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leenorris78 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just seen a "small Blue" butterfly on the corner > of Ondine Road/Adys Road. Supposidly rare and > localised. xxxxxx I've seen these in my garden this year(North Cross Road area) but don't recall seeing them here before - don't know what they are though.

Parkdrive Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If good art is judged merely on the ability of a > male artist to dress like a woman, then Danny La > Rue must have been a bloody brilliant artist. If > he's such a great artist, why the necessity for > such a gimmick? Or does he need it to get people > interested in what might otherwise be deemed by > some to be crap? xxxxxxxx Obviously art is not judged on that, what a ridiculous comment. Grayson Perry is a great artist AND he happens to enjoy dressing as a woman/girl sometimes. Presumably the various aspects of the personality of any artist will inform their art, whether it's cross dressing or anything else. Louis Killen, who you won't have heard of, is a fantastic singer who only very recently has publicly come out - in his seventies - as having an alter ego, Louisa Killen. He has - extremely bravely in my opinion in view of comments of people like yourself - appeared on stage in women's clothes. Are you suggesting that if he had done this at an earlier age it would somehow have given him an advantage in getting bookings/record contracts? I think not. His image was of a bearded, masculine, deep-voiced guy who sang songs about mining, the sea and stuff. Cross-dressing is hardly going to turn crap art into great art. And there are always going to be some people who think some art is crap. I think much of what Damien Hirst has done is crap, but that doesn't seem to have held him back :))

Thanks for this, I will go to his show, I saw the first episode of the television series and I thought it was brilliant. Loved what he did and looking forward to the other two. ETA: Parkdrive, your post is just pathetic. Are you one of those people who think everybody should be just the same as you? Thank Christ they aren't.

kabekay Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > All sorts of surprising things turn out to work > after all, and I hardly think the OP is suggesting > opening a cinema as a Get Rich Quick scheme. I > agree with the multi-use crowd, for what it's > worth. The Goose is Out people, and the crowd who > do the open air cinema in the Dulwich park in the > summer, might have some good knowledge on the > matter! xxxxxxx We certainly know how not to start a Get Rich Quick scheme :)) We'd be delighted to see an alternative venue open in or near East Dulwich though - we have been unable to find anything suitable to replace The Ivy House, which was a fantastic space and size for our "medium sized audience" gigs. That's medium sized in numbers, not in height or girth, obviously, which for us is around 100 people. So a multi-use space would be great. But there was a thread on here a while back suggesting an Arts Centre type place which could incorporate a space suitable for music gigs/cinema/art exhibitions etc, and cold water was thrown at it from all directions as I recall (though my memory is crap so I may be recalling wrongly). Sue (Half of The Goose Is Out!) ETA: We'd be very happy to discuss possibilities with the OP or indeed with anyone else re a new local multi-use space, but we'd have no capital to put into it. We also need somewhere licensed to sell alcohol.

tiddles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the english garden in peckham rye is just glorious > at the moment. Does anyone know what the plant > with the tall white flowers is. It has large flat > leaves at the base, with very tall stems with > masses of tiny flowers - rather like a giant > gypsophila?? sorry if a bit of a long shot but > they are really quite lovely. xxxxxxx Haven't seen it, do you have a picture? Could it be Crambe Maritima (Sea Kale)?

Been on the ale, Flappers? :))

Sorry to hear this too, and really very sorry that nobody came to help. Did anybody even call the police? You must be very shaken up, hope you're both OK.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I thought the sound was > exceptionally bad. xxxxxx So did I. But it could have been an advantage not being able to hear much of it properly :))

jumpinjackflash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Madness, with the > visuals on Buckingham Palace, were brilliant. At > one point the palace was made to look like Nelson > Mandela House! xxxxx Agreed, that bit was excellent, as were the fireworks at the end. I didn't see all of it but from what I did see I thought the music was pretty mediocre and the choice of artists/songs very odd. The royal family looked quite ill at ease at the end mingling with the musicians I thought.

