Comments on: Take a pinch of White man

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:33:18 +0000

Er, er, ha-ha, it was two in the morning when Henry posted that, Peter, when he has his special needs. I was reading Anthony Blond’s memoirs in Peckham Library yesterday, the louche publisher, and he has an amusing story of some posh cronies of his who pitched up at a chemist’s in Faversham, from town, with their doctor’s prescriptions for heroin. The poor chemist had to tell them there wasn’t enough prescription heroin available for them in the whole of East Kent.

By: Lord Henry

Lord Henry — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:04:49 +0000

It’s great that Miuro has had its first two stabbings. I look forward to more in the future. I hope you don’t misunderstand this, Peter.

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:27:20 +0000

It is wonderful that Camberwell multiculturalism embraces such mad toffs as Lord Henry. He goes to Drink Store and manages to stammer out the word “Bottle!” to the storekeeper at 3 a.m. just like everyone else.

I am reminded of Andy Warhol’s summation of the cultural significance of Coca-Cola.

“You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it.”

By: Joe Damage

Joe Damage — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:40:18 +0000

Lord Henry, surely The Temple of Bacchus is a better name for a botle shop than the Drink Store. And what is that shop called on Church Street where you can buy tennents super and glue? Now that is a proper shop.

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:00:03 +0000

The Dark Horse was heaving with folk last night, I was pleased to see. It is a good vibe in there and makes the good old Hermits look like an annexe of the Maudsley.

I thought Lord Henry did well to get the umlaut on baron jon. I can’t do it.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:36:19 +0000

@ Lord Henry: I understand you’re being lighthearted, but please watch what you say; it’s easy to misunderstand intention in the written word.

@ Amanda Fuller: Is that what used to be the Peckham Experiment? If so, I’ve heard that the change has not been beneficial.

By: Amanda Fuller

Amanda Fuller — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:03:36 +0000

Has anyone been to Bellenden Brasserie on Bellenden Road, Peckham?

Hubby wants to ‘do lunch’ there this weekend. No-one I’ve spoken to has tried it.

By: Lord Henry

Lord Henry — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:45:38 +0000

They come from the country known as Black. That’s Black with a capital letter, n’est-ce pas?

On a divergent topic — someone on one of these threads complained that there were too many 24 hr bottle shops in Camberwell. Well where the hell am I to buy my booze at three o’clock in the morning?! As William Blake, a good old South London boy once said, the path to Hell is paved with good intentions.

Also, my favourite name for a shop in this area is Drink Store. It does exactly what it says on the tin. Closely followed by barön jon in the Walworth Road (lower case a la Cummings, and umlaut intact).

I’ve heard the clientele of Miuro buy their clothes at barön jon. Then they pop down to the cornershop for some watermelons. Peter spread that rumour. Don’t shoot the messenger.

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:12:13 +0000

Une clientele noire? Cote d’Ivoiraise! Le Senegal! La Martinique! Le Guadeloupe! Quoi ca! quoi ca! Ca bouge, non?

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:38:46 +0000

I saw the velvet rope there on the opening night, and assumed it was an affectation to impress the punters. Obviously not.

The clientele, as far as I can tell, are exclusively Black.