Rumble in Brighton

ben_archer
28.Nov.2006 2.16am

Maybe we could sit out on the Steyne Gardens all night under ’protective police custody’ and make letterforms with our confiscated bootlaces... just like in the good old days.

(Er, I hate to mention it, but what is typographic about Brighton is it was the birthplace of A.E.R. Gill.) That still doesn’t mean I know why AtypI choose it, other than it’s presumably cheap off-season.

’Punch & Judy’ might make a good theme. Or ’Brighton Rock’.

Jean-Baptiste Levee
28.Nov.2006 2.29am

My guess is, the location has been chosen according to our current president’s wishes, who happens to be a former mod. Maybe he wants to remember the good ol’ days and bring justice back in this land :)

vinceconnare
28.Nov.2006 2.51am

a London to Brighton run and see you at the Ace Cafe.

not if I see you first.

vinceconnare
28.Nov.2006 2.54am

Good ol’ Fatboy Slim, too busy to write.

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used, funk as we used to

You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton
You’re, you’re, you’re, you’re

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Said check baby, check baby
Check baby, check said
Check baby, check baby
Check one two

Check baby, check baby
Check baby, check said
Check check baby
Check check one two

Check baby, check baby
Check baby, check said
Check baby, check baby
Check one two, ha

Check baby, check baby
Check baby, check said
Check baby, check baby
Check one two

Said check one two, check one two
Check one two, check one two
Check one two

You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton
You’re, you’re, you’re

You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton

Funk
Funk
Funk
Funk
Funk
Funk

You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton

Here we go, now here we go
Now here we go, here we go
Now here we go, here we go

You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton

You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton
You’re not from Brighton

Funk as we, funk as we
Funk as we, funk as we
Funk, funk, funk, funk

Here we go, here we go (funk as we used to play)
Here we go, here we go, here we go (funk as we used to play)
Here we go, here we go (funk as we used to play)
Here we go, here we go (funk as we used to play)

Here we go, here we go
Here we go, here we go, here we go
Here we go, here we go, here we go
Here we go, here we go, here we go

I said check baby, check baby
Check baby, check baby

You’re not from Brighton (here we go, here we go, here we go)
You’re not from Brighton (here we go, here we go, here we go)
You’re not from Brighton (here we go, here we go, here we go)

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play

Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play
Funk as we used to play...

vinceconnare
28.Nov.2006 8.36am

hrant
28.Nov.2006 9.34am

The only good thing about Brighton is that it’s as close as possible to France.

hhp

T Bones
28.Nov.2006 9.47am

Hrant,

Why the downer on Brighton? It’s a great city.

hrant
28.Nov.2006 9.55am

You know, I’ve never been. I suspect it’s a nice place to visit for a couple of days*. But can it really be on a typographic “top” list? And what sort of top list can a British beach city be on in September?

* I used to have this mantra that a traveler should not stay in the
same city for more than 24 hours. Didn’t hold up very well though. :-/

hhp

sii
28.Nov.2006 9.56am

>The only good thing about Brighton is that it’s as close as possible to France.

Trebuchet!

hrant
28.Nov.2006 10.00am

I guess a sufficiently large one could reach.
Sir Ralph Payne-Gallway did once fire a mere crossbow from Wales to Ireland.

hhp

T Bones
28.Nov.2006 10.47am

Great British cuisine! Shark(?) and chips. I took this photo in Brighton a couple of years ago.

Richard Hards
28.Nov.2006 11.58am

The shark is probably (hopefully) a reference to the popular Rock Salmon.

Or maybe the sign painter was just better at sharks.

On second glance though there’s something off about the perspective of the beast’s tail that makes it look more like a whale’s fluke.

hrant
28.Nov.2006 12.04pm

Why hopefully? Reverse-discrimination is bad enough when applied to humans! :-)

hhp

vinceconnare
28.Nov.2006 3.26pm

Alt-Brighton:

We clobbered Brighton!
and We are the Champions.

www.londonbaseball.com

www.baseballsoftballuk.com

http://www.brightonbuccaneers.com/

The Brighton Royal Pavilion.
http://www.royalpavilion.org.uk/

If it’s Pop it’s ’ere
http://www.brightoncentre.co.uk/

ben_archer
28.Nov.2006 3.59pm

(Allegedly) it has a pub for every day of the year and all within staggering distance of each other... Hrant, you’ll need ’em for those sweltering Indian summers the British Isles have been having. Even in September.

Although swimming in the Channel is probably still inadvisable.

hrant
28.Nov.2006 4.31pm

Oh my god. I just figured it all out! You guys invented the Industrial Revolution
to cause global warming so that your weather gets decent. Blast you English!!!

hhp

alwyn
29.Nov.2006 4.04am

Not to sure what’s typographic about brighton, but it’s a great place to hang out whatever your doing.

http://www.moretype.co.uk

alwyn
29.Nov.2006 4.05am

Not to sure what’s typographic about brighton, but it’s a great place to hang out whatever your doing.

http://www.moretype.co.uk

timd
29.Nov.2006 4.47am

>Blast you English!!!
This guy was all part of the plan
It’s a lovely sunny day here.
Tim

dezcom
29.Nov.2006 5.26am

Thanks Tim! You helped get the lead out of this thread :-)

ChrisL

vinceconnare
29.Nov.2006 3.31pm

What Brighton is known for.

Aar..Katie
http://www.famousbabes.com/katieP/katie.htm

’n

http://gay.brighton.co.uk/

ben_archer
29.Nov.2006 9.54pm

So, Vince, you mean it’s totally polarised, or it’s very sexy, perhaps regardless of which dirty weekend one had in mind... oo, er, blimey. Ah yes! It’s home of the naughty English seaside postcard – must be some typographic mileage in that.

As for Blast you English!!! ROFL. (I now have a mental image of Hrant imitating Austin Powers villains).

dezcom
30.Nov.2006 5.14am

“I now have a mental image of Hrant imitating Austin Powers villains”

Priceless :-)

ChrisL

hrant
30.Nov.2006 9.24am

International Man of Trouble at your service, dahling.

hhp

crossgrove
30.Nov.2006 9.32am

Seems this sexy, tawdry version of Brighton is an ideal location for a caper, hmmm? Just breathe in that Raffish Air (or is that fried dough?). You never know who has a stiletto in his/her go-go boot.

dezcom
30.Nov.2006 10.09am

Brighton says, “Am I your type BayBay?”
:-)

ChrisL

timd
30.Nov.2006 12.00pm

For entirely the wrong image of Brighton watch this or indeed read the book.

See those writing credits.

Tim

lore
30.Nov.2006 12.24pm

And The End of the Affair (also Graham Green) is set in Brighton. Coincidence?
There’s a big publishing company in Brighton (or Hove). Phaidon maybe? I only remember you could hear the waves from their office.
Serious: Brighton is grrrrrrrrrrooooooovy hrant.

ben_archer
30.Nov.2006 8.48pm

Lore, I think that’s Rotovision, who now have an office on the Western Road.

...at your service, dahling. Now that’s hilarious! And I’m sure it’ll get you a long way in Brighton... cue visions of the International Man of Typographic Mystery clicking his cuban heels and sashaying through the seafront hotels and nightclubs.

Vince, this is for you