Comments on: This scene is burnt

By: Oscar

Oscar — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:21:13 +0000

Camden is a bloke who arrives 4 years late to every party and wears his Wayfarers at night.
Camden’s best friend is a hair straightener and, like most gnarly rock gods, fights all the attempts of fashion and still favours the old fringe-in-the-eyes bit so as to mask his advancing bald spot.
I only live in Camden myself because I’m young and somebody once told me this place ‘Gilgamesh’ was going to be the new Terminal 5, I thought that’d be handy.
I’m also partial to a bit of argy-bargy with the hoards of Spanish tourists who, thank christ, as yet can’t pronounce Shawdutch.
The fire did improve things a bit but I still wouldn’t been scene(seen) out in Camden for quids, well at least not north of the station as that would be quite wrong.

By: weezle

weezle — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:48:19 +0000

Hey Hollie,
Do you know Max?
You’d get on like a house on fire.
Or a boozer.
Let’s fly you to Goa.
Thus taking Hollie to the Max.

By: FLETCH

FLETCH — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:36:51 +0000

Leave Hollie alone. It’s exactly the sort of thing a blog like this should be writing about.

Jody_T, of course you wouldn’t see this sort of thing in the magazine because the mag’s monthly and it would date instantly. Websites allow an instant response and this works.

Sure, it’s a far too ‘me and my mates’ but the idea is spot on. This pub really was relevant to the music scene just like The Good Mixer was back in my era in the early 90s.

I’d rather read relevant social commentary from people who know the topic they are writing about – even if it is just a pub – than pages of nonsense about fashion and trinkets that 90 per cent of us can’t afford, like we’re currently seeing a lot of in the actual mag. In fact, I stopped buying the mag a few issues ago.

But next time let’s have less about Jo’s birthday and more about the wider relevance this pub had. Read a few of Chuck Klosterman’s books Hollie, I reckon: a) You’d really like him or really hate him - either makes it worth the effort b) His pop-culture commentary is just the sort of thing that would really suit this site.

By: Arena

Arena — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:57:54 +0000

Thanks Nikki. This really raises two points: 1) The genitive apostrophe applies in every case but its, to avoid confusion with it is. 2) Hollie is spelled with an ie, not a y. The Subbing Department

By: nikkijay

nikkijay — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:39:06 +0000

Holly, so you want to be a writer? That really should mean a basic foundation in spelling and grammar. So why not pop over to the subbing department and ask them to explain ‘it’s’ and ‘its’ to you?

By: JW

JW — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:27:26 +0000

Oh for God’s sake, leave her alone. Do any of you even know the definition of the word ‘blog’? Allow wikipedia to help;

“Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries.”

Hmm, seems like that’s what she’s doing to me.

And at least she can write, which is more than can be said for a good 60% of today’s ‘young people’. If you don’t like it, there’s plenty of pretentious, global-warming-will-kill-us-all ramblings over at the Guardian blog for you to gorge yourselves on.

By: Mippy

Mippy — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:37:56 +0000

She’s a good writer and she’s writing about the scene she knows. It just happens to be the one in the papers. I’d rather read her column than people moaning about how she shouldn’t be upset at the loss of something important to her because ‘nobody died’. Sod off.

By: Andy Terr

Andy Terr — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:54:07 +0000

Wow. Let’s all move to London and drink gin and eat Hula-hoops out of mugs.

Fuck’s sake.

“Cool-hunters and wannabes”, eh? In other words: you.

Right?

By: Jody T

Jody T — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:10:17 +0000

I’m impressed, this young lady is on first name terms with pretty much everyone: ‘Amy, Pete & Razorlight’ and lets not forget ‘the unfeasibly good-looking barmen’ people.

Her toes must be bruised black - I have never witnessed such a name droppy article in all my days of reading Arena and I have 10 year old+ editions that are tucked away in my loft somewhere.

Maybe its my age? What in the name of god has happened here?

By: Gulliver

Gulliver — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:56:18 +0000

God, GET A GRIP! It was a rank boozer anyway.

By: ChanceIG

ChanceIG — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:47:11 +0000

Wow, it was just like the Great Fire of London, only for the fact that no one died or even slightly injured and a shitty pub and market got a bit charred, but other than that its exactly the same.

Future generations will be taught about the Great Fire of Camden Town in history class, god bless our ignorance to important global matters.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:46:05 +0000

Slow day, is it? Save your sentimental ramblings for your diary, Ms Moat.

By: Derek Calhoun

Derek Calhoun — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:51:05 +0000

Christ on a bike. This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read. Goodbye Arena - I used to love you so…