edinburgh

nb: this is a joke.

well, apart from that time i rang him in a panic, while revising for my finals, and asked him to explain poststructuralism. over pints in the earl of marchmont.

the only bit i fully remember was: "haven't you two sorry fuckers got hovels to go back to?"

enough, i'm off to the GYM.

I hope that's a joke.

Ally: Chas & Dave?

I'm spending, on average, one weekend out of every 2 in edinburgh at the moment. I miss some of the people there but I don't miss the place.

I'm totally flexible with regards to dates & times & locations. I realise the pond is totally inconvenient for anyone (myself included) whodoes not stay in leith.

I'll send you my real email address...

It doesn't matter to me; I'm happy with all the plans.

Happy to come along to the Swimmer One thing to see you Simon; just can't be arsed trying to talk to people over a load of noise from pish bands. Swimmer One is a Wire b-side isn't it? How obscure. If I ran a night, I'd call it "rabbit".

The one time I've been in there I liked it, quite happy, but if others want further up town so they can get there more easily then that's fine too.

Let's make a decision tomorrow!

no. that's "our swimmer".

alex: if there's no thursday-night fappery, i won't bother coming through for the gig (sorry, swimmer one) ... saturday afternoon is cool, though. hurrah. wherever we may end up.

I can't see the hordes that will attend this fitting into the Cameo cinema bar, but then I also sympathise with those who don't live in Edinburgh and don't want to go looking for the Cameo bar.

Here's a suggestion - how's about the (Car) Wash on the mound? It's easy to get to for travellers.

i'd be well up for the cameo bar. it'd be like a homecoming. of sorts.

Kays Bar? The barman has a waxed Dali type moustache.

i haven't been in the car wash since 1994, but i remember it as a vile seventies theme pub populated by second-year english-lit undergraduates in silly hats talking about how they were taking up the didgeridoo.

Neil, Kay's Bar is a great idea, and the bloke is funny; like the bar man in Withnail and I, but I'm fairly sure it's been something else for about four years now. Come to think of it, maybe I'm thinking of another place. I think it's called Indigo now. Ah! No, I'm thinking of Aubrey's, which had a similar landlord and was in a similar place.

OK. We should vote. The voting closes Monday at 8 o'clock. The (practical) suggestions are:

- The Cameo in Leith
- The Car Wash
- Kay's Bar in the new town

what sort of time are we doing this thang?

3pm was mentioned at some point, wasn't it?

i can be there for about 4ish. or so.

Me: "Do you know what this band are called?"
Bloke sitting next to me: "SHITE"
Me: "Is that actually the name of the band, or just your opinion?"
Bloke: "My opinion"
Me: "It would be good if you got to name every band you saw. I get the feeling most of them would be called 'SHITE'"
Bloke: "Yes, they would. Why, what would you call this band?"
Me: "I would called them 'I'm quite enjoying this'"
Bloke (giving me a funny look): "Oh"