Southerly by David Haywood

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Southerly: Everybody Needs Good Neighbours

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  • Rich Lock,

    So one weekend at about 8, when they'd been particularly loud and prolonged, I hooked up the flat stereo in my bedroom (which I think was above one of theirs), laid the speakers down flat on the floor, and played Dead Kennedys, UK Subs, GBH and Violent Femmes at them for an hour or so.

    I had some neighbours like that once. Enjoyed (more than) a bit of 'doof doof doof' back at theirs for the after party, at an hour that some killjoys in the fun police might consider unreasonable.

    Well, I thought I'd try the friendly and down-with-the-kidz approach. No sense in making enemies if you don't have to, right?

    If you can't beat them, join them, I thought to myself. And matching thought to deed I put my speakers on the floor and set Frankie Knuckles 'Your Love' on repeat play.

    After a couple of repeats I suddenly remembered I had a few urgent things to do in town. So urgent, in fact, that I totally forgot to turn off the stereo before heading out for the next six hours or so. Imagine my embarrasment when I came back and realised!

    Funnily enough, relations were somewhat muted (see what I did there?) after that.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report Reply

  • Kyle Matthews,

    After a couple of repeats I suddenly remembered I had a few urgent things to do in town. So urgent, in fact, that I totally forgot to turn off the stereo before heading out for the next six hours or so. Imagine my embarrasment when I came back and realised!

    In 1998 my pregnant partner and I took a downstairs flat with some students upstairs.

    Two weeks before the baby was born the flat upstairs did this - an incredibly loud stereo from about 11pm until 2am on a Friday night. While they were all out on the town.

    Except we didn't play loud music to deserve any retaliation. They were just drunk and decided to go out and didn't turn the music off.

    I phoned the landlord the next morning and he gave them notice.

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report Reply

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