Times Square, New York, New Years Eve 2008

“Revelers begin to gather in the late afternoon on New Year’s Eve, December 31st. The best advice we can give is to get there as early as possible. We cannot predict how quickly the viewing areas will fill up. Prime viewing areas may fill up early in the afternoon.

At approximately 6:00 p.m. EST the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball will be raised to the top of the 77-foot flagpole at One Times Square (Broadway at 43rd Street) and lit. At exactly 11:59 p.m. EST, the Ball will make its 60-second descent down the flagpole to signal the start of the New Year.

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Will there be portable public restrooms available?

No.

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Is alcohol or champagne allowed?

No. Public drinking is illegal in New York City. Police will confiscate alcohol.

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Will there be food and drink vendors in the square?

No. There will be no licensed food and beverage vendors in Times Square. However, there are hundreds of restaurants in and around Times Square (see below).

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So let me get this straight, you have to arrive early and stand outside, in December, all -fuck shitting- night without food or booze or toilets in order to witness the spectacle that is… wait for it… a glowing “ball” slowly sliding down a stupid fucking flagpole?!?! May I be the first to say ‘fuck that for a game of tit bollocking bum-soldiers’, sounds about as much fun as spending a whole day in a dentists waiting room but considerably colder. Bah frigging humbug!

”I’m sick and tired of old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.”

It’s got to be seen, it’s on at Dalston RIO at the moment.

A clear crisp voice in a world squawks and moans………………………..

Welcome one and all!

Apparently you can make good money masquerading as Santa Claus, you have to fit specific requirements though like height, eye colour and hair colour, so if like me you tried and failed we have an alternative:

OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY PEOPLE!
It’s gonna be just DCR dj’s, no bands to confuse matters, just our family of dj’s spinning as ever the tunes we want, i would expect a strong dance vein with exerts from the halls of music we often find our selves in.

Different Class Radio Christmas Party
Friday 19th December 2008
Gold Bar, Stoke Newington, Church Street:

10 Rapid Live
Zekkas Ten
Sons of Sailors
Digby Bodenham
Rachel Wrathell

Come on down it’s gonna be open till 2 and unlike other Christmas parties it’s actually very near Christmas so everyone can be jolly and stuff. Gold Bar is a really plush little venue with a decent basement where business will happen! It’ll be £3 to get in, this covers costs and anything else gets ploughed directly back into the radio station.

8pm – 2am

See you there people!!!!!!!

”A high wire without a safety net.”

I first saw The Bays in the basement of The Ocean Rooms in Brighton with twenty people, three years later I was lucky enough to see them in a packed Brighton Dome with over 1500 people, but one thing hadn’t changed, the music .

The music hadn’t changed because it never was and never will be, it is in it’s entirety just that moment.

A gifted group of musicians that meet together in an improvised, multi generalized art form, they possess an inimitable style and rely purely on musicianship and jazz influenced improvisation. For some years they have been working as a four piece and performing awe inspiring sets, then in true forward thinking style they chose to work with The Heritage Orchestra in the ultimate free-form super jamski, check out the video for just an influential taster.

The Bays are not to be listened to, they need to be witnessed in person, there is no other way.

www.thebays.com

LT

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Watching another super edition of ‘Hollyoaks Later’ (strictly for research purposes) I found it amusing that an advert for High School Musical 3 and Hannah Montana DVDs was sandwiched between an advert for Durex Play sex toys and a Bacardi advert.  At first, cynically, I had thought that the advertisers were marketting sex toys and booze at the High School Musical generation.  Until I realised that actually Hannah & co were being aimed at adults shopping for vibrating ring pieces.  Either way…

Seb x