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"... Dot to Dot are pretty good, they've got early Orange Juice guitars, ..."

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.

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.

: )

The verdict = convicted of FUN.

It has only just struck me that RJG and Ronan had never met before. That seems strange.

I am never going to make it to Optimo, am I?

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!!!

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?

it was a bit more than that but i am astounded anyone recalls that night.

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!

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!

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?

report from mayer upcoming, soon.

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.

I am trying Arab Strap at the Tron, in Glasgow, on Sunday.

'white rabbit is becoming a habit...'

I think this is basically me now. Although I think I might think of myself as from Edinburgh now... Altogether classier.

Obviously the term 'Belgian nu beat' passed me by back then. I'm kind of glad it did in some sense. It was something to do with a guy swimming. On the chart show at least.

It doesn't sound like your sort of thing Peter...Did you go to this '1992'? Amongst others, I went to a semi-crusty club called 'Delerium' in 1992. They played Ozric Tentacles.

Finnish bands were amazing. Wolf Eyes blew me away.

I randomly got spotted at Mayer thing by ILX dudes, who were all lovely people... it was great to meet some real ILXers.

I think my friend's friend Marceline actually lived in the flat ILX dudes went back to.

i don't think i spotted any ilx or ilm'ers all weekend. perhaps name badges would be a help in future? i might have seen some at mayer but much had been drunk by that point in time.

it was nice to meet you, too.

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