tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48688866897789915092024-03-19T11:17:19.631+00:00The BubbleBusTickets, Please!
Catch up with the latest news from your favourite big red bus.Mr. Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179910626871085016noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868886689778991509.post-47377642297768717372013-09-09T14:48:00.002+01:002013-09-09T14:48:55.578+01:00Annual report2013 has been a relatively quiet year for the Bus, with only 2 engagements so far.<br />
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First up was the best small festival in the world, Blissfields, where yet again we hosted the Blisscoteque. Due to the heat, the DJs played mainly inside the bus this year.<br />
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After a pleasantly long break, we sauntered along to the innaugaral Lime Tree Garden Party, where we hosted the bar and provided chill out space for the attendees<br />
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<br />The BubbleBushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07722835230394555263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868886689778991509.post-79886322723189435002012-10-12T17:32:00.000+01:002013-01-12T13:24:53.869+00:00FurtherThe renovations were brought to a halt by a last minute booking to be the outside bar at Alexandra Palace over the Jubilee Weekend. David Guetta was playing 2 nights there and there was supposed to be other activities but unfortunately rain stopped play<br />
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Then it was off to possibly the best small festival in the world, Blissfields, for another weekend of beats, booze and bubbles:<br />
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After a quick sidetrip to Microfest, the BubbleBus cruised into London to help out our good friends at Soulshakers: we ditched our new seating, loaded on 15 beer kegs and became what looks to us like a beer bomb!<br />
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We then parked right outside the entrance to the Science Museum in South Kensington<br />
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And, courtesy of a new bar system from our friends at Fantastic, we served Meantime's London Lager and Pale Ale to locals, Olympians, curious visitors and the Duchess of Cornwall!<br />
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After a much needed break it was off to the magic isle<br />
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for another round of Rizlab @ Bestival<br />
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<br />The BubbleBushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07722835230394555263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868886689778991509.post-77893531139072664582012-05-01T11:55:00.000+01:002013-01-12T13:24:53.867+00:00Changes afootWe began the year with a massive internal overhaul. First we took out the bed at the back and the old floor came up<br />
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Then we took the hot tub off the roof and ripped up the decking.<br />
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After Matt fibreglassed the now naked roof to finally waterproof it, he put new floorboards dow <br />
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The BubbleBushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07722835230394555263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868886689778991509.post-62931628066162818502011-09-30T18:52:00.008+01:002013-01-12T13:24:53.858+00:00Further adventures with bubbles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yP4s7GThknrHD7gJBlJoK_q-0RCajJr5-x98qM5vkwQenMFtYzymRPmLWGuw8K9FUheDGPSKvvBY92H8j7OhPaAC4aSULW8J8pTPX0_Hkqi3s17G3ORvU1H6XHZz-uEut7jIdI4U7fU/s1600/sally.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yP4s7GThknrHD7gJBlJoK_q-0RCajJr5-x98qM5vkwQenMFtYzymRPmLWGuw8K9FUheDGPSKvvBY92H8j7OhPaAC4aSULW8J8pTPX0_Hkqi3s17G3ORvU1H6XHZz-uEut7jIdI4U7fU/s200/sally.jpg" width="170" /></a></div>Another year, another tour of fun filled fields.<br />
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As usual, we began with the mighty Blissfields, which this year had moved up the road to a newer, bigger site. Local boy done good, Frank Turner, was the headliner on Friday while Brizzle's finest, Tricky, shone on Saturday night. <br />
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Two weeks later we headed up to Shhh for more fun and frolics, this time with Haggerston speakeasy Off Broadway in residence out front, creating jaw droppingly good concoctions of delightful flavour and welcome strength.<br />
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After a welcome August break, we headed to the Wight Isle for Bestival to provide the backstage for the Rizlab area,which featured SBTRKT and Frankie Knuckles amongst others. <br />
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Normal service resumed soon after, as we returned to the wonderful Blissfields, this time to operate not just the Bus Bar but all the bars on site.<br />
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We then headed off to Shhhh in Norfolk, followed by a return trip to the backstage of Camp Bestival, where we served Green Goddesses to Ellie Goulding, Pirate's Choice to Suggs and Howard Marks and whiskies gallore to Bootsie Collin's band.<br />
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Finally came the last event of the year: the ever growing, end of summer loveathon named Harvest.<br />
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Six outings for a first season, and we’ve ironed out most, if not all of any teething issues. The cocktails have been refined, the PA polished, and the boys, girls and assorted dinosaurs that have helped us out have all been brilliantly willing and able.<br />
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And the friends we’ve made? There’s too many to list, frankly, but shouts out should go to the Jestival gang and Coopers Rage, all of whom made it their business to keep us in business, and to everyone that came aboard, and gave us such a good time on the decks, be it top, bottom, CD or vinyl.<br />
