NP: London in 2007

[James Kyllo]

I'll try to address some of these...

> Why are London subway (Tube, Underground, whatever you call it) so fricking
> small? I felt like my shoulders were going to punch through the sloped
> ceiling.

This a difficult one to start with though... how tall are you Joe?
I'm 6'2" and have never noticed this.  (It's difficult to stand up on
the top deck of some of the busses though)

> Why does all the music suck? Seriously. On this side of the pond, we hear
> great British music all the time. Apparently, English people don't listen to
> it. Every club, pub, and radio station seems to play either horrible house
> music or the worst prepackaged pretty people pop imaginable.

There's a fantastic live scene.  No college or public radio stations
so no equivalent of WFMU or KCRW, but with broadband.. who cares?

> And what's with this freehouse vs proprietary pub thing? Which one is really
> the politically correct establishment to frequent? Am I not supporting the
> unions if I avoid the brewery-owned pubs in favor of the independent small
> businessmen of the free house? I'm confused. To cover my bases, I tried to
> hit them all.

No unions will be involved either way.

> The beer's great, but what's up with the food?

Not fair.  This was true in the 70s, but London is a great place to
eat now.  I'm just back from this:
http://www.bacchus-restaurant.co.uk/ newly opened and very good
restaurant.  And the Indian food is incredible


best

James

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