try glasgow more

i would be down for fap in the summer, i know krakow totally independently of ilx anyway so that would make things easier for fairly shy me.

I'll fap

I'm in.

I'd be up for a Glasgow fap at some point

Superb. Of course, the tradition with these things is everyone says "aye, go on" and fuck all happens.

Early May is good for me but probably not for Ward; late May's out for me ... shall we try to plan something in June? Ward ... do you know when you'll be about for sure that month?

Loads of free Hinterland tickets floating about, which suggests sales haven't been too good. No wonder: at £25 for about 4 bands it's just not value for money. Shameless plug: I'll be playing with the Guanoman Big Band at Nice & Sleazy's tomorrow around 9pm. Ridiculous cosmic proggy noise rawk. You know it makes sense! Krakow and I shall be running between Sleazys and the Arches tonight: RememberRemember, DeSalvo, The Fall and then Rustie at the SubClub.

where are they floating? i'd like to see the fall but i'm not paying to not-see a load of pish as well.

me too...

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Yeh, Hinterland just didn't excite me at all. Mind, I'm just -- as in within the past hour -- emerging from a month of essy woe, so I've not been paying much attention. (Has a look ...) ... nah, still not very excited at all.

Er, "essay" woe. Christ, let's hope I've done a better job of typing than that, eh kids?

I hadn't even heard of Hinterland, and I pride myself on hearing about things. Weird lineup, a couple of big bands, a couple of reasonably big bands, and lots of nobodies (not that there's anything wrong with being a nobody), with not much in between. Spend all their money on The Fall, did they?

I haven't been to Glasgow for so long that anybody who happened to recognised me as that guy who's around must think I'm dead or far away. :'(

"I hadn't even heard of Hinterland, and I pride myself on hearing about things."

me too kinda. i only heard about it this past weekend.

If anyone does genuinely want tickets then I have a couple going free. Let me know and we can hopefully arrange a mutually-convenient meeting point.

i'm away from glasgow between 1st May to the 4th May, 28th May to the 1st June, 19th June to the 26th June - all else is good!

going free as in free or as in available?

Free as in available for nowt, costing zero pounds and pence (I don't drink, so you can even be beholden to buy me a beer), and generally frollicing unhindered across mountain meadows.

can I bagsy two?

Just sent you a webmail.

If there are any other free tickets going for tomorrow, please webbymail me. I didn't want to spend lots of money that I don't have, but if they are just being given away, I would be up for it (would need two to drag mate along as well). Would have liked to have seen The Fall, but am too tired for going out on a schoolnight, but could go a couple of gigs tomorrow if it wasn't costing owt more than a few beers. Basically, I am not paying £23.50 to see iLiKeTrAiNs.

yes (predictably!) i'm up for freebies too.

I've not heard back from cozwn yet, so not sure what the state of play is, but I've arranged to give one away elsewhere. If you can make it to Avalanche Records then there could be more free tickets available there if you know the secret word.

jed_ are you wanting to go tonight or tomorrow?

if you have unlimited can jed grab two for me, if you only have the two you offered me, give them to jed :D

sorry I didn't respond, been busy : )

Haha, give me a minute to get my head round that...

No worries cozwn, life is always getting in the way.

I definitely have two put by, which initially had your name on them cozwn, so it's your call whether you or jed get them. There may be more, but I don't know till later...

ha, I just mean I'd like some but if they are limited then pls give them to jed cos I can't make it in to collect them

presuming jed can make it in to collect them here; we live on the same street, see

won't avalanche be closed now?

Late night Thursday - open till 7pm.

If you can get there tonight then let me know and I'll give word to the folks behind the counter that you're to get some of my tickets as I'm not in. I'll be there tomorrow though.

oh right, i can't get in before then. i don't want to cause any fuss & thanks but will probably just give it a by. cheers!

No worries. Tomorrow could be Ailsa & friend's lucky night then! ;-)

me either :D

thanks fr the offer

Remember Remember were very pretty and fun, if a wee bit rough around the edges, the Fall were "alright", but Desalvo... wowzers, sooo good. Best thing I've seen for ages.

Still plenty of free tickets at Avalanche if any of you do want them after all the above confusion and back and forth. Just drop by at some point today and there should be some (there were 6 unspoken for when I was there last night), though no absolute promises of course...

Thanks krakow, both for the tickets and the Remember Remember tip-off (it's not a festival if a couple of random members of Belle and Sebastian don't turn up on stage somewhere). Had a top night, bumped into a zillion people I know and haven't seen for years (not one of them had paid!), and am now dying of hangover.

I can't see it ever happening again due to a presumed enormous loss, but hey, it was like a wee ATP in the city (the one-out-one-in massive queue for Jeffrey Lewis was the clincher for ATP comparisons), and for that, it has to be praised for effort, if not for execution.

Did you see Jeffrey Lewis then? I thought it would be uber-busy so didn't even try. His new album is awesome though.

I didn't, no, by the time we got up there, it was mad busy, so we didn't bother hanging around.

How about the Sublime Frequencies event at Stereo on Friday - anyone else going to be there? Promises to be quite special.

sounds cool, but i am way skint unfortunately.

Maybe see if the dentist will give you any money under the counter for some of your teeth, might be a market for that kind of thing?

No word of a lie my dentist once said to me "if i had teeth like yours i'd be living in a bigger house" (I know it makes no sense) perhaps that is what he was getting at all along.

saving my money for aeroplane at stereo next week.

Can't wait for Sublime Frequencies gig. Really psyched about this.
Also, Pocahaunted at Arc Studios, of all places, on June 15. Smashing!

if one of you can get a venue to put on the Red Bull Dozers i think it'll make a good premise for a FAP

hi guys,

need some help.

is there any way one can get from glasgow (paisley in particular) on a sunday morning to brighton in time for early/late afternoon???? is preswick the only airport? why is it halfway down england??

Paisley's right next to Glasgow airport... Does that help?

maybe!! i'm going to check this out

thank you keith! £40 easyjet one way. sorted.

Kenneth, does this mean you are attending The Wedding? Whoo! Do you have somewhere to stay already, because we will be there, and we live right next to Glasgow Airport and have a sofabed/sofas for crashing on if necessary.

ailsa that will be amazing actually - i am catching the plane that goes away at 7am the next morning though would that be a problem????

Not really, no, we'll sort you out with taxi numbers and that, it'll be fine. Just come back to ours after the wedding and we'll take it from there. Absolutely no problem at all.