Gnomicide Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said: Nope - though obviously they stopped calling it The Shafterlife fairly quickly. So - I think there was a Seven Circles Of Hell tunnel set up with - and this is the gist of it - a place called something like Rectum Alley that was wallpapered with greasy-looking porn. Unless I hallucinated it. These are my pics from there in 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted May 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 I'm prepared to bet that Anus Close is the Rectum Alley of my fucked memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted May 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 People never say "Bring back Anus Close" when talking about site changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Anus Close isnt as good as it used to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbrass Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 I don't remember the year, but there was a small exhibition venue in Shangri-La area that had a collection of vagina plaster casts. They were selling fridge magnets with them on. I still have mine stuck on the fridge at home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted May 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Shangri La: "After years of complaining from people we're bringing back the microvenues for 2023" Punters: "Yay - finally!" 2023: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted May 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 1 minute ago, timbrass said: I don't remember the year, but there was a small exhibition venue in Shangri-La area that had a collection of vagina plaster casts. They were selling fridge magnets with them on. I still have mine stuck on the fridge at home! Yeah - from the same set-up I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkete Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 23 minutes ago, The Nal said: Anus Close isnt as good as it used to be Did you have to cross Biffin's Bridge to get there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Secret bars. Seen a few. There was a strange telephone box in Shangri-la on its first arrival took you off to a secret bar. There were also doors in yhe Shangri-la la bit later that you couldn't really tell were doors, on one occasion I saw someone knock a wall and it was actually a door and I did the same and I went into a small bar that was rammed. There was also an entrance to a bar that took you into a small garden area but it was well hidden. Of course everyone knows about the rabbit hole secret bit where you crawl through the tunnel into a rave area. And everyone must know the underground piano bar where the bouncers can be abit....well....passive aggressive lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripcurl85 Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Unsure of the year but I definitely went to a bar which looked like the set of Old Gregg’s lair which was called Fish ‘n Tits in Shangri La during the micro venues phase. Walked in past a body painted mermaid to watch some dancers dressed as eagles or similar on stage. Halcyon days IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 I remember fish and tits :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted May 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Fish & Tits was cancelled due to the woke PC gone mad that they have now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelin Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 20 minutes ago, Aragorn said: Secret bars. Seen a few. There was a strange telephone box in Shangri-la on its first arrival took you off to a secret bar. There were also doors in yhe Shangri-la la bit later that you couldn't really tell were doors, on one occasion I saw someone knock a wall and it was actually a door and I did the same and I went into a small bar that was rammed. There was also an entrance to a bar that took you into a small garden area but it was well hidden. Of course everyone knows about the rabbit hole secret bit where you crawl through the tunnel into a rave area. And everyone must know the underground piano bar where the bouncers can be abit....well....passive aggressive lol. I miss that incarnation of Shangri-La; definitely my favourite! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat2 Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 36 minutes ago, Aragorn said: Secret bars. Seen a few. There was a strange telephone box in Shangri-la on its first arrival took you off to a secret bar. There were also doors in yhe Shangri-la la bit later that you couldn't really tell were doors, on one occasion I saw someone knock a wall and it was actually a door and I did the same and I went into a small bar that was rammed. There was also an entrance to a bar that took you into a small garden area but it was well hidden. Of course everyone knows about the rabbit hole secret bit where you crawl through the tunnel into a rave area. And everyone must know the underground piano bar where the bouncers can be abit....well....passive aggressive lol. I loved the Shangri-la lanes at the start, 2008ish was it, I think they only lasted a year or two I think but they were great, proper Blade Runner dystopia stuff and loads of hidden micro venues. The venue which had a bloke DJing old Commodore 64 music was a particular favourite of mine (I think that was a bit later), it was pure quality for people of certain age, brought bank many happy memories of my childhood! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Deffo my fave incarnation. I'll dig out some pics from back then later and post them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat2 Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 My best memories of Glastonbury are the ones I cant remember! Or the ones I just have snapshots in the back on my brain. I remember I go absolutely twatted one year and had absolutely no recollection of anything other than a snap shot in my brain of a small pond and a small, windy path, and some bloke telling me to f&*k off out of there. I had no idea where I was or how i eventually managed to get back to my tent that night My only memory the next say was those snapshots, but i had no idea where I had been so I spent a lot of next day trying to retrace my steps from the last place I had a coherent memory of, being Shangri La Eventually worked it out, I was fumbling my way through the (closed) Permaculture Garden at 4am and falling over many, many times, and especially lucky not have fallen in the pond/trees and drowned Happy days indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripcurl85 Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 32 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said: Fish & Tits was cancelled due to the woke PC gone mad that they have now. You can’t say anything now etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat2 Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 35 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said: Fish & Tits was cancelled due to the woke PC gone mad that they have now. ... but they still allow the stall who sells shirts with the word "c**t" on and I think only sell them in children's sizes! Always make me laugh, I would love to know how many they sell each year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat2 Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 1 minute ago, dingbat2 said: ... but they still allow the stall who sells shirts with the word "c**t" on and I think only sell them in children's sizes! Always make me laugh, I would love to know how many they sell each year the "**" are replaced by "un" above by the way on the shirt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spg Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Aragorn said: There was also an entrance to a bar that took you into a small garden area but it was well hidden. Apple smugglers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfunk Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 1 hour ago, ripcurl85 said: Unsure of the year but I definitely went to a bar which looked like the set of Old Gregg’s lair which was called Fish ‘n Tits in Shangri La during the micro venues phase. Walked in past a body painted mermaid to watch some dancers dressed as eagles or similar on stage. Halcyon days IMO. This !! Fish n Tit's. , Yep I remember this..the micro venues were so damn awesome!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted May 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Remember Anus Close? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noplacelikehome Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 2010, I was pregnant so completely sober, me and my not pregnant, so completely wasted, sister got bored watching Gorillaz and bimbled to Shangri-la. First thing we went into was the Pig Faced Geisha bar where on stage was a man in white vest and shorts, blond wig, depicting the "Boris Johnson Sex Olympics" (for the youngsters he won London Mayor before 2012). It is the opposite of memory fuckage, I wish it wasn't real but it haunts my dreams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camden Leisure Pirate Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Aragorn said: I remember fish and tits 🙂 Fish and Tits and generally all of that area was so good, messy af and loads of secret bits, I remember walking into a little rave room to see a fella squeeze between some fencing so we followed straight through to the trash city bar....done up like a cocktail bar with big white piano..the lot, with about 3 people in it!!! I miss trash city😪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 Bring back Kamikaze Karaoke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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