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[ October 8, 2009 to October 11, 2009. ] What made the last event such a huge success was the anything goes attitude – the feeling that you weren’t taking part in something legit and on the radar. Dark rooms filled with casual gambling, drinking, dancing and smoking had such an appeal we succumbed to temptation on a number of occasions.
All in all a decently run festival, with all kinds of things to try out. Even if you don’t want to go particularly extreme there were small workshops for having a go. It’s a particularly good event to go to with kids due to the active element and not a big emphasis on Brighton usual strength, drinking.
[ September 26, 2009 11:00 pm to September 27, 2009 4:00 am. September 26, 2009 11:00 pm to September 27, 2009 4:00 am. ] The start to the autumn sees Slackers bring two breaks stalwarts for their September night at the Volks – Russian breaks DJ, producer and promoter Lady Waks and Neurodriver aka Dom Smart, one-half of breakbeat act Far Too Loud, who recently split this year. Lady Waks swept up the 2009 Breakspoll Best Breakthrough Producer so it’s a good year to catch the goodness.
When you think of the women that epitomise the spirit and vitality of vintage fashion, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn are certainly at the top of an illustrious list. Vintage has come back with a welcomed bang, with the beautiful, timeless style of the 40s, 50s and 60s captivating the imagination of the high street, designers and the appreciators of anything cool.
Busking for Cancer Brighton, a mini music festival running from Saturday 5 September to Saturday 12 September, is the latest push to raise much-needed funds for cancer charities, organised by Chris Taylor and friends Andy, Paul Budd, Matt Bassant and Holly.
[ September 12, 2009 11:00 pm to September 13, 2009 6:00 am. ] Fuck me! Positive Sounds are 17 years old! If you’re a Brightonian, or from around Brighton, you will at some point have come across the Positive Sound System. Be it in a club, a field, the sea front, or any other place they have been able to infiltrate.
If it wasn’t bad enough that they ruined our bank holiday plans at 48 hours notice, it is now a week on and still the news on refunds is best described as wholly inadequate. To add insult to injury, every time something remotely helpful is added to the beachdown Facebook “fan” page, it is deleted , and the discussion board on the group page has been deleted all together.
Gang up are the cream of the cool kids in Brighton, a collective that came together after a couple of beers… like how most good things are spawned, that love sexy and beautiful photography. Last Monday was their launch night and while this post is not exactly “hot off the press” (my apologies for the [...]
[ September 1, 2009; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ]
It was about 3 years ago when Brighton last had a taste of Peaches’s own blend of electronica. The now defunct Chaos Rocks had her down for a DJ set along with Erol Alkan. She threw in live performances of a few of her songs, “My dumps” being the most memorable, and is now back [...]
[ April 24, 2009 11:00 pm to April 25, 2009 4:00 am. May 22, 2009 11:00 pm to May 23, 2009 4:00 am. September 25, 2009 11:00 pm to September 26, 2009 4:00 am. ] By the time 4 hours is up everyone present has reached a state of ecstatic transcendence and for audience members and performers alike, experiencing hallucinations and speaking in tongues is not uncommon.
