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Postby mattstan » Sat Nov 18, 2017 7:44 am

There are some restrictions around it though right? Gotta be a reason I never see bikes on the tube

Seconding the DLR being fun to ride btw
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Postby Kaputt » Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:00 am

Trying to imagine someone trying to get a bike on the northern line when I got on in the morning
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Postby Seamus » Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:45 am

Has anyone been to the Tove Jansson exhibition? There's a Black Friday sale on Virgin trains so I'm gonna try and get some cheap tickets so I can do a daytrip and come see it, probably early January. Anything else on around then that I should see?
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Postby all day breakfast » Sat Nov 18, 2017 3:22 pm

taking your bike on the london underground

someone managed to squeeze a non-folding one on to the tube at london bridge at 9.30am a couple of weeks ago and i had to look it up out of curiousity

he made so many people mad
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Postby mercenaries of slime » Sat Nov 18, 2017 3:33 pm

all day breakfast wrote:taking your bike on the london underground

someone managed to squeeze a non-folding one on to the tube at london bridge at 9.30am a couple of weeks ago and i had to look it up out of curiousity

he made so many people mad


makes sense that they're not allowed in the deep tunnel sections

also can't imagine anyone bothering to wrestle a bike up and down the stairs

relatedly, it's really shitty how so few stations have step-free access!
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Postby all day breakfast » Sun Nov 19, 2017 3:04 pm

id probably stay east based on those qualifiers; dalston, hackney etc.

usually not tooo expensive and there's decent stuff + relatively easy access into central london
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Postby Geoff » Sun Nov 19, 2017 3:37 pm

maybe around old street, it's more connected than dalston/hackney but still close to it
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Postby HotFingersClub » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:16 am

Novelty Automation is good: http://www.novelty-automation.com/

They're hosting their first ever singles night on Friday, so you can go and meet potential romantic partners who share an interest in simple amusing robots
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Postby joe bitch tv » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:10 pm

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murderhorn wrote: anyone going to Unsound at the Barbican https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2017/event/unsound-dislocation


ha see you there


hell yeah got tickets for this. never seen music at barbican before or know what this new liz harris moniker is about but v excited
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Postby dmitry » Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:11 pm

i like libraries and old book stores, and riding trains. it seems like there's a whole lot of towns you can reach within an hour's train ride from london. so can y'all recommend any and all libraries, book stores, etc. but especially libraries, to visit in london and within an hour of london? is visiting the libraries at oxford cool?

also, there's the national computer museum in milton keynes, is that town worth a visit otherwise?
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Postby sunrise » Sat Dec 02, 2017 7:14 am

joe bitch tv wrote:
mercenaries of slime wrote:
murderhorn wrote: anyone going to Unsound at the Barbican https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2017/event/unsound-dislocation


ha see you there


hell yeah got tickets for this. never seen music at barbican before or know what this new liz harris moniker is about but v excited

my friends who went to unsound said the liz thing was wonderful, jealous about this
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Postby all day breakfast » Sat Dec 02, 2017 10:44 am

bookstores on charing cross rd (koenig books & a selection of 2nd hand ones), bloomsbury ofc.
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Postby Gussie Fink-Nottle » Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:22 pm

dmitry wrote:also, there's the national computer museum in milton keynes, is that town worth a visit otherwise?

I've never actually stopped in Milton Keynes but it's kind of a national joke, with something about roundabouts generally being the punchline. Unless you're interested in the concept behind that sort of postwar town planning I'd skip it, and if you are you may as well go to one of the nicer New Towns like Welwyn Garden City.
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Postby pugnax » Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:16 pm

dmitry wrote:i like libraries and old book stores, and riding trains. it seems like there's a whole lot of towns you can reach within an hour's train ride from london. so can y'all recommend any and all libraries, book stores, etc. but especially libraries, to visit in london and within an hour of london? is visiting the libraries at oxford cool?