Have you tried googling for reviews of it?

rch Wrote: -- > I'll let you know when we plant the Mandrake. xxxxxx Isn't that the one that screams when you try to pull it up? Oooerr :-S

Harry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On the subject of squirrels,I could not believe my > eyes on Thursday morning, as looking out of my > window in East Dulwich Grove I saw a red squirrel > jumping around my pond. I have seen several such > squirrels in the Lake District but never in > London. I just wondered if anyone else has seen a > red squirrel in the local area as I presume that > if there was one there must be more ! xxxxxx There are almost certainly no red squirrels in East Dulwich. What you almost certainly saw was a grey squirrel with reddish fur, as sometimes happens. Sorry to disappoint you :) See the East Dulwich Nature Watch thread :)

Nero Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > So, where to put one? Above the Magda maybe? xxxxxxx Cinema Paradiso already shows films Upstairs At The Mag, I believe :)

tyke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For what it's worth, which may be very little, I'd > love a cinema where you could have a glass of wine > while you watch the movie xxxxxxxx You can do that at The Ritzy, in fact you can take the whole bottle in if you want :)

Harry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On the subject of squirrels,I could not believe my > eyes on Thursday morning, as looking out of my > window in East Dulwich Grove I saw a red squirrel > jumping around my pond. I have seen several such > squirrels in the Lake District but never in > London. I just wondered if anyone else has seen a > red squirrel in the local area as I presume that > if there was one there must be more ! xxxxxx This has already been discussed on this thread, and links to pictures posted. Grey squirrels sometimes appear to be red. There is about a zillionth to one chance of the one you saw having been a true red squirrel of the tufty-eared variety.

Has anybody contacted Orange to find out what the problem may be?

Neither Adventure Bar nor Boho Bar was open in 2005. ETA: I think!

I had all my window boxes nicked a couple of years back, and now chain the replacements down :-S I was in as well when it happened. Was in the back garden, heard a scraping noise and thought nothing of it. The police said a load of people had had theirs stolen around the same time. It was just before Mother's Day. Bastards.

titch juicy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i'm afraid i'm not going to read 44 pages, > although i'm sure it's riveting stuff- and i'm > sure the pair of sunbathing tortoises in the > japanese garden pond in peckham rye park have > already been mentioned- but in case they haven't, > there are xxxxxx If you'd read at least some of the more recent 44 pages, you might have discovered that they aren't tortoises :))

woodrot Wrote: > Schr?dinger had the right idea xxxxxxx :)) ETA: But sorry about the squirrel ......

Only me! Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is the culprit! > Fluffy tail? > Hardly surprising given how many Sunflower seeds > he's tucked away! xxxxxx Does he walk the tightrope to get to them?!

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If my memory is correct the coalition govt are > planning on making empty properties easier to > compulsory purchase. And with over 5,000 such > empty homes Southwark could really start to solve > its housing shortages. xxxxxxxx (tu)

We're certainly not in it for the money :)):)):)) ETA: And "folk" covers a very wide range of music - there's quite a bit of stuff described as "folk" that I don't like either.

And if anyone fancies seeing a band who play sixteen different instruments between them, come and see Crownstreet Upstairs at the Mag on Friday 8 June. OK you might think it's not your thing, but on the other hand you might be pleasantly surprised .... But - it's LIVE MUSIC IN EAST DULWICH which The Goose Is Out! has been putting on on a regular basis for over four years ..... :)) :)-D

mattydj Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ED is far too boring for live music. xxxxxxxxxx We had a sell-out gig at DHFC on Friday night with well over 200 people there, of all ages, to see Martin Simpson. Too boring for live music? Not. ETA: But it wasn't the kind of music mentioned in the OP, which was why I haven't posted before. ETA: One of the emails we received afterwards (wouldn't normally do this but but a bit peeved that people seem to think there's nothing decent happening locally with live music :)): "Just wanted to let you know that me and my friends had an utterly utterly BRILLIANT night on Friday. You know when you enjoyed it so much you feel quite exhausted after? Thanks so much for running these nights they are an absolute institution. It was so great to have performers of all ages too. I can't wait for the next one."