Notting Hill Carnival (1 Viewer)

[ron]

Going this w-end for the first time.

Anyone been before?
Do's or donts, opinions and recommendations please.

Cheers

 

[mickalphabet]

what sorta music you into?

if you like roots reggaecheck out these...

sunday - Channel one, Mighty Tabot ( tube stops edgware road )

Monday - Jah Observer, Saxon, aba shanti(particularly for last few hours). (westbourne park )



do not go near notting hill gate stop, do not stay around to late especially monday night, do eat loads of burnt jerky chicken and drink shit loads of red stripe

 

[ron]

Spot on for the reggae tips
Cheers

 

[krossie]

Hi Ron this just came through on my myspace - If yer into Depth Charge style stuff

Carnival Special

DC Recordings present 'Jerk Ferret' featuring:

PADDED CELL
DEPTH CHARGE
10FT BADGER

Sunday 26th August
7.30pm till late
£10 entry

Trailer Happiness
177 Portobello Rd
London W11

My only memories of going way back in 1989 were trying to get to a jacks somewhere and failing miserably - bring a plastic cider bottle or stick to smokables!!!

kp

 

[kings lead hat]

maybe go to the cow pub ....
always pretty good after daylight or
make sure to see gazs rock'n' blues bus

they always put on a great night/show

ive never seen anywhere on earth so packed
1 million ppl in rathmines and ranelagh

thats what its like, literally over 1 million ppl

 

[Lolo]

Don't try and meet up with lots of people. Don't try and do something in another far-away part of London on the same day, takes aaaages to get out. Don't bring anything you wouldn't want nicked/ wear anything you wouln't want wrecked.

Do embrace your inner Rasta. Do bring some sunscreen and rain protection. Do bring some jacks roll if you're female. Do have some fresh coconut juice straight from the coconut, and do go back to the stall and ask them to chop it up for you afterwards.

 

[Dr Winston Umbogo]

shout "Irie!", at all the rastafarians. they will thank you for it.

 

[ron]

found this

http://www.mynottinghill.co.uk/nottinghilltv/carnival1.htm

music bit on left

 

[ron]

Don't try and meet up with lots of people. Don't try and do something in another far-away part of London on the same day, takes aaaages to get out. Don't bring anything you wouldn't want nicked/ wear anything you wouln't want wrecked.

Do embrace your inner Rasta. Do bring some sunscreen and rain protection. Do bring some jacks roll if you're female. Do have some fresh coconut juice straight from the coconut, and do go back to the stall and ask them to chop it up for you afterwards.

Playing any tunes anywhere soon?

 

[krossie]

I love teh sound system reviews!

http://www.mynottinghill.co.uk/nottinghilltv/community-carnival-systems.htm

we need something like this inna Dublin

kp

 

[mickalphabet]

I love teh sound system reviews!

http://www.mynottinghill.co.uk/nottinghilltv/community-carnival-systems.htm

we need something like this inna Dublin

kp

I sometimes dream of a day when st patricks festival has ONE soundsystem on a corner somewhere

 

[Lolo]

Playing any tunes anywhere soon?

Nah, Sunday afternoon club isn't happening any more, planning another one soon though. No Nuns/ Nanny Maze gigs til September.

Back to the subject of Notting Hill, if you've ever seen Performance (Nic Roeg film with Mick Jagger and James Fox), the exteriors were all filmed around there. Powis Square is where Turner's groovy pad was.

Carnival is the only time when that area resembles the way you'd imagine it was in the 60s, it's Poshville the rest of the time. Mind you, it's great seeing all the hoity toity yahs having their beautiful streets invaded by the riff raff