
Nuff respect to him!
Yeah freed up the rest of London from these twats, i'll give him credit for that
Hoxton/Shoreditch has been 'happening' since the late 80's - 10 years before he arrived on the scene. The publication of a magazine like Shoreditch Twat was a sign that the scene was already blown up, not that it was starting up.
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• #544
taking one out for a spin along the embankment at lunch... quite looking forward to it
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• #546
Whats that got to do with anything?
We would not have the scheme without a big corporation stepping in to finance it, thats the reality of it.
Today i have seen lots of people on the bikes, smiling, as they discover a new way to get around town - if its thanks to Barclays cash that this has been made possible, then i dont begrudge them having their branding all over the shop
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• #547
be that as it may - it will be interesting to see the books to establish where exactly the cash has ended up once it's gone through city hall - or is it just generally accepted that it gets ploughed back into the scheme, no questions asked?
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• #548
1 spotted being used on my commute Monday, 2 yesterday, 7 today. I think I see a trend.
+1, spotting more boris bikes than unipacks now, which is progress.
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• #549
What TFL does with revenue seems to be a question that is never full answered - i would hope they are plying profits into improving Londons cycling routes.
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• #550
no, i think its sposed to turn boris into a two termer, mores the pity
Oliver, I also agree with him, although I'm not sure it's acceptable for him/some Vice intern under his control/whoever to try and promote his journalism in such an obvious way. Still, I did read it I guess.
I wonder how much trouble you could get into if you used tape to cover up all the Barclays signs on a bike you were using? Especially if it is removeable without leaving all that sticky stuff behind.