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See you next year for some of the same… and a bit more besides.Mr. Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179910626871085016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868886689778991509.post-60813884214183238442009-07-02T12:27:00.006+01:002013-01-12T13:24:53.856+00:00Maiden Voyage...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oCJ9VnovMApMXPI07XM5KXMYDp9vOU7RPbdVyrPt3Vljc_UcmnYx_XBdD14YJR7HyLR_ZDLO7T5CCVyU0F_PsaKUYCXR60g3SLLVanzndrvd9AatqfNKsLZ3btji0QmdwNahxxhmlKo/s1600/001.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460327241263470546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oCJ9VnovMApMXPI07XM5KXMYDp9vOU7RPbdVyrPt3Vljc_UcmnYx_XBdD14YJR7HyLR_ZDLO7T5CCVyU0F_PsaKUYCXR60g3SLLVanzndrvd9AatqfNKsLZ3btji0QmdwNahxxhmlKo/s200/001.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a>Bliss. Fields. Given we set out to provide exactly that feeling in precisely that environment, it was a happy day when good friend of the Bus, Matt, agreed that this small (but perfectly formed) shindig should provide us with our virgin outing.<br />
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Mr and Master bus arrived in the hamlet that is Bradley, just outside Winchester for the first sunny weekend of the year, and set to work.<br />
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Joined by Miss Bus, cousin Simon, and the plastic dinosaur loving Nettie, the weekend flew by. With impromptu sets from Mach V, he of Echasketch visual joy, the afore-mentioned Nettie and others, as well as programmed DJs, and the Bus became a haven for ravers, especially those for whom the melodic sounds of Laura Marling were not a viable attraction.</div><br />
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The cocktails – notably Baldheads Apple Mojito – and the prosecco poured. The Mumfords, their sons, and many others joined us, and we christened the tub (no – not in <span style="font-style: italic;">that</span> way!). Sombreros were worn. Large yellow sleeping bags ran around the campsite. The sun shone. The sun set. Finally, we were on a bus, making friends. In a field.<br />
And it <span style="font-style: italic;">was</span> bliss.Mr. Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179910626871085016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868886689778991509.post-9359507371284394492009-06-29T10:12:00.002+01:002013-01-12T13:24:53.872+00:00Take your every day London bus...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriHfS8n6wpX7FSQZDmuL-jNrZPtZlVzW2bN5vNc6qcJbGMc5IJJl-LtJJKUkRyTymCzXQopHEu_r0hHhkBSNYOaWuozWPku4xBQjFbM13pCrKSkx40SqU0I-iSDoolmWTZuouCQQ_XKc/s1600/005.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460326858102976306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriHfS8n6wpX7FSQZDmuL-jNrZPtZlVzW2bN5vNc6qcJbGMc5IJJl-LtJJKUkRyTymCzXQopHEu_r0hHhkBSNYOaWuozWPku4xBQjFbM13pCrKSkx40SqU0I-iSDoolmWTZuouCQQ_XKc/s200/005.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a>In 2005, Muttley had approached a certain TV channel with his idea to pimp a new ride, the Leyland Olympian bus he’d just acquired, and to take it on a grand European tour, to Italy, and that years Isle of MTV Festival. <br />
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Having brought the Crazy Baldhead on board as a co-owner, plans were put in place to run the bus as a mobile members club, taking the mountain to the Mohammeds that found themselves in the country’s festival fields, and providing a VIP experience to those that deserved it.<br />
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The top having already been removed, and the decals peeled away, the upstairs was resprayed, and the loungers given a… ‘bubble’ treatment. Downstairs, the 8ft bed was covered in genuine cow hide, silver Chesterfields were made by our good friend Robbie, the plasma TVs and PA were rewired, and the windows removed to reveal a steel bar and wet-weather DJ booth. Boo, Jez, Squidge and The Tutu spent sunny days painting the picket fence, and the newly appointed Master Bus worked on making sure we were mobile.<br />
And on 29th June 2009, the world’s first fully mobile VIP bar, the Bubblebus, was finally born.Mr. Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179910626871085016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868886689778991509.post-8821896964185887332008-12-21T09:41:00.003+00:002013-01-12T13:24:53.871+00:00How it all began...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8yDUMt1Z4j0Yrm7gBkucA6HmXMn2F9Qf-g_9bG0dlcXbxq_ka2UuDwyP6haPgbpsACFW62Bk8L8bPvtg_zgC32NJgesYqNpo6UuifgrjFmzB1MoYkdCsJC1FRrX7Q5uD2FdZ_4RsspM/s1600/FC+Xmas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8yDUMt1Z4j0Yrm7gBkucA6HmXMn2F9Qf-g_9bG0dlcXbxq_ka2UuDwyP6haPgbpsACFW62Bk8L8bPvtg_zgC32NJgesYqNpo6UuifgrjFmzB1MoYkdCsJC1FRrX7Q5uD2FdZ_4RsspM/s200/FC+Xmas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460325684775237810" border="0" /></a>It was in December 2008 that Mr & Mrs Bus (as they would become known) traipsed over to Shepherds Bush for an interesting sounding Christmas party, featuring ‘Saucy’ Santas and ‘Naughty’ Nymphs… well: with a theme like that, you <span style="font-style: italic;">would</span> go, wouldn’t you?<a name='more'></a><br />After no small amount, then, of the naughty sauce, they found themselves under a mushroom heater, huddled round a table, having a festive laugh with Arab, Muttley and respective spouses, when the conversation came to the festivals we’ve known and loved.<br />Given the careers of Mr & Mrs Bus are at festivals, in production and décor, you might imagine their immediate interest at Muttley’s description of his own appearance at that years Glastonbury…<br />On a double-decker bus.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> In a Jacuzzi.<br /></div> And when he went on to ask if they wanted to buy it from him, the <br /> opportunity was too much to resist, and the Bubblebus was conceived.<br /> Yep. Even with mum <span style="font-style: italic;">and</span> dad there, it was <span style="font-style: italic;">that</span> kind of party.Mr. Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179910626871085016noreply@blogger.com