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[deaddervish]

So tonight I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and talk with DJ Andy Smith (of Portishead fame). I must say, he is one of the nicest guys I have ever met. An upside to talking with Andy is that his accent does not become too thick to understand after he has had a couple of pints. It was a really good time. We picked each other's brains about

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[kaeshan]

...only IF they've applied for a 24 hour license, and the deadline was in August.
Apparently, only about 60 places in the entire UK applied for 24 hour licenses.
Many pubs just applied to stay open 'til midnight or 1. The 24 hour license cost quite a bit more, so it wouldn't be economical for most pubs simply because the extra revenue they'd get from staying open wouldn't cover the cost of the license.
(Basically, when you applied for the license you had to state when you wanted to be able to serve alcohol until, and the price of the license depended on how late/early that was)

However, the same rule applies for all places that serve alcohol: this does indeed mean that clubs having this license can stay open 24 hours if they wish (at the discretion of the owner, obviously!).
The other side is that some of the corner-stores that sell alcohol either didn't think these laws applied to them or just forgot to (re-)apply for their licenses, so they're not able to serve alcohol at all right now! Huss.

[deaddervish]

I'll consider myself educated! Man...I miss having you around as asking for really loud Das Ich. How goes it in your corner of the world?

[kaeshan]

Enh, it's okay. I'm supposed to be revising for an exam I have tomorrow... but on Thursday I and a few others are going to Hamburg to visit tryste (my first Goth friend) for 4 or 5 days, so that'll be good. I don't speak much German, mind you, but I'm quite good at charades so I should be okay ;-)

[nimonic]

Sounds like good times. :)

[deaddervish]

It was, indeed, a great show. Man, Andy can pull a record, have it on the turntable and beatmatched in like, 10-15 seconds. I saw him do it 50 times last night. Crazy.

[slityrthroat]

cool post.

[alittlebit_]

dear lord.
didn't they just ban happy hour over there because of the sky rocketing amount of cases of alcohol poisoning happening?
From what I've read drinking has become a 'real' problem over there...i wonder if this is a good idea.

[ms_red]

My liver does NOT want New City open for 36 straight hours, lol. You know I would sit and drink jager for all 36 hours!

[deaddervish]

Jager shots @ home. Jager shots @ New City. Meh... it's just different place for the same hard habit:)