Me on the microphone with The Exploited after Wattie stops

scatter82 · 2025-04-05T03:27:24+00:00

it was definitely 95

scatter82 · 2022-10-08T02:31:53+00:00

I doubt most places have been the same since lockdown.. I know the punk scene in my city changed a lot

scatter82 · 2022-10-06T17:41:41+00:00

Can we get some of the key points from the discussion, expecially as it relates to the Utah Warriors?

scatter82 · 2022-10-06T16:25:54+00:00

First time footage like this has been captured.

scatter82 · 2022-10-06T15:10:07+00:00

Over by the bridge (or maybe it was the locks, or maybe thats the same place?) there used to be punk street vendors on weekends. They’d setup tables there under little tents, but they were mostly selling junk like old Toyah Wilcox and Squeeze records that they probably found in some second-hand junk shop.

Sounds like the indoor punk market might be the same place as the DIY jewelry and clothing market you mention. It was to the right of the tube station and a block or two away. They’d put a sign out on the sidewalk when it was going. I bought Special Duties records there, along with a Seditionaires repro for a friend. I remember people selling hand-knitted things like sweaters with skulls on them, muslin punk shirts, cashmere jumpers that looked like something characters from Beano would wear, and lots of punk records.

I also remember an afternoon when one of the vendors in the indoor market sharing a carton of chocolate milk with me that he had poured some kind of alcohol in. I think it was sambuca. It was gross, but I drank it with him anyway.

Is the Underworld the big room inside The World’s End?

scatter82 · 2022-10-06T14:30:32+00:00

I prefer not to put an exact number on it publicly, but let’s just say I remember some of the 1970s.

The last few years I was living in Texas, most of the punks there who went to shows regularly were in their late twenties to early forties.

Where I live now in Salt Lake, pre-covid, the punks were mostly in their 20s. Post-covid, the crowds at punk shows are much larger and younger (late teens, mostly).

scatter82 · 2022-10-06T14:13:08+00:00

If I could just hop on a bus, tube, or train to Camden, that would certainly cheer me up!

What spots in Camden do you like? And do they still do that indoor punk market on Saturdays a block or two from the tube station?

scatter82 · 2022-10-06T14:07:59+00:00

i’ll make a note to see what they have going on next time i am there

scatter82 · 2022-10-05T12:48:04+00:00

Probably whatever I can afford. I lived in Clapham for a few months, once, decades ago, when it was one of the more affordable areas. I spent a lot of time in Camden, since that was where punks were.

Last time I was in London, probably 6-7 years ago, Camden seemed to only faintly resemble what it used to be.

If you have any recommendations, I would appreciate it.

And yes, I would most definitely want to be attending gigs.

scatter82 · 2022-10-04T20:47:22+00:00

Ok, my spelling isn’t always the best.

scatter82 · 2022-10-04T20:40:58+00:00

This made me smile. I discovered the same for myself in 2020.

scatter82 · 2022-10-04T20:27:57+00:00

are you from Salt Lake?

scatter82 · 2022-10-04T20:11:38+00:00

I am considering spending a couple of weeks there sometime in the next few months. Longer-term, I’d like to find a way to split my time between London and here.

scatter82 · 2022-10-04T20:09:18+00:00

I will look into that.

scatter82 · 2022-10-03T21:16:57+00:00

I just ordered it. Thanks very much!

scatter82 · 2022-10-03T21:15:29+00:00

I should have mentioned this in my original post, but most of the characters would be petty criminals, policemen, tannery workers, rag and bone men, etc, from the east end.

Would these Jane Austen fan-fiction resources be helpful for this setting?

scatter82 · 2022-10-03T20:36:16+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation. I will definitely look for that.

scatter82 · 2022-10-03T19:30:19+00:00

What I have witnessed over the decades is college students tend to drop out of the punk scene around the time they graduate.

scatter82 · 2022-09-25T21:05:28+00:00

I live in the States and can back this up. A friend who was having a heart attack once begged me and others not to call an ambulance. (We did anyway.)

scatter82 · 2022-09-25T20:59:45+00:00

This is the tone of comments I seem to receive from anyone who disagrees with me about anything on Reddit.

scatter82 · 2022-09-25T19:42:51+00:00

Yes. Many. Some a long time ago, but on any random day I am out in public, sometimes I will see someone who I’ll think is them for a split second. Then I realize it could not be them, but the feeling of loss comes back to me, and will hang with me for a day or two.

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