did any of you see arthur scargill last night, then? this little bloke with bad hair and a funny nose came up to me on argyle street and asked for directions to the radisson. mrs fiendish and my mates swear blind it was scargill. fucked if i recognised him, though. whoops.
still, no wonder thatcher triumped: we watched "arthur" hove off under the heilenman's umbrealla, stand outside the hotel but fail to notice it, then wander the wrong fucking way up hope street.
i shall be at the isis gig in G2 on sunday night if anyone else is gonna be there. by my sideburns shall ye know me.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Saturday, 23 April 2005 12:27 (nineteen years ago) link
Thanks for not humiliating me ailsa. Good strategy from scotstvo: "I just headed for the crowd of obvious computer people"
I'm going to nurse this hangover by listening to the footy and composing a letter to dahlin that ends with "What are the chances of that?"
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Saturday, 23 April 2005 12:58 (nineteen years ago) link
I think I'll write stacey a letter about people with ties round their head, since there are two excellent photographs on this very thread for that crucial "(pictured)" kudos.
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 23 April 2005 13:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― dahlin (dahlin), Saturday, 23 April 2005 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 23 April 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
"... Dot to Dot are pretty good, they've got early Orange Juice guitars, ..."
― Mooro (Mooro), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 23 April 2005 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Sunday, 24 April 2005 08:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 24 April 2005 08:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Sunday, 24 April 2005 08:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Sunday, 24 April 2005 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Ronan, I am sorry I never got to meet you. I phoned Ally C for meeting-up-type things today, so you can blame him for lack of co-ordination of stuff.
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 24 April 2005 17:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 24 April 2005 20:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:07 (nineteen years ago) link
great to meet you, ronan!
I wish I could have made it out, on saturday/sunday.
it was nice to meet gerry and john, too.
: )
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:11 (nineteen years ago) link
The verdict = convicted of FUN.
It has only just struck me that RJG and Ronan had never met before. That seems strange.
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:43 (nineteen years ago) link
I am never going to make it to Optimo, am I?
― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 25 April 2005 12:49 (nineteen years ago) link
You told me on Friday that there 'could never be a club like Optimo in Edinburgh'... Now, not withstanding the fact that Mr.Twitch ran a night for a DECADE here before Optimo and that Mr.Barnstorm now DJs with MY FRIENDS at Radio Babylon, you now say you haven't been to Optimo!!!
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:22 (nineteen years ago) link
I have just seen the Optimo CD in Fopptimo, but it looked like just one CD instead of two CDs. Was that a limited edition thing, or whattimo?
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 14:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 25 April 2005 14:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alix with an i? (alix), Monday, 25 April 2005 14:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alix with an i? (alix), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 25 April 2005 16:03 (nineteen years ago) link
it was a bit more than that but i am astounded anyone recalls that night.
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Monday, 25 April 2005 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 16:34 (nineteen years ago) link
a crazy weekend, in every sense.
I must be getting old cos last night I went for a meal with Linds instead of going to Optimo, we could have gone after but I am pretty sure I actually said "let's go home and watch TV".
On the other hand Friday was a long night of exertion. Mayer was amazing, he really is an amazing DJ, I've never seen anyone mix tracks in and out at the right time, so many times, makes it clear why so many of those tunes don't work when I play them!
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 25 April 2005 19:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 25 April 2005 20:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 25 April 2005 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link
it was nice to meet you Lucy, and Richard too, for the first time, and Cathy aswell, and to see everyone I'd met already again. I wish I was still there, not back in Dublin to my bloody thesis!
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 25 April 2005 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Cathy (Cathy), Monday, 25 April 2005 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link
It's the first night of my holiday and I've spent the entire night watching Jimi Hendrix videos. Can any of your readers beat that?
― KeefW (kmw), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― dahlin (dahlin), Monday, 25 April 2005 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
report from mayer upcoming, soon.
― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 06:24 (nineteen years ago) link
Another holiday already? You've only just finished you arse holiday.
Yes, it was more than Belgian Nu Beat. I think I remember Asbestos Lead Asbestos. Which Belgian Nu Beat group did 'White Rabbit'?
I can't remember the name of the palce, but it was upstairs from a club inhabited by Glaswegians of a certain age on the razzle. You'd go down for the fag nmachine and end up entranced by all the dodgy old geezers on the pull.
It was between the chip shop and Queen Street station. Which probably makes it Queen Street.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 09:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 09:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 10:30 (nineteen years ago) link
I am trying Arab Strap at the Tron, in Glasgow, on Sunday.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 10:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:17 (nineteen years ago) link
'white rabbit is becoming a habit...'
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 11:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:13 (nineteen years ago) link