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Author Archives: Fordiebianco
Trans Fat Alley
This short strip of Mile End Road in the heart of the East End features 11 fast food joints. The majority are of the halal fried chicken variety, but there’s a chinese takeaway, a pizza shop, a greasy spoon, a sandwich bar and a pub. With other words, for the ca 10000 humans living in the direct vicinity there is no reason ever to venture into a supermarket to buy an apple. Or to cook.
It’s been so long.
Wonderful video, cracking tune, but I’ll never forgive Greg Johnson for cancelling his gig at the Penguin Club.
*shakes fist
Three Colts Lane
Three Colts Lane in Bethnal Green is not the most beautiful of streets in London. Dilapidated pubs like the Duke of Wellington above and grey victorian houses scatter one side of the street. The other side is a steam punk’s dream, though. One black cab repair shop next to the other (I counted eight) occupies the railway arches and there are literally hundreds of these steampunk vehicles scattered around.
picture courtesy of Taxi Nerd on Flickr
…and after you make it past the cabs, you can stroll through Weavers Field, a large open space in the middle of Bethnal Green. And in it’s middle, you can marvel at a statue that certainly must be the finest proponent of what I would call ‘Orwellian Art’:
They should call it 'Synergy: Exercise and CCTV'
Why did Wham! never release a DVD of their last Concert at Wembley?
The mind boggles. It certainly looked fun.
Messaged from the Outhouse 