I arrived at Oxford Circus around 8ish, and waited for companions. During my wait some odd rock band started playing a few metres in front of me.. Which made time move a little bit slower. Re-inforcements arrived and we headed to Marketplace for 'Livin Proof', billed as a night of True School Hip-hop.. We get there, and 90% of the space is filled by wooden furniture, not ideal for a hiphop night, when we arrived it felt like we'd walked into a restraunt.. ignoring that we sat down and waited patiently for things to heat up. 45 minutes of soul tracks later, Magdi started his set, kicking it off with 'Sixth Sense'..a couple of cuts later he drops 'Rock The Boat' which resulted in a few confused faces. Soon after, the crowd got what they turned up for and started beating one another up.. 'all in good fun, troop'. The space in front of the DJ booth was a battle-zone, with everyone shouting their favourite bars and gesticulating wildly. Seriously one of the best sets/crowds for a while, intimate as it was an 'every man for himself' mentality was instilled.. too many big tracks to list. If you missed it, they are doing it all over again in 2 weeks time, I reccomend wearing wellingtons and body armour.
Viv & Shan.
"Is that an iphone???" ... "Nah..um.. yeah"
Marcus and the wife.
Birthday girl.
Goons.
The Operation was in the building.
Asantewa.. New Era's newest employee. Congratulations.
Femi.
Craig.
Black and white on the ID's, the colours were terrible, trust me.
This tells its own story.
DJ Bruce Wayne.
Some of us broke out, with some lemons, and headed to Traf. square.
The one like Jasper.
Trident Splash! "Why are we such legends?"
Back on the Old Kent Road.
In closing, a very happy 20th Birthday to Phoebe.. and a happy 11.11 to all the rest of you, it's your lucky day.
More soon.
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Shnickens suggested I post the roll-call here in case you missed the MySpace Public Service Broadcast.
Proppage:
-Shnickens the Blog Titan
-Viv Cav the B-Realist
-DJ Bruce Wayne the Abstaining Rizla Holder
-Femi the Militant
-Pheobus the One Who's 14 When She's Drunk, But Pushing 40 When She's Not
-Asantewa the Not-Ramping Moshpit Ragdoll
-Craig the Post-Party Paramedic + Unconscious Friend
-Amelia + Katie the Supafly Hair-Do 'Sistas' + Soft-Skinned Friend
-Jessica the Onion Buttocks from Hamburg
-Johan the Greenthumb Saviour
-Jasper the Solemn Mumbling Paraletic Tramp We Huddled Around In McDonalds At 4am
-That Nu-Rave Kid who said "Not being funny or nothing mate..." When he was clearly not being funny.
-Those Slammin' Kicks Folk
-Those Rather Tremendous DJs
-Those Crazy White Dudes who know how to mosh correct
-Those Crazy Ethnic Folk who followed suit.
-Those Who Were Maimed in the testosterone-fueled dancefloor fracas
-THAT delicious looking lady, yes you... you
You all served the cause well. Much love.
And if you left early: what a dick you are. You missed an incredible night.
If I missed anyone out, find a category above and get in where you fit in, no beg-flex please.
Peace to "our gang". Golly.
This was a damn good night and these pics look dope.
www.theoutcoldshow.blogspot.com
Honestly Matt, sometimes I wonder if you have some kind of agenda with all these butters photos of me you insist on showing the world...
Vanity aside, last night was definitely up there on my 'Best Birthdays Ever' list. Thank you boys for coming down. Here's to many more.
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That picture was nice, stop the self-depricating right now.
diddly dope night indeed.
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