also, there's the national computer museum in milton keynes, is that town worth a visit otherwise?


i've only been in ldn a few months so my reccs might be limited but judd books & skoob books (down the st from each other) are decent second hands near kings cross, and libreria in brick lane is okay.
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Postby walt whitman » Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:30 pm

heyyy. looks like im in london for the next week or so after a killer presentation. what are the good clubs/rave spots? :)
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Postby walt whitman » Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:25 pm

Ayo London homies, WAKE UP

Also-what're the good indie music venues? Lil help for a Yank, yeh?
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Postby all day breakfast » Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:33 pm

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Postby Kaputt » Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:36 pm

What music are you into? Destroyer are playing on Thursday!
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Postby walt whitman » Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:52 pm

whaaa?? Destroyer <3 <3!!
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Postby walt whitman » Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:54 pm

but yea thats exactly my jam. any good stuff rly, genres don't matter. gonna get into that Dstryr, thx for the tip
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Postby walt whitman » Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:56 pm

super bummed this FREE & incredible sounding panel discussion on Psychedelics just sold out of registration spots

https://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/e ... ychedelics
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Postby walt whitman » Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:57 pm

all day breakfast wrote:https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/uk/london

oh! nice :)
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Postby murderhorn » Sun Dec 03, 2017 4:31 pm

Joe McPhee is playing two shows at cafe oto this week, saw him last time he came there and it was killer. Moth club has stuff most nights but I don't really recognize this week's shows. If youre here til the weekend there's unsound and that Sophie thing on Friday night, Carla dal forno at new River studios on Saturday. It's a bad time to have no fucking money.
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Postby murderhorn » Sun Dec 03, 2017 4:32 pm

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Ferrous Bueller wrote:hey Londonheads, I'm going back to your turf for the first time in a decade next month

what's the most important thing to see/do that didn't exist in 2007


if you're here before the 10th go see the Arthur Jafa thing at the Strand http://180thestrand.com/


Also really recommend this if you haven't seen it.
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Postby walt whitman » Sun Dec 03, 2017 5:30 pm

Yeah everyone's been telling me to see the Everythinf at Once show at Strand. Space looks p amazing.

And yeah I want to hit up that Sophie party on the wknd for sure.

I dunno how you Londoners afford the outrageous cost of public transit here tho. tons of stuff to see but I'm going to be broke from just riding buses and 'tubes
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Postby mercenaries of slime » Sun Dec 03, 2017 6:09 pm

walt whitman wrote:I dunno how you Londoners afford the outrageous cost of public transit here tho. tons of stuff to see but I'm going to be broke from just riding buses and 'tubes


yeah, it sucks

if you aren't worried about taking a while to get somewhere, you could just start taking buses everywhere

bus fare is capped at £4.50 for the day

this way you'll save on money and explore more
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Postby walt whitman » Sun Dec 03, 2017 6:39 pm

yeah good call. its 100% bus time for me.
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Postby screw » Sun Dec 03, 2017 8:20 pm

everything at once is a good way to kill 90 mins for free and see some cool shit. jafa piece at the end makes the whole thing beyond worth it
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Postby strange potion » Sun Dec 03, 2017 8:27 pm

Bus fares are way cheaper in London than in other parts of this damn country, especially with the new hopper fare
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Postby HotFingersClub » Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:40 am

dmitry wrote:i like libraries and old book stores, and riding trains. it seems like there's a whole lot of towns you can reach within an hour's train ride from london. so can y'all recommend any and all libraries, book stores, etc. but especially libraries, to visit in london and within an hour of london? is visiting the libraries at oxford cool?


You could go on a tour of the Bodleian: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/visit/tours/info. Oxford is just generally incredible if you like the ancient knowledge vibe. Go and see the University Museum and the Pitt Rivers

For London, the British Library is obviously great and I also found one that's new to me in Conway Hall. Free to visit, little-known and a beautiful room. Plus you can climb onto the roof and check out the beehives

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