Reclaim the beach this sat? (10th May)

[RubyToogood]

I might go down for a bit, purely in order to stand about and complain about how it was much better in the old days when the internet riff-raff didn't come along.

Ha. That was exactly what bluestreak and Monkeygrinder did

 

[sam/phallocrat]

I was at the second ever one - about a dozen people and a ghettoblaster.

 

[toblerone3]

That was a good old dance. Really friendly crowd.

Lived up to its location... I like the sand sculpture of the fat man getting a blow job.

 

[bluestreak]

That wasn't a sand sculpture, that was my parents

 

[boohoo]

That wasn't a sand sculpture, that was my parents

so you are master sandman?

 

[spanglechick]

That was a good old dance. Really friendly crowd.

Lived up to its location... I like the sand sculpture of the fat man getting a blow job.

oh- maybe we left too soon - but there was no vibe at all for the hour and a bit we were ther. it was very east dulwich, iykwim. we went to the redstar, which was tippety top.

 

[TopCat]

 

[spanglechick]

mate - that gloworm. she's completely and wonderfully cool.

 

[A Dashing Blade]

The reserve generator not turning up for a while didn't help.

 

[toblerone3]

Yes it was quiet when I arrived but as soon as the generator turned up people started dancing. Never been to one of these events before. I didn't know about them. A free party in the middle of London on the beach, DJs a bit of MCing. Walked along the beach a bit to see the Houses of Parliament from river eye level.

Just got excited by the being where we were, the bonhomie and the fact that I was relaxed enough to dance and feel good. Quite rare for me.

Did anybody take any pictures?

 

[gabi]

In two years time you'll be bitching on one of these threads about how RTB's not as good as the first time you went back in 2008

I didnt go down in the end. The word 'facebook' that was uttered further up the thread there scuppered any faint hope of making the journey. All I could picture were hordes of identikit clapham types clapping each other on the back for voting Boris in. Not for this cynical old bastard thanks

 

[gabi]

Yes it was quiet when I arrived but as soon as the generator turned up people started dancing. Never been to one of these events before. I didn't know about them. A free party in the middle of London on the beach, DJs a bit of MCing. Walked along the beach a bit to see the Houses of Parliament from river eye level.

Just got excited by the being where we were, the bonhomie and the fact that I was relaxed enough to dance and feel good. Quite rare for me.

Did anybody take any pictures?

Seriously tho, glad u enjoyed it. My first one was fuckin awesome too. Couldnt quite get over I was dancing around a bonfire on the thames looking at Parliament. Very cool.

 

[spanglechick]

i have a great picture of monkeygrinder and me from RTB in 2006 - tis slightly out of focus and has the embankment lights in the backgrougd. In the foreground are him and me, grinning like loons, pilled off our tits.

I have it on the wall by my desk in my classroom. I get a juvenile kick out of the subversiveness of that.

 

[toblerone3]

In two years time you'll be bitching on one of these threads about how RTB's not as good as the first time you went back in 2008

I didnt go down in the end. The word 'facebook' that was uttered further up the thread there scuppered any faint hope of making the journey. All I could picture were hordes of identikit clapham types clapping each other on the back for voting Boris in. Not for this cynical old bastard thanks

Absolutely right about the possibility/almost certainty of falling into the "Not as good as it used to be" mindset. But just for last night I felt about two layers of cynicism fall away. Great feeling.

 

[TopCat]

Killer head today....

 

[El Sueno]

Bollocks, I thought it was this coming Saturday. Missed yet another one.