Carnival 2011

Jul 08, 2011 18:07

Last Saturday was St Pauls Carnival. Around 70-80,000 people visited the area, packing in to the streets and squares ( Read more... )

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dissident_hope July 10 2011, 17:39:41 UTC
A damning review. Is it like Pendulum drum 'n' bass? 'Cause Pendulum are great.

I think you should have set up your own sound system,& used it to declare aloud for all to hear how crap the carnival was.

I'm surprised the music didn't go on until later in the early hours. We've had worse from our neighbour.

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tiredstars July 10 2011, 18:01:51 UTC
It is often pretty good D'n'B, and I'm sure there's quite a bit of pendulum. There's only so much drum'n'bass I can appreciate, though, and it's not a huge amount.

The thing is that most people seemed to be having a good time. I didn't see anyone looking really bored or like they regretted coming. So I'm trying to figure out what it is they're all enjoying.

Wasn't your neighbour over eighty?

I thought the Carnival music went on later last year, but I suppose they're quite strict so they don't lose their licence. The worst we've had is some party nearby a couple of months ago that went on until four thirty or something and then - weirdly - restarted at seven, but only for forty-five minutes, or so.

Someone's having a party this evening, with two MCs doing the classic trick of fading down the music a bit and shouting stuff over it. Amidst the reggae and dance stuff they randomly plaid the barbie girl and the cheeky girls earlier, which was unexpected.

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dissident_hope July 12 2011, 18:05:18 UTC
Maybe it's like all the brilliant films that you don't appreciate but nearly everyone else does - the carnival probably is really good, you just have an underdeveloped appreciation gland.

Like when you travelled to Japan & just shrugged at everything.

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tiredstars August 1 2011, 22:21:53 UTC
Anhedonia.

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happycycling July 11 2011, 04:41:00 UTC
i still <3 your LJ posts of this nature.

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