Berty Attends an Evening of Drum & Bass (749 hits)
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Submitted by Berty (View user info) at 2007-09-24 05:21:10 EDT
I am not a Drum & Bass fan. I have never been able to get my head around the complex terminology and lingo, also it isn't exactly the most accesable genre to get into. Indeed, it seems likely that many of you will not even have heard of this sort of thing. So in the interests of public awareness I have taken it upon myself to forge a solid path of truth through Vaugerie's dense bush, into Clarity's verdant channel.
This weekend saw me and disrespectable (if indeed that is a word), down at Birmingham's Custard Factory to take in our monthly exposure to northen Drum & Bass DJ's and the large, rapid-speaking, black men that follow them around. It was quite a good evenings fun, much better than last time when they had the valve sound system out ("Louder than my bum!" - Ben) which is capable of rendering an entire neighberhood of post-university refugees entirely deaf for up to a week and thus completely paralysing the local benefits office.
Instead we were treated to intimate fare; DJ's Lynx, Caliber, Marcus Intalex and some other bloke performed in succesion in The Medicine Bar, a small venue with enough people to generate an atmosphere, but enough space to make a tit of ones self without knocking into ones fellow patrons. One of the great attractions of course being the proximity of the DJ and the MC ("If you're close enough to read this then you're close enough to RINSE OUT THA RESERVOIR!" - Doug).
All in all a very good experience all round, the drug dealers charged reasonable prices for their pills and were freely available even though the bouncers did very thorough checks ("Guns, knives & drugs, we don' wan' them in our raves & our clubs" - anonymous rasta). I would, however, caution anyone thinking of visiting to be very careful in choosing which evening to attend, as the line ups for drum and bass evenings at The Custard Factory, as the vast quantities of flyers handed out showed, featured seemingly endless appalling acts of truly risible quality (or at least so I was reliably informed). Much like the prospectors of old, you've got to sift through the filth to find the gold nuggets.
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-09-25 14:41:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Acoustic Guitar and Footsteps
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-09-24 22:35:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
It's gotta be one of the most ridiculous genre names - imagine a subgenre of pop called "Piano and Bongo" or some shit.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-09-24 21:03:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Did they play the one that's all like, bun dun bunna bunna bunna dun dun dun bunna buna oonst oonst oonst oonst dunna dunna.
The period is important.
Submitted by j0andre1 (user info) at 2007-09-24 20:40:54 EDT (#)
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-1 for drum and bass.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-09-24 17:30:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ShapeShifter (user info) at 2007-09-24 06:50:46 EDT (#)
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I have no idea what you just said and you are missing an apostrophe. I gather that you went to rave, did some drugs, and listened to some faggoty techno drum & bass. All the rest of your little story did fuck all to a) entertain me, b) make me want to read more of your native tongued tripe.
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I find this funny - considering your username is that of drum and bass band.
I love drum and bass...and pills.....but mostly I just love cardboard.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-09-24 16:17:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-09-24 16:17:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2007-09-24 15:24:50 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2007-09-24 14:35:05 EDT (#)
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ok
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-09-24 14:06:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 very few Bertistic sentences.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-09-24 13:47:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
sometimes I actually enjoy reading the posts of berty's that I don't understand. until the reviews I only had a small inclination of a guess that bass and drums would bt techno rave stuff.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2007-09-24 13:26:28 EDT (#)
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You said it was the kind of stuff i'd have liked.
From a techno fan do a metal fan, that's quite a tall order.
I'm up for it next time if the conoisseurs will pick out a suitable evening's entertainment. You know what i'll like.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-09-24 10:15:46 EDT (#)
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I remember you mentioning this.
You described it as "Pacman."
Dark lights, repetitive techno, eating pills, and if you get the right kind, you might see ghosts.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-09-24 10:04:41 EDT (#)
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Succinct. Pleasant. Not retarded. A diamond in the rough.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-09-24 09:54:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-24 05:56:17 EDT (#)
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I hate drum and bass but love custard.
With warm apple pie!
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-09-24 09:17:28 EDT (#)
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Much like the prospectors of old, you've got to sift through the filth to find the gold nuggets.
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much like sifting through your grammar.
<3
really sorry i didn't get to make it down there. i was really really looking forward to english dancing.
Submitted by Surgeon (user info) at 2007-09-24 08:24:01 EDT (#)
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arteriotomy..
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-09-24 07:42:05 EDT (#)
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I'm not about to go out and gary up my car but I have to say I really had a great time and I genuinely did enjoy the music. I've been to a couple of other Drum and Bass nights, including Drop Beats not Bombs, and can say, hand on heart, that there is some good stuff out there that's well worth a look. There's a lot of gash as well but still.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-09-24 07:22:50 EDT (#)
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I very much dislike drum and bass but I am partial to cold custard.
Submitted by ArnieGeddon (user info) at 2007-09-24 07:19:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by ShapeShifter (user info) at 2007-09-24 06:50:46 EDT (#)
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I have no idea what you just said and you are missing an apostrophe. I gather that you went to rave, did some drugs, and listened to some faggoty techno drum & bass. All the rest of your little story did fuck all to a) entertain me, b) make me want to read more of your native tongued tripe.
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yawwwnnnnnnn
Submitted by ShapeShifter (user info) at 2007-09-24 06:50:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I have no idea what you just said and you are missing an apostrophe. I gather that you went to rave, did some drugs, and listened to some faggoty techno drum & bass. All the rest of your little story did fuck all to a) entertain me, b) make me want to read more of your native tongued tripe.
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2007-09-24 06:31:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I cannot not plus 2 Custard Factory. I was there for Drop Beats Not Bombs and many other times. Fuckin heavy pill nights.
Pendulum.
Nuff said.
Submitted by Natures_Biggest_Mistake (user info) at 2007-09-24 06:16:04 EDT (#)
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I love drum and base. I touch myself to the thought of custard.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-09-24 06:14:25 EDT (#)
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You should go to Turbulence in Newcastle. Savage.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-24 05:56:17 EDT (#)
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I hate drum and bass but love custard.